Discussion: GOP State Rep. Threatens Former Colleague Over Confederate Statues

A soon to be former Republican state legislator in Georgia…

FIFY. That shit doesn’t fly anymore.

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Jones is an outspoken advocate for taking down Confederate memorial statues. Jones stands by them just as fervently.

Editing, please.

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Another reason I should delete my Facebook account.

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THIS Asshole again?!?!?

Someone needs to tell him it’s 2017, not 1917.

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Trump’s empowered loud and proud base sure take guesswork out of identifying racists.

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Is it just me or his head kinda cone-shaped?

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‘I didn’t mean it as a threat against you. I was just giving you fair warning,’” she said, adding: “The warning should not come to me.”

That’s even worse than the ‘hey I was just kidding!’ excuse. What’s the difference? Threats are carried out under cover of night and with hoods; fair warning means they’ll shoot you in the daylight.

Oh, and by the way, I’d be happy to support keeping any Confederate statue that was put up before 1880 (just to be generous).

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It strikes me that these white men seem to think things are still set up in such a way that that kind of threat made to an African American woman, especially, carries weight.

I’m reasonably certain that those kinds of white men threats are empty and very few African American women, if any, would be intimidated by them.

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Not only is an egregious example of the lack of proofreading, it´s also a gratuitous false equivalence. Sure, ¨both sides¨ are passionate, but only one side in this story is mentioning possible harm to the other,

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Thanks, I’ve corrected the error.

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You know those “Blue doner/Red debter” maps and charts of the US that show which states (usually blue) overpay and underpay (usually red) their share of tax money? Wonder if they could do that for Georgia. As it is, it’s a sure bet that the Metro Atlanta area is keeping the “real Georgia” of Rep. Spencer afloat.

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And assholes.

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Jesus Hussein Christ…what the fuck is it with people names Spencer? There’s Richard the Neo-Nazi, this neo-nazi, Robert Spencer (“Jihad Watch”), who is he islamaphobe pseudo-intellectual who inspired that Norwegian neo-nazi anti-muslim mass shooting and pals around with Geller…any other Spencers out there wanna announce their deep-seeded genetic hatred for some group of people?

This idiot GOPer just proved why people of African American descent find these monuments offensive! This is exactly what they represent for the oppressed groups from that time in history!

Her entire final comment (at the link) is worth reading: