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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTenn. GOP Rep. stands by threat to ‘stomp a mudhole’ in transgender people
Explaining why he put forward a bill that would ban trangender people from using dressing rooms and restrooms that do not match the gender on their birth certificates, State Rep. Richard Floyd (R) was quoted recently as threatening to stomp a mudhole in anybody who might be wearing the clothing of the opposite sex if they came anywhere near his family.
And while that threat was not taken lightly by the Tennessee Equality Project (TEP), Floyd is showing no signs of backing down.
Its clearly an indication of violent intent toward transgender people here in Tennessee, TEP president Jonathan Cole told Raw Story. I had to look up what that meant, and it, um, its a very vicious thing to say about another human being, about what you would do. Its really appalling.
To stomp a mudhole in someone is a decidedly southern expression, which means kicking and stomping someone to the point that they cannot get up. Speaking to Raw Story on Friday, Floyd did not back down from the threat.
More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/13/tenn-republican-senator-threatens-to-stomp-a-mudhole-in-transgender-people/
phantom power
(25,966 posts)I don't want my family near violent freaks.
Old and In the Way
(37,540 posts)I wonder who else he hates?
BiggJawn
(23,051 posts)You know, the usual suspects...
duhneece
(4,104 posts)I can't help but believe that anyone who hates gays hates women, too...not sure how I came to that conclusion, but I do believe it wholeheartedly.
spanone
(135,633 posts)looks like a fundie nut
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Initech
(99,913 posts)Religious gun nuts...
Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)Initech
(99,913 posts)City Lights
(25,171 posts)Nice values ya got there, Dick.
trof
(54,255 posts)By comparison, anyway.
izquierdista
(11,689 posts)I've lived in the south for 10 years, and this is a new expression for me. Of course, I don't hang out many places where I have to have my Southerner-English phrase book handy.