Congress The cleansing by the Orientals: Lawmaker uses offensive term to describe raucous town h
Source: Washington Post
In February 2016, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.) voted on a bill to remove the term Oriental from federal law, and to replace it with Asian Americans.
But a year later, he used the derogatory and antiquated term to describe the raucous town halls that have dogged conservative lawmakers. During a meeting with the editorial board of the Southern Illinoisan newspaper, Bost explained why he avoided in-person town hall meetings with constituents and instead hosted a tele-town-hall.
The amount of time that I have at home is minimal, I need to make sure that its productive, Bost, who represents the 12th Congressional District of Illinois, told the paper. You know the cleansing that the Orientals used to do where youd put one person out in front and 900 people yell at them? Thats not what we need. We need to have meetings with people that are productive.
The Republican from Murphysboro, Ill., said in a subsequent statement that he used a poor choice of words, according to the Associated Press.
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The cleansing by the Orientals: Lawmaker uses offensive term to describe raucous town halls
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(22,649 posts)Archae
(46,262 posts)I've never heard of "One guy put outside for 900 to yell at."
IronLionZion
(45,261 posts)that just aren't true
It makes it easier to hate people if one believes the worst about them.
joshdawg
(2,638 posts)is that they love to include all of an ethnicity into one bag. If they find one Mexican on food stamps, ALL Mexicans are on food stamps.
If they find one Muslim who is a terrorist, ALL Muslims are terrorists.
If one African-American is on welfare, ALL African-Americans are on welfare.
They only use anecdotes to "prove" their point such as this: "My neighbor is black and he's on welfare just like all the other Blacks."
This is the sort of "reasoning" by RWNJ's to instill more hate toward other cultures.
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,219 posts)Meet Meltdown Mike, Our New, Tantrum-Throwing, Dog-Killing GOP Congressman (VIDEO)
By Elisabeth Parker on November 6, 2014 4:28 pm ·
Meet Meltdown Mike Bost, the tantrum-throwing, dog-murdering new GOP congressman from southern Illinois. And how did someone with Bosts stellar reputation get elected to the U.S. House of Representatives?
. . .
Fast forward two years, with Bost running for Democratic incumbent Bill Enyerts seat in the US House. The Sun Times reports Democrats trotted out the Meltdown Mike video with the tagline Mike Bost would make Washington worse to boost Enyerts flagging campaign.
Alas, this tactic backfired horribly. Although Bost sought to impose even more draconian sacrifices on his states taxpayers and public employees, voters didnt catch that. They saw their tantrum-throwing state rep. as a fighter, and sent him to Washington!
These voters will soon learn the hard way which party is causing the gridlock and sluggish economic recovery that has frustrated them all these years. Even by the increasingly low bar set by the Republican Party, Bost will stand out among his Washington colleagues as an insane, angry, ranting lunatic.
Oh, and guess what? Bost also shot and killed a beagle named Rusty during one of his fits of rage back in 1986.
Mike Bost once shot and killed a neighbor's beagle.
. . .
http://addictinginfo.org/2014/11/06/mike-bost-illinois-our-new-tantrum-throwing-dog-killing-gop-congressman-video/
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G.O.P. P.O.S.
Somebody should throw a bucket of cold water on him. I never saw that clip before.
Midnight Writer
(21,548 posts)First was WTF, then a little embarrassed, then "c'mon give me a break", and ended up laughing.
Alt-Orange
(94 posts)He is a total ass hat who tows the RTHUGlican line.
Blue Idaho
(4,988 posts)Or three... sheesh.