Legislator's E-Mail Uses Anti-Gay Language (North Carolina; 'Queers' & 'Fruitloops')

[Hissyspit]

Source: The News And Observer (Raleigh)

Legislator's e-mail uses anti-gay language
Submitted by lbonner on 2010-10-05 13:26

State Rep. Larry Brown sent his fellow House Republicans an e-mail last week where he referred to gays as "queers" and "fruitloops."
Brown was responding to an e-mail House Minority Leader Paul Stam of Apex sent to members of his caucus about House Speaker Joe Hackney getting an award from the Equality NC Foundation, a gay-rights group.

Brown sent his reply to nearly 60 e-mail addresses.

"I hope all the queers are thrilled to see him," said the message dated Sept. 27. "I am sure there will be a couple legislative fruitloops there in the audience." Ian Palmquist, executive director of Equality North Carolina, said Brown should apologize for using anti-gay slurs.

"I think it's disgusting to see a member of the legislature talking about his own constituents and fellow North Carolinians that way," Palmquist said. "I would hope that he would apologize and his colleagues would speak out about that kind of bigotry."

Read more: http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/legislators_email_uses_antigay_language

[WillParkinson]

1. An apology won't mean a thing...

It'll be lip service, if it ever comes.

[RKP5637]

2. And another homophobe speaks out. The R's do their best to keep this

country as backward as possible.

[FiveGoodMen]

3. and the D's (the elected ones) do very little to fight back.

Have to wait and see...

Get the military's input...

Let Congress end DADT...

Blah, blah, fucking blah.

[RKP5637]

5. So true, so very true. The silent majority. D's (the elected ones) n/t

[AlbertCat]

12. do their best to keep this country as backward as possible.

Ever since NC went blue for Obama, the authoritarians have been crawling out of the woodwork. They're so afraid NC might go blue again! They really keep this beautiful and interesting state in the backwaters, making sure it never amounts to anything.

(It used to be called "the State of the Arts" because of the Black Mountain School in the late 50's and because of the NC School of the Arts, the 1st state supported "Fame-like" school. Even Jesse Helms voted for that! He later "made up" for his "mistake". :eyes:Now, they continually block the film industry from getting a foot hold.)

[MadMaddie]

4. Nothing will happen to him. This bahavior

has become acceptable since "You Lie"! Until they are voted out of office it will get worse.

[asjr]

6. I wonder what Mr Brown would do if

he had an accident and the only thing between him and death was a passing by "fruitloop?{"

[WillParkinson]

7. Probably like the KKK guy on the Jeffersons...

'You should have let me die'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iju7igTfwm8

[asjr]

8. Hadn't thought about that.

[WillParkinson]

11. I never much cared for The Jeffersons, but...

That story was really powerful to me. (Plus it had Ike Eisenmann in it and I had a huge crush on him at the time.)

[truthisfreedom]

9. Closeted.

[NoQuarter]

10. Duh.

[COLGATE4]

13. They just don't care what they say now. The final taboo is gone

and they feel authorized to use these inflammatory and deragatory terms with impunity. And truthfully they pay no price for doing so. Who's going to hold them to account? The MSM? Not likely. This will pass with a blog on DU and maybe a LTTE in some local paper and, no harm, no foul. Sad, but true.