NH Rep says handicapped should be left to "freeze and die" Send him a message!

[Snoutport]

And I quote NH State Rep Martin Harty: "I believe if we had a Siberia we should send them to this and they would all freeze and die and we will be rid of them."

The article is here: http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110312/GJNEWS_01/703129906/-1/fosnews

THIS is his address:

Rep Martin Harty:

8 Harty Way
Barrington, NH 03825-2903
Phone: [phone]

He doesn't have an email but the House Majority Leader, William O'Brien does: [e-mail]

I think that this guy should apologize. Anyone care to join me in a letter/email writing campaign?

[Wilms]

1. And the guy is 91 years old.

Let him run his mouth and let everyone decide what they think.

[Zoeisright]

8. Wrong.

Whenever anyone in any position of power says anything like that, it endangers people. Shame on you for using the excuse of "he's old, he can say whatever he wants."

Grow up.

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[VoteProgressive]

37. I think letting the leadership know we dislike what he said is a great idea.

You logic is to let it go away.

What does age have to do with it?

[annabanana]

54. How about, "He's old, let's put him on an ice flow"?. . ..n/t

[Abq_Sarah]

9. And was born when Eugenics was a pretty popular movement

Perhaps he's just a product of his times.

[Wilms]

13. Wouldn't doubt it.

And there's a generation or three of idiots who follow in his steps. Let 'em out themselves.

[roguevalley]

47. and then he could just be another old asshole. Write to him.

no one in power needs to feel that they can shoot their stupid mouths off and not get called. that is why they do this and when they don't hear from opposition they are emboldened in their stupidity. That stupidity is becoming law or has anyone else noticed?

[nashville_brook]

16. will someone please come up behind this guy and say "BOO!"

that should take care of it.

[Wilms]

18. Doubt it.

He's already scared out of his shorts like all people who talk like that.

[DirkGently]

23. My thoughts exactly. 8)

[Joey Liberal]

17. Bullshit

He needs to be held responsible for what he said. He sounds like Hitler. I don't care how old the guy is.

[Wilms]

20. Go ahead.

Hold him responsible...whatever that means.

[Snoutport]

21. I sent an email to his boss

and asked he be reprimanded and sent him a letter. That's as responsible as I can make him but I'm gonna at least do that. The right is on top of this stuff and it is pushing the country to the right. So, we have to start writing, calling, protesting if need be.

Or not. I guess there are two choices. :0)

[Wilms]

22. I don't generally disagree.

Nor even with the idea of a letter. A campaign though? It'll be ignored or used against us.

In this sorry case I think the guy supports our argument. He's a poster child for all that's wrong with the tea drinkers. Anyone wanting to side with him already has. Maybe they'll start to notice the odor.

[Snoutport]

24. I just said he should apologize.

best I could do.

[Wilms]

25. I ain't blaming you for that.

And maybe he will. I'll bet a bunch of conservatives winced. One thing to bag on the under-class, quite another to--for all intents and purposes--say the disabled should die.

[Snoutport]

26. oh--i meant that's what i told him

in the letter i wrote to him.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

32. Your concern is noted.

[bobbolink]

39. Thank you for standing up for us. Its rare, and much appreciated!

:yourock:

[roguevalley]

48. it means writing to him. what is the deal here? Are we all so sad

that we don't care? Would it help if he was forty?

[Snoutport]

28. it says there has been a backlash....i wonder how big?

[annabanana]

55. I would hope it is Universal...THAT big. . . .n/t

[The Backlash Cometh]

35. These old farts are the most dangerous.

They see their lives coming to an end and they want to take down as many people with them as they can.

[roguevalley]

46. Himmler and Mengele were old but they were never not hunted.

This man has power and even though he's old and maybe that makes him weak to some, he isn't. Letters are the least we can do to slap his old face.

RV

[Dawson Leery]

2. We know which side he was on during the Second World War.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. Should I tell him to freeze and die?

[snappyturtle]

4. Reason being world poplulation too great.

"The world population has gotten too big and the world is being inherited by too many defective people," he told her.

[angstlessk]

5. Because reight wing folks procreate..incestually..n/t

[snappyturtle]

6. I know that isn't funny in a traditional way but, I had to chuckle!

After today, that felt nice.

[freeplessinseattle]

10. He is just taking up space with his defective morals

oh the irony

[Snoutport]

58. very defective...and very ironic. nt

[Desertrose]

40. Bet he doesn't include himself in that category.

But he sure as hell should!

[Rocknrule]

7. Must...resist...Godwin...

[ljm2002]

11. Well, in some cultures the old are left to freeze and die...

...maybe he should consider doing his duty in that regard, considering he has outlived the prescribed Biblical lifespan an all.

[Snoutport]

14. I'm curious--did anyone send an email?

I actually wrote a quick letter the old fashioned way on paper...I've heard they weigh those more. As a special ed teacher I'm really offended by this guy!

[roguevalley]

49. I wrote the letter.

[bobbolink]

50. !!!!!

:applause: :loveya:

[roguevalley]

53. back atcha, darling bobbie

[checks-n-balances]

15. NH has a state rep who's 91 years old? I don't care what his age is, though

No excuse for such sociopathic statements or opinions.

[bobbolink]

51. I agree, although I think this borders on psychopathic.

Can you imagine what disabled people feel when reading that kind of hatred?

[Urban Prairie]

19. One would think

That this apparently senile rightwing whackjob would simply be grateful for every new day that he wakes up in the morning at his advanced age, rather than concerning himself over any population issues or the existence of people that he considers unworthy of continuing to be alive, but noooo!!!

I am certainly glad for him that he never became mentally/physically disabled himself, when he was much younger and might have decided to off himself as punishment.

:sarcasm:

[On the Road]

27. A Guy Who's 91 Years Old

is taking the attitude of:

"we should send them to this and they would all freeze and die and we will be rid of them."

Ehh, he might want to look around himself first to see if anyone might take that approach towards nonagenarians.

[Astraea]

29. Geez.. I thought Stalin was dead.

I know I compared this guy to Hitler before, but since he specifically mentioned Siberia... not sure if Stalin had the same view on the handicapped, but that was definitely Hitler's line.

[Snoutport]

36. stalin is alive and embodied in a 91 year old man!

Nobody is even talking about NEW HAMPSHIRE! THEY voted him into office!!!!

[mikeargo]

43. It wasn't just him..

My town's entire delegation, all five Democrats, was wiped out in November. Democrats lost both chambers of the NH legislature. My current state reps include an 80-something Bircher. When I first heard this story, I thought it was him.

[Snoutport]

57. NH!!! How did this happen?!

How did they get you NHers to vote like that??!

[greymattermom]

30. so he's 91

and not handicapped in any way? No walker, no scooter, his pee flows and flows when he goes and goes. Really? Not likely.

[Bluebear]

31. In some cultures when a man gets to old they put him on an ice floe and send him to sea.

Sounds good in this case.

[upi402]

33. I think he just did

That wasn't a statement. That was flicking the "I don't give a..." switch!

[Raine]

34. Next thing you know aother Rep will suggest this be done

to people over 90. Harty should becareful making suggestions about putting people out to freeze. :silly:

[CTyankee]

41. Then he'll wonder why he's sitting on an ice floe...

:rofl:

[lonestarnot]

38. 91 and we know what two brain cells he is apparently trying to rub together.

:puke:

[meow mix]

42. email sent

disgusting pigs

[bobbolink]

52. Thank you!

[Snoutport]

56. yay!

I wonder how many have been sent!

[Rex]

44. Fuck him. That kind of talk should be reserved for people in hell.

It is very cold in hell...you old shitbag.

[maryf]

45. k&r

:(