“about as ugly as you can get“

[fantome profane]

A Tennessee county commissioner launched into a homophobic rant at a local meeting Monday night,
Tennessee official unleashes homophobic rant: "We've got a queer running for president"

a "queer running for president" is "about as ugly as you can get,"

It seems that we have not made as much progress as we sometimes think.

 

[sun rise]

Bigots certainly feel empowered to put their bigotry on full display.

 

[Stanyon]

He's a commisioner in a small county most people have probably never heard of until now, who cares.

 

[Terry Sampson]

Bigots certainly feel empowered to put their bigotry on full display.

Aye, ... and thank goodness, there's increasingly, albeit slowly in some places, push-back:

[From the OP article]

• Hurst's fellow commissioner, Greg Haggard, told WVLT-TV that "Commissioner Hurst's comments do not speak for the rest of the county commission." Representatives from nearby cities also spoke out, telling WVLT-TV that Hurst's comments were "offensive" and "disturbing."
• A representative from the Tennessee Equality Project called for Hurst's resignation, and encouraged locals to attend the next meeting in protest.

 

[Father Heathen]

Bumpkin yokels elect bumpkin yokels. This is no surprise.

 

[Estro Felino]

Our Minister of Foreign Affairs is gay and in a relationship with another minister and journalists do make jokes about them but he doesn't care

 

[lewisnotmiller]

A Tennessee county commissioner launched into a homophobic rant at a local meeting Monday night,
Tennessee official unleashes homophobic rant: "We've got a queer running for president"


It seems that we have not made as much progress as we sometimes think.

Ugh. I fear we get the politicians we deserve.

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

Our Minister of Foreign Affairs is gay and in a relationship with another minister and journalists do make jokes about them but he doesn't care

I love people mature enough to not care what other people say about them!

 

[Nakosis]

I'll assume Buttigieg won't be counting on his vote.

 

[Nakosis]

Our Minister of Foreign Affairs is gay and in a relationship with another minister and journalists do make jokes about them but he doesn't care

Good for him. We make jokes about politicians with hetrosexual relationship too.
This guy wasn't joking though. Deadly serious, he's rather have a criminal for president than a homosexual. I imagine he might even go for a socialist over a homosexual. Might pick a homosexual over a atheist though.

 

[Father Heathen]

Ugh. I fear we get the politicians we deserve.

It's embarrassing how we've put man on the moon yet still have backwater superstition holding sway in the developed world.

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

It's embarrassing how we've put man on the moon yet still have backwater superstition holding sway in the developed world.

Trick is, the superstitious types didn't contribute to the technology. Wouldn't have had a clue.