Fri Apr 21, 2017, 12:35 PM
GOP state senator who used racist, sexist slurs against black colleagues resignsGOP state senator who used racist, sexist slurs against black colleagues resigns
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/gop-state-senator-who-used-racist-sexist-slurs-against-black-colleagues-resigns/ The Florida GOP senator who called black colleagues the N-word and called one black colleague a “b*tch” resigned Friday amid uproar over his comments. Link to tweet Former Sen. Frank Artiles, from Miami, made the comments Monday night at the Governor’s Club in Tallahassee. He previously refused to resign. In his resignation letter, Artiles said it is “clear” his words “fell far short of what” he expected for himself. You can read his whole letter via Politico’s Marc Caputo. Link to tweet
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 GOP state senator who used racist, sexist slurs against black colleagues resigns (Original post) |
Miles Archer | Apr 2017 | OP |
| HopeAgain | Apr 2017 | #1 | |
| MineralMan | Apr 2017 | #2 | |
| MagickMuffin | Apr 2017 | #3 | |
| David__77 | Apr 2017 | #4 | |
| MagickMuffin | Apr 2017 | #5 | |
| mythology | Apr 2017 | #7 | |
| bullwinkle428 | Apr 2017 | #6 |
Response to Miles Archer (Original post)
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 12:42 PM
MineralMan (97,335 posts)
2. Dumbass hoisted by his own petard.
Response to Miles Archer (Original post)
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 12:51 PM
MagickMuffin (8,104 posts)
3. Great he is stepping down. . . .
Response to MagickMuffin (Reply #3)
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 01:00 PM
4. He didn't apologize specifically to those to whom he addressed his comments.
Response to David__77 (Reply #4)
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 01:13 PM
MagickMuffin (8,104 posts)
5. Hence the self reflection
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Hopefully he will learn from this experience to never speak words that are harmful to another person. His actions will dictate how he moves forward. I mainly wanted to point out at least he didn't use the standard non-apology apology. 
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Response to MagickMuffin (Reply #3)
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 01:30 PM
7. I wouldn't give him too much credit
Response to Miles Archer (Original post)
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 01:26 PM
bullwinkle428 (15,352 posts)
6. Oh Jesus. I figured this guy was in his late 70s when I first heard
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the story. Not that it would excuse his words by any stretch of the imagination, but it would somehow seem more comprehensible if he was harkening back to the "sweet, sweet pre-Civil Rights era" he recalled so fondly as a youth.
This little shit is younger than I am!  |
