The NAACP kinda sorta deals with Royal Mayo, rape supporter

[riqster]

They disavowed his words, covered their asses, and kept him on the board of the Steubenville chapter: http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/the-naacp-almost-deals-with-their-disgusting-steubenville-board-member/

As far as I'm concerned, they are still tacitly supporting him. So long as he is a member and a board member, they own this sick, twisted, woman-hating fuck. And therefore, his words and actions.

[justiceischeap]

1. That's a weak press release. nt

[geek tragedy]

2. Depending on the by-laws, they may not have much authority

to remove him.

Virtually every national organization is going to have some nutters embedded in local offices due to local autonomy.

[riqster]

4. Possibly, but

Reading the press release, they spent as much time saying he wasn't a chapter president and wasn't a spokesman as they did condemning his remarks.

If a local chapter is doing something to discredit the organization as a whole, the national leadership needs to nut up and do the needful.

[bettyellen]

3. Not enough. Tks for the update, Riqster!

[riqster]

5. Snip:

"You see, Royal Mayo is still a board member of the Steubenville NAACP. They can say he’s not a spokesperson, they can say he’s no longer a chapter president, and that may be true. But he is still an officer and member of the organization. So they don’t appear to be all that upset about what their official said, now do they?

If they were really concerned by the Mayo’s pro-rape positions and his spreading of lies about the victim of a crime his buddy Malik Richmond was convicted of committing, they’d at least have removed him from the board. But they haven’t. So they aren’t.

As a public service, this writer most humbly suggests a new slogan for the NAACP: ” advancing civil rights for men, and putting women in their place”. Seems to fit."