proud racists....GOP congressman invites controversial Obama-mask rodeo clown to perform in Texas

[spanone]

The controversial rodeo clown who on Saturday fired up a crowd at the Missouri State Fair by wearing a mask of President Barack Obama — and encouraging a bull to run him down — now has a standing invitation to perform in Texas, a Republican congressman said Wednesday.

Though the clown has been banned from future state fairs in Missouri and the other performers have been ordered to undergo sensitivity training, Rep. Steve Stockman invited the rodeo group to perform in his congressional district near Houston.

"Liberals want to bronco bust dissent. But Texans value speech, even if it’s speech they don't agree with… They want to crush dissent by isolating and polarizing anyone who questions Obama, even if it's a rodeo clown with a harmless gag," Stockman said in a statement.

Missouri state officials on both sides of the aisle were quick to denounce the performance, saying it was inappropriate and did not represent the values of the state’s residents.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/14/20027046-gop-congressman-invites-controversial-obama-mask-rodeo-clown-to-perform-in-texas?lite

[Gravitycollapse]

1. This is projection: It's the conservatives who want to crush dissent by depicting assassination.

[Bjorn Against]

2. If he values speech he does not agree with then he should invite a clown to mock him at the rodeo

Does anyone know any clowns who would be would be willing to travel down to Texas and offer to wear a Steve Stockman mask in the rodeo? I know that Stockman is probably not as genuine as he pretends to be about being welcoming of speech he does not agree with so he will never allow the Stockman clown to enter the fairgrounds, but if it could get some publicity it could be very embarrassing to him.

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. good point

[jmowreader]

4. Steve Stockman IS a clown

[Bjorn Against]

5. Can't disagree with you, but a professional clown in a Steve Stockman mask would make my day

A clown to mock the clown going to the very event he insisted he was going to support free speech at could result in some of the greatest street theater in recent years if it were done right.

[jberryhill]

6. Catering to be provided by Paula Deen