Charlotte Mayor Helps Fired Gay Grocery Clerk

[William769]

A gay grocery store clerk who lost his job after making a snide comment to governor of North Carolina when the Republican leader came into his store is getting some help from the mayor of Charlotte, reports Talking Points Memo.

Drew Swope told TPM that he was fired from his job at Reid's Fine Foods in Charlotte after a confrontation Sunday with Gov. Pat McCrory when the governor stopped by the store.

Swope contends he simply told the governor, "Thanks for nothing," then walked away, which prompted the Republican politician to begin screaming at Swope.

"When he started yelling at me, it was a sudden turn because I made sort of a swishy move," Swope told TPM in an interview Tuesday. A spokesperson for the governor claimed that move was actually an obscene gesture, which Swope denies. "I’ve been discriminated against a lot, and I can see that moment when someone just suddenly goes ballistic because of this other thing, not what you said or did. … I don’t know what he was thinking, but I’ll tell you from man to man: He was hating on me for being a fag."

http://www.advocate.com/politics/2014/02/19/charlotte-mayor-helps-fired-gay-grocery-clerk

[WorseBeforeBetter]

1. Huh. I missed that Swope is gay.

The plot thickens.

Hmm, "Thanks for Nothing" might make for some excellent bumper stickers against McCrookie in 2016.

[William769]

2. From where?

This is the first place I saw it.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

3. From where what?

I saw a couple of threads yesterday, but don't recall any mention of Swope being gay.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10694537

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4521091

[William769]

4. About Swope being gay.

Thanks, I did not see those yesterday.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

9. My pleasure.

Even on a good day North Carolina news tends to sink, let alone on a boobs-in-space day like yesterday in GD.

[William769]

10. Unfortunately my State doesn't (Florida).

[WorseBeforeBetter]

11. Ugh, you're right. (n/t)

[joeybee12]

5. A republican who yells and screams at the drop of a dime...

You never see that, now do you?

[William769]

6. I'm surprised the governor didn't take him to the woodshed.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

7. He handed a womens' rights protester a plate of cookies,

after stopping traffic on a busy street, and left her there as he walked back to the Executive Mansion with security.

There's a lot of focus on Christie, but McCrookie is just as big an asshole, Southern-style.

[William769]

8. Agreed.

[joeybee12]

12. For a little hanky-panky?

[William769]

13. Thats not what I was thinking but...