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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 11:00 AM Aug 2017

Man rants about n*****s on Facebook. Then says he's not a racist.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/not-racist-trump-supporter-fired-from-job-after-sending-comedian-unhinged-rant-about-warefafe-loving-nggers/

Owen told local news outlet Fox 4 Now that the drunk white man started heckling him and loudly shouting racial slurs.

“And at one point I was doing a Trump joke, and he said ‘Yeah, there’s more of us than there is of them.’ And he kept talking, so I kicked him out of my show,” Owen said in an Instagram video. “This is what he sent me on Facebook.”

Owen then showed three racist messages from Lanham, the first of which read: “Your at a n*gga living piece of shit and we are paying for you warefafe loving n*ggers [sic].”

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According to NBC 2, Lanham was fired from his job as Vice President of Sales for National Roofing of Collier. His wife was also fired from the same company.

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Lanham told NBC 2 that he’s not a racist. He blamed his racist behavior on alcohol.
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Man rants about n*****s on Facebook. Then says he's not a racist. (Original Post) DetlefK Aug 2017 OP
Amazing How Mentally Disconnected A Person Can Be. TheMastersNemesis Aug 2017 #1
You know what's said about alcohol atreides1 Aug 2017 #2
Ha! That must mean I'm a clown. Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #15
Warefefe? Is that any thing like covfefe? lunasun Aug 2017 #3
Every morning after I have my covfefe marylandblue Aug 2017 #9
The first thing a racist says... SHRED Aug 2017 #4
I Know, Right? ProfessorGAC Aug 2017 #5
Famous first words dalton99a Aug 2017 #8
Never known a racist to admit he/she is racist. (nt) JaneQPublic Aug 2017 #11
They always try to redefine racist uponit7771 Aug 2017 #6
Wonder was it worth it? Thrill Aug 2017 #7
Hit them in the pocketbooks. dalton99a Aug 2017 #10
I love how these folks are getting fired... targetpractice Aug 2017 #12
My Dad taught me that blaming your behavior on alcohol TexasProgresive Aug 2017 #13
He was a Vice President of Sales? Jesus, what kind of standards do bullwinkle428 Aug 2017 #14

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
15. Ha! That must mean I'm a clown.
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 12:09 PM
Aug 2017

I got drunk once, (o.k., twice) when I was young and stupid, and sat around telling really stupid jokes and puns and laughing my fool head off. (I'm normally quite proper, introverted, and reserved, so my friends thought it was a hoot to see me cut loose like that.)

So, no, I do NOT believe that alcohol will turn a person into a racist unless they are already a racists at heart. I believe that alcohol brings down the barriers between what you pretend to be in public and who you really want to be. I really wanted to be a clown. He really wants to be a racist. Sober, he can keep it hidden.



ProfessorGAC

(65,044 posts)
5. I Know, Right?
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 11:11 AM
Aug 2017

And, alcohol makes someone uses the "n" word? I have drunk beer and i have never even been tempted to use racial slurs, because, you know, i don't talk that way.

TexasProgresive

(12,157 posts)
13. My Dad taught me that blaming your behavior on alcohol
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 11:36 AM
Aug 2017

was not a good excuse. It lowers your inhibitions to reveal what is hidden. He added that you were in your "right" mind before drinking so your actions from getting blotto are all your own.

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