Missouri official apologizes for racist Facebook posts: ‘I was a very active Republican at the time’

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Raw Story

Missouri official apologizes for racist Facebook posts: ‘I was a very active Republican at the time’
By Scott Kaufman
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 12:14 EDT

A Poplar Bluff, Missouri City Councilman is being criticized for posting what some consider to be racist images of President Barack Obama on his Facebook wall, KFVS reports.

At a city council meeting Monday night, Reverend Tommy Robinson said that Councilman Peter Tinsley’s posts were blatantly offensive. “To come from a city council member, a city government official, this is highly unthought of, even in Poplar Bluff,” he said. “I’m highly upset over this, along with the residents of our ward.”

The photographs published include this one opposing the Affordable Care Act:



~snip~
Tinsley apologized on Monday, saying that “at one time, I was a very active Republican, very opposed to Obama. I want people to know that I am very remorseful for it. It was inappropriate. I believe I got caught up in an emotional moment of sharing jokes. It seemed funny at the time but today it’s very serious and it’s not funny at all.”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/20/missouri-official-apologizes-for-racist-facebook-posts-i-was-a-very-active-republican-at-the-time/

[Enrique]

1. Republican is the new drunk

[Cha]

11. LOl

[tk2kewl]

14. DUzy!

[Fred Sanders]

18. Touché. And Palin drunk speaking proves it also.

[Lex]

23. !!!!!

LOL!

[ThoughtCriminal]

24. I hate it when I wake up...

after being Republican all night.

[City Lights]

33. Haha, good one!

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. and there you have it. "I was a very active Republican" nails them as a racist party.

of course we all know that.

Almost like it is a sickness (today's republicans are a form of sickness, really)

[SummerSnow]

5. So he is admitting that being a Republican and a racist is one and the same.

very active republican = racist.

[NRaleighLiberal]

7. that's how I read it!

[Brother Buzz]

21. That's my interpretation, too

[Jackpine Radical]

27. Uh, Ditto, Rush--

I mean, how else could you interpret it, really?

Sounds like he may have had his moment on the road to Damascus, though.

[City Lights]

34. We all know it, yet they will twist themselves silly

denying the obvious.

[valerief]

3. Being Republican means being racist. Right from the horse's mouth. From a horse's ass. nt

[Louisiana1976]

29. And that's the truth.

[BaggersRDumb]

4. Republicans for the most part are morally bankrupt, ignorant people.

They offer only pain and suffering for their constituents, family members, pets, etc.

Nothing a republican ever does has value anymore, with a few exceptions.

[procon]

6. I thought so...

Being a Republican really is a mental disease that makes you do really stupid stuff.

[ColesCountyDem]

8. Poplar Bluff is 'Deliverance' and banjoes country.

It's on the edge of the MO Ozarks, and is Teapublican country.

[another_liberal]

16. Sure is . . .

Right about midway between Lickskillet and East Jesus.

[Louisiana1976]

30. When I was a kid we stayed at the Holiday Inn in Poplar Bluff. It was on the way back home

from Hot Springs, AR.

[HooptieWagon]

9. He's right. Active republican and racist are synonyms.

Glad to clear that up.

[Cha]

10. That dumber than a bag of shit comment says it all right there.

Mahalo Judi Lynn~

[alsame]

12. And stupid too. nt

[another_liberal]

13. He says he was an active Republican?

That explains it. It doesn't excuse it, but it does explain it.

[840high]

15. Poor excuse for racism.

[enki23]

17. "Republican" is a proper subset of "racist"

So, he wasn't so much excusing anything as he was being more taxonomically specific.

[TBF]

19. Unbelievable. I guess this explains the behavior

we're seeing in Ferguson and other places. These people are something else.

[PumpkinAle]

20. He means he "got caught"

plain and simple.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

22. Unlike the Religious Right we heathen atheist types feel ZERO inkling to grant forgiveness.

[Marrah_G]

25. What struck me is that this wasn't the usual non-apology apology from the GOP

Maybe- just maybe, something has happened to make him realize that what he posted was racist and wrong. (probably not, but one can hope)

The country really needs this wake up call coming from Missouri. We still have a problem with Racism and pretending we don't just prevents us from finding ways to fix it.

White people, people in power, the media, all just stopped talking about it, pretending it was fixed. It was never fixed. For a while it was just ignored which made it infinitely worse. The amount of black men in prison has done so much damage, that even if the legal system was fixed today, it would take generations to heal that wound.

[Louisiana1976]

31. Excellent point.

[oldandhappy]

26. No conscience, no ethics, no taste.

Pretty hilarious that he blames it on being a Republican. So it was OK when you were an active Republican? Thank you for the apology. Please understand that I am wondering what you think about the affordable care act today. Also wonder
how you would feel about a photo of you doctored in a similar way about an issue or cause you may have supported.

[Ed Suspicious]

28. It was only one time, back in college. Those were crazy times right? You know what I'm talking

about. We all experimented back then.

[1Greensix]

32. Republicans hate being called racist by Blacks

Republicans hate being called racist by Blacks, because being called a racist by the victim of racism would be called white racism, as far as Republicans are concerned. It's long past due that educated White men begin calling other white men racist when their actions or words are racist. Blacks should Not have to call any white man a racist. Non-racist White men need to stand up and call out these racist assholes for what they are, white ignorant racists.