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sparkindarkness) wrote2009-10-16 04:35 pm
sparkindarkness) wrote2009-10-16 04:35 pm
And when you think you've reached a new record for fail...
Along comes someone who leaves you positively stunned by the extent of their sanity - or lack thereof
http://news.aol.com/article/interracial-couple-denied-marriage/719806
(In)Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell of Lousiana has just denied a marriage license. Why?
Because the couple is interracial. Yes, he actually denied the marriage license of a couple because one is black and one is white. No, this isn't a dusty old article from the 50s and 60s. This is 2009. Keith Bardwell, however, may have been preserved in a time capsule in a previously unknown method - however one thinks if one were to preserve someone for future generations one could do a damn sight better than this racist waste of skin.
His excuse is some vague rambling about children. I can't say I read in detail because my brain keeps scremaing "YOU ARE FUCKING KIDDING?!" every time I read a quote from him - and you KNOW when the right wingers start screaming "THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!" in Helen Lovejoy like fashion that there's absolutely no point in continuing reading
He claims he isn't racist. Uh-huh, you're not only racist, Bardwell, but you're a pretty damn good poster child for racism. In a pictorial edition of the dictionery his face would be suitably placed next to the entry for racist. (Other good places would be "fossil" "relic" and "unbelievable bigot who should be hit with fish")
He also claims he has black friends. Piles of them in fact (piles? What does he stack them in a storage closet for when he needs an anti-racism defence?). He even let's them use the bathroom! (Wow, this is presented as an example of anti-racism? REALLY?). Isn't it amazing how all these racists have legions of black friends? You'd think that this excuse would have died long ago as pretty pathetic and useless (but, then again, we're talking someone who is against interracial marriage so I suppose even the tiniest amount of awareness is beyond him). If you are one of his many many black friends, and assuming you aren't imaginary (possibly due to the copious amounts of LSD Bardwell must be consuming on a regular basis) could we send you some heavy objects for you to beat him about the head with?
http://news.aol.com/article/interracial-couple-denied-marriage/719806
(In)Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell of Lousiana has just denied a marriage license. Why?
Because the couple is interracial. Yes, he actually denied the marriage license of a couple because one is black and one is white. No, this isn't a dusty old article from the 50s and 60s. This is 2009. Keith Bardwell, however, may have been preserved in a time capsule in a previously unknown method - however one thinks if one were to preserve someone for future generations one could do a damn sight better than this racist waste of skin.
His excuse is some vague rambling about children. I can't say I read in detail because my brain keeps scremaing "YOU ARE FUCKING KIDDING?!" every time I read a quote from him - and you KNOW when the right wingers start screaming "THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!" in Helen Lovejoy like fashion that there's absolutely no point in continuing reading
He claims he isn't racist. Uh-huh, you're not only racist, Bardwell, but you're a pretty damn good poster child for racism. In a pictorial edition of the dictionery his face would be suitably placed next to the entry for racist. (Other good places would be "fossil" "relic" and "unbelievable bigot who should be hit with fish")
He also claims he has black friends. Piles of them in fact (piles? What does he stack them in a storage closet for when he needs an anti-racism defence?). He even let's them use the bathroom! (Wow, this is presented as an example of anti-racism? REALLY?). Isn't it amazing how all these racists have legions of black friends? You'd think that this excuse would have died long ago as pretty pathetic and useless (but, then again, we're talking someone who is against interracial marriage so I suppose even the tiniest amount of awareness is beyond him). If you are one of his many many black friends, and assuming you aren't imaginary (possibly due to the copious amounts of LSD Bardwell must be consuming on a regular basis) could we send you some heavy objects for you to beat him about the head with?