▲ 1241 ▼ Alabama Mayor Kills Self After Right-Wing Blog Outs His Cross-Dressing (www.thedailybeast.com) submitted 2 years ago by Haus@kbin.social to c/news@lemmy.world 454 comments fedilink hide all child comments Bubba Copeland shot himself in front of police on Friday, days after he begged 1819 News not to expose his private life.
[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 40 points 2 years ago (2 children) Why would you be a part of the Republican party if you aren't a terrible person? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago Asking the real questions. permalink fedilink source parent [+] eskimofry@lemmy.world -6 points 2 years ago (1 child) To change it for the better??? How the hell are people in this comment section so dismissive of the possibility that a politician might want to improve his group? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) The Republicans lost control of their party with the tea party people, and the moderate Republicans are not getting control back no matter how hard they try. Just look at how hated Romney was by the end of his career for going slightly against the grain, yet still enabling the Idiocracy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] eskimofry@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Sigh you're right republicans and their supporters are nigh irredeemable. Also by the way, its been at least 12 hrs and somebody else claimed that the late mayor was allegedly was a pedo and also had a weird murder identity theft thing going on. So now I am kind of regretting trying to empathize with such a person. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago Asking the real questions. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] eskimofry@lemmy.world -6 points 2 years ago (1 child) To change it for the better??? How the hell are people in this comment section so dismissive of the possibility that a politician might want to improve his group? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) The Republicans lost control of their party with the tea party people, and the moderate Republicans are not getting control back no matter how hard they try. Just look at how hated Romney was by the end of his career for going slightly against the grain, yet still enabling the Idiocracy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] eskimofry@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Sigh you're right republicans and their supporters are nigh irredeemable. Also by the way, its been at least 12 hrs and somebody else claimed that the late mayor was allegedly was a pedo and also had a weird murder identity theft thing going on. So now I am kind of regretting trying to empathize with such a person. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) The Republicans lost control of their party with the tea party people, and the moderate Republicans are not getting control back no matter how hard they try. Just look at how hated Romney was by the end of his career for going slightly against the grain, yet still enabling the Idiocracy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] eskimofry@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Sigh you're right republicans and their supporters are nigh irredeemable. Also by the way, its been at least 12 hrs and somebody else claimed that the late mayor was allegedly was a pedo and also had a weird murder identity theft thing going on. So now I am kind of regretting trying to empathize with such a person. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eskimofry@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Sigh you're right republicans and their supporters are nigh irredeemable. Also by the way, its been at least 12 hrs and somebody else claimed that the late mayor was allegedly was a pedo and also had a weird murder identity theft thing going on. So now I am kind of regretting trying to empathize with such a person. permalink fedilink source parent