ongoing racist bullshit in arizona thread

LOCAL PAPER OP-ED and it reads just like one

LOL so many scare quotes!

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/02/18/conservative-gop-arizona-sheriffand-mitt-romney-az-campaign-co-chairpledges-to-deport-illegal-immigrants

way more LOL than the url would indicate

that article is really ridiculous and worth a read, but:

"A blowjob isn't the kind of "first response" the bigots at CPAC had in mind, Sheriff Babeu"

is this really an acceptable sentiment in a news article? the fact that its used to poke fun at bigots doesn't make this any less homophobic. not to mention calling him a "cocksucking hypocrite." keep in mind babeu is openly gay, and threatening to deport a former partner is not really a sexuality-specific issue

A Dan Savage blog entry doesn't qualify as a news article, though. Was Babeu out before the Phoenix New Times article appeared?

that Dan Savage, such a homophobe

My sense is he was not out, in any commonly used meaning of the term.

he said in his adam 4 adam profile that he was out, but that could be a lie

i'd have a hard time believing that he was

afaict Babeu was never open about his sexuality until this blew up.

although he has confirmed that he's gay in a press conference just now

i suppose it's possible he was out to those close to him, but not in the greater public realm. but who knows.

He pretty much had to confirm he is gay. He is facing a lawsuit that will hinge on whether his denial of the accusation can be trusted. Denying he is gay atm would blow up his credibility in that suit. Double bind.

In recent weeks, Arizona sheriff and once-rising GOP star Paul Babeu has publicly acknowledged that he’s gay, denied allegations that he threatened to deport his ex-lover, a Mexican national, and vowed to press forward with his bid for Congress.

But a new set of allegations has emerged, setting off an ugly -- and public -- family feud between Babeu and his older sister Lucy.

KNXV-TV in Phoenix aired a story Sunday about Babeu’s tenure as headmaster at a Massachusetts boarding school. Former students and state records said the school used controversial disciplinary methods, including something called “sheeting,” in which students were forced to take off their clothes and wear only a sheet.

In the report, Lucy Babeu said her brother, who worked at the school from 1999 to 2001, dated a male student, an allegation former students also made on camera. The TV station did not name the former student, who was 17, which the report said was the age of consent in Massachusetts.

“I said, ‘Paul, get a hold of yourself here,’ ” Lucy Babeu said in an on-camera interview. “ ‘You were his teacher! You were his executive director! You can't do this.’ ”

A spokesman for Paul Babeu said the sheriff had never been “the target of any investigation or lawsuit” and “was recognized for helping restore financial stability of the school," according to a statement emailed to The Times. The statement said Babeu oversaw things such as grounds maintenance, and not decisions about curriculum or discipline.

Furthermore, the statement said, "Sheriff Babeu never had a sexual relationship with a student. A student has never lived with Sheriff Babeu either."

The day after the story aired, a law firm affiliated with Babeu’s campaign lashed out at his sister, according to the Arizona Daily Star. It released a detailed dossier saying she had mental health issues and had lost custody of her children, among other, more lurid allegations. Lucy Babeu called the charges “slanderous.”

The law firm also released a statement from a former boarding school student named Joshua Geyer, who said he'd recently been contacted by the media regarding "allegations of an inappropriate relationship" with Babeu. "I have never at any time lived with or engaged in any inappropriate sexual relationship with Paul Babeu," the letter said.

Babeu, who rose to prominence as a border enforcement hawk, is running against two other Republicans in a conservative district.

We should change the thread title to "Ongoing Bigoted Bullshit":

http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/2012/02/28/20120228phoenix-sheraton-reach-out-ousted-lesbian-couple.html

Representatives of the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel on Tuesday met with a lesbian couple who were asked to leave a hotel restaurant Sunday after they were seen hugging and kissing. Their ouster quickly sparked a firestorm on social-media sites.

. . . Kenyata White and Aeimee Diaz, both 38, chose to celebrate their anniversary at the restaurant Sunday because they had met there, White said.

"My partner and I were reminiscing ... in one of the tall booths," White said. "I had my arm around her neck, and she had her hand around my waist. I gave her a hug for about a minute, pulled myself away to give her a quick kiss, and then we continued talking."

A manager then approached the couple, saying the "behavior was inappropriate and we needed to leave the establishment" because they were making other patrons uncomfortable, White said. The couple were later invited to come back the next day for free drinks, she said.

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/01/10555166-sheriff-arpaio-obama-birth-certificate-may-be-forgery

The couple were later invited to come back the next day for free drinks, she said.

LADIES' NIGHT

The sheriff remains popular among Republicans. GOP presidential candidates have courted his endorsement throughout the primary season. At last week's Republican presidential debate in Arizona, Arpaio won loud cheers. During a question about Arizona's border woes, former Sen. Rick Santorum said the government ought to give local police agencies the chance to enforce immigration law as Arpaio has.

My friend drove to that Arpaio rally to troll it. He made a sign that said
$$ OBAMA $$
$$ REALLY $$
?? ALIVE ??

hahaha awesome!

lol

fox news ran the story toward the top of the website last night but it seems to have dropped off the site today, guess the evidence didn't pan out?

:-(

was really hoping i'd wake up to political chaos

Not racist although it's probably that too somehow but FUCKING ARIZONA

http://jezebel.com/5893011/law-will-allow-employers-to-fire-women-for-using-whore-pills

come on, that's important stuff for an employer to know so they can make important employment decisions. you wouldn't want to hire some scandalous woman who is practicing family planning with her husband, would you?

how else can we make sure women get put on the mommy track?

I just want to say, as a former long-time Tucson resident, that the city itself should not be included in the condemnation of the state's Herda-Hadda laws and racist governors/legislators. Very few people there vote for this shit.

Just like I now live in Philly, a city stranded to the side of a dipshit state that elected Rick Santorum twice to the Senate--Tucson is being fucked by a bunch of meth-head Tim McGraw fans living in AZ's shut-down areas.

I saw a bumper sticker today that said
POT got more votes in Tucson
than Jan Brewer
the O in POT was a pot leaf

yeah, i know tusconites are cool crew. wkiw.

holla Tucson

arizona is like a strange conglomeration of maricopa county (republican) which itself contains phoenix (mostly democratic), tucson (democratic), and a sea of isolated 200-person desert towns (crazy as fuck).

http://www.azdot.gov/mvd/vehicle/images/CharacterEducationLrg.jpg

How can a state with that license plate be racist, I ask?

Good looking out for the Emo race at top left.

Arizona is full of glassy-eyed monsters, I guess.

Good looking out for the Emo race at top left.

Top right, too – the Adobe Illustrator fake-manga cookie cutter Hayley Williams.

Fairness Arizona Respect

Arizona - a fine state for women w/ Ponytails!

Headbands also acceptable!

i'm kinda confused

comic sans

again, not racist but just stupid and arizona:
http://www.infowars.com/arizona-passes-sweeping-internet-censorship-bill/

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2011/12/sheriff_arpaio_oversaw_worst_r.php

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Office Commits Worst Racial Profiling in U.S. History, Concludes DOJ Investigation

present day bull connor

Can the Justice Deparment do anything or is this supposed to shame Arpaio into resigning?

lol n/a u just linked to infowars

xp the investigation is ongoing and may result in trial

yeah racial profiling is illegal iirc

huh that article and the response are 4 months old

i have no idea what infowars is

Worst Racial Profiling in U.S. History

you know that's gotta be some bad racial profiling