ongoing racist bullshit in arizona thread

yeah that's certainly how it reads!

So their sex lives will all be 'fade to black'?

Make sure to click through for the full text of the bill. It's just bonkers.

they're occasionally allowed to show their butt iirc

even in class

can you subscribe to a teacher's life to get more racy content?

i have tried and the answer is no

Great way to give in to big Washington government bureaucracy - it's unaccountable FCC that regulates what you can put on the airwaves.

this is next-level

So...they can't ever use the bathroom.

Yeah I mean

they're occasionally allowed to use a public restroom but each time they do there has to be something interesting that happens, like they bump into a celebrity

lol

it's weird that republicans at this point have basically become life trolls

They're...I dunno, suicide bombers of a sort.

it's weird that republicans at this point have basically become life trolls

― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Wednesday, February 15, 2012 12:28 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah I've been saying they're the Troll Party for several years. They're now purely reactive and oppositional.

It makes them funnier than democrats, and people love that.

New GOP symbol:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7172/6395001733_51958dea3b_z.jpg

I just called my state senator and the intern on the phone says voting for it isn't on the agenda this week, next week is a House bill, if it doesn't get attached to another bill, it's not going anywhere. According to her. But I ranted to her about my emphatic desire for a "no" vote anyway. Why the hell would I look for a job here or live here after I graduate and become a teacher with a bill like that in place? There's so little incentive to be a teacher here in the first place.

haha yeah i keep reminding myself not to look for teaching jobs in AZ

No we need all the awesome anti-racist people we can get!

I do plan on sticking around if I can get a job in townbut if something like this bill passes, I would say 'fuck off.'

i think i would get fired in five seconds flat tbh but <3

xp there's no way this can possibly pass, right?

feel like i just jinxed it

P sure this will not pass but *crazier things have happened.*

well that thing with chandler was nuts

This could pass but its not going to get past the state supreme court if it even gets that far. I think this is something even Gov. Brewer might veto.

http://azstarnet.com/news/opinion/editorial/do-pupils-ears-need-protection-from-vile-teachers/article_215f5791-7ea9-5a0f-b87d-2f1e740291b6.html

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