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I am not your muse ([info]iamnotyourmuse) wrote in [info]unfunnybusiness,
@ 2009-11-03 18:12:00
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Update on failtastic Louisiana justice of the peace
Original post here.

Remember the dick who refused to marry interracial couples "for the sake of the children omg!"?

Well, he's resigned.

I admit to being a little meh about this update. I'm glad he won't be refusing to perform marriages for interracial couples anymore or trying to claim to those he refuses that it's for the good of their potential children. But I wish he'd been kicked out, instead of allowed to resign. Then too, I wish he wasn't still trying to claim what he's done is right and good and just and for the best.

ETA from comments: Title fail from the AP. Lest we, y'know, make the mistake of thinking this matters or anything.

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[info]bienegold
2009-11-04 12:56 am UTC (link)
Heh! I was just going to post this.

I only saw the AP's article on his resignation and found it pretty offensive/insulting/not sure of the right word?

Basically, they were referring to the incident as a 'flap', which...seriously?! I'm preeeetty sure that civil rights issues are about as srs bsns as it comes.

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[info]adevyish
2009-11-04 01:04 am UTC (link)
FUUUUUUU-

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[info]bienegold
2009-11-04 01:10 am UTC (link)
It's worse than I remembered. The actual headline is La. justice quits after interracial wed flap.

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[info]iamnotyourmuse
2009-11-04 01:12 am UTC (link)
What the fuck I don't even what?

I have no words for how painfully belittling that is.

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[info]felinephoenix
2009-11-04 02:52 am UTC (link)
So, this must be what a brain implosion feels like.

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[info]staroverthebay
2009-11-04 04:48 am UTC (link)
Yup. That's the headline all right. I almost posted this here as well, when I saw the post here already.

Seriously, AP -- a "flap"? Way to downplay a fucking case of racism, asshats.

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[info]iamnotyourmuse
2009-11-04 05:07 am UTC (link)
Edited to point to the AP article.

Clearly, we don't need to worry about racism anymore. Glad they're letting us know that.

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[info]iamnotyourmuse
2009-11-04 05:04 am UTC (link)
Also, I edited to point out the AP's total failure.

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[info]persona
2009-11-04 06:01 am UTC (link)
Are you kidding me? That's just appalling.

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[info]sneer
2009-11-04 06:01 am UTC (link)
..."wed flap"?!

That sounds like something you'd put on your car, for fuck's sake.

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[info]adevyish
2009-11-04 07:05 am UTC (link)
All right, who writes the headlines? And who edits them? I need an outlet for my overflowing rage.

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[info]wyf_of_bathe
2009-11-04 03:00 am UTC (link)
Yeah. That's the word I was looking for.

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[info]staroverthebay
2009-11-04 04:46 am UTC (link)
"I would probably do the same thing again," he said. "I found out I can't be a justice of the peace and have a conscience."

... I don't think being a racist dickface counts as 'having a conscience' asshole.

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[info]sneer
2009-11-04 06:02 am UTC (link)
"I would probably do the same thing again," he said. "I found out I can't be a justice of the peace and have a because I am a racist assflap and I have no conscience."

FIXED.

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[info]doomsday
2009-11-04 06:43 am UTC (link)
Well I'm glad the word "flap" was used correctly somewhere!

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[info]sneer
2009-11-04 06:04 am UTC (link)
IT IS SO HARD BEING A WHITE MAN WITH A ~*~CONSCIENCE~*~ LET ME TELL YOU INTERNETS.

Go cry the fuck more, ass.

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GIP
[info]dez_chan
2009-11-04 06:32 am UTC (link)
*in re: the former judge, not you*

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[info]honorh
2009-11-04 07:17 am UTC (link)
Excuse me for a second.

*is sick*

. . . nope, don't feel any better.

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mockygogo
2009-11-04 09:12 am UTC (link)
Way to put the "lose" in Louisiana, dickwad. Don't let the flap hit you on the ass on the way out. Oh, and don't forget your sheet.

One less justice of the peace who embodies neither justice nor peace. (licks finger, makes tick mark in the air)

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[info]ilinana
2009-11-04 07:18 pm UTC (link)
Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, D-Louisiana, who had called for Bardwell's dismissal, said Tuesday night that "Bardwell has finally consented to the will of the vast majority of Louisiana citizens and nearly every governmental official in Louisiana...

Nearly every governmental official? ....

I wish we lived in a world where every governmental official was disgusted by this assflap.*


*brought to you by sneer

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