GOP candidate with white supremacy ties, arrest record forced out

A candidate for the Colorado legislature was forced out by the Colorado GOP only five days after his candidacy was announced because it was discovered that he has ties to white supremacy and an arrest record.

The candidate said he was not media savvy and thought he would have the time to explain his arrest and "clean up" all the things he's said online about minorities and Muslims before it was discovered by the media.

Apparently he's not intelligent enough to be in public office anyway if he didn't realize all those things would come to light. Also the party obviously did not properly vett this guy before handing him the nomination.

Unfortunately this isn't the only one like him who supports the republican party. Fortunately, the party kicked him to the curb once those things came to light. I am certainly glad to see that. Maybe that shows something good for the GOP in that state.

Personally I am surprised that one like this was trying to run in Colorado - if he'd been from the South it would have seemed more normal all things considered. But I would have thought people in Colorado were more progressive. However if he had been from the South, they may not have kicked him out of the running because those kinds of people are their base in the South.

The sad part is there are thousands more just like him and those people are not always shunned by the GOP. It seems lately more of the Republican party is embracing those who support discrimination bills against women and minorities based on religious grounds. How they can support that I don't know. Whatever happened to the GOP of the old days, back when being conservative didn't mean being a douchebag.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5049149?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013

Heritage and Hate at Ole Miss

Wonderful article from The Daily Beast about hate and racism at Ole Miss (The University of Mississippi). It is sad that the schools in Mississippi are still as racist as they are. Actually it's sad that people are as racist as they are.

Will the day ever come when one person looks as another and does not see a black, white, gay, straight, Christian, Muslim, atheist, transgender, Hispanic, Asian (etc) person but sees simply a HUMAN BEING? Must we classify everything and then align stereotypes to those things? Must we be scared to walk down the same street as a black kid without automatically thinking they're up to no good and deserve to be shot?

The entire state of Mississippi has a racism problem and as someone who lives there I see it everyday. I'm simply lucky to have been born Caucasian in this state rather than of some other race. My hope is that someday people will not be so full of hatred for things different than they are but will appreciate the differences we have. And celebrate them. But it's hard to think that day will come when every February I have to hear how we should not have a Black History Month and every time a black is on television I have to hear "fucking niggers should all die" - and yes that actually happens. Even though people in other places don't see how it is I can tell you for sure iy is certainly very real.

Why must we spend so much energy hating people?

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/21/heritage-and-hate-at-ole-miss.html