Bubba Copeland shot himself in front of police on Friday, days after he begged 1819 News not to expose his private life.

Bubba Copeland shot himself in front of police on Friday, days after he begged 1819 News not to expose his private life.

    • themeatbridge
      19•8 months ago

      Except he wasn’t outed as a bigot. He was outed as “not a bigot”.

        • Bizarroland
          4•8 months ago

          Maybe the politicians, I could agree with that, but most Republican voters are not on board with the southern strategy and all of this other stuff.

          All the majority know is that they hate Democrats, and that is why they vote the way they do. Human beings are creatures of habit after all.

          Besides, even if a group of people are doing bad things en masse, it’s ultimately counterproductive to lump the followers in with the leaders. It makes it harder for the followers to break from the leaders that are leading them down the wrong path.

          I am anti-republican politics, and I don’t get along with Republican voters, but I’m not going to call the guy at the gas station evil because he votes Republican because his dad voted Republican because his dad voted Republican.

          • FaceDeer
            6•8 months ago

            “They don’t know what they’re voting for” is not a defense, frankly. If you’re truly ignorant of what a party stands for and you just can’t bring yourself to vote for their opponent, maybe don’t vote at all?

            If you vote Republican then you are “on board” with the southern strategy and all of this other stuff. That’s what voting signifies, that’s the whole point of voting. It’s a binding statement to the world that you want the person or group you’re voting for to be in charge, and in the case of Republicans we know very well what them being “in charge” entails.

          • @LemmysMum@lemmy.world
            5•8 months ago

            They aren’t evil, doesn’t stop them being ignorant, stupid, wrong, and detrimental to society. Ebola isn’t evil, but it’ll fuck up your life if you don’t kill it first.

            Republican voters are cancer, they might not want to kill you, but they will.

          • @SuddenlyBlowGreen@lemmy.world
            2•8 months ago

            Maybe the politicians, I could agree with that, but most Republican voters are not on board with the southern strategy and all of this other stuff.

            It’s certainly a not big enough deal for them to leave.

            I’m not going to call the guy at the gas station evil because he votes Republican because his dad voted Republican because his dad voted Republican.

            I am.

            If they’re voting to for and supporting the party that does evil stuff, it really doesn’t matter the reason they do it for.

    • SaltySalamander
      5•8 months ago

      Out the ones that could be a part of the ones who could effect change so they can be ousted and replaced by another run-of-the-mill Republican demon. Smart. Real big-brained move.