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Mister Nightowl

(396 posts)
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 06:15 PM Oct 2014

Local NC GOPers Compare Gay Pride Flag Over City Hall To Flying Nazi Flag

Source: TPM

ByDaniel StraussPublishedOctober 11, 2014, 4:32 PM EDT


A pair of North Carolina Republicans reportedly likened flying a two-story rainbow flag over city hall in Asheville, North Carolina, to flying a Nazi flag over the building.

That's according to a piece in the Asheville Citizen-Times about a rainbow flag being flown over the building on Thursday as same-sex couples and supporters of same-sex marriage waited for word on a court ruling on same-sex marriage in the state.

The two Republicans, former city councilman Carl Mumpower and former Buncombe County GOP chairman Chad Nesbitt, criticized the move saying the Asheville City Council's decision to fly the flag (the council voted unanimously to display it) violated North Carolina open meeting laws.

"I am equating their methods with the Nazi movement," Mumpower said according to the North Carolina newspaper. "They are indifferent to the rule of law and indifferent to the vote of the people. And that's Adolph Hitler all over again in a different disguise."

A statement from Nesbitt and Mumpower included the depiction of a Nazi flag flying over City Hall, the Citizen-Times reported.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/asheville-north-carolina-gay-pride-flag-city-hall-nazi-flag



They must be campaigning for something. smh
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Local NC GOPers Compare Gay Pride Flag Over City Hall To Flying Nazi Flag (Original Post) Mister Nightowl Oct 2014 OP
do these two cretins know that the nazis killed homosexuals? what in the hell is niyad Oct 2014 #1
I do not think they care riversedge Oct 2014 #14
They always think of themselves as victims shenmue Oct 2014 #20
The Nazis thought of themselves as victims, too. baldguy Oct 2014 #23
Nesbitt is a known nut-job. n/t patricia92243 Oct 2014 #2
Hmm. Let's see... PatrickforO Oct 2014 #3
Mumpower is a PSYCHOLOGIST? Physician (snort), heal thyself. CurtEastPoint Oct 2014 #4
They wouldn't have a problem with a flag SwankyXomb Oct 2014 #5
Exactly my thought. n/t Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2014 #16
Project much, Mumpower?.... paleotn Oct 2014 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author paleotn Oct 2014 #7
Maybe a rainbow CSA battle flag is to their liking. Historic NY Oct 2014 #8
I'm sure all the NC right wingers have been frothing at the mouth today mnhtnbb Oct 2014 #9
Nazis hated gays. So do GOPers. douggg Oct 2014 #10
Is that because Nazis had such great fashion sense? I'm sick of RW bashing of gays and ..... marble falls Oct 2014 #11
Well, Hugo Boss did their uniforms. Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2014 #17
Again! ...with the Nazi thing. SoapBox Oct 2014 #12
The ability to shock is gone over the last several years. What riversedge Oct 2014 #13
Just ignorance. What can you say. YOHABLO Oct 2014 #15
They would have heart attacks in Carrboro supernova Oct 2014 #18
A new idiotic meme is born JDDavis Oct 2014 #19
I truly believe some Teabagging Republicans would love some Nazi genocide right here in the U S of A blkmusclmachine Oct 2014 #21
What's wrong with THIS picture? littlemissmartypants Oct 2014 #22

niyad

(113,087 posts)
1. do these two cretins know that the nazis killed homosexuals? what in the hell is
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 06:18 PM
Oct 2014

WRONG with these people?

shenmue

(38,506 posts)
20. They always think of themselves as victims
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 02:15 PM
Oct 2014

They could care less who the Nazis actually killed.

 

baldguy

(36,649 posts)
23. The Nazis thought of themselves as victims, too.
Mon Oct 13, 2014, 08:56 PM
Oct 2014

Even as they shoveled corpses into the ovens.

PatrickforO

(14,559 posts)
3. Hmm. Let's see...
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 06:37 PM
Oct 2014

The Nazis believed in the superiority of only one race, what they called the 'Aryan' race. They then began a war, and systematically killed millions of people, including gays, disabled, Poles, Russians, Jews and sundry others before they were finally defeated at horrendous cost.

People who are gay want the same rights other people have when it comes to marriage, medical care, pensions and parenting. Maybe I'm missing something here, but I'm not seeing gay people wanting to exterminate everyone who is different, taking over nations or thinking they are superior to all others. They seem to be regular people who are just trying to live and who want to be treated the same under the law as others.

I'm just not seeing the comparison here. Especially since according to the last poll I saw, over half of Americans approved of gay marriage. Seems like if Chad and Carl actually wanted the will of the people, they would back off on these egregious statements. It also seems like Chad and Carl at the least want to suppress gay people and deny them equal rights under the law.

Perhaps Hitler came to their minds as a sort of Freudian slip...

paleotn

(17,884 posts)
6. Project much, Mumpower?....
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 08:31 PM
Oct 2014

...protecting the rights of a minority from the tyranny of the majority is Nazism? Are you serious? How despicably Godwin can you get?

Response to Mister Nightowl (Original post)

mnhtnbb

(31,374 posts)
9. I'm sure all the NC right wingers have been frothing at the mouth today
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 09:17 PM
Oct 2014

over marriage equality finally coming to NC. Too bad they don't know
when to shut their mouths, because all that comes out is an incredible
display of ignorance.

douggg

(239 posts)
10. Nazis hated gays. So do GOPers.
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 11:02 PM
Oct 2014

Nazis had gays in their ranks. So do GOPers.

The GOP has the wrong comparison.

marble falls

(57,014 posts)
11. Is that because Nazis had such great fashion sense? I'm sick of RW bashing of gays and .....
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 11:18 PM
Oct 2014

the trivialization of the Third Reich. Every thing and one can not be compared casually to Hitler or the Nazis.

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
12. Again! ...with the Nazi thing.
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 12:42 AM
Oct 2014

And as others have said, the Nazis hated homosexuals.

The parallel of Pukes to Nazis is striking.

riversedge

(70,093 posts)
13. The ability to shock is gone over the last several years. What
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 07:35 AM
Oct 2014

the heck is wrong with so many folks who talk like this.

supernova

(39,345 posts)
18. They would have heart attacks in Carrboro
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 11:28 AM
Oct 2014

Pride flags all over town, like Rainbow Christmas decorations. LOL.

 

JDDavis

(725 posts)
19. A new idiotic meme is born
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 01:55 PM
Oct 2014

from a group of idiots that think that if two guys marry each other...under a colorful flag

a gas chamber for all straight men and women can't be far behind.

 

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)
21. I truly believe some Teabagging Republicans would love some Nazi genocide right here in the U S of A
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 04:31 PM
Oct 2014

as long as they get to be the genociders. They'd willingly put to death gay people, liberals/progressives, "Centrists," "moderate Republicans," atheists, people of color, women and children who "step out of line," and anybody who uses contraception or utilizes science-based reasoning skills in any facet of their lives. Because Jesus. And freedumb. And religious "liberty." Sieg Heil, and Amen, too!

littlemissmartypants

(22,599 posts)
22. What's wrong with THIS picture?
Mon Oct 13, 2014, 09:57 AM
Oct 2014

A couple of idiots throwing the Holocaust around like Mardi Gras beads.
Disgusting. If only tar and feathers were still in fashion, I would volunteer to do the honors.
Thanks for your post, Mister Nightowl.
~ Lmsp 🙌

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