GOP candidate in Kansas: 'Outside of Western civilization, there is only barbarism'

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/07/politics/steve-fitzgerald-kansas-candidate-barbarism-comments/index.html

A Republican congressional candidate in a Kansas race Democrats are targeting in November told an audience at a party meeting this month that "outside of Western civilization there is only barbarism."

The comments from State Sen. Steve Fitzgerald, a candidate seeking the Republican nomination in the race to replace retiring Rep. Lynn Jenkins, came at a July 2 meeting of the Leavenworth County Republican Party. During his more-than-30-minute speech, Fitzgerald lamented the fact that people believe "Western civilization is the problem," argued that Christendom is "under attack" and doubled down on his previous statement that Planned Parenthood is worse than a Nazi concentration camp.

"We are being told that Western civilization is the problem in the world," Fitzgerald said, according to video provided by a Democratic operative. "Outside of Western civilization there is only barbarism."

He added: "Our Judeo-Christian ethic is what is civilization. And that is what is under attack here and abroad. It also goes by a different name. Christendom. It's under attack. And even speaking about it can bring you under attack. It has brought me under attack."

[wcmagumba]

1. I'm here...

so inside of his "precious" too...

[Thekaspervote]

2. More fantasy

[Girard442]

3. It amazes me that people who are that far up their own ass can still get out and make trouble.

[gtar100]

4. More republican stupidity to cloud our minds...maybe that's the point.

Instead of hearing from the many brilliant people in the world, our media and culture focuses on very stupid people speaking nonsense. This is a problem.

Fitzgerald is plainly a narrow-minded bigot. He can speak all he wants but we have no obligation to listen to him once he reveals his ignorance on this level. He ought to read more, travel more outside his bubble.

Oh well, a train wreck is far more interesting to report on than the train arriving on time. And Fitzgerald is indeed a train wreck.