Local Paper Publishes Racist, Homophobic Letter After Lesbian Teacher's Dismissal in West Virginia

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[pachakuti]

Something about that letter makes me wonder if we aren't looking at an example of real-world trolling; if someone purposefully wrote the most offensive thing they could come up with to prove how fucked up that newspaper is, that they'd publish it.

I think it's the part of me that wants to believe anything other than that guy being real.

Jon Stewart nailed it, and it's never been wrong; West Virginia's state slogan should be, "No interviews, please."

[quizzicalsphinx]

I am almost positive that the letter is trolling. I'm more concerned about the idiot who thought it was a good idea to publish it.

[ebay313]

I thought the same.

[ohmiya_sg]

IA

[mollywobbles867]

URGH.

[sesmo]

+1 to Lincoln Journal for putting the anti-gay hate mongering exactly where it belongs, with the racist bigotry exemplified by that letter.

Also, depressing to see a teacher treated that way.

[kittenmommy]

She further alleged that students had been forced to write submissions saying that she had "tried to turn them gay.”

Wow. I'm speechless.

Also... in that transcript, you "bleeped" the n-word, but not the rest of the slurs? Or was that from the original source?

I'm just curious.

[wrestlingdog]

Looks like it's in the original source. (That as my first reaction as well.)

[kittenmommy]

Well, quoting verbatim is (IMO) an instance where it's acceptable to leave slurs "unbleeped". Others may feel differently.

[redstar826]

You know even them Catholics, they are wrong as baby eaters

wait, wat? I've heard some stupid shit said about Catholics over the years but 'baby eaters' is a new one.

[akisawana]

That's probably referring to Jewish people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_libel

Even if the letter is trolling, what is wrong with people that they printed it?

[aviv_b]

Yep. I think the caller is so stupid that they don't even who the real 'Christ-killing baby-eaters' are. (Excuse me, I have to go eat some more Matzo, its Passover after all).

[hinoema]

Mmmm, Matzo!

Whoever wrote this letter must be about 90. Some of those insults are definitely old school.