Posted on 06/11/2014 1:43:25 PM PDT by Lorianne
Given how savagely anti-gay the mainstream Oklahoma Republican party is, its no surprise that the states Tea Partiers are so rabidly hateful that they come across more as dark satire than as serious bigots. To wit: This week, an Oklahoma magazine discovered that last summer, Tea Party state House candidate Scott Esk endorsed stoning gay people to death: I think we would be totally in the right to do it, he said in a Facebook post. Esk went on to add nuance to his position:
That [stoning gay people to death] goes against some parts of libertarianism, I realize, and Im largely libertarian, but ignoring as a nation things that are worthy of death is very remiss.
When a Facebook user messaged Esk to clarify further, he responded:
I never said I would author legislation to put homosexuals to death, but I didnt have a problem with it.
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
Capital punishment for sodomy wasn’t eliminated in VA till 1860.
It's all a ruse to paint the tea party movement in a bad light.
But google is full of articles calling him a "tea party" candidate, saying he is "backed by the tea party" but nowhere does it say what tea party org or group.
About the author:
Mark Joseph Stern is a writer for Slate. He covers science, the law, and LGBTQ issues
The tea party affiliation is make up of whole cloth, it's Alinsky tactics.
I only see one mention of "tea party" action, walking precincts for Esk 4 years ago.
They call themselves a tea party group, but it was formed under Beck's 912 thingie, so not really TPM IMO. (In 2009 when the TPM started, Beck jumped in front of the parade and tried to draw tea party people to follow him and his 912 group)
Here’s a link to his Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/imscobol?v=info
In the Groups page of his profile he is listed as a member of the Oklahoma City Tea Party.
Thanks.
I could not find that on his FB page, but I believe you.
I guess you have to “friend” him to see it, don’t want him for a friend...lol
But because he is a “member” doesn’t mean they support them.
Could be just a political move.
Thanks for the info.
It looks like he’s locked his profile. I was able to see it last night, and he’s no friend of mine.
LOL mine either!
Interesting, I just clicked on his page link you provided and now it’s page not found.
He removed his account.
Dang, he’s reading this thread!
Hi fake tea party faux conservative Esk!
From looking at the Ok City tea party page, it sure doesn’t look like they are the kind of group that would support him.
Anyone pretty much can join any group on FB.
Bingo, we have a winner in the categories of clarity, brevity and excellent content !
That’s a switch. Usually these things are gone before I see them.
Yea me too...
I should have thought to save the page to my ‘puter.
But someone saved the good parts, it’s a pdf if you wanna look at it.
Plus it’s good to have it accessible here at FR.
http://freepdfhosting.com/00be8fa580.pdf
I am glad when this stuff is in FR. Freepers are awesome at debunking this crap and it helps when we’re confronted with it, to be able to come here and quickly get the low down without hours researching every little thing. Leave it posted. It is very helpful
I agree with you completely. I occasionally get ‘Semmens’d’ but between FR, Drudge, and Instapundit I get a much better understanding of current events than I ever could watching mainstream or cable.
My 88-year-old mother lives with me and spends most of her day watching the tube. I go in occasionally into the ‘gun room’ where the TV is located to interact with her and get a little taste of what passes for news nowadays.
What infantle, banal, crap.
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