Incoming Nevada Speaker is a real piece of work

[Person Man]

Makes me grateful for where I live.

[Person Man]

Do you think there is some unwritten, unspoken dare on the right to see how far right you can justify yourself being or being tolerated as? Think of it as a friendly ideological arms race comparable to see who can build the fastest boat, train, car or plane, get to space the cheapest or become the world's fattest man?

[Person Man]

http://politicalwire.com/2014/11/20/incoming-nevada-speaker-left-a-paper-trail/

The Reno News and Review dug up the past writings of Nevada Assembly speaker-designate Ira Hansen (R) which would make him “one of the most controversial speakers in Nevada history.”

“While members of the GOP caucus talked about a united front, they selected as speaker a legislator who is one of the most contentious public officials in the state. Hansen doesn’t like blacks, gays, Israel, many Republicans, and most Nevadans—he once wrote that newcomers to the state, who constitute four of every five Nevadans, should accept Nevada as it is or leave.”

Here are a couple choice quotes:

On race: “The relationship of Negroes and Democrats is truly a master-slave relationship, with the benevolent master knowing what’s best for his simple minded darkies. For American blacks, being denied choice and forced to attend the failing and inferior government school system is a form of involuntary servitude. Let’s call it what it truly is—educational slavery.”

On women: “Today, when Army men look at women in the ranks with ’longing in their eyes’ it very well may constitute ’sexual harassment.’ The truth is, women do not belong in the Army or Navy or Marine Corps, except in certain limited fields.”

Sounds like a mainstream Republican.  What's the issue here?

Mainstream republicans don't support slavery. Heck, I don't think Jim Risch (most conservative member of the senate) supports slavery.

He wasn't supporting slavery.  He was saying Democrats keep blacks in slavery. 

It's actually a common meme amongst the far right- Civil Rights are Slavery because Blacks depend on them to not be enslaved. That dependency is Slavery.

[Person Man]

http://politicalwire.com/2014/11/20/incoming-nevada-speaker-left-a-paper-trail/

The Reno News and Review dug up the past writings of Nevada Assembly speaker-designate Ira Hansen (R) which would make him “one of the most controversial speakers in Nevada history.”

“While members of the GOP caucus talked about a united front, they selected as speaker a legislator who is one of the most contentious public officials in the state. Hansen doesn’t like blacks, gays, Israel, many Republicans, and most Nevadans—he once wrote that newcomers to the state, who constitute four of every five Nevadans, should accept Nevada as it is or leave.”

Here are a couple choice quotes:

On race: “The relationship of Negroes and Democrats is truly a master-slave relationship, with the benevolent master knowing what’s best for his simple minded darkies. For American blacks, being denied choice and forced to attend the failing and inferior government school system is a form of involuntary servitude. Let’s call it what it truly is—educational slavery.”

On women: “Today, when Army men look at women in the ranks with ’longing in their eyes’ it very well may constitute ’sexual harassment.’ The truth is, women do not belong in the Army or Navy or Marine Corps, except in certain limited fields.”

Sounds like a mainstream Republican.  What's the issue here?

Mainstream republicans don't support slavery. Heck, I don't think Jim Risch (most conservative member of the senate) supports slavery.

He wasn't supporting slavery.  He was saying Democrats keep blacks in slavery. 

You act as if that's somehow better.

You seriously think that advocating slavery is no worse than comparing something to slavery?

I would definitely say comparing any modern mainstream American position to slavery is Godwinian. However, as a Democrat,  questioning a policy as somehow restoring a racial civil system is a legitimate thing to do. It's really a fine line between calling a racist a racist, race baiting and full on trolling.

[Person Man]

It's actually a common meme amongst the far right- Civil Rights are Slavery because Blacks depend on them to not be enslaved. That dependency is Slavery.

It's not a meme. It's two centuries of party history as well as modern party leadership who remove opportunity and self-determination by trapping under-privileged kids in failing public school districts, while taxing their parents out of the economy to avoid "exploitation" by business.

The only thing worse than the Democratic slavers are the Republicans who allow Democrats to operate with impunity because the GOP is worried about its image. Republicans are going to be called racist no matter what so they might as well get their hands dirty by rebuilding the lower classes.

That's quite Orweilian. Cause problems blame them on those who fix them. Then hobble their attempts and say that they are failing because they are one causing the problems. Sounds like something Cartman would do on South Park...or maybe Bender on Futurama. AD sometimes has interesting ideas...there are many interesting libertarian ideas, but 70-80% of them are clown shoes.