Mark Chambers is the mayor of Carbon Hill, Alabama, a small mining town in Western Alabama with a population of around 2000 people. He’s also a raging homophobe with terrible grammar and who can’t spell. Go figure.
Yesterday, Birmingham TV station WBRC reported on a string of Facebook comments written by Chambers that read: “We live in a society where homosexuals lecture us on morals, transvestites lecture us on human biology, baby killers lecture us on human rights and socialists lecture us on economics.”
“By giving the minority more rights than the majority. I hate to think of the country my grandkids will live in unless somehow we change and I think that will take a revolution,” he added.
Then came the real kicker: “The only way to change it would be to kill the problem out. I know it’s bad to say but without killing them out there’s no way to fix it.”
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When approached for comment, Chambers, who was first elected mayor of Carbon Hill in 2014, initially told WBRC the remarks were “meant to be a private” then tried denying he ever said anything about killing gay people.
“I never said anything about killing out gays or anything like that,” he told the station over the telephone.
When the reporter read the post back to him, Chambers replied, “That’s in a revolution. That’s right! If it comes to a revolution in this country both sides of these people will be killed out!”
After WBRC ran the story, someone from Chambers’ camp must have told him he needed to craft a better response because shortly after that he posted a formal apology to his personal Facebook page claiming his comment about killing gays was “taken out of context.”
“Although I believe my comment was taken out of context and was not targeting the LGBTQ community,” Chambers wrote, “I know that it was wrong to say anyone should be kill [sic].”
Hours later, Chambers deleted his Facebook page. But not before local media outlets grabbed a screenshot of his typo-ridden apology letter, which will now live on the internet forever.
Cam
Typical Republican. First lies and claims he didn’t say it, now says it was taken out of context and he’s a victim.
Chrisk
Then issues a non apology but later deletes it. Yep. Total Rethug there.
djmcgamester
Pretty much 99% of gays were born to heterosexuals. Exactly how would killing us stop us from existing? It wouldn’t. Genocide is never the answer.
I find the guy reprehensible but he’s ever more of a coward for not standing by his words. The only reason I say so is because these people can only be challenged when we shine a light on them.
Chrisk
Because gay people are recruited. If we kill all the gay people no one left to recruit and bingo problem solved.
okiloki
They view us like a cancer. So they kill the existing gays and then every time a new gay child or baby pops up, they’ll kill them. But they can’t abort them cause that would be murder.
Brian
Is “killed out” a phrase people use?
Kangol2
Yep, like bleed out. But he could have been more succinct and just said “exterminate.” More syllabus, single but longer word, same idea. Absolutely revolting, to put it simply.
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Countdown til the kiddie sex scandal with this vile, abhorrent, piece of filth errupts …10, 9, 8, 7….
montegutdude
“I know its bad to say but without killing them out there’s no way to fix it.”
Fix what? Gay folks have existed throughout all of human history. There’s nothing out of sorts.
Wow. Today on the first page of news alone, I’ve read that a US mayor thinks killing all gays is a viable solution to some issue, a Tennessee DA won’t enforce domestic violence charges for gay couples because he doesn’t ‘believe in’ their marriages, and a third FL state rep laughs at the idea of stoning gay people to death.
Leadership requires that you care for those in your charge. By their own admission, none of these men are fit to lead.
Chrisk
Oh go choke on shotgun you bigoted piece of shit. The worst non apology ever. Dumb ass is just sorry he got called out on it.
jaxtonypiper
Says it… says he DIDN’T say it, admits he not only said it… but stands by it…. doesn’t stand by it, but says it was taken out of context…. apologizes NOT for say it, but for “hurting people.”
Typical homophobic asshattery.
russdog
What additional rights do minorities have that the majority don’t have access to?