David Marsters believes that the words "Shoot the ni**er" aren't threatening or racist. I believe he's "speshal."
David Marsters lives in Sabattus, Maine, and is a conservative candidate for a town position there. He just recently received a visit from the Secret Service after he posted an article about President Obama on Facebook, along with the words, "Shoot the n****r."
After receiving the visit, Marsters said this:
"[They] didn't see no pictures of Obama with bullet holes in his head. It's not a threatening statement, in my opinion, People take it out of context as a threat."
He also claimed he wasn't a racist, saying, "White people are n****rs, too."
As if this wasn't enough, Marsters told the Bangor Daily News that due to Obamacare, his wife will no longer have health insurance, saying, "I'm pissed off at the system, OK. We're about to lose our benefits because of this a**hole."
First off, that Obamacare myth has been debunked, so Mr. Marsters can refrain from insulting the president - or in his mind, complimenting him.
Secondly, I'd love to know what planet Marsters is from where the words "Shoot the n****r" alongside the first African-American president of the country isn't seen as racist or threatening. It's also almost laughable he believes people have taken those words out of context as a threat, since there wasn't any context to begin with. In conjunction with the article he was posting, the only words Marsters wrote were, "Shoot the n****r." Also, what context would make that non-threatening?
"So, I says to him, I says, take out that squirt gun and shoot the n****r!"
Okay, so while that wouldn't be all too threatening, it would still come across as racist.
To Mr. Marsters, it appears that in addition to threatening words, there needs to be a threatening picture for the post to be seen as an actual threat.
"[They] didn't see no pictures of Obama with bullet holes in his head. It's not a threatening statement..."
Yeah, okay, so when a person tells another on the street, "I'm going to f***ing kill you!," he'll have to then grab a pencil, piece of paper, and show the victim exactly what they're going to do to them for the police to consider it as a legitimate threat? If that were the case, we'd be able to spot criminals fairly quickly, because they'd all be carrying Pictionary chalkboards.
If this man gets elected for anything, I'll be fearful to ever enter the state of Maine, especially since I often times have a writing utensil in my hand and my family enjoys the game of Pictionary. The Rozniecki family would likely be seen by Mr. Marsters as the Manson family. Meanwhile, I just see him as being racist and stupid.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/08/29/2547811/conservative-posts-shoot-obama-obamacare/
After receiving the visit, Marsters said this:
"[They] didn't see no pictures of Obama with bullet holes in his head. It's not a threatening statement, in my opinion, People take it out of context as a threat."
He also claimed he wasn't a racist, saying, "White people are n****rs, too."
As if this wasn't enough, Marsters told the Bangor Daily News that due to Obamacare, his wife will no longer have health insurance, saying, "I'm pissed off at the system, OK. We're about to lose our benefits because of this a**hole."
First off, that Obamacare myth has been debunked, so Mr. Marsters can refrain from insulting the president - or in his mind, complimenting him.
Secondly, I'd love to know what planet Marsters is from where the words "Shoot the n****r" alongside the first African-American president of the country isn't seen as racist or threatening. It's also almost laughable he believes people have taken those words out of context as a threat, since there wasn't any context to begin with. In conjunction with the article he was posting, the only words Marsters wrote were, "Shoot the n****r." Also, what context would make that non-threatening?
"So, I says to him, I says, take out that squirt gun and shoot the n****r!"
Okay, so while that wouldn't be all too threatening, it would still come across as racist.
To Mr. Marsters, it appears that in addition to threatening words, there needs to be a threatening picture for the post to be seen as an actual threat.
"[They] didn't see no pictures of Obama with bullet holes in his head. It's not a threatening statement..."
Yeah, okay, so when a person tells another on the street, "I'm going to f***ing kill you!," he'll have to then grab a pencil, piece of paper, and show the victim exactly what they're going to do to them for the police to consider it as a legitimate threat? If that were the case, we'd be able to spot criminals fairly quickly, because they'd all be carrying Pictionary chalkboards.
If this man gets elected for anything, I'll be fearful to ever enter the state of Maine, especially since I often times have a writing utensil in my hand and my family enjoys the game of Pictionary. The Rozniecki family would likely be seen by Mr. Marsters as the Manson family. Meanwhile, I just see him as being racist and stupid.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/08/29/2547811/conservative-posts-shoot-obama-obamacare/
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