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When closet racists come out and then deny they were ever in to begin with...

When a person attempts to begin a conversation by saying, "I'm not racist, but...," there's roughly a 98.257% chance he or she is about to say something which could be construed as racist to almost every person with even a half-functioning brain. For some reason, such individuals can't seem to admit they're racists, and wrongly feel they're fooling all those around them when they make such prejudiced remarks. Blatant racists are frustrating as it is, yet closet racists whom deny they're such, even after making racists statements, may be even more frustrating.

Such is the case with Airway Heights (Washington) Mayor Patrick Rushing, who recently posted the following message on his Facebook page:

"Gorilla face Michelle (Obama), can't disagree with that. The woman is not attractive except to monkey man Barack. Check out them ears. LOL."

After receiving some criticism for the remarks, Rushing said that it was "just playful back and forth banter that my friends and I do."

That wasn't enough for the Airway Heights City Council, who asked for Mayor Rushing to resign.

In response to this, Rushing said, "I made a mistake. I owned up to my mistake. If I do resign that's admitting I'm a racist and I'm not."

Say what? A racist isn't determined by whether or not a person admits to being one, buddy. It's not like members of the Ku Klux Klan could burn African-American families' houses down, get called out on committing a racist act, and then their lead spokesperson then said, "Yes, we did burn that black family's house down, but never will I tell the public that I'm a racist, because I'm not!" Sorry, but a person's denial of being racist can't undermine his or actions which showcase otherwise.

Given Mayor Rushing's odd denial of racism in this case, expect the following events and statements to occur at some point in the future:

Scenario #1: Sexism

Mayor Patrick Rushing: "Broads really aren't good for anything but cooking, cleaning, taking care of the kids, and giving me a hole to stick my junk in for a few seconds at a time."

Airway Heights City Council: "Mayor Rushing's comments were incredibly sexist and we'd like for him to resign immediately."

Mayor Rushing: "I was just having a playful back and forth with my friends. I'm not going to resign. If I resign, that would be me admitting I'm a sexist, and I'm not - far from it!"


Scenario #2: Xenophobia

Mayor Patrick Rushing: "Muslims and terrorists are so synonymous with each other, we should just combine the two words into something like Muslorists or Terrorlims, right? I mean, there's a reason Islam rhymes with bomb and you can't spell 'Allah' without "Osama bin Laden'!"

Airway Heights City Council: "Mayor Rushing's comments illustrated a high degree of xenophobia toward the Muslim community and we'd like for him to resign immediately."

Mayor Rushing: "Look, I was just having some playful banter with a friend. I'm not going to resign. If I resign, I'd be admitting that I'm xeroxophobic or whatever in the heck that word is, and I'm definitely not!"


Scenario #3: Homophobia

Mayor Patrick Rushing: "You know who I hate more than anyone else? Fags. They look funny, talk funny, dress funny, and gross me out so much, I feel like I have to wash myself every time I so much as hear about one on the news. You know who's kind of hot, though? Ryan Goosling or whatever that queer's name is. Am I right?"

Airway Heights City Council: "Mayor Rushing displayed a great deal of homophobia with his recent statements and we feel he should resign as soon as possible."

Mayor Rushing: "My buddy and I were just having a friend chat. I'm not resigning over that! If I resigned over that, I'd be admitting that I'm a fagophobe, and if anything, I'm an anti-fagophobe!"


Hopefully Patrick Rushing never gets found guilty in a court of law, because like his denial with the Facebook post, his denial in a courtroom won't convince anybody, the judge in particular:

Judge Roberto Badass: "I hereby find you guilty and you shall spend 30 days in jail."

Patrick Rushing: "But, your honor, I never admitted to doing it, so that means I didn't do it and you can't convict me!"

Yeah, best of luck with that strategy...

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/mayor-wont-resign-over-gorilla-face-michelle-obama-rant-because-thats-admitting-im-racist/

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