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West Virginia newspaper (Lincoln Journal) prints a racist's comments

A West Virginia newspaper - the Lincoln Journal - just recently published the following comments from a reader in response to the Lincoln County Board of Education firing lesbian teacher Kelli Burns due to her accusation that board officials forced students to write complaints about her trying to "turn them gay":

"We were really glad to hear that School Board is getting rid of them queers. The next thing is we need to get rid of all the n****rs, the spics, the kikes and the wops. You know even them Catholics, they are wrong as baby eaters. We need to clear them people out and have good, white, God fearing Christians and everybody else needs to be put to death for their abominations. We'll keep Lincoln County white and right. Thank you."

First off, it's quite ignorant to blame a minority of a population for a majority of problems within that population in any context, but that's especially the case here. If Lincoln County is anything, it's white. In its 2011 census, whites made up 99.0% of the population.

Secondly, if this Lincoln Journal reader is a firm believer in The Bible and taking all its scriptures literally, chances are he'd be guilty of an abomination and as he so eloquently worded it, "needs to be put to death" for it.

If I were to speak to this reader, I'd have to ask the following questions:

- "Have you ever lied?"

- "Have you ever been arrogant?"

- "Have you ever eaten beef?"

- "Have you ever eaten pork?"

- "If you answered yes to any of the previous four questions, do you feel you should be put to death for your 'abomination'? If you answer yes to that question, tell me, on a scale from 1 to 49, what would you say your IQ is?"

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/21/west-virginia-papers-anti-lgbt-column-wants-death-for-nggers-spics-kikes-and-wops/#.UUtDtlfYHws.facebook

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/54/54043.html

http://www.dragonlordsnet.com/abomination.htm

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