Skip to main content

Republican Calls NFL Players Who Kneel For National Anthem 'Baboons'

Should you be unfortunate enough to be following the likes of Dinesh D'Souza or Charlie Kirk (among others) on social media you'll notice a particular pattern in their posts: everything bad is left-wing; everything good is right-wing. D'Souza probably uses this narrative the most on the Right, as historians such as Kevin Kruse have destroyed D'Souza's "Democrats are the real racists" talking points so many times that Kruse has stated that he's actually becoming bored of dissecting D'Souza's claims.

A story that recently broke was that of Carla Maloney, secretary of the Republican Party of Beaver County who labelled NFL players who famously took a knee during the national anthem as "baboons", which she posted to her personal Facebook account.

According to a report from the Beaver County Times, these comments were posted under the name "Carla Belich Fueller" and they're as bad as you think they are.

The post is as follows: "Tired of these overpaid ignorant blacks telling me what I should believe in. I will tell you what I believe in and that is our flag, the National Anthem and America, period, end of story. You don't like it here go to Africa see how you like it there. We are all Americans, not African American not Hispanic American. WE ARE ALL AMERICAN.
Maloney apparently sees no irony in saying "we're all American" and "go to Africa" in the same sentence, but I digress. Nevertheless she continued: "Steelers are now just as bad as the rest of the overpaid baboons, you respect your flag, country and our national anthem. How many men and women have lost limbs or died to protect this country and you baboons want respect".

There's more to this post but honestly her disgusting bigotry and racism has already been laid bare for all to see. Maloney's Facebook account has now been deleted and see has been denounced by the Republican Committee for Beaver County chairman Chip Kohser, but he resigned shortly after this story broke.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

MSNBC Host Lawrence O'Donnell Explains How The Democratic Party Treats The Left

MSNBC's "The Last Word" host Lawrence O'Donnell describes his politics as a "practical European socialist", which essentially boils down to being a nordic-style social democrat, usually in favour of a mixed economy with a generous welfare state and has defended his positions on MSNBC news shows that typically frown upon stepping outside the neoliberal bubble. O'Donnell is no progressive hero in the context of american politics, sometimes scolding progressive politicians whenever they mildly criticize the Democratic Party, such as when Bernie Sanders tweeted about having to take on the Democratic establishment as well as Republicans, O'Donnell decided to concern troll Sanders by claiming that the Democratic establishment wouldn't pass Sanders' proposals if he wasn't nice to them. Over the course of the last few months an old video of O'Donnell explaining how to move the Democratic Party further left and how the party treats the p...
Post a Comment
Read more

Donald Trump's Own Pollster: Bernie Sanders Would Have Won

So, as it turns out, even Donald Trump's very own pollster has confirmed what progressives have been saying for over a year now: Bernie Would Have Won. This seemingly obvious statement has been disreputed by two groups of political loyalists - Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton supporters. Trump's supporters, who view Donald as some sort of God who has never put a foot wrong, find it laughable that a 'communist' Independent politician could defeat their dear leader. As for people who would bow down at the feet of Hillary Clinton - you'll be able to find them by the use of their #StillWithHer Twitter hashtag - prefer to use the rather childish defence of "WE WON! YOU LOST!"(although Hillary has now lost twice during a major election) in order to suggest Sanders would have suffered the same fate as Clinton during the 2016 General Election. The pollster in question, Tony Fabrizio, made the claim while speaking at a Harvard University Institute of Politi...
Post a Comment
Read more

About Progressive Political News

Progressive Political News is an independent blog which covers recent political news, mainly focusing on UK and US politics. This may sometimes include news from elsewhere. We have just one writer here currently but are looking to expand and potentially have others contributing to our blog, here's hoping. I'm Joshua Stead and I started Progressive Politics on the 7th of April 2017, as I felt I could provide a worthwhile perspective on the major political goings on and would be able to interest readers with our content. When I began writing the articles I wasn't sure if they were appealing or of substance as it had been my first time trying something like this but the feedback I have gotten has been incredible and it has most definitely enabled me to become a better writer. We would love to become a progressive blog that people will be able to use to form their political opinions on major issues and use it as a source of trustworthy news, much like The Canary or Skwa...
Post a Comment
Read more