'weak will parish', 'lazy' , Texas mayor attacks citizens and quits

[Demovictory9]

'Get off your a** and take care of your own family': Texas mayor quits after calling snowed-in residents 'lazy' and attacking them for complaining about power outages as he warns 'the weak will perish'

Tim Boyd was mayor of Colorado City, 220 miles west of Dallas, until Tuesday

He attacked the town's 4,000 residents on Facebook in a post that went viral

Boyd called them 'lazy' and said they were socialists seeking handouts

In a second post he said he had already resigned and was a private citizen

Texas is experiencing the worst cold snap in decades with freezing weather

In his town over a quarter of the homes were without power on Tuesday

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9268797/Get-ass-Texas-mayor-quits-calling-snowed-residents-lazy.html

[DFW]

2. Only the strong will survive and the weak will parish??

And this was NOT a satire? This was posted by a real person?

That‘s downright scary.

And those poor people who will parish. What happens to people who live outside of Louisiana? Will they county instead?

[Demovictory9]

4. yes..real person

https://meaww.com/tim-boyd-colorado-city-texas-mayor-resigns-facebook-post-power-outages

[DFW]

9. People like this clown give Texans a bad name.

I guess he thinks he's a hard ass because he completed basic training.

[Rorey]

8. LOL, hilarious!

[irisblue]

28. when I saw it at first, I thought it was a bad parody

[EndlessWire]

36. Hahahahaha!! n/t

[lettucebe]

53. Not to mention the word is perish, not parish.

According to dictionary.com a parish is:
1) an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
2) a local church with its field of activity.
3) (in Louisiana) a county.
4) the people of an ecclesiastical or civil parish.

He also can't spell so good thing he resigned. Maybe Texans need some better candidates for office?

[DFW]

54. I'm well aware

That‘s why I made the joke about people outside Louisiana

[Crunchy Frog]

3. I guess people get what they vote for.

[GoneOffShore]

40. Feral voters voting for a rabid feral candidate.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. It would help a lot if the thread title said "mayor", not "major"

I was expecting something military.

[Demovictory9]

6. my typo. i will fix

[7wo7rees]

7. I think he had a "meltdown". Bless his independent heart.

Hopefully for residents of his town someone else is there to step up, step in, etc.

It is bad here in Texas. Gov Abbott going on air and screaming about it is ludicrous. He is and has been major driver of this shit!!

Especially since Highland Park has not lost any power at all. It has been noticed!!

Where we live in North Dallas, we have not been without either. I'm up and trying still to figure it out.
I have a few ideas but not sure. I am grateful and wish there was something I/we could do.

Ms 7wo7rees

[machoneman]

45. Just saw a clip of Abbott on Fox (Hannity, ugh) blaming AOC and wind turbines! Good God, does....

..anyone in Texas, even die-hard MAGATS, truly believe that EVERYONE with a "D" after their name is responsible for this Texas-sized disaster but him and his administration?

I do hope those MAGATS and only those folks are getting the worst of this man-made disaster.

[smirkymonkey]

10. What an illeterate asshole.

How did this guy ever get to be mayor of anything?

Although you have to give him credit for perfectly summing up the republican mentality. They all think that way until THEY need help.

[Rorey]

11. Now he's the one with hurt feelings

Per the article, he's whining because his wife got laid off because of things she said defending him.

[colorado_ufo]

13. This jerk found some woman to marry him?

Wow.

And I would bet he prides himself on being a "good Christian!"

[Mariana]

15. I'm sure he does pride himself on being a good Christian.

I wonder where he goes to church. Maybe this is the kind of thing being preached there.

[wnylib]

26. Prosperity Gospel.

I once knew a woman who told me about her pastor's prosperity Gospel sermons. Basically, he taught that God rewards the righteous with material goods in this life and spiritual salvation in the next. Therefore, whenever a righteous person (meaning a member of his church) saw an opportunity to gain, he/she should take it and not worry if hurt someone else. God had ordained opportunity and a good life for the righteous, so if the righteous benefit from someone else's hard times, or live well at the expense of others, it is God's punishment on the unworthy that they should suffer. Guilt free exploitation of people in God's name.

This woman was an acquaintance to me, the cousin of a friend of mine. I stayed clear of her since she always had a predatory smugness about her that made me hold my purse more closely when she was around.

[The Revolution]

49. Yep

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Of course this is refuted by Jesus himself in Luke 16:

19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. 20 At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores 21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

22 “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. 24 So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’

25 “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.

[wnylib]

51. You're preaching to the choir.

I am familiar with the story of the rich man and Lazarus, as well as Jesus' other teachings on wealth, faith, and caring for others plus the apostles' teachings and actions on caring for one another.

That's what made the woman's and her pastor's perversion of Christian teachings so repulsive to me. I told her that I never saw anything in the Sermon on the Mount about blessed are the predators.

[KT2000]

12. His raising was not good

and his spelling is not good. But now he is crying as all gop victims do.

[yonder]

14. I hope Mr. Private Citizen was run out of town

Into the sticks where he can be as independent as he wants bushcrafting his prepper butt without any assistance from lazy-ass civilization or it's built in benefits. He'll show them.

He sounds like an amazingly clueless dude with no idea of the value of strength-in-numbers community teamwork. I guess he has no lazy-ass kids or aging grandparents depending on him either. It's all about him and no one else.

Sociopathic prick.

[JI7]

16. Was he getting paid for the job ?

[secondwind]

17. I can't imagine what his kids must be like.

Scary stuff, this man.

[Sapient Donkey]

18. What the holy hell.

How the hell have these people became so twisted that this passes as an acceptable attitude? The power companies don't owe anyone anything? Well, if you pay them to provide service, yes they do. I would love to waterboard this guy for fun. I know it's wrong and stuff, but I cannot tolerate people like this any longer. This isn't even conservativism or whatever, it's sociopathic.

[PatSeg]

20. And apparently someone who was part of government

forgot what the purpose of government was. What did he think being mayor was about?

I can imagine that living in that relatively small community is going to be really rough for that guy, after insulting the people who had elected him.

[mdbl]

21. What did he think being mayor was about?

You can apply that statement to all idiot GOP so-called leaders that have been elected. They obviously think they were elected to serve themselves, no one else.

[PatSeg]

23. Apparently so

They obviously want the title, status, and perks of the office, but not the responsibilities that go along with it. I wonder what he ran on - "Elect me as mayor and I promise I won't insult your integrity by doing anything for you"?

[mdbl]

25. That should be all of their campaign slogans.

That is about how it is on all governmental levels with these morons.

[PatSeg]

43. That is so true

They run against government and then sit back and enjoy all that government has to offer them. I can't believe the suckers kept falling for that line over and over again. "Big government is bad for you, the voters, but it is ever so good for ME. Now send me some more money, so I can keep big government out of your lives."

[Sapient Donkey]

30. I wonder if he used the perks of the office to ensure his home maintained power and water

Maybe that is what he meant by doing what it takes to care for oneself.

[PatSeg]

41. Good point

You know if he could, he probably did. "It's good to be king."

[Sapient Donkey]

29. I wish the post was still up so I could see how his community responded.

I read some other idiot defending him on twitter. I understand that idiots like this guy exist, but it really really concerns me when there are a bunch of idiots who agree with and defend the original moron. This guy should be universally despised.

[PatSeg]

47. I wonder if they would agree with him

if they had no heat, electricity, or running water. Would they go out and dig their own well, install solar panels, and buy a generator?

[leftyladyfrommo]

19. It's each citizen's responsibility to have generators

And 10,000 gallons of water in the garage and a month's worth of non-perishable food.

[albacore]

24. ...and enough gas for the generator for a week. Stored safely. Un-huh.. Sure...nt

[leftyladyfrommo]

39. And ammo for the coming civil war. nt

[Norbert]

22. This is what happens when you've been told on the radio and TV to vote for idiology

instead of values and help for your community.

This asshat is a arrogant sociopath that cares little about the people he represents. Oh, but he probably agrees with 99.5% with dump and the right wing agenda so he will get more than enough votes.

[bucolic_frolic]

27. Survival-of-the-fittest corporate capitalism left me without anything

You Republican bozos have it all.

[Sapient Donkey]

32. After reading more about this guy and his writings, I think this guy is just a complete moron

who put absolutely zero thought into anything he was said. Instead he was just saying stuff that he thinks he's supposed to say and feel. Doesn't excuse it, but for reason I felt slightly less angry after coming to the conclusion that he's a brain dead moron as opposed to some calculating scum bag. I amazed that any town would elect this guy to be in charge of anything. Should be interesting how he feels about the role of government when he's out of work and can't afford to support him or his family.

[AZizzy]

31. Here's a thought

If you call yourself a christian, let me ask you one question. Did you die for your sins or did someone else take your place and give his life for you? And if he did that for you did you earn it? Were your worthy?

[BeerBarrelPolka]

38. I want to state something

If you're a Christian, please do not take offense to what I'm about to state. I was born and raised a Catholic but this has always troubled me.

What parent would let their child die when they could either die in his/her place, or prevent the catastrophe? Meaning, I cringe when I read/hear that God sacrificed His only Son for our sins. Hell, I have put my life on the line for total strangers as have others. I would never let a loved one die in my place.

[Trueblue Texan]

33. Fine!

You can reimburse residents of your salary on your way out the door! We pay taxes for services, not just to give lazy officials like you a handout!

[Martin Eden]

35. They're all lazy and they don't work?

They pay for water and electricity but those services owe them NOTHING?

They paid the mayor's salary but when times get tough he throws a hissy fit and quits?

... Conservative "thought" in a NUTshell.

[EndlessWire]

37. Wait a minute.

His wife was laid off, so he quits his job?? Now, neither one of them has a salary? Oh, now he gets to sit on his ass because his wife isn't working?

We've all heard this before. I smell side money, anyway. But, now, it becomes clear. Poor little petulant boy. Has to work for a living. When the going gets tough, the privileged quit.

[bdamomma]

42. wow, tell

your residents how you really feel.

[marmar]

44. Not a MENSA member, I'm guessing.

[greenjar_01]

46. More people went to my high school than live in that town

Honestly, mayor? That's quite a title! Did the high school football coach not run that year?

[tanyev]

48. And now no one owes you your socialist paycheck, former mayor.

Good luck with that.

[dalton99a]

50. Piece of shit should heal himself when he slips and breaks his back

Just pick yourself up

[lindysalsagal]

52. Sure hope he never gets sick or old, or needs an ambulance, or surgery.. .

and, no, I don't want to live in the town where everyone has to capture and purify their own water, raise, feed, and butcher their own livestock, and generate their own electricity with gas generators.

Sounds like india, when I think about it. Maybe, China???