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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBrockton, Mass. official resigns after monkey comment.
Synopsis: City park commissioner calls kneeling players "turds", tells them they are not being paid to think about politics, says "dance monkey dance", then resigns without mentioning his comments.
http://www.wcvb.com/article/massachusetts-official-to-kneeling-patriots-dance-monkey-dance/12467436
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Brockton, Mass. official resigns after monkey comment. (Original Post)
LuckyCharms
Sep 2017
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Did he get "drafted" by the White House? Sounds like he would fit right on to their team.
Midnight Writer
Sep 2017
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LuckyCharms
(17,425 posts)1. And the asshole's resignation letter is dated September 25,2018. n/t
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)2. I'm going to start using that with Dotard
Hey Dotard, dance monkey dance!
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,326 posts)3. Whew, good thing racism is over!
LuckyCharms
(17,425 posts)4. These people are coming out of the woodwork.
and they are not only racist, they are stupid too. A city official typing that out for public consumption? His words tied to his real name? How can this be?
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,326 posts)5. They think other people think like they do.
Midnight Writer
(21,745 posts)6. Did he get "drafted" by the White House? Sounds like he would fit right on to their team.
delisen
(6,042 posts)7. How do they get into these public positions?
Harboring such ignorance of the Constitution and such contempt for citizenry?
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)8. Stupid, ignorant, and racist
"Pina told The Enterprise on Monday that his words,
Dance Monkey Dance,
were not intended to be racist"