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brooklynite

(94,482 posts)
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 10:33 AM Aug 2020

GOP Official Refuses to Stop Using N-Word

Source: Political Wire

A Republican official in Leelanau County, Michigan rejected calls for his resignation after he used the n-word at a public meeting and refused to stop using the racist language, the Leelanau Enterprise reports.

Said road commissioner Tom Eckerle: “Well, this whole thing is because of them n—–s in Detroit.

When rebuked for the racist language, he continued: “I can say anything I want. Black Lives Matter has everything to do with taking the country away from us.”

Eckerle doubled-down in an interview with Interlochen Public Radio: “I don’t regret calling it an n—-r. A n—-r is a n—-r is a n—-r. That’s not a person whatsoever.”

Read more: https://politicalwire.com/2020/08/07/gop-official-refuses-to-stop-using-n-word/

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GOP Official Refuses to Stop Using N-Word (Original Post) brooklynite Aug 2020 OP
yeah dude, you are free to use it, and others are free to see to it you lose your seat in gov't. Thomas Hurt Aug 2020 #1
Here's his photo. He's got that "look" about him... doesn't he? NurseJackie Aug 2020 #4
Funny how all these 'whites are superior' types always look like the love child Aristus Aug 2020 #6
LOL leftieNanner Aug 2020 #13
you know it, Aristus Skittles Aug 2020 #25
Hey, there's nothing wrong with him that lonely bird Aug 2020 #24
Very very common in south! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #2
this happened in Michigan.... quickesst Aug 2020 #7
Yes, I'm aware this happened in MI SheltieLover Aug 2020 #9
of course you miss my point quickesst Aug 2020 #29
Thank you! LuvNewcastle Aug 2020 #12
you're welcome quickesst Aug 2020 #30
West side of the state, very republican area. louis-t Aug 2020 #3
How vile ... no doubt Eckerle will continue to be reviled. MFGsunny Aug 2020 #5
AND . . . LogicFirst Aug 2020 #8
Indeed. Roc2020 Aug 2020 #17
This guy is exactly like the one DUer Duhneece is dealing with in New Mexico. DONATE TO HER! BComplex Aug 2020 #10
Well, Well, and Well...this is swell.. Did this as**ole just gave Michigan to Mr. Biden .. Stuart G Aug 2020 #11
And he would probably claim that he's not racist. leftieNanner Aug 2020 #14
Of course! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #16
"Race" is a stupid concept JustGene Aug 2020 #15
+10 nt reACTIONary Aug 2020 #28
Wow, he seems so nice. aquamarina Aug 2020 #18
Right? "That's not a person whatsoever." (facepalm) Grokenstein Aug 2020 #20
Thank you, Tom, for expressing yourself truthfully. Now, it is up to NCjack Aug 2020 #19
Yeah, at least he's honest about it! Silver lining! HA! oldsoftie Aug 2020 #26
I am more offended by his assertion that we are the cause of this "whole thing." cyndensco Aug 2020 #21
Its like Mr. Eckerle fell into a coma in 1955 PatSeg Aug 2020 #22
How would he like it if everyone started calling him slurs. eShirl Aug 2020 #23
Well, I havent seen him but he's probably fat oldsoftie Aug 2020 #27
He has no neck Major Nikon Aug 2020 #31
Oh holy hell oldsoftie Aug 2020 #32
It's stuff like this that makes me want to take revenge on these shithole areas of America maxrandb Aug 2020 #33
See? This is why we can't have a functioning government. Dyedinthewoolliberal Aug 2020 #34
He's done, resigning just hours ago. greyl Aug 2020 #35
Eckerle will continue with his hate. yes. he will. riversedge Aug 2020 #36

Aristus

(66,308 posts)
6. Funny how all these 'whites are superior' types always look like the love child
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 10:54 AM
Aug 2020

of Jabba the Hutt and the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man...

Skittles

(153,138 posts)
25. you know it, Aristus
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 04:24 PM
Aug 2020

the idea that someone like this goes through life thinking he is superior to others - I mean, WTF

quickesst

(6,280 posts)
7. this happened in Michigan....
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 10:55 AM
Aug 2020

.... yet you project your anger on the south, and none whatsoever on the actual user of the foul language who is from a Northern state. I'll see your and raise you a .

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
9. Yes, I'm aware this happened in MI
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 11:04 AM
Aug 2020

Speaking from 1st hand experience, living & working in south. Fact. Not projection.

quickesst

(6,280 posts)
29. of course you miss my point
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 08:24 PM
Aug 2020

Point being that you are directing your anger at the South in a thread that concerns a Michigan politician in a Northern State, and your failure to offer up any criticism whatsoever concerning said politician who happens to be from a Northern State.
As a lifelong Democrat who was born and has lived most of my life in the south, even with all its problems, I wouldn't live anywhere else.

louis-t

(23,284 posts)
3. West side of the state, very republican area.
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 10:38 AM
Aug 2020

Right next to Traverse City. He's trying to make a name for himself. Probably hoping to get on Hannity's show.

MFGsunny

(2,356 posts)
5. How vile ... no doubt Eckerle will continue to be reviled.
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 10:51 AM
Aug 2020

I hurt for my country and the shambles it is becoming, even as the majority of Americans are fully decent, kind and caring.

BComplex

(8,029 posts)
10. This guy is exactly like the one DUer Duhneece is dealing with in New Mexico. DONATE TO HER!
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 11:14 AM
Aug 2020

DUer Duhneece is dealing with a guy exactly like this racist creep. Duhneece is running for the NM State Senate seat.

PLEASE DONATE TO HER CAMPAIGN! She's helping all the down-line democrats running all over New Mexico, too!

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Stuart G

(38,414 posts)
11. Well, Well, and Well...this is swell.. Did this as**ole just gave Michigan to Mr. Biden ..
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 11:20 AM
Aug 2020

Perhaps?..................

JustGene

(421 posts)
15. "Race" is a stupid concept
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 11:24 AM
Aug 2020

Part of why they deny science is that they won't believe
that they are empirically equal.
And it refutes "Creationism"

Grokenstein

(5,721 posts)
20. Right? "That's not a person whatsoever." (facepalm)
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 11:50 AM
Aug 2020

Dear foaming-at-the-mouth racist: feel free to join humanity in the 21st Century. We have electric lights!

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
19. Thank you, Tom, for expressing yourself truthfully. Now, it is up to
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 11:34 AM
Aug 2020

DEMs in Michigan to hang that around the necks of every Republican running for office.

oldsoftie

(12,516 posts)
26. Yeah, at least he's honest about it! Silver lining! HA!
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 04:45 PM
Aug 2020

Not the usual dance routine about "what I REALLY meant to say...."

cyndensco

(1,697 posts)
21. I am more offended by his assertion that we are the cause of this "whole thing."
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 11:53 AM
Aug 2020

Some people blame us for everything. The n-word, meh - heard it before...

It is unfortunate the 6.48% non-white people in Leelanau County have this bigot as their road commissioner. His n-word usage is bad but it is worse that he may have control over which roads are repaired/plowed and in what order.

In a perfect world, every decision he makes would face oversight. Then again, in a perfect world, he would not be in the position to begin with. Wait, in a perfect world, HE wouldn't exist.

PatSeg

(47,356 posts)
22. Its like Mr. Eckerle fell into a coma in 1955
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 12:01 PM
Aug 2020

and just woke up in 2020. In what decade does he think it is okay to talk like that? On the radio no less? His total lack of regret or remorse is stunning.

eShirl

(18,490 posts)
23. How would he like it if everyone started calling him slurs.
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 12:17 PM
Aug 2020

After all, we can all say anything we want.
I don't think he'd like that very much.

maxrandb

(15,315 posts)
33. It's stuff like this that makes me want to take revenge on these shithole areas of America
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 09:49 PM
Aug 2020

I Know. We're Democrats and decent people, so we don't use political power as a cudgle against Dumbfuckistan Murika when we have power, but God Damned if this doesn't make me want to let these shithole "backwards ass" areas of Murika just fucking suffer.

Close their fucking Post offices!

Make it law that states get back NOT one more cent in federal funding than they provide in taxes.

No fucking federal contracts for any company in any state with "right to work" laws.

Close their fucking polling places 5 days before an election and make them travel 3 hours to cast their vote in their new polling place, a downtown LGBTQ Bar.

They can have all the fucking guns they want, but ban the manufacturing and sale of amunition. Just think how many of the stupid fucks will blow themselves up trying to make their own.

Executive Orders to ban Faux News, Hate Radio and Sinclair Broadcasting as they are enemies of the state. Replace all hate radio shows with French cooking shows, where the hosts speak French!

I never thought I would feel this way, but Donnie Shit for Brains and the Retrumplicans level of cruelty, racism and treason has me convinced that the only way to fix our country and get us back to sanity is to punish these fucksticks.

Dyedinthewoolliberal

(15,562 posts)
34. See? This is why we can't have a functioning government.
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 01:00 AM
Aug 2020

and goes to prove the point that racism isn't confined to the deep south. He needs to go.

greyl

(22,990 posts)
35. He's done, resigning just hours ago.
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 01:02 AM
Aug 2020
Michigan county official resigns after doubling down on N-word, says he's not racist

Traverse City — An elected official in a mostly white county in northern Michigan who used a racist slur prior to a public meeting to describe Black people in Detroit will resign, the county administrator said Friday.

Leelanau County Administrator Chet Janik said Tom Eckerle, a member of the county road commission, would step down after receiving criticism from across the U.S. for his comments.

“I personally and professionally think it’s in the best interests of Mr. Eckerle, the road commission and Leelanau County,” Janik told The Associated Press.

The Traverse City Record-Eagle reported that Eckerle had informed the newspaper of his plans to quit, saying he didn’t want to “burden” a newly hired road commission manager scheduled to begin work this month. Eckerle did not return a call from the AP. But in a phone interview earlier Friday, he repeated the slur while maintaining he was not a racist.


https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/08/07/michigan-county-official-defends-using-n-word/112899250/
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