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Pennsylvania Police Chief: “Fuck All You Libtards” (Original Post) MinM Jul 2013 OP
Wow. ctsnowman Jul 2013 #1
That is highly disturbing. I hope he loses his job and his gun rights. nt snappyturtle Jul 2013 #2
I bet crystal dawn Jul 2013 #3
Where is the public outrage? DontTreadOnMe Jul 2013 #4
Gilberton...Fuck yeah! BeyondGeography Jul 2013 #5
One of the absolute LEAST sincere apologies RoccoR5955 Jul 2013 #6
Did you watch it all? Ed Suspicious Jul 2013 #8
My bad... RoccoR5955 Jul 2013 #15
Mental health help needed for the fragile chief. Ed Suspicious Jul 2013 #7
Sooo, you're equating mental health problems with violence. Neoma Jul 2013 #25
MinM Diclotican Jul 2013 #9
markparham markparham Jul 2013 #10
I will be sure to..... JimboBillyBubbaBob Jul 2013 #16
Overcompensating for something damnedifIknow Jul 2013 #11
My Reply to both the original bakpakr Jul 2013 #12
typical heaven05 Jul 2013 #13
Extra points to The Rude Pundit for pointing out: Paladin Jul 2013 #14
I am not bothered by his profanity, but by his insecurity, closed mind, and displaced anger. Dustlawyer Jul 2013 #17
Well, that is a good sentiment...but its not the police I fear in mass protests... Moostache Jul 2013 #26
You mean a collection of Timothy McVee types? DhhD Jul 2013 #38
Types that would mow down lets say, a group of 200 women and children leaving a grocery store with DhhD Jul 2013 #39
Dude, I'm with you on that. I know that many of the guys on the force know people in the Guard. Dustlawyer Jul 2013 #40
Yes, you ARE sorry, Kessler! Now clean out your desk and get the f**k out of here! rdharma Jul 2013 #18
No wonder, Gilberton is a suburb of Frackville, PA. ErikJ Jul 2013 #19
If you can stomach it .... Kessler using Nancy Pelosi as a target Botany Jul 2013 #20
Isn't this something the Secret Service should look into? Moostache Jul 2013 #29
The guy is a full on mental case because he has: Botany Jul 2013 #34
Rahm is that you? AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #21
The Alabama Middle Gus Lammas Jul 2013 #22
OTOH, he has to live in Gilberton, PA, along wiht the other 800-odd residents . . . hatrack Jul 2013 #23
Surely he is a hugh fan of AsahinaKimi Jul 2013 #24
What sad is the locals prolly believe they live in fuckin' Mayberry and he's Andy Taylor. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #27
Andy Taylor never used a gun. barbtries Jul 2013 #31
The locals would say "Life was simpler then." as they pick their nose... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #32
Where are the usual suspects of gun nuts mikeysnot Jul 2013 #28
wow. barbtries Jul 2013 #30
Babies Augiedog Jul 2013 #33
This guy is worth a laugh intaglio Jul 2013 #35
The guy seems to be overcompensating for deficiencies in his other gun. nt Xipe Totec Jul 2013 #36
Unstable; Unbalanced, Dangerous, Making Threats zebonaut Jul 2013 #37
Yup, Normal Bates of this generation. suzanner Jul 2013 #41
Why do we continue to accept the police acting like complete maniacs? Taitertots Jul 2013 #42
Why are comments on his you tube page disabled? Red Knight Jul 2013 #43
Pa. police chief loves guns, profanity, birtherism, Alex Jones... MinM Jul 2013 #44
 

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
6. One of the absolute LEAST sincere apologies
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 10:43 AM
Jul 2013

that I have seen in my 58 years on this planet.
If I would have apologized to my parents like that after doing something wrong, I would have had been grounded for a year, after a nice ass whopping!

 

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
15. My bad...
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:08 AM
Jul 2013

I saw the end of it...
This guy must have the smallest penis... I bet he owns an electron microscope so that he can see it when he has to pee.

Ed Suspicious

(8,879 posts)
7. Mental health help needed for the fragile chief.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 10:44 AM
Jul 2013

That is the type of weird attitude that really freaks me out about the gun humpers. Anger, aggression, and an a hair pin trigger. Idiot looks like he can't wait to go off on some libtards. I would love, as a card carrying libtard, to have my civil rights in the hands of this wombat.

Neoma

(10,039 posts)
25. Sooo, you're equating mental health problems with violence.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:22 PM
Jul 2013

Great, keep it coming with the stigmas. Not like it hurts us mentally ill folk.

Diclotican

(5,095 posts)
9. MinM
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 10:47 AM
Jul 2013

MinM

I guess he is not the only one, who have a gun in the state of Pennsylvania and who might not share his feeling about "libtards"... But he share a strait I must say I have recognized by many of the right - they using profanity as a shield of honor - and when they are put on display - they are proud of using profanities - to express their anger - a man in his office, who have this form of feeling should either have a cool head on top of him - or get fired for not becoming a police officer...

And I guess - this "police-chief" are not chief of police for long - after this video get to the right channel up in the food chain over him... He might be a big fish in his own pound - but he is a little fish in the big sea....

Diclotican

bakpakr

(168 posts)
12. My Reply to both the original
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 10:56 AM
Jul 2013

and this vid.

Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
13. typical
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:06 AM
Jul 2013

these days and probably a zimPIG supporter. All these dumbasses with their weapons(dicks?), that was an ak, are evidently unaware that people out here find you ignorant, culturally backward and stupid and a perfect example of EVERYTHING despicable about amerikkkan culture.....so be it.

Paladin

(28,266 posts)
14. Extra points to The Rude Pundit for pointing out:
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:07 AM
Jul 2013

....that the drum magazine-equipped pistol that this sub-human is firing in this footage looks a whole lot like male genitalia. Calling Dr. Freud.....

Dustlawyer

(10,495 posts)
17. I am not bothered by his profanity, but by his insecurity, closed mind, and displaced anger.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:44 AM
Jul 2013

We have a real problem in that the corporations have played hard to law enforcement. They are almost all RW so that when we next get off of the couch (let's go) to protest they will have no problem with denying us out right to peaceable assembly. While we further alienate law enforcement, especially the good ones, we are making our road much harder, and yes, there are good cops! Do not play into the RW's hands, ask any cops you know if you can go on a "ride along," it is really an eye opening experience!
It is wrong to Demonize whole groups of people, you miss really great opportunities. I do pro bono work on occasion for the Texas Municipal Police Association. At their convention they rib me for my liberal views, but some listen and are surprised to learn of the bubble they have been in. Every year they have either Gov. Good Hair or RW AG Greg Abbott speak to them. This allowed me to explain how they were being used. None of the officers were rude to me b/c I have helped some of them out of some potentially really bad situations that they had found themselves due to no fault of their own. What can you do to help change hearts and minds of the police in your area? We will need them on our side when this crap finally hits the fan in the form of massive protests!

Moostache

(9,897 posts)
26. Well, that is a good sentiment...but its not the police I fear in mass protests...
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:22 PM
Jul 2013

Its the National Guard and Regular Army.

Those guys are the ones who are the real potential problem...they are not trained to handle protesting crowds, they are trained to shoot and kill. They are also infested with the hard right-wing, racist gun loving types and Combine the hyper-militaristic hubris of the military with the draconian measures and powers of the Patriot Act and the Executive Branch (including that abortion of justice "extraordinary renditions&quot and you have something far more terrifying to me than the local doughnut consumers.

Look, the bottom line is this....without a wholesale mutiny of the armed forces, if push comes to shove in this country, I expect a lot of "collateral damage" and a whole bunch of media reporting of "domestic terrorism groups" (a.k.a. - protesters) being "contained" (a.k.a. - shot and killed). The power structure of this nation is so concentrated and so insular that there is no way in hell they are relinquishing it without a bloody and very nasty fight.

DhhD

(4,695 posts)
39. Types that would mow down lets say, a group of 200 women and children leaving a grocery store with
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 03:25 PM
Jul 2013

food that they had taken that they would have in the past paid for with food stamps? These king of people would be considered domestic terrorist in the thinking of some governors if the food stamps are stopped across America. (Governor Rick Perry of Texas stopped the federal food stamp program once.)

McVee pulled and parked his truck loaded with explosives right out side the nursery of the Murrah Building, OK City, and detonated his bomb.

Dustlawyer

(10,495 posts)
40. Dude, I'm with you on that. I know that many of the guys on the force know people in the Guard.
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 09:01 AM
Jul 2013

The more we have on our side in these organizations the better. Posse Comitatus prevents them from using the Armed Forces against the Citizens. They would have to break that law to use them against us. More would join our side at that point and they might risk losing the military.
Every bit helps!

 

rdharma

(6,057 posts)
18. Yes, you ARE sorry, Kessler! Now clean out your desk and get the f**k out of here!
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:57 AM
Jul 2013

This crazy effer shouldn't be wearing a badge!

If this guy is allowed to retain his position, the AG of PA should get an earful!

 

ErikJ

(6,335 posts)
19. No wonder, Gilberton is a suburb of Frackville, PA.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:01 PM
Jul 2013

Last edited Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:24 PM - Edit history (1)

Maybe he better switch to bottled water.

Botany

(70,522 posts)
20. If you can stomach it .... Kessler using Nancy Pelosi as a target
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:04 PM
Jul 2013
&feature=player_embedded

Why does he still have a job?

Moostache

(9,897 posts)
29. Isn't this something the Secret Service should look into?
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:42 PM
Jul 2013

Call me crazy, but using effigies of sitting United States Congressmen or Congresswomen should be of some interest to them I would imagine...and how the fuck is this guy still employed when he does this shit in full uniform and identifying himself as a public official? I guarantee you that I will not EVER drop a single cent on the local economies of Pennsylvania until that entire state demands better representation of their public officials....STAND UP Philly, Pittsburg, Hairsburg, and rational citizens of Pennsylvania...you have a rabid dog representing "justice" in your state and you should NOT be accepting it quietly as "the will of the 800 backwoods resident's of his jurisdiction".

Botany

(70,522 posts)
34. The guy is a full on mental case because he has:
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:16 PM
Jul 2013

* shot himself in the hand in a bar fight

* shot and killed a labrador retriever because he said it was a threat

For a little ass town out in the country the man has had his pistol out
way too many times but his use of "lib-tards" tells me that his thoughts
are being given meaning by listening to right wing nut cases that fill
the air and the internet w/lies and hate.

hatrack

(59,587 posts)
23. OTOH, he has to live in Gilberton, PA, along wiht the other 800-odd residents . . .
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:14 PM
Jul 2013

. . . and they get to live with him.

Pretty much defines "life sentence" for me.

mikeysnot

(4,757 posts)
28. Where are the usual suspects of gun nuts
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:35 PM
Jul 2013

defending this idiot.

Yes, we don't need gun control in this country...

This guy is an embarrassment to the badge.

Augiedog

(2,548 posts)
33. Babies
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:22 PM
Jul 2013

He should get a room with Ted Nugent, they can start work on their really big balls eugenics program. Dumb asses like him are always the first to pee their pants when real trouble shows up, no need to fear this little peckerwood, he ain't about nothin'. You have heard of wanna be cops? Well he is a wanna be man.

intaglio

(8,170 posts)
35. This guy is worth a laugh
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:17 PM
Jul 2013

Back in 2011 he was involved in a bar fight (when off-duty) and somehow shot himself in the hand with his own gun - which went missing

Original article Republican Herald - Handgun not yet recovered in Girardville bar fight investigation

 

zebonaut

(3,688 posts)
37. Unstable; Unbalanced, Dangerous, Making Threats
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 03:07 PM
Jul 2013

Remove him immediately from his post; put him behind locked doors

suzanner

(590 posts)
41. Yup, Normal Bates of this generation.
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 06:57 PM
Jul 2013

The trouble is that he has a whole team of psychos on the air waves to lend credence/confidence to his mental stigma.

 

Taitertots

(7,745 posts)
42. Why do we continue to accept the police acting like complete maniacs?
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 09:40 PM
Jul 2013

In just about any other profession, a video like this is almost certainly grounds for dismissal.

Red Knight

(704 posts)
43. Why are comments on his you tube page disabled?
Sat Jul 27, 2013, 06:27 PM
Jul 2013

According to his supportive mayor:

The mayor of Gilberton, Pennsylvania is continuing to support Kessler. Mayor Mary Lou Hannon says that this is within Kessler's rights to express himself, and the city would not "take action to quash free speech, whether or not each member of council or any member of council agrees with it."


So....it's a one way street with him, I guess.

He just wants everyone else to shut up.

Got it.

MinM

(2,650 posts)
44. Pa. police chief loves guns, profanity, birtherism, Alex Jones...
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 12:02 AM
Jul 2013
Pa. police chief loves guns, profanity, birtherism, Alex Jones, militias, anti-Semitic rock music and serving on the board of education

Pennsylvania has been described as Philadelphia on one side, Pittsburgh on the other, and a whole lot of Mississippi in between.

Mark Kessler, “chief” of the one-man police force in Gilberton, Pa., seems determined to prove that.

The mayor of Gilberton, Pennsylvania is standing by her city’s police chief despite a series of profanity-laced and threatening videos...

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2013/07/24/pa-police-chief-loves-guns-profanity-birtherism-alex-jones-militias-anti-semitic-rock-music-and-serving-on-the-board-of-education/
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