I know y'all have been wracked with sleepless nights since we posted on Brazoria Mayor Ken Corley's recent proposal to fine residents for using the word "nigger" in an offensive or aggressive manner - what will happen next? Are there free speech concerns? Where the hell is Brazoria?
Well, it turns out the residents of Brazoria are almost uniformly opposed to Corley's attempt to control what comes out of their wordholes. Via KLTV Channel 7, Your East Texas News Leader [cue intro music and graphic], we find out that after a meeting last week, Corley decided to drop his proposal. Why? Well, let's ask the good people of Brazoria:
On the corner of Highway 36 and Mulberry, you'll find the "N-word" in black and white -- along with local plumber John Corder's feelings about it.Thanks to the honesty of people like Saylaio Dunlap and others, Corley realized that Brazoria residents either a) feel it's unnecessary, b) use the word they're sorry, they do, or c) don't want to have their town continue to serve as the punchline in a Jay Leno monologue. So Corley's dream to have Brazoria "take a leadership role for the nation and try to stop the use of racial slurs" was just that - a dream. Go democracy!"I don't use it, never have used it," he said.
But he thinks a law against using it is ridiculous.
"It's a mystery in a way, why do we need it," Corder asked. "We don't need it in Brazoria."
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"If you don't remove this, I'm gonna publicly ask for your resignation from the city of Brazoria," said resident Bill Lott to the mayor during the meeting.
"Let's be truthful, I use the word I'm sorry, I do," said resident Saylaio Dunlap. "I don't use it in a racial way. I don't use it to hurt nobody."
I am amazed that so many elected officials - many on my own city council and more than a few in our state legislature - apparently have no earthly idea what the U.S. Constitution is all about.
Is total obliviousness now a condition precedent to holding public office? Where do we find these people who believe themselves to be "leaders"?
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what kind of name is saylaio? and do you think he cares that his quote made the evening news? probably not.