Bubba Copeland shot himself in front of police on Friday, days after he begged 1819 News not to expose his private life.

  • Silverseren
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    There’s no evidence that the guy was anti-trans, so your comment is nonsense.

    • Kalkaline
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      401 year ago

      Why would you be a part of the Republican party if you aren’t a terrible person?

      • @eskimofry
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        -61 year ago

        To change it for the better??? How the hell are people in this comment section so dismissive of the possibility that a politician might want to improve his group?

        • Kalkaline
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          31 year ago

          The Republicans lost control of their party with the tea party people, and the moderate Republicans are not getting control back no matter how hard they try. Just look at how hated Romney was by the end of his career for going slightly against the grain, yet still enabling the Idiocracy.

          • @eskimofry
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            Sigh you’re right republicans and their supporters are nigh irredeemable. Also by the way, its been at least 12 hrs and somebody else claimed that the late mayor was allegedly was a pedo and also had a weird murder identity theft thing going on. So now I am kind of regretting trying to empathize with such a person.

    • ZeroCool
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      What are you talking about? It makes perfect sense. He was a republican and was attacked by a right wing journalist in an entirely predictable manner consistent with the modern GOP’s platform of bigotry. This is a textbook example of “The Leopards Ate My Face.”

    • @Riccosuave
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      I hate to be that guy because I feel for anybody that is driven to suicide. I’ve gone through two suicides in my IMMEDIATE family in my life, so I know how the fuck it affects everyone surrounding the situation permanently.

      HOWEVER, when you are using the image of Donald Trump to campaign for reelection before being outed by a blog that was connected to right wing terrorists and Breitbart News then I think you can see where there are some serious fucking issues in the progression of this person’s logic and political affiliations. Knowingly participating in groups that continue to justify or carry out systemic oppression is still evil even if you yourself have not publicly taken a position justifying that oppression. Just saying…🖖

    • @PunnyName
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      He was a Republican. He was at minimum anti-trans adjacent. And yes, there’s a lot of social pressure in small towns, and the South in general, to conform. Him being a closeted transvestite incorporates nuance into an often black and white issue. But one can only go along so much without being intentionally complicit, too.

    • @LEDZeppelin
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      He was a republican. Even if he himself was not anti-trans he was perfectly fine being in bed with those who were wishing death on trans (and others).

      That’s the definition of LeopardsAteMyFace

    • Wet Noodle
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      91 year ago

      Doesn’t change the fact that he was happily a member of the party more worried about removing trans rights than ending the american tradition of kids being gunned downed in schools

    • DreamerofDays
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      -71 year ago

      It’s part of the cognitive dissonance peppered throughout these comments: championing empathy, showing none.

      • @Riccosuave
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        I never said I was not empathetic. I am empathetic (see my comment above). That does not mean that I cannot also appreciate the irony in the situation. I wish this person had made different choices, and could be happy with who they were. That is not what they chose to do, and it cost them their life. There is an important lesson in that, and it cheapens their lived experience by not acknowledging where it caused them to end up.

      • @[email protected]
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        51 year ago

        You can have empathy for the guy while also recognizing that he definitely didn’t kill himself because liberals found out and wanted to love and accept him.