▲ 112 ▼ Report on Anti-Gay Slur Could Put Local News Site Out of Business (www.nytimes.com) submitted 3 years ago by thunderclap@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 11 comments fedilink hide all child comments If behind a paywall you can read it here: https://archive.li/az14v
[+] AccidentalLemming@lemmy.world 27 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 26 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children) witnesses to the incident recall Tomczyk calling the child the "f-slur" and prior usage of similar language https://truthout.org/articles/gop-lawmaker-is-suing-newspaper-into-bankruptcy-for-reporting-on-homophobic-slur/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CapgrasDelusion@kbin.social 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) Tomczyk himself admitted in a deposition that he used the word occasionally. Also worth noting he uses the word unapologetically to refer to his gay brother both "out of joking and out of spite." It's a part of his normal vocabulary. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago I’ve got black friends, does that mean… permalink fedilink source parent [+] AccidentalLemming@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago Got sued and the judge dismissed it because Tomczyk did call a 13yo a fag. permalink fedilink source parent [–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 3 years ago Also, three more people corroborated that he said the slur. Cory Tomczyk is a piece of shit. Sue me, asshat. That was an opinion, not a fact. Though the fact remains that you're a petty bitch. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 26 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children) witnesses to the incident recall Tomczyk calling the child the "f-slur" and prior usage of similar language https://truthout.org/articles/gop-lawmaker-is-suing-newspaper-into-bankruptcy-for-reporting-on-homophobic-slur/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CapgrasDelusion@kbin.social 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) Tomczyk himself admitted in a deposition that he used the word occasionally. Also worth noting he uses the word unapologetically to refer to his gay brother both "out of joking and out of spite." It's a part of his normal vocabulary. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago I’ve got black friends, does that mean… permalink fedilink source parent [+] AccidentalLemming@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CapgrasDelusion@kbin.social 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) Tomczyk himself admitted in a deposition that he used the word occasionally. Also worth noting he uses the word unapologetically to refer to his gay brother both "out of joking and out of spite." It's a part of his normal vocabulary. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago I’ve got black friends, does that mean… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago I’ve got black friends, does that mean… permalink fedilink source parent
[+] AccidentalLemming@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago Got sued and the judge dismissed it because Tomczyk did call a 13yo a fag. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 3 years ago Also, three more people corroborated that he said the slur. Cory Tomczyk is a piece of shit. Sue me, asshat. That was an opinion, not a fact. Though the fact remains that you're a petty bitch. permalink fedilink source parent