The article included the line where the councilman called the kid “dumber than mud,” but I noticed it left out the part where the mother said that line was racist. She said, and I’m not joking, that because mud is black and dirty, calling him “dumber than mud” was racist. Yep.
Personally, I think the best line was “crack dealing piece of trash,” but sort of surprisingly, the councilman has gotten a very warm reception from the folks in Cleveland over this letter. People are just sick of crime.
My God. My father is a racist, and I never knew it. When I got in trouble as a child, he would say "Son, your name is Mud." In fact, my call sign was "Mud One," as a tribute to my father. Had I had any idea...