Posted on 12/11/2015 6:12:38 PM PST by markomalley
Loring Wirbel has resigned as co-chair of the Colorado Springs chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado after facing mounting criticism for a Facebook post that said people voting for Donald Trump should be told "I will have to shoot you before election day."
Wirbel told The Gazette Thursday night that the post wasn't meant to be taken seriously.
"It was intended totally as a joke," Wirbel said. "They are taking that stuff out of context. It's smear politics."
However, Wirbel said he could see how the post was offensive.
Daniel Cole, executive director of the El Paso County Republican Party, was the first to repost the comment on Facebook and ask if it was appropriate coming from the head of an organization that stands for things like free speech and equal access to voting.
"I think it's outrageous on its face," Cole said. "It's beyond belief that he would think it was acceptable to post something like that."
Cole said the post was particularly egregious in a community recovering from a mass shooting.
Wirbel had posted a USA Today opinion article accusing Trump of being a fear monger with the following comment:
"The thing is, we have to really reach out to those who might consider voting for trump and say, 'this is Goebbels. This is the final solution. If you are voting for him I will have to shoot you before election day.' They're not going to listen to reason, so when justice is gone, there's always force, as Laurie would say."
The reference is to Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler's propagandist who advocated for the "final solution," the murder of millions of Jews.
Donald Trump has been compared frequently to Hitler following his call to prohibit Muslims from immigrating to the United States.
Wirbel said he would never advocate for violence and that he sent in his resignation letter Friday, giving up his volunteer position with the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado.
Cole had called for Wirbel's resignation.
The ACLU of Colorado issued a statement saying that it did not "condone the recent personal Facebook post of regional volunteer Loring Wirbel."
He should have been fired and then charged with making terrorist threats against Americans.
Taken out of context, my butt.
Another fascist exposed. Reid is next
Post his pic. Looks like a TOTAL loser. Probably never got a date in HS.
Correct.
Good.bye bye
Heard this story the other day. Didn’t even think he would be disciplined. Forced to quit. Hahahaha.
He wasn’t being investigated because he didn’t say that he was going to shoot anyone in particular.
Liberal free pass.
Bhahwhwwwhwhwhhahahah
Don’t let door hit you on the way out, hate monger.
Is Loring Wirbel a Black Panther, Black Muslim or member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Regardless, he is a terrorist thug.
Yeah! See, see you meanie-old right-wing monsters, always taking what us leftists out of context! It's never our fault!
The left does not like it that their “white Christians are the enemy” agenda is being exposed. It has been a profitable, good long scam.
For his purposes, the bastard can consider me a Trump supporter.
She’s not worried. She will be right back when this dies down.
Loring Wirbel resigns in order to become a recruiut of the reborn Symbionese Liberation Front.
Making America into a minority controlled country? Using force?
Yep, thats what its about.
I suppose when Trump made remarks about Fiorina’s face, he should have gotten a pass by saying that it was totally a joke and should not be taken seriously.
BTW, she does have a face no one would vote for.
“Humor is when you fall through a manhole. Tragedy is when I stub my toe.”
Mel Brooks
Hmmm...
“..so when justice is gone, there’s always force, ...”
Seems to me that POS just defined the Rules of Engagement.
He needs to remember his own words.
Just sayin’.
Well, maybe just a skosh
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