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."
RE: “...she does have a face no one would vote for...”
With all due rrespect - Not cool at all. She’s one of Ours, agree with her or not.
Please save that stuff for the other side.
Come Loring,let’s play a new game.I’s called run and gun.
Pot meet Kettle.
It’s
Some of those folks really are psychotic.
Absolute lunatics. Who the f*** would say something like that and not expect it to get taken seriously???
Dead man walking.
LOL....Live by PC...Die by PC......it only has to bite you in the ass once!!...You'll come around
when will we find out he was never a Lawyer
Not sure where I heard or read that but it seems to work...
Resign means light duty in the rear or with another parasitic organization
If someone on the Lois Lerner Hit List, or the Obama Jarrett No Fly No Buy List, had said exactly the same thing substituting Hillary for Trump, their dog would be dead and their house trashed by now ...
Good thing he said that about conservatives, otherwise Lynch would have him in leg irons by now.
Yep. No doubt about it.
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.
Sound innocent now doesn't it? /S
What did he do that forced him to resign? I don’t see anything there that would be objectionable to the ACLU.
He got caught.
He looks like that guy that always played minor characters in big movies in the 1970s. You know, that guy.
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