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State Rep. Joe Mitchell, D-Mobile, had an outlandish exchange via email with a Jefferson County man who asked him and other lawmakers not to pass any laws that would restrict gun ownership.
Eddie Maxwell sent a mass email to state legislators late on Jan. 27, warning them that even attempting to introduce a gun control bill was, in his opinion, a violation of state law.
Mitchell responded from his public, ALHouse.gov email account an hour later, telling Maxwell: "Your folk never used all this sheit (sic) to protect my folk from your slave-holding, murdering, adulterous, baby-raping, incestuous, snaggle-toothed, backward-a**ed, inbreed (sic), imported criminal-minded kin folk."
Here are copies of the emails, as provided to AL.com: From: Eddie Maxwell Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 10:54 PM To: (all members of state legislature) Subject: Gun Control and our Constitutions Can the officers of our state government change our constitution when the change is forbidden by the people? The Supreme Court of Alabama has ruled that it cannot in an opinion dealing with another matter where change is forbidden. You have sworn to support our constitution. You have defined a violation of an oath in an official proceeding as a class C felony (C.O.A. Section 13A-10-101 Perjury in the first degree). Do not violate your oath of office by introducing additional gun control bills or by allowing those already enacted to remain in the body of our laws.
From: Representative Joseph Mitchell Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 11:59 PM To: Eddie Maxwell cc: (all members) Subject: Re: Gun Control and our Constitutions Hey man. You have used the word ‘except’ when I think you mean somethin’ else. Hey man. Your folk never used all this sheit to protect my folk from your slave-holding, murdering, adulterous, baby-raping, incestuous, snaggle-toothed, backward-a**ed, inbreed, imported criminal-minded kin folk. You can keep sending me stuff like you have however because it helps me explain to my constituents why they should protect that 2nd amendment thing AFTER we finish stocking up on spare parts, munitions and the like. Bring it. As one of my friends in the Alabama Senate suggested – “BRING IT!!!!” JOSEPHm, a prepper (’70-’13) Mobile County
That’s not the type of reply I expect to receive from a state legislator,"
Originally posted by neo96
That’s not the type of reply I expect to receive from a state legislator,"
Wouldn't expect that kind of reply either no matter what the issue?
Place the race card!!
Mitchell, who is black, said Wednesday he was explaining that citizens who descended from slaves and were disenfranchised by the state constitution have a different view of history and the constitution than white citizens like Maxwell.
Originally posted by guohua
Originally posted by neo96
That’s not the type of reply I expect to receive from a state legislator,"
Wouldn't expect that kind of reply either no matter what the issue?
Place the race card!!
I agree,but have you read Mr. Mitchell's reason for his racist response?
Mitchell, who is black, said Wednesday he was explaining that citizens who descended from slaves and were disenfranchised by the state constitution have a different view of history and the constitution than white citizens like Maxwell.
www.decaturdaily.com...
That is the Lamest excused I've heard. Why fall back on that B S about descended from slaves and disenfranchised Crap!
To cover your Racist Stupidity and how You Really Feel About The Caucasian Race!
If he is one of those blacks who believe they are disenfranchised by the constitution, than he has no business holding a public office that represents the constitution. These are exactly the politicians, whether black, white, repub or dem, that need to be thrown out of public office.
Two days later, Mitchell again emailed Maxwell, but offered no apology or acknowledgement of his previous comments. “Eddie, a person without the power to exercise a threat cannot be a racist because he or she will be eliminated,” Mitchell wrote in the email. “A person who can, by merely stepping back on the sidewalk’ ore [sic] being quiet can support racism and benefit from the ‘first hired,’ affirmative action, preferential treatment fostered by systemic racism and bigotry.” “It is unlikely that I, through sharing my many experiences on the receiving end, will convince you of your errors,” Mitchell added. “For that matter, you will never convince me that our discomforts were comparable. Let the next generations resolve this continuing story.” He signed the exchange, “Lock and load. jmitchell.”