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Readers' forum: Buttars deserves forgiveness
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Mr. Buttars long history of hateful remarks, willful ignorance and bullying behavior towards those who dare disagree with him makes him, to my mind, totally unfit to represent me as a legislator.
He is an embarrassment to the Republican party and for the good of the party, he should resign. Otherwise, he'll become an albatross around the neck of the party this November.
Remember, if you truly do think about something and change your position, you are not enlightened, you are a "flip-flopper". Obviously all intelligent individuals must formulate a hard and fast opinion early and then cling to it as to life itself, ad infinitum, regardless of any new evidence or epiphany you may encounter.
Sad but true.
I assume you are not black, not gay, and not the judge in the Gibby case, because if you were, you would probably not be chiding people about being "hypersensitive". Some people really ARE offended by this guy. Those of us who are actually impacted by Buttar's hateful and bigoted agenda are not about to cut him any slack. As a public official, he is accountable for his words and deeds.
Compassion is desirable, but especially difficult when the receipient refuses to be compassionate towards others.
Senator Buttars is a prime example of why ignorance and hatred should not be combined with power and influence.
Politicians are too glib and eager to say things and then "apologize" to end the discussion when they are criticized. The question is two-fold: (1) Is the person making the comments using the inner filter to avoid saying/doing hurtful things and (2) Is that individual truly sorry when saying these things and will it prevent him/her from ever saying/doing such things again.
It Buttars were working in private industry, it is certainly required that he go through sensitivity training in addition to making his apology. This is an individual issue regardless if others display the same crass behavior.
One thing I've learned in the workplace is I am never as important as I think I am. I can always be replaced by someone. Butters is the same. There is a replacement out there that will hold to your values and not make West Jordan look like idiots.
OK. I can forgive him; he doesn't know what he's doing. Some people really are missing the part of the brain that makes it possible to empathize or even to imagine what life is like for other people.
But, even if everybody in Utah finds enough compassion to forgive the man, it won't mean he somehow "deserves" to be a state senator.
My question to all who demand that Mr. Buttars be censored or removed from office is why don't you put up or shut up? If you are better qualified to serve the people of District 10, then why don't you run for office? Are you too lazy? Are you too busy? Are you too afraid that other might find that you are just full of hot air?
Being a public servant is not the same as being a public idol. A public servant is going to be opposed by any person who has a 'special' agenda or whose views are different than the general public.
A lot of words have been wasted demanding that Mr. Buttars be removed, but no one is willing to be the next scape-goat.
This man is the definition of "pornography."
He has no socially redeeming values.
Yet, he represents Utah Values. I'm glad I'm not part of the "Utah Values" group.
The current head of the ACLU should watch what she says, because she uses the racism card even when it not the case.
You're right - if the whole public outcry over Buttars has only to do with his "poorly worded comments on the Senate floor two weeks ago." But for most, it isn't just that. His "poorly worded comments" are the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. We cannot isolate those words from his shameful political history. A good part of the public is outraged not because they are hypersensitive, but because they have had all they can take from this man. I am one of them.
True, I was not particularly astonished by Buttars' recent comments - because they pale in comparison to his shameless hatred for gay people, and his outlandish attempts to deprive schoolchildren the basic and essential science of evolution. I am not trying to make more out of Buttars' recent comments to ride a convenient wave of outcry; I became disgusted with him years ago, and said so.
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