Oklahoma GOP Compares Food Stamp Recipients To Animals

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The Oklahoma Republican Party is in hot water again, this time for comparing food stamp recipients to animals.

A post that appeared Monday on the party’s Facebook page reasoned that food stamp recipients, like animals, “will grow dependent on handouts and will not learn to take care of themselves”:

The post, which was deleted early Tuesday afternoon, didn’t exactly get its facts right. This year is not seeing the “greatest amount of free meals and food stamps ever,” as more than 47.6 million people received food stamps in the 2013 fiscal year, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

But the factual error presumably wasn’t why the post was deleted. Party Chairman Randy Brogdon wrote Tuesday that the comparison had been “misinterpreted.”

“This post was supposed to be an analogy that compared two situations illustrating the cycle of government dependency in America, not humans as animals,” he wrote.

“I offer my apologies for those who were offended – that was not my intention,” he added.

This is the second time in as many months that the state party has made unflattering headlines. Brogdon late last month finally accepted the resignation of top staffer Clint “T.C.” Ryan after weeks of party infighting over Ryan’s domestic violence conviction.

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  1. A-holes will be A-holes. Sorry if that offends you Oklahoma GOP. Actually, no I’m not.

  2. Speaking of animals, when I hear things about the GOP, “ambush predator” comes to mind.

  3. “This post was supposed to be an analogy that compared two situations illustrating the cycle of government dependency in America, not humans as animals,” he wrote.

    In the analogy you compared poor Americans, human beings, to wild animals. There’s absolutely no way around that. If you’re going to post this kind of hateful drivel at least have the brass to own it.

  4. “This post was supposed to be read only by our racist friends and invisible to everyone else,” he wrote.

    Fixed that for you.

  5. Party Chairman Randy Brogdon wrote Tuesday that the comparison had been "misinterpreted."

    “This post was supposed to be an analogy that compared two situations illustrating the cycle of government dependency in America, not humans as animals,” he wrote.

    “I offer my apologies for those who were offended – that was not my intention,” he added.

    How the hell does someone with any reading comprehension “misinterpret” that? Also, typical non-apology “for those who were offended.” You were WRONG, Randy Brogdon – just admit you were very wrong to denigrate your fellow humans like that.

    You and people like you, sir, seem to strive to be offensive. Seriously, this kind of analogy to your fellow human beings who are less fortunate than yourself? Oh, and please do not plead to me you are a devoutly religious man who follows the teachings of Jesus Christ! – That would be an affront to those who actually do take Christ’s teachings seriously and live by them.

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