Soon after Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis was arrested for refusing to issue marriage licenses, supporters created the hashtag #FreeKimDavis to push for her release. Soon after that, her detractors hijacked the hashtag to do just the opposite.
Twitter erupted with posts calling Davis out for multiple marriages and comparing the hashtag to a giveaway coupon.
Twitter users also flocked to a parody account, @nexttokimdavis, which provides some insight into how Davis’ crusade is affecting her beleaguered coworkers.
Some of the most popular tweets are included below:
#FreeKimDavis She’s like Rosa Parks if Rosa Parks was a bus driver who wouldn’t let white people get on her bus and she crashed 3 busses
— Jack Kimble (@RepJackKimble) September 5, 2015
#FreeKimDavis how is she going to find a 5th husband if all of the good guys marry each other??? pic.twitter.com/UEJPd9xcWu
— Jillian Hurley (@BeautyBind) September 4, 2015
#FreeKimDavis because using #ReligiousLiberty to deny service is an American institution! pic.twitter.com/yZdWX97Bq9
— Fozziebare (@Fozziebare) September 3, 2015
#FreeKimDavis Worst coupon ever…
— Ryan Smith (@smithboyrd) September 3, 2015
Don’t fall for the scam people! They say #FreeKimDavis, but if you read the fine print, its only if you buy one of equal or greater cost
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) September 3, 2015
Having read earlier today that her “lawyer” is actually a longtime anti-gay activist, I’m honestly feeling a little sorry for her because it sounds like she’s been duped into thinking she actually had a legal argument, when her lawyers are really just using her to promote their agenda.
I had wondered why they had taken the extra step to announce that any marriage licenses issued while she was in jail wouldn’t be valid, since that shouldn’t have been something they were concerned with. But now I understand why. She’s just a pawn in their game, and likely wasn’t told how entirely empty her case is or how she really will stay in jail until she backs down. I read a quote from her husband saying that the judge needs to learn that he’s not the boss of her, as well as calling him a bully and a butt. In other words, he might not be the most emotionally mature person around.
But more importantly, those don’t sound like the words of someone who fully understands how all this works. The very fact that they’re announcing that they’re waiting for the judge to back down means the judge can’t back down or it undermines his authority. She’s going to be the one who has to back down, and the sooner she gets legal advice informing her of that, the better. But I doubt that will happen as long as she’s represented by activists who don’t have her best interests in mind. If only the judge could lock them up for contempt as well.
Poor Davis supporters. They still haven’t figured out how all “them thar internet tubes” work.
They also haven’t figured out how the Constitution or the American legal system work…
I can’t feel sorry for her after it was testified to in court that the deputies wanted to issue the licenses, but Cruella de HolyRoller threatened to fire them if they did.
Come on, she’s had “deeply held views” for all four of the years since she stopped being a whore…I say let her handle a venomous viper to settle this.