"F--- You," Says Mayor To Arizona Shooter On Facebook
A North Carolina mayor used the F-word on his Facebook page to address Arizona shooter, Jared Lee Loughner; some wonder whether that candor was appropriate for a public official on the social network.
In the midst of a national debate over whether the current political rhetoric indirectly triggered the Arizona shootings, the mayor of Carrboro, NC, chose to bluntly express himself on Facebook about the tragedy. Some think he took it too far.
According to the Chapel Hill News, Mayor Mark Chilton of Carrboro, NC, asked his board members to come up with an official report repudiating what had happend to Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and supporting peaceful debate. Although the idea was preliminarily approved, he seems to have been swept by his own personal feelings on the matter, and chose to write the following on his official Facebook page:
Shooter, you probably think you did this for your country, but like Timothy McVeigh you are America’s worst enemy.
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