By adamg on Sun., 4/8/2018 - 11:39 pm
WFXT reports Everett City Councilor Stephen Simonelli "is under fire for making racist remarks the Haitian community said were aimed at them."
Simonelli thought one guy's comments in an Everett Facebook group about being tempted to get out of his car and kill someone after a traffic tiff with "a nasty Haitian woman" warranted a hearty "Hallelujah" in response. And then he added those people should learn to drive and talk like Americans and be grateful just to live here.
Our Revolution Everett will hold a protest at City Hall starting at 6:45 p.m. tomorrow (the link will also bring up screenshots of Simonelli's comments).
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Uh oh!
By Brian Riccio
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 7:49am
Nothing like facing the somewhat tepid anger of the Everett Berners.
Boom roasted
By anon
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 8:00am
Boom roasted
You'd be surprised - there
By Paul
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 8:12am
You'd be surprised - there are more younger progressive people in Everett these days. It's not a hipster enclave and probably never will be, but there's a certain amount of overflow from Cambridge/Somerville. I should know - I'm one of them.
Do me a favor, willya?
By Brian Riccio
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 8:55am
Try not to ever mention the word “progressive†in response to anything I post about OR or Bernie. Thank you!
Why?
By lbb
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 9:47am
Why does the association of OR and/or Bernie with progressivism offend you so?
Gee, I don't know....
By Brian Riccio
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 10:03am
Maybe when I see children being ripped from hospital beds by ICE and see a madman threatening nuclear war over Twitter, that maybe I might looking to blame some of those who made that happen...
Just a thought....
Maybe
By anon
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 4:49pm
The only people responsible for the election of Donald trump are Donald trump voters and the mainstream media for showing empty Trump podiums over live Bernie events.
There is no actual logical outcome where the blame for current events falls on Bernie unless you jump through some SERIOUS cognitive hurdles.
better yet
By Parkwayne
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 11:35am
I love this new concept that you should be able to dictate reactions to your comment (not an original post even) on uHub.
Not a dictum..
By Brian Riccio
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 12:02pm
the word "try" would indicate a request.
I still don't understand your objection
By boo_urns
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 12:10pm
The person says they live in Everett and identify as a progressive, among a maybe older and less progressive (i.e. more conservative) population. What exactly do you find objectionable about that?
He thinks every single soul
By anon
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 3:04pm
He thinks every single soul who supported Bernie in the primaries flipped to Trump in the general?
Nevermind the mathematical impossibility of this, particularly in the state of MA. Crazies gonna crazy.
Response to Brian
By Paul
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 4:09pm
Hello Brian! I’m the person who originally responded to you and who used the word “progressive†in doing so. I was responding to your general assertion, whether intended or not, that Everett residents can be written off as not caring about this because they’re all social conservatives who are close-minded. I should say that there are plenty of folks in the city, both longtime residents and relative newcomers like myself, who are not this way. That is what I was responding to.
Hope your day gets better! ☺ï¸
Oh you poor baby
By anon
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 9:19am
So you rate the convictions of people by how angry they get?
Really?
Really?
Go take an anger management course, and STFU. Their lack of "anger" isn't the problem - your belief that anger = caring is. Stop whining about people not being angry enough - they are plenty angry, they are simply far more mature than you are in handling and channeling that anger.
They aren't abusive assholes like you are, with serous health problems to show for it.
Another frustrated Berner
By Brian Riccio
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 9:29am
checking in to blame me for that old fraud fucking the country. And what do my alleged health problems have to do with the topic at hand? And got a name to go with all that anger?
Who pissed in your cheerios?
By lbb
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 9:49am
Damn, Brian, you need to leave yourself alone here. You went from zero to spit-spraying in under five seconds.
You need this
By anon
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 9:55am
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/ange...
Stop blaming others for not being angry enough or agreeing with your poor candidate choices.
Here we go!
By Brian Riccio
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 10:06am
More dimestore analysis of my perceived psychological issues.I have no wish to get into a back and forth here, but I will say if any of you have an issue with me you can call 617-903-7464 Saturday nights from 6PM-7:45 or so to actually bitch at me.
Yet no one here ever does.
Hm
By boo_urns
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 12:13pm
Maybe it's because you run a shitty, unsuccessful ad campaign for your radio show in the comments section on this site. Maybe try changing your marketing (read: PR) strategy.
Come now!
By Brian Riccio
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 1:01pm
Certainly that brain of yours can come up with a better insult than that! And it’s not my show, so what do I care if you listen?
More proof that this place is proliferatied with those who can give me shit anonymously, but get the chance to actually engage verbally with me and the brave keyboard warriors melt like chocolate soldiers in the sun.
I wasn't insulting you.
By boo_urns
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 2:18pm
I was stating a fact. Part of the appeal for "hiding" behind an anonymous moniker is I don't have to be worried about you dragging me in real life, while I offer you sincere criticism. Something that you should learn to appreciate.
I don't want to call in to your sho--excuse me--the show you happen to be on, because I have different priorities for my Saturday evening, thanks. That's to say it would be a move just to appease you and be of no worth to me. Have a great day.
Drag you?
By Brian Riccio
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 10:37pm
I have no idea what that even means.
Seems to be short for "drag through mud"
By Roman
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 11:33pm
As in ruin one's reputation IRL.
Seems to be a recent turn of phrase. I only first saw it yesterday:
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/...
That's funny!
By Brian Riccio
Tue, 04/10/2018 - 8:49am
Can't imagine there's much there to drag....?
Nailed it
By anon
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 1:09pm
.
I heard worse from the Dukakis admins
By anon
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 1:39pm
This is bad but not close to what you would hear in the 70s and 80s. Oh if social media was a thing back then. The Berner heads would likely explode
Oh Dear
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 7:20pm
Is someone worried that his Most Woke White Dude Evuh Crown will be taken from him if other people also become allies?
Well there's always
By Coyote137
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 8:36am
that bastion of morality in the Everett mayor's office that people can rely on. Oh, wait...
Poor Snowflake
By Joe P
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 8:51am
Can dish it out, but can't take it, etc etc.
In other news, confirmed sex offender and bigot Rump
By Dan Farnkoff
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 9:19am
is still the fucking president of the united states.
(That daffy duck thing where he throws his arms up and shouts "whoo hoo" "whoo hoo" "whoo hoo" and runs away in a crazy zig zag fashion when he can no longer bear the absurdity and frustration of the situation)
The mayor is disgusted, but doesn't say at whom
By adamg
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 9:37am
This just in from Carlo DeMaria:
The way Carlo Bag-O-Donuts
By Brian Riccio
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 9:43am
was remarkably silent about the allegations against Steve Wynn?
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