Bubba Copeland shot himself in front of police on Friday, days after he begged 1819 News not to expose his private life.
Also a pastor, “shot himself in front of police during a welfare check.” It also appears that his wife was aware and involved with the hobby (not with the suicide), presumably in a supporting way.
I may disagree very strongly with this guy’s politics, but fuck the assholes who make this shameful.
These are the assholes who make it shameful.
The blog reported that Copeland, a Republican, confirmed that the accounts were run by him, saying they were a “hobby” he used for “getting rid of stress.” 1819 News reported that Copeland asked them to not out him, but they did so anyway, even though it does not appear he had taken any public positions against LGBTQ issues that could be construed as hypocritical.
even though it does not appear he had taken any public positions against LGBTQ issues that could be construed as hypocritical.‘’
Being GOP and anywhere on the LGBTQIA spectrum is inherently hypocritical.
Yeah I want a world where nobody is persecuted for this, even pieces of shit.
This is tragic but I feel like shaking the people trying to shame or guilt the ones who outed and ridiculed the Mayor.
“Are you happy now?”
Yes, of course they are. The cruelty is the point.
You’d think some empathy would be in order. However, judging from the comments made on the bird website, many people are actually proud of this happening.
Craig Monger, reporter for the 1819news, is truly a human trash bin. What an absolute piece of shit.
The mental gymnastics that asshole is going through to likely justify this as, “not his fault” is probably even worse though. What a disgusting human.
What a waste. Regardless of his political affiliations, it’s sad that someone got bullied so hard that they decided to take their own life. It’s what we fight for in the LGBTQ community and beyond- so nobody feels that their life is over if discovered. Nor should it be a big deal, regardless. It’s what we’ve been fighting for since the Lavender Scare, and we’ll keep fighting for a general sense of normalcy for everyday Americans, regardless of political orientation.
I just imagine him being so conflicted about what he wanted for hjmself and what he thought reality would allow that killing himself made more sense then living ostracized. He must of truly believed the goodness of people is limited to what the majority find socially acceptable.
I hate Republicans for all they do and stand for, but nobody kills themselves just for fun. This guy was mentally ill (aside from being in the GOP) and got pushed over the brink by an asshole.
You don’t have to be sad about his death, but suicide is not normal and should never be encouraged like some here basically do.
Guys, he not only was a Republican, he was a Baptist preacher. He aligned himself with these two LGBTQ hater groups.
Maybe he joined the GOP and the Baptist denomination in an attempt to shield his lifestyle, but he willingly belonged to these two groups which both actively HATE LGBTQ and condemn his very lifestyle.
I have a lot of sympathy for people who feel they must disguise their true selves in order to protect themselves…and I respect that he tried to reach out and offer support to others online.
But I’m hearing some very disturbing ‘rumors’ that he posted hateful, stalking, character assassination of particular people online. And accusations of child porn.
I’m going to reserve my sympathy for him for now, until the whole truth is known.
Baptists aren’t a group and don’t necessarily hate LGBTQ people. It’s a low-church movement/denomination within Christianity which is not defined at all by sexuality.
Some Baptist churches are even gay-affirming.
Of course they’re a group. Each church is comprised of a group of people with like beliefs.
And while there are Baptist churches that are more friendly to LGBTQ people, there’s a reason this man had to hide who he was from the people in his particular church.
He added that it would “not cause my life to change.”
Well, that was wrong. /s
Seriously, though… it’s almost as though being a member of a hate-group (conservatism) results in terrible outcomes when you’re on the outs with said group.
Fascism eats its own
The decade of the well-fed leopards
Guess who just had their face eaten by leopards!
b-but i didn’t think they would eat my face! I thought they would eat everyone elses face!
These fucks (his church) will use this as ammo for their anti-LGBTQ cause. “See folks, this is what happens when you dance with the devil.” despite them and people like them being the actual reason that led to this man killing himself. Shameful. We’re not going to advance as a species/society until we let go of religion. It’s not important anymore, it’s a fake fairytale much like Santa Claus or the Easter bunny, and people need to accept that there isn’t some man in the sky judging you.
This is a tragedy that should never have happened.
I’m in rural Georgia. If you want to hold any political office at all, you have to be Republican. That’s just the way it is. There’s a Democratic party, and they run candidates in most elections, but they’re doing pretty good when they get more votes than the Libertarian candidates do. So if you want to change shit or do any good at all, you run as a Republican, and you vote in Republican primaries. At a local level, there are definitely people that are trying to do good things that are Republicans, even though they agree with most or all points of the Democratic party.
I haven’t seen any indication that this person–and I don’t know how they privately self-identified–was anti-LGBTQ+, aside from their association with the Republican party.
When you’re in a small town in the south, esp. when you’re involved in small town politics in the south, this kind of thing is a social death sentence. It would likely mean the loss of both of their jobs, and possibly their family.
They didn’t deserve this.
No one deserves this.
The people celebrating their suicide, because they were religious and in local politics as a Republican, should be ashamed of themselves. Trans lives matter, but only as long as they fit in the molds we’ve made for 'em, huh?
My heart goes out to their family.
All Republicans are hypocritical bigots, by definition. It’s the core of their political party, it’s who they signed up to be identified with, it’s who they are, or in the case of this poor bigoted fuck, were. I don’t want to see any “but this was a nice republican” bullshit. After the Southern Strategy in 1964, all Republicans are trash, every single one.
Institutionalized racism, misogyny, homophobia, and white Christian separatism as party platform. No matter how “conservative” Republicans claimed to be, The Southern Strategy was the core value and singular driving force for the past 60 years. MAGA isn’t a symptom, it’s result.
Such compassion! At least he wasn’t Palestinian amirite? /s because it’s needed
The people who make a /s like this necessary should be banned from the internet for a month at a time.
it’s never necessary
In this case, just plain banned.
I don’t personally approve of some of the stuff this fellow did, and most of it is just disagreeable or not my cup of tea. But it sure isn’t worth the man’s life. What a shame he ended up killing himself.
Guess he didn’t really believe in his religion since suicide is a big no no.
He was Baptist not Catholic. Keep your sects straight.
Nobody’s perfect
The only thing they actually care about is how they’re perceived by the rest of the cult.
GOP exposed.
this comment section is a cesspool
