Huckabee blames “bullies” after he quickly resigns from charity board

[Ahlevah]

Another Republican closely affiliated with President Donald Trump makes an untimely exit. About 24 hours after the Country Music Association announced singer Chris Young and politician Mike Huckabee would join the board of its charitable foundation, the former GOP presidential candidate resigned in disgrace."The CMA Foundation has accepted former Governor Mike Huckabee's resignation from its board of directors, effective immediately," a CMA spokeswoman said in a statement on Thursday afternoon.

https://www.salon.com/2018/03/02/hu...-after-he-quickly-resigns-from-charity-board/

The first thing I thought when I heard this on Fox News was an intolerant, militant gay with money got him. Color me surprised:

The CMA came under fire for his appointment, and perhaps the strongest of those denunciations came from artist manager Jason Owen, who called Huckabee's appointment "grossly offensive" and "a detrimentally poor choice by CMA and its leaders."

Owen, who is openly gay, continued, "I have a child and two on the way. This man has made it clear that my family is not welcome in his America. And the CMA has opened their arms to him, making him feel welcome and relevant.

 

[Saladin4]

Huckabee is a total Asshole.....Enough said on that

 

[sangha]

The first thing I thought when I heard this on Fox News was an intolerant, militant gay with money got him. Color me surprised:

So snowflake Huckabee was bullied by a gay man

That is certainly very manly of him.

 

[Ahlevah]

So snowflake Huckabee was bullied by a gay man

Not just a gay man, but an intolerant, hateful gay man. :2razz:

 

[sangha]

Not just a gay man, but an intolerant, hateful gay man. :2razz:

How apropos

 

[Ahlevah]

How apropos

Poetic justice?

 

[JasperL]

The first thing I thought when I heard this on Fox News was an intolerant, militant gay with money got him. Color me surprised:

I liked this quote of Huckabee's on the subject:

"I hope that the music and entertainment industry will become more tolerant and inclusive and recognize that a true love for kids having access to the arts is more important than a dislike for someone or a group of people because of who they are or what they believe," he added.

This is the showboat who rushed to KY to defend Kim Davis and her decision to not only decline to personally hand out marriage licenses to gay couples, but prohibit her office from issuing them. He's an asshole and is reaping what he sowed. If he wants to make a public spectacle of climbing in bed with anti-gay bigots, that's his choice, but he can't complain when gay people object to him being on their board.

And it's pretty hilarious that a guy who defended the idea that a person acting in their capacity as a government employee can ignore the law and discriminate against gay couples then whines about being shunned for "who they are or what they believe." Good move CMA. He's not just a bigot but a raging hypocrite.

:bravo:

 

[Ahlevah]

I liked this quote of Huckabee's on the subject:



This is the showboat who rushed to KY to defend Kim Davis and her decision to not only decline to personally hand out marriage licenses to gay couples, but prohibit her office from issuing them. He's an asshole and is reaping what he sowed. If he wants to make a public spectacle of climbing in bed with anti-gay bigots, that's his choice, but he can't complain when gay people object to him being on their board.

And it's pretty hilarious that a guy who defended the idea that a person acting in their capacity as a government employee can ignore the law and discriminate against gay couples then whines about being shunned for "who they are or what they believe." Good move CMA. He's not just a bigot but a raging hypocrite.

:bravo:

So what if the tables were turned? Say, for example, that someone like Huckabee was a big donor and the foundation board asked Jason Owen to join it, but then the Huckabee clone protested and he was forced to resign after a day. Would that be a problem?

 

[sangha]

So what if the tables were turned? Say, for example, that someone like Huckabee was a big donor and the foundation board asked Jason Owen to join it, but then the Huckabee clone protested and he was forced to resign after a day. Would that be a problem?

Since Mr Owen is not trying to get the govt to oppress people, it would be a problem.

 

[HowardBThiname]

Not just a gay man, but an intolerant, hateful gay man. :2razz:

He doesn't claim that he was bullied -- his claim is that the leadership of CMA was bullied. And, it appears he was correct. Am I the only one who actually read the story?

I don't like Huckabee in the least but Owen, the man who threw the hissy over Huckabee being appointed might have even more issues than Huckabee has.

From the OP link:

On Thursday, Huckabee published a letter addressed to the CMA Foundation Board on his website, in which he blamed "bullies" for his resignation. "I genuinely regret that some in the industry were so outraged by my appointment that they bullied the CMA and the foundation with economic threats and vowed to withhold support for the programs for students if I remained," he wrote.

He also mentioned his support for music education – one of the core missions of the CMA Foundation. "The message here is 'hate wins.' Bullies succeed in making it untenable to have 'someone like me' involved. I would imagine however that many of the people who buy tickets and music are not that 'unlike me.'"

 

[Parrish]

I don't see it as bullying. It was a business decision.

 

[What if...?]

He doesn't claim that he was bullied -- his claim is that the leadership of CMA was bullied. And, it appears he was correct. Am I the only one who actually read the story?

I don't like Huckabee in the least but Owen, the man who threw the hissy over Huckabee being appointed might have even more issues than Huckabee has.

From the OP link:

Veiled call for a boycott, sounds like.

 

[HowardBThiname]

Since Mr Owen is not trying to get the govt to oppress people, it would be a problem.

You cannot demonstrate to the world that intolerance is wrong -- by being intolerant.

 

[HowardBThiname]

I don't see it as bullying. It was a business decision.

It was a business decision that they were bullied into making. They wanted Huckabee, that's why they appointed him in the first place.

 

[Deuce]

You cannot demonstrate to the world that intolerance is wrong -- by being intolerant.

"Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice."

 

[Deuce]

It was a business decision that they were bullied into making. They wanted Huckabee, that's why they appointed him in the first place.

When my side does it, it's persuading. When your side does it, it's bullying.

 

[JasperL]

He doesn't claim that he was bullied -- his claim is that the leadership of CMA was bullied. And, it appears he was correct. Am I the only one who actually read the story?

I don't like Huckabee in the least but Owen, the man who threw the hissy over Huckabee being appointed might have even more issues than Huckabee has.

It's weird how a gay guy doesn't want an anti-gay bigot who believes government employees can violate the law and discriminate against him and his community!! What a baby, Next thing you know you'll have black people in an organization objecting to, say, someone appointing David Duke to their board. And then where will we be? Why can't people be tolerant of bigots who assert the government can and SHOULD violate the law and deprive them of their rights???

And opposing someone who supports government employees from not only using their position to personally illegally discriminate, but requiring everyone in their government agency to also discriminate and deny constitutionally protected rights to gays is EXACTLY LIKE a gay person exercising his rights of association and free speech opposing that person from serving on a private entities board! EXCELLENT POINT!

 

[JasperL]

You cannot demonstrate to the world that intolerance is wrong -- by being intolerant.

Huckabee wasn't being intolerant, he crawled in bed with a bigoted woman who demanded that her county wide government office deny gay couples their constitutionally protected rights.

 

[JasperL]

So what if the tables were turned? Say, for example, that someone like Huckabee was a big donor and the foundation board asked Jason Owen to join it, but then the Huckabee clone protested and he was forced to resign after a day. Would that be a problem?

I don't know what you mean by "a problem." If, say, David Duke was a member of an org and a black person or a Jew was appointed to that board, Duke is within his rights to protest that, obviously.

But unless that black guy ran for President and part of his campaign involved supporting the idea that black government employees have a right to invoke God and deny rights (like gun permits) to white crackers if they want, and require all their employees to do the same, then I don't see the moral or ethical equivalence.

 

[Mason66]

The first thing I thought when I heard this on Fox News was an intolerant, militant gay with money got him. Color me surprised:

Why does the OP say he resigned in d¡sgrace?

Where was the disgrace?

 

[sangha]

When my side does it, it's persuading. When your side does it, it's bullying.

He is fine with the GA govt persuading Delta based on their politics, but it is bullying when an individual does it

https://www.debatepolitics.com/brea...r-airline-cuts-ties-nra-5.html#post1068226496

Sure they do, but when they take political positions they'll be treated like political entities.


What goes around, comes around, after all.

but it is wrong to treat Huckabee like a political entity when he takes political positions

 

[Hatuey]

So what if the tables were turned? Say, for example, that someone like Huckabee was a big donor and the foundation board asked Jason Owen to join it, but then the Huckabee clone protested and he was forced to resign after a day. Would that be a problem?

...What if the tables were turned? Well, if the tables were turned, we'd have hundreds of gays rushing down to oppose straight weddings. We'd have gay officials refusing to marry straight Christian couples. We'd have entire LGBT think tanks dedicated to understanding which politicians to fund so that Christians have fewer rights in every aspect of their lives. However, the tables aren't turned, and your stupid wine fest can go **** itself with false 'what if christians were the ones being oppressed!'.

 

[AlbqOwl]

The first thing I thought when I heard this on Fox News was an intolerant, militant gay with money got him. Color me surprised:

I'm not surprised. Money makes crass hypocrites of the weak.

Mike Huckabee holds some opinions and beliefs that any of us might not agree with, but who doesn't? He is a good, honest, decent man who loves country music.

This is just another example of the extreme intolerance and malicious hatefulness demonstrated by the worst of the worst on the left. Nobody is acceptable unless the person is exactly like THEM. Can't they see how hypocritical they are? And if it is acceptance they are seeking, they are going about it in a piss poor way to get it. Intolerance does not inspire tolerance.

Unfortunately some of those folks do have a lot of money. And Huckabee has enough class to not want to be in the midst of another utterly ridiculous and hateful firestorm initiated against ANYBODY who doesn't toe the political correctness lines that are being more deeply engraved all the time.

I have to keep reminding myself that it isn't being gay or whatever that creates such hatefulness, but only those who use their political advantage hatefully. But every time one of these things happens I seethe inside and it gets harder to be objective and/or tolerant. They are bullies and worse than bullies.

 

[cuban smokes]

The first thing I thought when I heard this on Fox News was an intolerant, militant gay with money got him. Color me surprised:

I find it odd that Huckabee, being both a 'claimed' Christian & a full supporter of Trump who is likely the world's best known 'bully,' is saying he was bullied.

Huckabee should prolly just stick to his claimed Christian hobby & stop with the political bull**** connections ........

 

[HowardBThiname]

"Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice."

Intolerance is always intolerance.