Comments on: Parade Commodore to 14-year-old Girl: “Go To A Country Where They Hang People Like You”

By: ebohlman

ebohlman — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 23:29:40 +0000

Here in Illinois behavior like that could get you onto the sex offender registry.

By: Jason D

Jason D — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:20:56 +0000

This is not an apology: "Mark Schneider, Riverfest Commodore for 2010 offered his personal apology to Emily St. Sauver and others that might have been affected for events that happened that day." This, however, would be: Mark Schneider, Riverfest Commodore for 2010 offered his personal apology to Emily St. Sauver and others that have been affected by his actions that day. I'm so sick of the non-commital apology that occurs far too often these days. Things like "I'm sorry you were offended" rather than "I"m sorry I offended you". If you're not accepting blame, you're not apologizing, you're sympathizing.

By: Emily K

Emily K — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:04:17 +0000

he claims he was upset because the flag was altered – that it disrespected veterans – but I doubt a 1969 Jasper Johns flag would have incited that kind of rage, nor the comment about hanging.

It’s because it was altered to be “gayer.” That’s what undoubtedly upset him. He also no doubt believes there are no gay veterans and that associating LGBT’s with a patriotic symbol is like calling America weak and limp-wristed.

This is only a hypothesis. But I strongly suspect these things.

By: elaygee

elaygee — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:03:35 +0000

Someone should remind Marc Schneider that his ancestors come from a place where they murder people by the millions in gas chambers and killing fields.Maybe it is still part of his genetic makeup.

He sounded more sorry that he couldn’t have “people like her” killed here.

By: Regan DuCasse

Regan DuCasse — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:38:22 +0000

Satisfactory conclusion? I don’t know.
It shouldn’t have happened in the first place.
I’d question the sincerity of the apology.
It came grudgingly only after there was a witness, a citation by authorities. Otherwise, I doubt anything would have happened except another upbraided kid.

A grown man physically bogarding a young girl? So tough are these homophobes. And what a LAME ASS excuse for his actions?
Really? You didn’t like how the American flag was reconfigured?

Seeing gay people truly sets off the worst in people doesn’t it?
Then gay people get blamed for the shameful responses that men like this have towards gay people and what represents them.

The anti gay are truly cowards at heart, aren’t they?