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submitted 8 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

A small-town Alabama pastor and mayor killed himself Friday, days after a local conservative news website published a story that included photos of him wearing women’s clothing and makeup.

F.L. “Bubba” Copeland, who was the mayor of Smiths Station and the pastor at First Baptist Church in Phenix City, shot himself in front of police during a welfare check, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said.

Copeland’s private life was exposed Wednesday by the conservative blog 1819 News, which was once owned by the right-wing Alabama Policy Institute and whose top editor is a former Breitbart News contributor.

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[-] cannibalkitteh@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 8 months ago

I'm absolutely horrified by so many folks in the comment section blinded by partisan hate.

[-] jerome@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago

Welp, conservatives fucking suck.

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It’s even worse than that. No one knows the story at all but they all have a fully developed opinion from reading the headline.

Maybe some of the locals whose children he posted to pornographic websites won’t miss him.

Maybe the local businesswoman he obsessed over while he wrote stories about killing her, seducing her husband, and stealing her life won’t miss him.

It is scary how easy it is to get people to rally over things they know nothing about. I’m not holier than thou either. I’ve caught myself reacting before thinking.

Edit: I want to make it clear that I wish this person had got help. I definitely feel empathy for this person, I just don’t think that the cross dressing is the primary issue here. This person was public figure posting deranged and terrible things online using real people from his town as objects of fantasy.

[-] cannibalkitteh@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 8 months ago

None of that is in the article.

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

You’re right, it’s in the article referenced, with screenshots and evidence.

[-] cannibalkitteh@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago
[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago
[-] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That's the hard right shitrag that drove him to suicide.

[-] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

That's the hard right shitrag that drove him to suicide. They are not credible.

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