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Behind the Aegis

(54,852 posts)
Wed May 13, 2020, 02:35 PM May 2020

Human rights activist who went on homophobic Facebook rant arrested for assault... again

LaKendrick Coburn, better known as Brother Kenick El, is a human rights activist from Virginia Beach, Virginia. There’s just one problem. For someone who claims to be an advocate for humanity’s rights, he’s developing a rather long rap sheet of alleged human rights violations.

In May 2019, the Virginia Beach City Council unanimously voted to make El head of its esteemed Human Rights Commission, which consists of 19 volunteer board members. Five months later, he was forced to step down after publishing a string homophobic posts on Facebook.

“Men trying to be women and women trying to be men is really confusing our children and I’m tired of seeing this nonsense promoted to our children,” one of his posts read.

In another post he called homosexuality “an abomination to the human race” and “a mental illness and should be treated as such.”

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Human rights activist who went on homophobic Facebook rant arrested for assault... again (Original Post) Behind the Aegis May 2020 OP
There's nothing wrong with men trying to be women and women trying to be men!! crazyboy44 May 2020 #1
Only some? mercuryblues May 2020 #3
IKR JudyM May 2020 #4
Interesting because ... Odoreida May 2020 #2
 

crazyboy44

(27 posts)
1. There's nothing wrong with men trying to be women and women trying to be men!!
Mon May 18, 2020, 09:21 PM
May 2020

Some transgendered people need acceptance!!

mercuryblues

(15,099 posts)
3. Only some?
Thu May 21, 2020, 05:56 AM
May 2020

I would say as whole they need acceptance. Even if a person can't "accept" they need to keep their mouth shut, transgender people have no affect on how I live my life. It is so much easier to love than to exude hate all the time.

 

Odoreida

(1,549 posts)
2. Interesting because ...
Tue May 19, 2020, 11:04 AM
May 2020

... your average zhlub homophobe causes a lot of grief but does not get in trouble with the law so much.

OK if I get a little Freudian about this guy? Suffering from a bit of identity "confusion" himself.

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