“As a New York-born, 25-year resident of Asheville, I would like to tell Mr. Gilmore that if he moved here because of his disgust with ‘left-leaning politicians,’ he didn’t move far enough south.”
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Forrester, the Klan and Hitler: brothers under the skin?
Hate-spewing bigots in churches and politics use the Bible to explain away contempt for certain segments of society — most commonly blacks and homosexuals. Likewise, Adolf Hitler used Mein Kampf to justify the massacre of millions of Jews and homosexuals during his reign of horror. The Ku Klux Klan thumped the Bible over the decades […]
NPR’s Peter Sagal on “Cesspool of sin”
The “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me” host recorded a promo message for WCQS, congratulating Asheville on its dubious distinction.
Local Matters: Russell drops from City race, poverty legal aid and Asheville as a “cesspool of sin”
In this edition of Local Matters — the Xpress weekly news podcast — reporter David Forbes talks about City Council member Bill Russell dropping out of his bid for re-election, Pisgah Legal Services efforts to increase access to legal help for the poor, and the recent claim by NC State Sen. James Forrester that Asheville is a “cesspool of sin.”