Representative Allen M. Jaggi called American Indians "injuns" during testimony in the Wyoming legislature.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/wyoming-lawmaker-uses-injuns-slur-to-oppose-medicaid-expansion-for-tribes-report

He is Mormon.
http://legisweb.state.wy.us/LegislatorSummary/LegDetail.aspx?LegID=811

Give the MORmON man some credit !!!

He was really holding himself back by refraining from referring to them as those "cursed Lamanites" ........

I just read that too. What an idiot. But I think that is one of the main qualifications for our legislature.

Classy. What an assbadger.

Itzpapalotl Wrote:
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> Classy. What an assbadger.


Hey,you really did commit to using your new word! lol yay :)

the admin here, lol. :D

It is a great word. I will now proceed to use it in conversation and pretend that I made it up.

Ditto.

He's old enough to still say "darkies," too.

Worse than a D-Bag.
He is an E-Bag.
That's an Enema Bag!

indigenous american?

native american?

american indian?

first nation?

Injun is a slur.

Didn't call them Wyoming Redskins.

What is your point? Injun is a slur.

Redskins is a slur too. Neither word are okay to describe Natives.

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/10/17/natives-speaking-themselves-about-redskins-controversy-151793

Both are slurs but Jaggi didn't use that one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR-tbOxlhvE

Is Uinta County Republican Party Chairwoman Lisa Eyre also a mormon? She certainly is defending Jaggi. In fact, unlike Jaggi who denies having said "Injun," Eyre claims that "Injun" is not a slur!

Yes.

Thank's for that info. So, Lisa Eyre, the Republican Party Chairperson defends using "Injun" as okay, as not being derogatory.

I figured she was a mormon. So clueless.

From the comments below the Wyoming newspaper article:

I know people on that rez, many in their family live on the rez in my town in California and are good friends. The Spoonhunter's, around 2000 of them on the Northern Arapaho rez, a few hundred in the Valley I reside in..

This racist POS has also been involved in allowing fracking to destroy the water for many towns on that rez...one of the best known is Pavillion where no one will ever drink the water there ever again....[...]
[end excerpt from readers' comments]

Sounds like Jaggi has financial connections to the companies that have been fracking on or near the Indian reservations.

Is he making a racial slur or is he one of those who sees water flowing down a "crik" and calls a coyote a CoyotE?

Could it be his pronounciation is off and he is not racist?

An American Indian is a person. I don't give a rat's ass what his local dialect is, a slur is a slur.

If he said the n-word in another accent, does that make it less racist?

Itzpapalotl Wrote:
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> An American Indian is a person. I don't give a
> rat's ass what his local dialect is, a slur is a
> slur.
>
> If he said the n-word in another accent, does that
> make it less racist?


Thats right.

He made a racial slur. That doesn't necessarily mean that he is a racist but his Mormonism is showing. He denies doing it and another Mormon defending him denies that it is a slur.

michaelm (not logged in) Wrote:
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> He made a racial slur. That doesn't necessarily
> mean that he is a racist but his Mormonism is
> showing. He denies doing it and another Mormon
> defending him denies that it is a slur.


So what you are saying is that making racial slurs does not

make one a racist? How do you know he is not a racist? how do

you know for sure? Can you prove it?

He may or may not be a racist. I do not know. But I do know that he is a Mormon and he made a racial slur.

michaelm (not logged in) Wrote:
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> He may or may not be a racist. I do not know. But
> I do know that he is a Mormon and he made a racial
> slur.


Racists make racial slurs. People who are not racists don't.

And some ignorant Mormons say stupid things but are probably not racist. I do not know if he is or isn't.

I would much rather discuss his Mormonism, because that doctrine does teach racist ideas. He has been influenced by the Book of Mormon all of his life. He has been taught that American Indians are descendants of wicked and evil people, that they need to become Mormon for their curse to be removed. He has been taught that Columbus was inspired from god and that Europeans were blessed from god to take the lands that were already occupied.

I would much rather discuss his denial that he said it while another Mormon is claiming that even if he said it, it wasn't even a slur.

I would also like to discuss how he thinks he can square his religious beliefs and teachings about "nursing fathers and nursing mothers" with his efforts to stop the bill that would benefit the medical care of Wyoming's enrolled tribal members.

I'd also like to see a discussion about how he thinks they will be taken care of when the facts show that federal funding for Indian Health Care is as low as 50% and only emergency care is available at many IHC facilities. His elected position in government gives him the opportunity to help, but he took to the floor to try to stop the bill.

All these issues are more productive to discuss than whether or not he is a racist.

michaelm (not logged in) Wrote:
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> And some ignorant Mormons say stupid things but
> are probably not racist. I do not know if he is or
> isn't.
>
> I would much rather discuss his Mormonism, because
> that doctrine does teach racist ideas. He has been
> influenced by the Book of Mormon all of his life.
> He has been taught that American Indians are
> descendants of wicked and evil people, that they
> need to become Mormon for their curse to be
> removed. He has been taught that Columbus was
> inspired from god and that Europeans were blessed
> from god to take the lands that were already
> occupied.
>
> I would much rather discuss his denial that he
> said it while another Mormon is claiming that even
> if he said it, it wasn't even a slur.
>
> I would also like to discuss how he thinks he can
> square his religious beliefs and teachings about
> "nursing fathers and nursing mothers" with his
> efforts to stop the bill that would benefit the
> medical care of Wyoming's enrolled tribal members.
>
>
> I'd also like to see a discussion about how he
> thinks they will be taken care of when the facts
> show that federal funding for Indian Health Care
> is as low as 50% and only emergency care is
> available at many IHC facilities. His elected
> position in government gives him the opportunity
> to help, but he took to the floor to try to stop
> the bill.
>
> All these issues are more productive to discuss
> than whether or not he is a racist.


Go ahead... you chose what you think is more important and I'll chose for myself what I discuss.

Assbadger?

I love you guys.

Apologist spin:

Representative Jaggi was not speaking as a representative, but as a mechanic. He was talking about the maintenance of the engines.

LOL.

And he was probably thinking about a composite material made from multiple layers, not Lamanites.