The Food Stamp Program, administered by the US Department of Agriculture, is proud to be distributing this year the greatest amount of Free Meals and Food Stamps ever, to 46 million people.Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the US Department of Interior, asks us "Please Do Not Feed the Animals". The stated reason for the policy is because "the animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not learn to take care of themselves".
This ends today's lesson in irony. #OKGOP
This message appeared yesterday on the Oklahoma Republican parties Facebook page, but was taken down, along with comments soon after.
Later in the day there was an apology of sorts issued via twitter: "Last night there was a post on our OKGOP Facebook page, and it was misinterpreted by many. I offer my apologies for those who were offended-that was not my intention.", posted by Oklahoma Republican Party chair Randy Brogdon.
Brogdon did not mean to offend when he compared food stamp recipients to wild animals, but he's sorry for those who misinterpreted his intention, but not sorry for the actual post.
Easily the most offensive thing I have ever seen on Facebook, without even digging into numbers and stats on Food Stamp recipients (active and retired military, minimum wage employees). The comments were even worse, which I did not think was possible.
What a tragedy if Mr. Brogdon were to loose his job over this and be left without a viable means to provide for his family.
