Definition of Idiot
This about sums up what an idiot is. See this from the Chron:
Houston Mayor John Whitmire is taking steps to permanently remove a member of the city’s food insecurity board following racial comments she made on social media about the devastating flooding in the Hill Country that decimated Camp Mystic, a private summer camp for girls.
Sade Perkins was appointed to the Houston Food Insecurity Board in October 2023 by the late former Mayor Sylvester Turner. The board is tasked with making recommendations to the mayor and Houston City Council on food security issues throughout the city.
Perkins’ term on the board expired in January 2025, according to the city’s website.
In a video posted to TikTok on Saturday, Perkins told her audience there was context that “needs to be said” regarding Camp Mystic.
“I know I’m probably going to get cancelled for this, but Camp Mystic is a whites-only, girls’ Christian camp,” Perkins said in the video. “They don’t even have a token Asian, they don’t have a token Black person. It is an all-white, white-only, conservative Christian camp. If you ain’t white, you ain’t right, you ain’t getting in, you ain’t going. Period.”
Perkins said in the video it wasn’t that she didn’t want the girls who went missing to not be found. She made reference to the area’s demographics, and said that in “today’s political climate,” a group of Hispanic girls who went missing wouldn’t get the same attention.
“If this were a group of Hispanic girls out there, this would not be getting this type of coverage that they’re getting. No one would give a f—,” Perkins said. “And all these white people, the parents of these little girls, would be saying things like, ‘They need to be deported, they shouldn’t have been here in the first place.’”
Perkins continued in her video that the children’s parents had chosen to go to the camp to carve out “an all-white, whites only enclave” for their white children.
“Yeah, I have a problem with that,” Perkins said. “I have a big problem with that.”
The video Perkins posted has been viewed more than 165,000 times as of Sunday morning and received 2,414 comments. Perkins has since set her TikTok account to private.
Perkins, who confirmed the video was hers in an interview with the Houston Chronicle on Sunday, said that she wasn’t saying the victims deserved what happened to them or that they shouldn’t be found. She added she has received racist comments on her video.
She added that “these same MAGA Christians” would be “thrilled” if the victims “floating down that river” were LGTBQ.
In response to her removal from the city board, Perkins said Whitmire hasn’t done anything in regard to food insecurity, that it wasn’t his priority and that the board wasn’t doing much.
In a statement Sunday, Whitmire said Perkins’ comments were “deeply inappropriate and have no place in a decent society, especially as families grieve the confirmed deaths and the ongoing search for the missing.”
Whitmire said he has no plans to reappoint Perkins to the board and will permanently remove her.
Camp Mystic was created in 1926 and is located just north of Kerville. Its website advertises it as a “wholesome Christian atmosphere in which they can develop outstanding personal qualities and self-esteem.”
So far, 59 people have died as a result of the flooding, including 21 children.
Moron, idiot, dumbsh_t, you get the picture. I don’t even know how you get to this. I don’t think I have ever met this person, and I hope I never do. The featured photo of the last three Chron hard copy front pages describes this horrific event.
On of the little girls still missing is a student at Sinclair Elementary in Timbergrove. I drive by that neighborhood every week. It is by the post office on 18th Street. So very sad.
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On a much lighter note, I think I have mentioned that my neighbors directly across the street are Dutch. They are from the Netherlands. They had their first kid last month and they named him Pieter. He was born at Texas Children’s. Yesterday, they hosted a get-together at their home for friends and neighbors. A lot of their friends are Dutch who live in H-Town and mostly work in the energy sector. I had not been around so many Dutch in one place since I visited Amsterdam years ago. I had a great time.
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Ringo Starr is 85 today. Happy Birthday, Sir Richard! Hope you get by today
with a little help from your friends.
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Good news for Astros fans. See this from the Chron:
LOS ANGELES — Houston Astros shortstop Jeremy Peña, starting pitcher Hunter Brown and closer Josh Hader were named to the American League roster for this year’s All-Star game in Atlanta.
Framber is missing from the list.
I don’t think anyone expected us to sweep the Dodgers in LA this past weekend. I don’t think anyone expected us to give them their worse loss, 18-1, in Dodger Stadium history on Friday night. I have said it before. We are a pretty good team. We host the Guardians for three starting this evening.