{"id":91065,"date":"2018-04-30T11:23:03","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T15:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=91065"},"modified":"2018-04-30T11:23:03","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T15:23:03","slug":"brindisi-some-recent-nohospitaldowntown-social-media-posts-offensive-to-many-in-the-mohawk-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=91065","title":{"rendered":"Brindisi: Some recent #nohospitaldowntown social media posts offensive to many in the Mohawk Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brindisi: Some recent #nohospitaldowntown social media posts offensive to many in the Mohawk Valley<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi recently issued the following statement regarding recent social media memes and posts made by the group #NoHospitalDowntown:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn recent days, postings on social media by the group #NoHospitalDowntown have taken an ugly turn. Some of the memes and comments posted on the page have gone far beyond arguments against the downtown hospital plan and instead have veered toward remarks that disparage people because of their ethnicity or sexual preference. This goes against what the Mohawk Valley is nationally known for–welcoming people from many different backgrounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an elected official, I understand that not everyone is going to agree with me or like me and that I might be the subject of satire or ridicule, but when that ridicule becomes images and phrases that are hurtful and demeaning to many of the people who live here, I take offense. For many years, humor has been an effective way to win an argument, but some of what I have seen posted on the #NoHospitalDowntown Facebook page in recent days is not funny: it is offensive and reflects poorly on our area.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have met with and talked to members of #NoHospitalDowntown, and I will continue to do so. While I acknowledge that these recent postings do not reflect the sentiments of everyone in the group, ultimately, responsibility for what is publicly posted on social media rests with its leadership, Jim Brock and Brett Truett. I would respectfully ask them to disavow this recent behavior, and to exert more control over the messages it sends to the public\u2014or find a responsible party who has the time to monitor the items that it posts online.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brindisi: Some recent #nohospitaldowntown social media posts offensive to many in the Mohawk Valley Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi recently issued the following statement regarding recent social media memes and posts made by the group #NoHospitalDowntown: \u201cIn recent days, postings on social media by the group #NoHospitalDowntown have taken an ugly turn. Some of the memes and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-nGN","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Brindisi-head-shot-color-10.14.jpg?fit=490%2C700&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}