Mesa Politicians Are "Pieces of Work" > Here's Kelly Townsend

. . . and she's fair fodder for Phoenix New Times reporter Antonia Noori Farzan after an unintended consequence posted by a Republican State representative from here. We are so blessed when the public foibles and follies of who voters elect to hold public office gets the attention of alternative media for either stupid, un-informed or social media comments posted to be inflammatory. Somehow there's a blow-back bringing some wanted or unwanted attention and interest in who they are. Mesa Boring? NOT

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Representative Kelly Townsend Wants to Know What a Furry Is

Antonia Noori Farzan | May 4, 2018 | 4:17pm

"State representative Kelly Townsend, a Republican from Mesa with a habit of making inflammatory comments, is getting a real education after she asked what a furry was in a Twitter post on Friday morning. . .

. . . In other words, it's a dangerous thing to ask about in an online forum, especially if you're an extremely conservative state lawmaker. Townsend has now received hundreds of replies to her query, including some truly disturbing GIFs of animated pornography featuring cartoon wolves, which we're not going to link to here.

Why was Townsend curious about furries in the first place, you might wonder? Hilariously, it all comes back to socialism. Townsend, along with other Arizona conservatives, spent much of the past week accusing the leaders of the #RedForEd movement of being socialists who are trying to trick teachers into joining their revolution."
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No, #RedForEd Isn't A Socialist Plot, But It Would Be Awesome If It Were

Phoenix New Times-May 4, 2018

In a recent op-ed in the Arizona Republic, Representative Maria Syms, a Republican from Paradise Valley, warned that the short-lived statewide teacher strike — which ended Thursday — could be the start of a leftist revolution in Arizona. A few days later, Representative Kelly Townsend, a Republican from Mesa, called on ...