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sgt. jmk de la résistance's avatar

Considering that he isn't reported as having said a single word about gay people but he is described as having beaten the shit out of a fig tree he was annoyed by*... this seems like a reasonable conclusion to draw.

(*But seriously...who the fuck gets annoyed at a tree?)

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SterWonk's avatar

By all accounts, he really is (or was - did he officially retire?) an excellent neurosurgeon. It's just that the skills needed to be an excellent neurosurgeon are orthogonal to being a fair-minded, tolerant, and knowledgeable politician.

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