SC POLITICO RESPONDS TO ATTACKS ON REDHEADS

A recent wave of anti-Ginger persecution has reached a new low after a 12-year-old California boy was reportedly beaten because of his red hair.

The assault took place last week at A.E. Wright Middle School in Calabasas, Calif. Police said the boy’s beating, by as many as 14 classmates, may have been spurred on by a Facebook message saying that Friday was was “Kick a Ginger Day.”

The attack has one South Carolina politico seeking to — pardon the pun — shed some light on the issue of Ginger harassment.

South Carolina Republican Party Third Vice Chairman Adam Piper, himself a Ginger, was outraged.

“There is no place for bias and intolerance based on hair color or any other characteristic in America,” Piper said.

Despite the recent attacks on his people, Piper said he does not support hate crime legislation. “We need one set of laws regardless of one’s hair color or any other characteristic.”

Police said they were not prosecuting the attack as a hate crime.

The anti-Ginger meme largely began after a 2005 episode of the adult animated series “South Park” in which one character sought to destroy everyone with red hair, freckles and fair skin.