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I thank God every day for people like Chris Pinto and Rob Eno because they serve as perfect examples for my kids of who and what not to be when they grow up...the level of ignorance and intolerance exhibited by them and their small "Klan" are an embarrassment to our civil society. Merry Christmas.

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Gomez subsequently took down the Facebook post, but insisted in an interview with the Globe that he did not regret writing it and putting it online.

Gomez said that his comment was not prompted by any one specific article or piece, but rather was a general response to Red Mass Group, as well as to activists questioning whether he, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Charlie Baker and former US Senator Scott Brown, were real Republicans.

Gomez criticized Red Mass Group for its views on “immigration reform to gay marriage to how to deal the economy and everything—it’s just not productive.”

“They have views that are shared by probably a dozen people,” Gomez said. “They drown out what reasonable people are trying to accomplish.”

Gomez said he did not regularly read the blog, but people forward posts from it to him.

Gomez insisted his “Klan” reference was “obviously not” referring to the Ku Klux Klan. “If I wanted to refer to the Ku Klux Klan, I would have just said KKK,” he argued.

Pressed, Gomez conceded: “Could I have used a better word? Obviously I could have used a better word.” http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/12/23/former-gop-senate-candidat
e-gabriel-gomez-throwns-klan-label-activists/y87MIqm8JqTO7ByfgWR23N/story.html

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