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A Boston, Massachusetts zoning board meeting took a strange turn on Tuesday, when discussion about the proposed site of a new medical marijuana dispensary was interrupted by a not-so-funny comedian, who used his time on the public mic to — in what he would later call “satire” — disparage combat veterans suffering from PTSD, wheelchair-bound Bostonians, and women recovering from breast cancer.
In a rant that would only seem appropriate on a 4Chan message board or e-gaming flame war, Oliver Curme, a Back Bay resident and retired venture capitalist, caught the entire zoning board meeting by surprise, with multiple board members attempting to cut off Curme’s diatribe.
“All of my friends and I are against this because it will bring undesirable elements into the neighborhood,” Curme said. “There are Army vets with PTSD and we don’t want them in the neighborhood; just give me a break, they can get over it. The second thing is people with wheelchairs, with MS or whatever. And the third one is women with breast cancer. They always have that cadaverous look and they wear those ridiculous turbans…For goodness sake,…
