Updated 1:16 PM; Posted 1:00 PM
By Mike Cason

... “He’s out of touch with reality. It’s obvious that he’s a racist,” Alabama NAACP President Benard Simelton said. "And I know it’s a private newspaper apparently. But this is going out into the public domain and he should do himself a favor and resign.

“In addition, I think it needs to be looked into by the FBI because in my opinion he’s making threats to legislators and telling them that the Klan essentially needs to take care of the Democrats. The Democrats as well as the Democrats that are in the Republican Party, too. So, I think that needs to be looked at as a threat and investigated as a threat and possible legal action taken against him” ...

https://www.al.com/news/2019/02/naacp-leader-says-klan-editorial-writer-should-be-investigated-for-threats.html

Congratulations, open racist and KKK supporter.

David Matthews
New York Daily News

... OMG! What rock did this guy crawl out from under? This editorial is absolutely disgusting & he should resign -NOW! I have seen what happens when we stand by while people-especially those with influence- publish racist, hateful views. Words matter. Actions matter. Resign now!” ...

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/ny-news-alabama-senator-newspaper-editor-resign-racist-editorial-20190218-story.html

The town he's in, Linden, AL, has a population of less than $2K. He can't possibly be making much money.

I seem to find the 8 page paper online here

The Thursday 8 February edition on page 2 says Editor-Publisher to be announced

A big box on page 3 says the new owner is looking to hire reporters, type-setters, and ad-sales reps

Chip Brownlee

... “For the millions of people of color who have been terrorized by white supremacy, this kind of ‘editorializing’ about lynching is not a joke – it is a threat,” Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, tweeted Tuesday. “These comments are deeply offensive and inappropriate, especially in 2019. Mr. Sutton should apologize and resign.”

Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, echoed that call, as did Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Alabama ...

Racism is not the only content that has made its way into the Democrat-Reporter over the years, Sutton has called for public hangings and bombing Muslims, written anti-Semitic tropes and advocated for a return to the times when women weren’t allowed to speak in church ...

The paper isn’t published online, only in print, so it’s no surprise this content hasn’t made headlines outside the borders of Marengo County. The paper only had a circulation of a few thousand copies a week in 2015. Following industry trends, it’s likely dropped more since then ...

https://www.alreporter.com/2019/02/19/editor-who-wrote-klan-editorial-has-penned-countless-racist-sexist-xenophobic-pieces/

Josh Moon

... Everyone who grew up in Alabama knows a Goodloe Sutton or two. We see them at family gatherings, hear them complaining at kids’ ball games, walk in on their conversations at restaurants or get their nonstop lunacy every day in their social media posts.

They’ll make a horribly racist comment, and when called on it, toss up their hands and try to paint you as the overreacting, PC-police jerk. You’re too sensitive. You’re not living in reality. You’re playing the race card ...

Hell, it’s so bad that a reality TV con artist was elected president on the strength of just saying bad things about Mexicans and promising to build a wall to keep them out. And all of the South put down their chips and cheese dip at their favorite Mexican restaurant long enough to applaud the fact that their crops will wither and die in the fields ...

https://www.alreporter.com/2019/02/19/opinion-everyday-racism-of-publisher-goodloe-sutton-is-neither-surprising-nor-uncommon/

By CHIP BROWNLEE | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF and MIKAYLA BURNS | MANAGING EDITOR

... The members of Auburn University's Journalism Advisory Council moved quickly Tuesday to revoke a community journalism award from Goodloe Sutton, the editor-publisher of The Democrat Reporter who published an editorial last week calling for the return of the KKK.

After initiating the vote Tuesday morning, a majority of the members have already voted to rescind the award. Some members have not yet voted ...

https://www.theplainsman.com/article/2019/02/auburn-journalism-advisory-council-moves-to-strip-award-from-editor-who-wrote-klan-editorial