Posted on 06/28/2018 1:08:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
We heard the disturbing news that early last week that Kirstjen Nielsen, Homeland Security Secretary, was heckled by demonstrators while attempting to enjoy a quiet dinner in a Washington D.C. Mexican restaurant. Then, a few days later, it was reported that a restaurateur in Virginia asked White House Press Secretary Sara Huckabee Sanders to leave her restaurant after already being seated and served.
It seems to me that these public servants aren't deserving of such treatment, marking a new low in the behavior and civility of the political left. Perhaps it's time for a new approach when those of us with political leanings need to deal with a private business.
I know in my own life that I stopped watching football because of the politics that I was forced to endure with players taking a knee during the national anthem. Instead, I now tune into PGA golf where I can enjoy gifted athletes without needing to know who they voted for.
In like manner, I no longer spend my money going to movies staring the likes of Sean Penn or Robert De Niro, talented as they may be, preferring instead to plop down my 10 bucks and enjoy movies by Clint Eastwood or Jon Voight.
I also do my best to no longer purchase anything from Amazon, a Trump-hating company, and instead find everything I need in a better designed and friendlier website: walmart.com.
So I think it's time for all businesses to disclose their political leanings so we, the public, can spend our time and money at establishments that respect us and appreciate our business. For retail businesses, like restaurants and shops, there's a really easy solution. Just install a placard at the entrance with a single letter. "R" for those preferring to serve Republicans; "D" for those interested in serving Democrats; and "W" for businesses that are willing to welcome everyone.
If we did that in our community then, for example, if Large Sky didn't like Trump and would prefer not to serve Deplorables, they'd have this easy, polite way of letting us know. Similarly, if Grandma's Tavern would prefer not to serve bleeding-heart liberals, they could do the same. While, perhaps, Happy Town Brew is one that's indeed happy to serve anyone, a "W" would be seen upon entry. (Note: restaurant names were conjured up and any resemblance to actual businesses is purely accidental.)
Look, we already have our own TV stations: CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS and MSNBC for the left and Fox for the Deplorables. Our radio shows, NPR for the left and Rush Limbaugh for us. And our newspapers, the Tribune for the left and New Times for everyone. We're obviously headed in this direction so why not continue?
How about United Airlines for the left and American Airlines for the Deplorables. Patagonia for the left and Cabela's for us. Hertz for the left, Avis for Trump supporters, and Enterprise for everyone. Such disclosure could make it easier to pick with whom to do business.
I mean, can you imagine some lefty taking a long flight and forced to sit next to me while I'm donning my Make America Great Again hat and the full plane offers no available seats for retreat? Scary thought, huh?
So I think it would make everyone feel more comfortable, especially in restaurants, both for servers as well as those at nearby tables that might be forced to hear unsafe conversation, to separate bleeding hearts from Deplorables. And, in so doing, I'd accrue a special benefit to be free to wear my MAGA hat without worrying about spit or other foreign objects arriving in my meal.
How about No Trump Supporters at the lunch counter? Or Trump Supporters sit in the back of the bus? Or Trump Supporters use separate water fountains?
Didn’t many people die to end segregation?
That’s a difficult one. Take Cabela’s for example. Now that they’ve been bought out they no longer offer veteran discount, they are dropping some of the gun sales, they have now raised the age to buy things. Not someone to support.
PLEASE let’s get all liberals to put signs in their building saying “Trump Supporters Not Welcome”
I strongly support this effort!!!
You CAN refuse to bake a cake for Trump supporters- but you cannot refuse gays.
What about gay Trump supporters? (I already know the answer)
Is this what it’s coming to ?
If biker clubs such as the Hell’s Angels, the Mongols and Bandidos have released manuals on motorcycle etiquette, they have not released them to the public. Still, we may glean, from published work, some do’s and don’ts on the subject of wearing a patch, or “colors,” for bikers.
Territory
The discreet biker may wear his colors outside of his territory, but never within the territory of another club.
Driving
Some clubs disallow wearing colors while driving; as described in the book “Befriend and Betray,” a negligent Hell’s Angel named Gunk flouted this rule. “If he had any brains before being hit, he didn’t afterward.”
Dismissal
A biker who is drummed out of the club must, of course, surrender his colors. Similarly, a biker who leaves a club, even unannounced, leaves his colors behind, rather than wear them like an old army uniform.
Presentation
Clubs have individual rules for wearing the colors; frequently, that the colors be worn on a sleeveless vest.
In Warfare
To quote the authors of “Wayward Angels,” one club that forcibly disbands another may celebrate as follows: “You first thrash a significant portion of its members, then as a coup de grace rip the colors from their backs. It was like taking scalps.”
Are people going to go completely tribal ?
There’s a difference.
If you discriminate against someone over something they were born with, (outside of mental disabilities as they pertain to some jobs,etc) you’re a P.O.S. in my opinion, and hopefully both the whole weight of the state and the wrath of the mob makes your life short and miserable. OTOH if you wish to discriminate against somebody based on their life choices such as politics or religion, fine by me. YMMV
Trump supporters aren’t a protected class.
Maybe we need to demand protected class status.
Alot of perks, freebies and opportunities to sue go along with protected class status.
Will have to pass that on to the guy’s in my family - didn’t know that.
So my husband discovered. Cannot find anything.
I refuse to spend my money at places that are left and have done so for decades! My doctors and dentists and specialists in both fields are at least GOPers, with most being rock ribbed CONSERVATIVES.
The only checkout girl at the grocery, that I use, is also CONSERVATIVE.
And the same is true for the rest of people I do business with.
Restaurants? I don't know; however, yes, I'd like to.
I would definitely want to know if my food would be prepared free of spit, urine, or other bodily fluids. I think Sarah Sanders may have been a little more fortunate than if they DID serve her, with a big smile.
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A situation that can result in a rather entertaining (for the remaining “club” members) experience if the departing one has made the minor mistake of having had the colors tattooed onto his back.
Pay attention to the 2nd Vote website.
2018. Elections will finish the Democrats..the NFL and Hollywood..
both companies I avoid. They both both are greedy and support causes I choose not to, so they get none of my money.
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