NAACP Outraged At Store Owner's Sign

ClickOnDetroit.com ^ | 1/14/03

[Chancellor Palpatine]

You're right. For every idiot like this, we lose a great deal of support and votes.

He went out of his way to offend.

He needs to keep his big trap shut.

[CCWoody]

Does this offend you?

[wingnuts'nbolts]

I like this guy, he has a senze of humor. Obviously, due to his vocation, a Republican. Do you remember when ethnic jokes were only funny? Not all ethnics are black African Americans, Asian, American Indian or Latino. Before them there were lots of others and they had a sense of humor.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Read my lips. I like guns, I buy guns, I enjoy gun shops.

Marketing to me includes parking, knowlegable sales staff, good service and good prices.

It does not include redneck racist trash, and this effort doesn't speak to me.

[VMI70]

"But I don't blame the NAACP for asking the guy to cut it out."

Gee, a news flash.

But I will hand it to you. You are one of the very, very few at FR that don't inappropriately interchange the terms racist and bigot.

[RushLake]

And once the press got the word out about this or that "evil store" business went through the roof.

I'm heading up north later this week and will be getting off at M59 to do some firearms shopping. I didn't know this place was there until now. If it pi$$es off the liberal trash, besides the fact its a gun store, I'm there.

[Revolting cat!]

You're right (#61) it is highly offensive. That's like putting up a sign in broken Spanish or French. I mean it's like pidgin Eubonics! The sign should read:

'Don chew be axing me bout eubonics, mofo!'

[Lee_Atwater]

You must excuse me. I'm simply not cultured enough to appreciate "ebonics".

[Chancellor Palpatine]

You are reflecting badly on yourself and every other participant here. Please stop.

[Feiny]

What about his freedom of speech? Do you think the ACLU will defend him?

[Revolting cat!]

Sorry, but I think we're just mocking 'eubonics' as an idea, or a religious tenet of the Left, nothing more than that.

[Revolting cat!]

Sorry, but I think we're just mocking 'eubonics' as an idea, or a religious tenet of the Left, nothing more than that.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

He has absolute freedom of speech. The government isn't trying to shut his business down.

He is simply acting badly, and the NAACP is well within its charter to point that out.

Or do you disagree with the idea that consumers can boycott racist businesses.

[ASA Vet]

I'll take care of that for you.

I'm in the market for another handgun.
I'll travel the 3 hours to buy from the "Gun Barn."
But I'll call ahead to see if he has a Glock 27.
They're real hard to find here. The local dealers can't order enough to fill orders.

[janetgreen]

I hear black kids saying "ax" all the time. Does the NAACP get mad at them? Does anyone remember Richard Pryor? He made fun of white people all the time, and white people thought he was hilarious, which he was! The NAACP needs a sense of humor.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

And I'll ask you - what is this guy accomplishing with this gratuitous slam????

[PatrioticAmerican]

Bump! LOL!

[PatrioticAmerican]

"Buy ah gun...for da chillun!"

[Revolting cat!]

The idea of 'eubonics' as a separate language is the ultimate in pandering to morons. Ho, mofo, bro, etc, equivalent to Shakespeare, yeah! Any comment on the subject and you're labeled a "racist", which is worse than being a murderer, just axe Mark Fuhrman. In the meantime, it's perfectly acceptable to mock the moron redneck speech patterns - several comedians have made entire careers on it.

[Lancey Howard]

All he's doing is kicking up a hornet's nest that'll detract from his business.

There might be an upsurge in business initially as a result of the free publicity and people's curiousity. And according to the report,

....the owner periodically rotates the messages -- taking aim at various ethnic groups, feminists and people who are overweight.

....so he probably has an established clientelle that is used to seeing these messages.