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.
I agree - they would have been snickering in the kitchen, right beside the owner who felt the need to rush to the scene and verify Sarah was there.
If the damn owner had just said, “No big deal, serve them,” this whole thing would never have happened. She’s a Dim loon.
The website 2ndvote.com already does this.
You can see how conservative or liberal they are based on donations, and you can go even further by sorting for companies in particular industries and the particular causes they’re supporting.
Quote: “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.”
Where are you coming up with that? Might be a local issue for you?
So what? You are funding a company that is actively seeking your demise.
The LEFT is at war with us, it is time to realize that and fight back with our greatest weapon, our purchasing power.
Shifting our dollars away from businesses that hate us and toward companies that are neutral or conservative would is the best way to fight back.
The American revolutionaries contributed to the victory by staying away from British goods. Let’s follow their example.
Here in Reno. They said it was national changes.
Interesting. I will have to check that out.
Don’t feel too bad, I don’t think many Trump supporters loiter in Starbucks.
thanks for the info
Publish a list.
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
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Sounds good in theory, but try saying “no” to ethnic minorities, gays, lesbians, interesex/transgenders even if you KNOW they are registered/voting Democrats and see how much freedom you have then.
In practice it’s impossible to always know if someone refuses to do business with someone based on an intrinsic or extrinsic characteristic. This is why the Framers did not have anti-discrimination legislation built into the original Constitution. The very act of having it necessitates the empowerment of a federal police force to impose it on the states and the people.
If so, you may be on the wrong site.....
It's pretty much impossible to go through every day life w/o doing some business with those who one disagrees with, so your point is not lost, it was just an oddity among the trend of the thread.
Please accept my apologies for any hard feelings my post may have caused.
Oh yeah. I’m merely referring to my personal morality there.
Just like I personally don’t care about skin color, and refuse to let politics or religion influence who I am friends with (and screw anyone who doesn’t like that) but rather dislike ‘inner city’ “culture” regardless of the skin tone of the person. I’ve worked for a number of black executives, several with advanced degrees, and was far more comfortable than hanging with ‘wanna-be’s’ or other white people who listened to {c}rap “music” and aspired to ghetto ‘culture’.
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