Posted on 09/26/2024 5:48:01 AM PDT by Red Badger
The owners said the Republican symbol was seen as "hurtful" for customers.
Political Pattie’s started to go viral before the U Street bar even had a chance to officially announce its opening. Online commenters mocked the idea of another political bar in DC. They took issue with the logo on the front of the building that included a GOP elephant (along with a Democratic donkey). And they questioned how the place would fit into a neighborhood full of gay bars.
Yesterday, shortly after its opening, the “sports bar of political affairs” dropped the elephant and donkey from its logo and painted over “Political” part of their name on the building’s front sign.
“Soon after our logo was painted on our building’s facade, we realized that the representation of the red elephant was hurtful to the community,” owners Andrew Benbow and Sydney Bradford said in a written statement to Washingtonian. “And out of respect, we decided to change the logo, removing both the donkey and the elephant.”
Benbow and Bradford are both native Washingtonians with extensive experience in government. Benbow is a retired Army Reserve officer and lawyer with experience in various federal agencies, while Bradford is an attorney who has worked in a number of civil service agencies. She’s a Democrat, and he’s a Republican (though he told the Washington Post he’s a moderate voting for Kamala Harris.)
“We view the online backlash that we’ve recently received to be mean spirited, especially considering our original and continued intent to be a space that is welcoming to ALL people, including members of the LGBTQ community. We do not tolerate homophobia, transphobia, racism or any other form of bigotry. As Black Americans, anything else would be antithetical to our very existence,” the couple wrote in their statement.
The owners also say the social media criticism is actually proof that Washington needed a space to welcome differing opinions: “What has been happening online to Pattie’s directly resembles what happens in society daily. Our business was judged by its outside appearance before anyone ever took the chance to learn what we were about on the inside.”
Political Pattie’s does plan to keep “Political” in its name despite initially painting over it. In fact, they plan to make the word even larger and paint it in blue to contrast with the red doors. They also plan to keep the political vibe of the place, including cocktails like the “Fillibuster Fizz” and the “Gerrymander Martini” as well as gavels on every table.
“Political Pattie’s aims to be a fun, inclusive space that pokes fun at politics, not the pain politics often causes,” the owners stated. “Pattie’s will continue to strive to do better. And we charge you to do the same.”
Cucks.
Wait a minute. She got rid of BOTH the GOP elephant AND the Rat jackass. Important to tell it like it is in headlines. IMHO.
I like the elephant as a mascot better than an ass.
The customers were ‘triggered’ by the elephant and ‘2024’..............
Sounds like it will become just another gay bar.
They did just “bent over and took it”!
They should change the name to Political Pussies -— because that’s what the owners are!!!
Politically-Correct Pattie's
This is a big reason I stay on this side of the Potomac and away from the District of Insanity. Damned place isn’t even a state.
“political bar amidst gay bars not happy. mixing elephants with donkeys proves to be a bridge too far and unnatural”
Apparently not
But the owners Andrew Benbow and Sydney Bradford said in a written statement to Washingtonian:
"we realized that the representation of the red elephant was hurtful to the community"They wimped out because their bar is located in a cesspool of woketardian leftists.
So is he completely whipped, just whipped enough to tell he wife he's voting for Harris, or a deep stater who's perfect Republican is one who just wants to simmer the frog instead of boiling it right away.
“Political Pattie’s aims to be a fun, inclusive space...”
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This article clarifies that they are anything but that. It’s a place where hypersensitive lowlifes go to mentally masturbate.
Weird that conservatives didn’t feel “hurt” by liberals attacking the republican party- guess conservatives are way more grounded and reasonable than easily triggered pansies
Years back, I was on a business trip to DC (Navy Yard) and stayed at a hotel on Capitol Hill. After work, I went to a bar just a block away from the Capitol. The bar had maybe 7 or 8 TVs each tuned to different cable news outlets, maybe one tuned to the local news channel. I recall there was some important political news that day but forget just what it was. In short order, the place was packed with young interns and other assorted political wonks. Based on the conversations I was overhearing, the crowd was fairly evenly mixed between left and right but interestingly enough, they were mostly huddled around the two TVs showing FOX News.
What a contrast to rural America.
Spent some time in upstate NY this summer, the Fulton Chain Lakes, specifically.
There was a local dive that could only be described as a Trump bar. Hand-made sign behind the bar read “Yes, we support President Trump. If that offends you, please leave.”
Another America-hating swill joint where far left people who suffer from political and sexual disorientation can go to swill booze all day and all night.
“hurtful”
What a joke. Was it seen as hurtful or “potentially hurtful?” I’m betting on the latter.
Sound more to me like it’s the azhos that own the commie joint who find the GOP logo “hurtful”. POS.
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