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Penzeys CEO says Trump voters just committed the "most racist act" since segregation
Milwaukee Business Journal ^ | November 19, 2016 | Melanie Lawder

Posted on 11/19/2016 10:53:24 AM PST by monkapotamus

The CEO of the Wauwatosa-based company Penzeys Spices is drawing social media ire from conservatives — and praise from liberals — for his comments that Republicans who voted for President-elect Donald Trump "just committed the biggest act of racism in American history since Wallace stood in the schoolhouse doorway 53 years ago."

The comments, sent in an email to Penzeys Spices customers and posted on the company's Facebook page, were apparently made in an effort to clarify a previous weekly email that CEO Bill Penzey sent to his customers. In that previous email, the very liberal Penzey — who has been known to make strong statements on his political views in the past — said "the open embrace of racism by the Republican Party in this election is now unleashing a wave of ugliness unseen in this country for decades."

Penzey then followed up to that original email with the more recent message and clarified that he didn't believe all Republicans were racist — just those who cast a ballot for Trump...

(Excerpt) Read more at bizjournals.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: billpenzey; penzey; penzeys; penzeysspices; racecard; trump; trumptransition
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To: monkapotamus
unleashing a wave of ugliness unseen in this country for decades

That's the truth, like those fools acting up at the play Mike Pence tried to enjoy.

41 posted on 11/19/2016 11:24:03 AM PST by madprof98
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To: monkapotamus

I love Penzey’s spices, but I’m going to explore some other possibilities now. He’s been sending out his liberal tripe for some time, but this crosses my tripe threshold.


42 posted on 11/19/2016 11:25:57 AM PST by AZLiberty (A is no longer A, but a pull-down menu.)
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To: Doogle

and some in his weenie hole


43 posted on 11/19/2016 11:26:08 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
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To: dgbrown

Try this shop in Fort Worth, TX. Besides regular spices, they have an awesome chili mix! http://www.penderys.com


44 posted on 11/19/2016 11:29:25 AM PST by texjan
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To: Eddie01

This term, “racist”, has been flung around with wild abandon for several years now, and I fail to understand just what it is supposed to mean any more. Is the “Black Lives Matter” movement racist? According to a strict interpretation of the meaning, yes, it would be. How about “La Raza”, a very militant group of Chicano activists, who are fond of asserting, “Entre La Raza todo. Fuera de La Raza nada” (Inside the community/people, everything. Against the community/people, nothing)? Isn’t that pretty exclusive as regards EITHER black people or “gringos”?

(from Merriam-Webster)

Racist is defined as:

1 - a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
2 - (a) a doctrine or political program based on the assumption of racism and designed to execute its principles
(b) a political or social system founded on racism
3 - racial prejudice or discrimination


45 posted on 11/19/2016 11:31:20 AM PST by alloysteel (Je suis deplorable.)
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To: monkapotamus

This guy has been a jack ass for years.

However his sister who actually took over their father’s spice company is the real deal.

They never interject politics into the business.


46 posted on 11/19/2016 11:31:25 AM PST by surfer (To err is human, to really foul things up takes a Democrat, don't expect the GOP to have the answer!)
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To: monkapotamus
"just committed the biggest act of racism in American history since Wallace stood in the schoolhouse doorway 53 years ago."

Because voting for a "White" man instead of a "White" woman is racist...

Well, OK then...

47 posted on 11/19/2016 11:33:34 AM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: monkapotamus

Up his!


48 posted on 11/19/2016 11:33:38 AM PST by W. (Journalists go to school to be made stupider, that makes their propagandizing easier.)
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To: alloysteel

CAIR
NAACP
BLM
Black Panthers
La Raza

...are all full on 100% RACIST organizations!


49 posted on 11/19/2016 11:34:56 AM PST by Eddie01 (Democrats are the Liquidate America Party)
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To: monkapotamus

Do we really need anything from Penzey’s Spices-owner Bill Penzey, MGYN Kelly, Garrison Keillor, The Washington ComPost Not News Service, the New York Slimes, Michael Shannon/ “Nocturnal Animals” the BushCo thugs, Compost, Grub Hub, Pepsi-Co, Hollywood, the lying pollsters, ABCNNBCBS, faux phoney news, all the left wing mediots/fish wraps, and other Never Trumpsters, listed below in our lives like Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James/?The Cast of the Hamilton,

1. Pollsters
2. Faux and ABCNNBCBS, phoney news, all left wing mediots/fish wraps.
3. GOPe radio talk show hosts posing as conservatives.
4. Overpaid NFL jerks, NFL games, pre games, post games and NFL endless prattle.
5. Ny Slimes, Compost, LA Slimes or any liberal fish wrap.
6. Vile left wing Follywood/Hollywood anti America jerks.
7. Grub Hub
8. Macy’s*
9. Starbucks
10. Lifeway Foods
11. George Soros
12. NPR
13. Pepsi Co**
14. Mark Cuban and Dallas Mavericks + Milwaukee Bucks + Memphis Grizzlies
15. PacketSled and Critical Assets//CEO Matt Harrigan who promised to Kill Trump in the White House. Tech company CEO (PacketSled Harrigan) fired after threatening to kill Trump
WDBO ^ | 11-15-2016 | Joe Kelly
16. Coke Cola***
17. Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James, Nike sneakers.
18. Bush Co Thugs including all the Bushes and their thugs.
19. Michael Shannon/ and his new movie “Nocturnal Animals”
20. Penzey’s Spices owner Bill Penzey called us racists in his newsletter.
21. Hamiltion, the play and its rude liberal cast members.
22, ________________ fill in the blank.

Eliminate any contact, time, business, dealings with the above for a happier and better life.

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By Investopedia | November 14, 2016 — 10:16 AM EST

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**Pepsi-Co. (which also includes Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Lay’s, Gatorade, Tropicana, 7 Up, Doritos, Lipton Teas, Quaker Foods, Cheetos, Mirinda, Ruffles, Aquafina, Pepsi Max, Tostitos, Mist Twist, Fritos, and Walkers. For a complete list of Pepsi Products go to the link below provided by : mountn man

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50 posted on 11/19/2016 11:37:36 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Hey, whining losers,Trump will just go ahead & make things better for us without you!!!!")
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To: monkapotamus
racist

Eyes glazed over.

51 posted on 11/19/2016 11:37:52 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: Regulator

Yeah. Never heard of them.


52 posted on 11/19/2016 11:39:58 AM PST by MamaB (Heb. 13:2)
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To: monkapotamus
Wallace was a Democrat at the time. Want to know more about racism? Read the book “Wrong on Race”. It will tell all about the racist history of the Democratic Party.
53 posted on 11/19/2016 11:39:59 AM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: texjan

Thank you. I have a cupboard full of Penzey’s spices and even a shelf in the freezer to keep little-used spices fresh, but the next time I need something I’ll try Pendereys. I don’t have to wonder if they’ll insult me when I “walk in” to their store.

If a store owner spewed that Penzey crap at me as I walked in the door, you can bet I’d walk right out without buying a damn thing. Why should the Internet be any different?


54 posted on 11/19/2016 11:43:20 AM PST by AZLiberty (A is no longer A, but a pull-down menu.)
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To: CodeToad
Democrats haven’t been this pissed since Republicans took away their slaves.
Post of the day. Well done.
55 posted on 11/19/2016 11:47:42 AM PST by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: monkapotamus

This is a real shame. My wife LOVES Penzey’s, especially their Foxpoint blend.

Now she’s done with them and will support a local company in the Denver area call Savory Spice Co.

Funny thing is she’s a registered dem. Their neo-communist demagoguery is too much for her these days.


56 posted on 11/19/2016 11:48:49 AM PST by sevlex
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To: monkapotamus

Never heard of him or his spices.


57 posted on 11/19/2016 11:56:53 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: monkapotamus

Penzey’s? Is that like that little plastic dispenser that you flick to get a little piece of candy out of? I had one when I was a kid in the 1950s, along with a yo-yo and a Fanner Fifty.


58 posted on 11/19/2016 12:05:24 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Ann Archy

Some kind of deranged species of libtard, I guess.


59 posted on 11/19/2016 12:25:45 PM PST by MAGA2017
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To: monkapotamus

If the situation were reversed, this CEO would be getting a tax audit soon.


60 posted on 11/19/2016 12:30:29 PM PST by CriticalJ (Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.. But then I repeat myself. MT)
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