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Political polarization sparks confrontation at Starbucks, triggering online fury
Palo Alto Online ^ | 4/3/19 | By Sue Dremann

Posted on 04/03/2019 5:53:59 PM PDT by NohSpinZone

It began when Palo Alto resident Rebecca Parker Mankey attempted to shame an elderly white man wearing a red Make America Great Again hat as he sat in the coffeehouse — an encounter she later wrote about on social media. Calling him a "hater of brown people," Mankey said she yelled at him and addressed Starbucks customers and employees to join her in her effort. She said she left the store but soon returned and continued to yell at him. Mankey said she was "heartbroken" that other white people didn't stand up against the man wearing what has become for some a symbol of hate. She followed him out of the store to the parking lot, where she continued to berate and swear at him.

She called the man "Nazi scum" and threatened to post pictures of him on social media, which she then did, along with her version of the incident on her Facebook page and on Twitter. She asked the public for help finding him — "I want him to have nowhere to hide," she wrote -- a practice called "doxing," or posting personal contact information to encourage threats and harassment.

The incident has had repercussions not only for Mankey, who said on Tuesday she's received death threats and was fired from her job as an accountant, but also for her former employer, Gryphon Stringed Instruments. Staff at the store said they were inundated with angry phone calls and emails Monday and Tuesday.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: berniesanders; california; hat; hatecrime; hatespeech; maga; magahat; paloalto; parkermankey; persecution; racism; rebeccaparkermankey; starbucks; vermont
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To: Avalon Memories; Lazamataz

Laz? Oh wait, you said in his right mind...


21 posted on 04/03/2019 6:26:52 PM PDT by null and void (If socialism is so grand, why are Guatemalans coming here instead of going to Venezuela?)
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To: Avalon Memories

I’ve been pretty drunk before (many years ago), but I was never ever THAT drunk.

That one’s lifelong ptsd material, at best.


22 posted on 04/03/2019 6:27:42 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: NohSpinZone

No, she doesn’t look mentally ill. Not at all.


23 posted on 04/03/2019 6:28:31 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: NohSpinZone
and $tarsucks had NO problem with what it was doing...
24 posted on 04/03/2019 6:28:38 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: Chickensoup
that very dangerous perspective of I want what I want and I will maim or kill to get it.

The people at Gryphon Stringed Instruments are are probably relieved that she's a former coworker.

And watching the door very closely to make sure she doesn't show up full of self-righteous rage and ready to exact vengeance!

25 posted on 04/03/2019 6:30:22 PM PDT by null and void (If socialism is so grand, why are Guatemalans coming here instead of going to Venezuela?)
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To: rlmorel

My feeling is these are the kids whose parents raised them on Ritalin and other drugs to keep them “manageable.” There were a lot of articles written during the ‘80s and ‘90s wondering and sometimes warning about what these kids would be like when they grew up.

Maybe we’re finding out.


26 posted on 04/03/2019 6:30:32 PM PDT by JennysCool
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To: NohSpinZone

I find people are much more polite when they are unsure if the other is armed.......


27 posted on 04/03/2019 6:32:34 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Larry Lucido
"Touch my Mankey"


28 posted on 04/03/2019 6:35:04 PM PDT by farming pharmer
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To: NohSpinZone
Endangered species: normal women.


29 posted on 04/03/2019 6:37:33 PM PDT by polymuser (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chesterton)
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To: JennysCool

What do we expect of fatherless subjects of heavy anti-male indoctrination?


30 posted on 04/03/2019 6:40:08 PM PDT by polymuser (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chesterton)
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To: Larry Lucido

Well played. LOL


31 posted on 04/03/2019 6:40:53 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: NohSpinZone

Love that movie.


32 posted on 04/03/2019 6:41:40 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (I survive on Caffeine & Hate & sometimes Whiskey.)
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To: tomkat

You’d have to be $hitfaced to wake up next to that freak.


33 posted on 04/03/2019 6:43:26 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: Avalon Memories

Well to be honest, I wouldn’t touch that with a laser range finder from 5km away.


34 posted on 04/03/2019 6:43:58 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (I survive on Caffeine & Hate & sometimes Whiskey.)
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To: NohSpinZone

I live in Southern CA (Orange County) and drive a Car with “TRUMP 45” Vanity Plates. I have had them on the Car for almost three years.

In all that time I only had ONE Dude try and make a stink, while I was getting Gas at my local Costco. As I was about to pull away from the Pump, a Mexican guy walks over and asks me if my License Plate was referring to POTUS Trump. (duh)

I say yes and he starts ranting and raving about how bad Trump is, the usual Liberal blather. I decided not to get out of the Car since I have no idea what this guy is about, so I just say “well, this is America” and he walks away still carrying on like a Nut. I caught the tail end of his rant on my dash cam as he walked away.

That and a couple of One Finger Salutes is all I’ve had to deal with since I got the Plates. Most of the time I meet some nice people and have some interesting conversations. There are a lot of closet Trump Fans out there.


35 posted on 04/03/2019 6:44:11 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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To: rlmorel

“This stuff is going on everywhere.”

Oh yeah, it’s not just reported. Like other Freepers here, I placed my MAGA hat on the dashboard while I ate more than a few times and more than once, some ‘characters’ I knew by body language had some bad intentions towards my SUV. The only thing that ‘saved’ them (from me kicking their asses) is me looking out towards the car and I recommend Freepers do this too..


36 posted on 04/03/2019 6:47:56 PM PDT by max americana (Fired libtards at our company for the past 12 yrs at every election. I hope all liberals die.)
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To: NohSpinZone

“She followed him out of the store to the parking lot, where she continued to berate and swear at him.L

I would have knocked her ass out cold right on the spot. Then I would have gone back to enjoying the coffe that I paid for.

Oh, and see my tag line.

L


37 posted on 04/03/2019 6:50:55 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: NohSpinZone

38 posted on 04/03/2019 6:55:26 PM PDT by polymuser (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chesterton)
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To: HighSierra5
You’d have to be $hitfaced to wake up next to that freak.

I think I would just boil my own bunny rather than invite her home for the night.

39 posted on 04/03/2019 6:57:34 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Leave the job, leave the clearance. It should be the same rule for the Swamp as for everyone else.)
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To: polymuser

“Broadly diverse, proudly inclusive, genuinely Progressive!”

Lie, lie, truth.


40 posted on 04/03/2019 6:58:34 PM PDT by polymuser (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chesterton)
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