Posted on 02/20/2024 1:24:06 AM PST by CFW
Paradis Books & Bread, a book café located in North Miami, has closed down following a controversial decision to ask Fox News political analyst Gianno Caldwell to leave the establishment due to his conservative political beliefs.
Gianno Caldwell recounted the event during an interview with Fox News host Maria Bartiromo, expressing his disbelief and disappointment over being ostracized for his political stance. Caldwell explained, “I never thought I would make international news for being a Florida man kicked out of a restaurant because of my conservative values.” He detailed how the conversation turned uncomfortable when the café’s owner directly asked him to leave, stating that their political views did not align.
The incident quickly escalated as Caldwell took to social media to share his experience, which garnered significant attention, including 2.5 million views on Twitter. Caldwell described feeling “shell shocked” by the encounter.
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"To our haters, we suppose congratulations are in order, so you can go ahead and stop reading now! But, to those who have loved us, supported our many changes, laughed with us, danced with us, and maybe even cried with us, we wanted to give you this parting explanation, as well as a wholehearted thank you…
As many of you who’ve followed us likely know, at the beginning of last year we had an incident with a Fox News anchor which resulted in being ceaselessly harassed by their followers, even to this day. After being targeted, we didn’t know if we would reopen again, and when we did, we knew we had to do our best to minimize potential harm to us and our community......"
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“We’ve struggled with the reality that having a highly visible leftist space that also needs to operate as a business is extremely challenging.”
i think i see the main problem: reality ... trying to be a book store, sandwich shop AND wine bar all rolled into one mishmash JUST for leftists ... even Certs tried to be just two things rolled into one, and Certs wasn’t just for leftists! ... hey, i know, maybe if they ALSO sold shoes that would have solved all their problems! ... Naaaah ...
at any rate, shoes aside, yet another kommie dream “business” invented by drug-addled leftist morons unfamiliar with reality bites the dust ...
An incident? Harassment? It would appear a person just came in and sat down to have a cup of coffee. He caused no incident. They did. He didn't harass them - they harassed him.
“A book café” pfffft... poofters and feminazi Karen’s. Coffee shops suck, book shops are overpriced and “trendy” - given the options why patronize generally leftist enclaves?
You see based on their closing remarks they did indeed learn nothing - doubling down, not apologetic at all.
That’s too much of a generalization - each one has to be judged on their own merits.
But of course we know the merits of this one in the article.
Ditto
One down. Next?
I remember going into Costco and seeing a pile of Ann Coulter’s books (this was a while back) on display. The ugly yellow price tag had been deliberately placed over her face on every book. Regardless of what you think of the author now or thought of her then, it was a classless thing to do and I never bought another book from Costco.
Probably had their pronouns disrespected, too. Oh, the horror!
The horror!!
There are excellent opportunities for them in San Francisco. They should leave immediately to find folks that they are comfortable with. That is the American Way. Quit bitching and move on.
INCREDIBLE, but a little lesson for those who STILL think it’s possible to compromise with the Left.
In the 1950s, you might get thrown out of a bookstore if you advocated the overthrow of the US Constitution...now you get thrown out because you want to preserve the US Constitution.
...that’s where we’re at, now.
This is the perfect example of how the leftists attack, bully, and smear their opponents.
They are the perps and exhibit the bad behavior. The other side makes known how they were treated to the public.
The perp knows they are guilty of what they are accused of.
What do they do? Why they turn the whole thing around and declare themselves the victim of some imaginary phantom people who are now threatening them for just being a nice little tight knit group of friends who were invaded by a black conservative.
Anything to the right of Joseph Stalin is “conservative” to these people.
Demos are, and always have been racists. They invented the KKK, fer Chissakes!
The blacks they are willing to tolerate are only the ones willing to think of themselves as houseNGRs.
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Given their tilt, they should have sold Birkenstocks.
NAAAAH! They’d have still gone out of business.
When Hillary had a book there I made it a point to turn the top copy/copies upside down when I was through. I figured I was doing the public a service, people book shopping wouldn’t have to see that mug.
As I recall they had a LOT of copies, that all just vanished one day. I was thru Costco 2-3 times a week then.
Yes, the modern Left aims at imposing Stalinism without Stalin, as that now spectral Georgian watches with a sly smile.
I can imagine the stickers being applied by a dumpy, ugly lesbian with a Costco shirt and badly fitted jeans.
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