And I didn’t have enough info on the coffee shop incident to really refer to them as a-holes. I should’ve looked into that more before spouting off. I’ve looked into it further, and by all accounts, if accurate, point to gross racial bias. I saw their interviews, and they seem like good people who were wronged. But they also appear to have been more than ready to capitalize on the situation too. It’s the skeptic in me that wonders if this wasn’t a premeditated event based on previous encounters at this store.
And although we all have some degree of racial bias,
I find that my dislike/distrust of the media makes me always doubt the truth and motivations in their storytelling.
I still think the idea of closing every store in the U.S. for racial sensitivity training is a huge over-reaction on behalf of the company.
ALL people, regardless of color/race, probably have some degree of racial bias, and/or gender bias, and/or religion bias, and/or politics bias, and/or hair length bias, and/or language bias, etc.
I totally relate. I finally went ahead and researched it and believe what the manager did was distasteful, unnecessary, and really not professional. The police did *absolutely* nothing wrong- they did their duty and did it properly. Whether the manager was right or wrong, when asked to leave and they refused, the two non-customers became illegal trespassers. They should have just left when asked, then called headquarters and started complaining and asking questions.
The company's reaction was a huge over-reaction, so was the public's and the sensationalist media. I also got that "spidey sense" about something not quite right about the whole thing. Too many people out there are just itching to blow any little thing up to crazy proportions and make a show of it.... I think it often just makes things even worse.
Once upon a time in a land far away an individual could make a personal decision on what they like, dislike or even chose to care about without being accused of a hate crime.
Once upon a time in a land far away an individual could make a personal decision on what they like, dislike or even chose to care about without being accused of a hate crime.
I know you care deeply about my edification, so which of your recent personal decisions about likes and dislikes led to accusations of hate crime? Enquiring minds want to know....and in said land a man was taught at an early age to not to concern himself with his neighbor's business unless it directly his personal right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Unfortunately and obviously, and to the detriment of society, that lesson is no longer taught.
...and in said land a man was taught at an early age to not to concern himself with his neighbor's business unless it directly his personal right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Unfortunately and obviously, and to the detriment of society, that lesson is no longer taught.
Cutting through the verbiage, you're just telling me to disregard all vacuous statements and mind my own cotton pickin' bidness?
.... the part about minding our own business is an idea we should all be able to get behind.
Cutting through the verbiage, you're just telling me to disregard allYeah, that was my take on it as well, but I've been wrong in the past.vacuous or not vacuousstatements and mind my own cotton pickin' bidness?
' vacuous' is such a subjective adjective that it is hardly applicable in this instance but the part about minding our own business is an idea we should all be able to get behind.
....as Rand Paul discovered, somewhat painfully.
Just so.
So, this old-fashioned ass kicking endured by Rand P. was a hate crime or just a simple case of lawn rage?
Not sure there is a difference. Either way, he is a great man and it was a horrible crime that will hopefully land the assailant in jail for years.