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Racists Gone Wild: Grocery Bagging And Freedom Of Religion Edition
AngelHedgie
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From the derp heart of Texas, we have a tale of a racist claiming his demands to not have his groceries bagged by a black person are protected by freedom of religion.
No, it's not April 1st. And no drugs were involved in the writing of this post.
Kudos to the owner, though - his response of "the moment you insulted my employee like that, you were criminally trespassing, and I plan to file charges" is very awesome indeed.
No, it's not April 1st. And no drugs were involved in the writing of this post.
Kudos to the owner, though - his response of "the moment you insulted my employee like that, you were criminally trespassing, and I plan to file charges" is very awesome indeed.
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Wait, no, the opposite of all of that.
Of course the company, which takes pride in its extreme LGBT friendliness (which is great), got a complaint from the asshole and I was reprimanded because of my rude behavior toward the guy, and we gave the guy a gift card for his "embarrassment."
I fucking hate retail.
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Why yes it is. This racist thing is like this other racist thing, therefore neither are racist?
What's the maths here? Being Racist is negative, therefore 2 negatives are a positive?
fakeedit: Also, what the hell is wrong with his neck in that picture?
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The picture's actually of Keith Langston, the store owner. While he's certainly not photogenic, his handling of the situation softens the blow to my faith in humanity.
One of my favorite parts was where it said the plaintiff filed a "nine-page, hand-written lawsuit." Between that and the quasi-eugenic horseshit this guy is spewing, it's good to know he's crazy in addition to being a run-of-the-mill racist prick.
I know it was bad of me to point that out, but it just looks weird to me, since he doesn't seem that fat.
I also like to point out it was a pleasant surprise that the store owner "fired" the customer, instead of the employee for "offending a customer's religion". Hope this turns out positive for the store owner, more people need to be rewarded for doing the right thing.
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What really impresses me about the man is that Hawkins is a really "Texas" part of Texas. Both the local college and airport are owned by hardcore conservative ministry corporations. If there is a place where I would have expected a weak, vacillating response to this customer instead of the "No, fuck you" he deserves, it's Hawkins. But Mr. Langston came out swinging.
It probably doesn't hurt that the owner wasn't just admonishing a racist customer, but backing his own employee as well.
Which, bravo, dude. While West Texas is not, East Texas is definitely part of the Old South, and I'd wager this store's clientele is probably 50% Black or better.
Color me simultaneously disgusted and proud of my old neck of the woods.
It also helped that the customer cited a "foreign" religion instead of southern baptism or something.
East Texas is very much a part of th eOld South, and it surprises me not a whit to see both sentiments in this article on display.
Technically, this is where he may have a leg to stand on. Depending on how the law is structured in TX or in that municipality, this action could be considered kidnapping.
In Texas, land of the "if they are in your property you can shoot them pretty much scot free"? The guy should be glad they didn't do a citizen's arrest on him.
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