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Red Hen owner resigns from Virginia business group after booting Sarah Sanders from restaurant

American said:
One restaurant pissing off another one; it's poetic justice she had to step down. I think more consequences are coming.
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True. Apparently the B & B where the party was staying worked well with the Sanders party and recommended the restaurant. Bet that won't happen again.
 
Moon said:
According to Mike Huckabee, Sarah and her husband left forbhime immediately after leaving the Red Hen and it was their in-laws who were actually being followed and protested against. How are they politicians, or do you support random individual people being the target of a mob?
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Lynch mobs are not noted for their strict adherence to good logic or justice.

The shrieking kooks conducting these public attacks are on that level.
 
Khayembii Communique said:
She's the public face of the Trump administration. Obviously people demonstrating against her are opposing a politician - Trump.
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She's the press secretary to the president. If people can't separate her job representing a public official, from a spokesman for a political candidate, that says more about them.

Khayembii Communique said:
You're using that word because you don't like the demonstration. But in the end it's not harassment, sorry. You can say it is, but it's not. Demonstrators aren't breaking the law by doing any of this, and your whining won't change that fact.
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I would say the same thing regardless of the affiliation, and based on what little is described it could very well be illegal. Following someone around and shouting at them while they try to eat or shop isn't a protest, it's Harassment.
 
code1211 said:
Lynch mobs are not noted for their strict adherence to good logic or justice.

The shrieking kooks conducting these public attacks are on that level.
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Several other sources have confirmed that story.

TDS at its worst.
 
American said:
One restaurant pissing off another one; it's poetic justice she had to step down. I think more consequences are coming.
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Not sure I would call it poetic justice, just repercussion.

And I do think there are more consequences coming, I'm hoping there are. And hyperpartisans on both sides of the isle should take heed.
 
Ikari said:
Not sure I would call it poetic justice, just repercussion.

And I do think there are more consequences coming, I'm hoping there are. And hyperpartisans on both sides of the isle should take heed.
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You may not hear about them, but I think there will be more.
 
American said:
You may not hear about them, but I think there will be more.
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We have been driving down this road of ignorant hyperpartisanship for some time now, it's definitely been substantially exacerbated under Trump. It was always a problem, and it was always dangerous, but I think we are finally becoming aware of the extremes this form of ignorance causes. I am hoping that there is a real and significant push back against it, and a call to return to decorum, to reason, and to intelligence. We'll see if we get it, but this sort of retaliatory, emotionalized, hyperpartisan behavior will get us nowhere.
 
Ikari said:
Not sure I would call it poetic justice, just repercussion.

And I do think there are more consequences coming, I'm hoping there are. And hyperpartisans on both sides of the isle should take heed.
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Yes, and take stock...without excusing their own behavior because somebody else did it first.

I think the American public is getting a bellyful of this ridiculous and potentially dangerous incivility. I hope so anyway.
 
Moon said:
According to Mike Huckabee, Sarah and her husband left forbhime immediately after leaving the Red Hen and it was their in-laws who were actually being followed and protested against. How are they politicians, or do you support random individual people being the target of a mob?
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They're not random individuals, are they?
 
Ikari said:
We have been driving down this road of ignorant hyperpartisanship for some time now, it's definitely been substantially exacerbated under Trump. It was always a problem, and it was always dangerous, but I think we are finally becoming aware of the extremes this form of ignorance causes. I am hoping that there is a real and significant push back against it, and a call to return to decorum, to reason, and to intelligence. We'll see if we get it, but this sort of retaliatory, emotionalized, hyperpartisan behavior will get us nowhere.
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I prefer an exchange of ideas over attacks intended to terrorize, intimidate and silence.

Obviously, for centuries, there were minorities oppressed by the a-holes who oppressed them. Then the oppressed rose up thanks to legendary giants of our culture like King and Marshall to help us advance Jefferson's ideals. Our society united to promote and enforce the spread of justice to all.

Following all of that, since probably in the later 90's to my way of seeing things, the injustices of the 50's and before are remembered more than experienced.

Now, we see people acting as they do in the pursuit of some form of "Social Justice".

Like people claiming to be a war hero who never served, they seem to be grasping at some sort of stolen valor from the real heroes of our civil rights battles in the past.

Their perception of reality is flawed and perverted and their actions reflect their perceptions.
 
code1211 said:
There is about 5% of all possible actions that are mandated by law.

There is about 5% of all possible actions that are proscribed by law.

The rest of actions, that is 90% of actions, are guided by common courtesy and good manners.

The vile and disgusting, cowardly a-holes that committed this act are well outside the bounds of any kind of acceptable conduct.

This was a personal attack intended to intimidate and terrorize the intended individual victim and nothing else.
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A great example of conservative fragility in action. If you exercise your free speech right to demonstrate against the administration you're a terrorist.
 
dcsports said:
She's the press secretary to the president. If people can't separate her job representing a public official, from a spokesman for a political candidate, that says more about them.
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She's also a scrupulous liar and as someone whose job it is to inform the American people about what's going on in the White House, it would make sense that people would be both upset that she constantly lies to them, and represents an administration that is disgusting in its policies and actions, oh and also constantly lies to the American people as well.
 
Khayembii Communique said:
A great example of conservative fragility in action. If you exercise your free speech right to demonstrate against the administration you're a terrorist.
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A personal attack intended to intimidate, terrorize and silence is not a demonstration.

Such an act is a violent attack.

There is no excuse for this.
 
Khayembii Communique said:
She's also a scrupulous liar and as someone whose job it is to inform the American people about what's going on in the White House, it would make sense that people would be both upset that she constantly lies to them, and represents an administration that is disgusting in its policies and actions, oh and also constantly lies to the American people as well.
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What are the lies she told this week?
 
code1211 said:
A personal attack intended to intimidate, terrorize and silence is not a demonstration.

Such an act is a violent attack.

There is no excuse for this.
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A great example of conservative fragility in action. If you exercise your free speech right to demonstrate against the administration you're a terrorist.
 
Khayembii Communique said:
A great example of conservative fragility in action. If you exercise your free speech right to demonstrate against the administration you're a terrorist.
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After the lynch mob used force to stop these citizens from exercising their freedoms, only one of whom was employed by the Trump Administration, they continued their violent and unjustified attack.

The new victims were 100% disconnected from the Trump Administration after the intended victim had departed.

You are simple wrong in your facts and your beliefs.

These a-holes are terrorists and need to be censured and condemned for their violent and hate filled actions.
 
code1211 said:
After the lynch mob used force to stop these citizens from exercising their freedoms, only one of whom was employed by the Trump Administration, they continued their violent and unjustified attack.

The new victims were 100% disconnected from the Trump Administration after the intended victim had departed.

You are simple wrong in your facts and your beliefs.
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No, I'm not. There was no lynch mob - a lynch mob requires a lynching, and a lynchee. No citizens were forced to "stop exercising their freedoms". There was no violence. There were no victims.

These a-holes are terrorists and need to be censured and condemned for their violent and hate filled actions.
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Like I said, exercise your rights and fragile conservatives think you're a terrorist.
 
Khayembii Communique said:
She's also a scrupulous liar and as someone whose job it is to inform the American people about what's going on in the White House, it would make sense that people would be both upset that she constantly lies to them, and represents an administration that is disgusting in its policies and actions, oh and also constantly lies to the American people as well.
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That's getting into a tangent. Perhaps start a thread on that.

If people think she's doing a bad job, they should let her work know, or perhaps protest that in front of her place of business.
 
dcsports said:
That's getting into a tangent. Perhaps start a thread on that.

If people think she's doing a bad job, they should let her work know, or perhaps protest that in front of her place of business.
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Or ask her to leave their restaurant.
 
Khayembii Communique said:
Or ask her to leave their restaurant.
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They are free to deny her service, just as she's free to let others know about it. It's bad business policy, and contrary to other statements by liberals, but they can.

They should not organize harassment at the restaurant, or organize groups to follow her and her family/friends around and continue harassment for the evening.
 
Taylor said:
My you're easily triggered. Do you need to find a safe space?
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You say this in a thread rooted in the right crying about sarah sanders getting booted from a restaurant. :lol:
 
Khayembii Communique said:
No, I'm not. There was no lynch mob - a lynch mob requires a lynching, and a lynchee. No citizens were forced to "stop exercising their freedoms". There was no violence. There were no victims.



Like I said, exercise your rights and fragile conservatives think you're a terrorist.
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Yelling at and harrassing someone to force them to do what they would prefer to not do is violence.

This is true if it is any other bully, an abusive parent, a teacher, a cop or a fringe group kook.

A lynch mob only needs hate and a victim. This lynch mob had both.

In grade school, my teachers told me that my right to swing my fist ended where my neighbors nose started.

In your world, unthinking, shrieking, high volume, terrorist attacks of intimidation on women are a good thing.

In my world, I prefer common courtesy and civilized discourse. I also prefer a little thought and logic in politics and decision making.
 
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Khayembii Communique said:
Or ask her to leave their restaurant.
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Ah-ha!

Refuse service based on prejudice and bias due to association with a hated, misrepresented group. This is a familiar and distasteful course of action.

Nobody sees himself as "the bad guy". You really need to examine what ideas and tactics you support.
 
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