Oklahoma Restaurant: Not white, straight & rich? Screw you.

[Tekania]

I'm surprised he has been fined into bankruptcy.

[Gallup]

Look, I am man enough to know when I am wrong. It is good to have doubts, however. Still, you seem to be right. Now, let's get back to the topic.

If he's actively stopping gays from entering than the free market will decide that they don't want to go their, and he will go out of business.

If that were true, why didn't it happen 42 years ago?


Also, the recently added Yelp! pictures for this place are hilarious.

That was stupid.

[The Land Fomerly Known as Ligerplace]

Look, I am man enough to know when I am wrong. It is good to have doubts, however. Still, you seem to be right. Now, let's get back to the topic.

If he's actively stopping gays from entering than the free market will decide that they don't want to go their, and he will go out of business.

He's also actively stopping different races, disabled people etc.

People will still go there, as the free market isn't infallible.

It's not that the free market isn't working so much as it is a reflection of the fucked up community there.

The free market isn't some autorun ethics enforcer, it's just an emergent vision of what people value based on the information they know.

Since he's a public discriminatory bigot, and people are cool with that, it just shows that he adequately serves the needs of the community and that his (apparent) downsides aren't enough to outweigh that.

Which mean his patrons are assholes as much as he is.

[Gallup]

He's also actively stopping different races, disabled people etc.

People will still go there, as the free market isn't infallible.

It's not that the free market isn't working so much as it is a reflection of the fucked up community there.

The free market isn't some autorun ethics enforcer, it's just an emergent vision of what people value based on the information they know.

Since he's a public discriminatory bigot, and people are cool with that, it just shows that he adequately serves the needs of the community and that his (apparent) downsides aren't enough to outweigh that.

Which mean his patrons are assholes as much as he is.

Or they don't know.

[Tekania]

I had trust issues, as all the sources for a while were far-left.

huffpost isn't so much far left as it is sensationalist celebrity news pandering to every demographic they can think of for ad revenue

I'll agree with this. IF someone posts a huffpo article here, I typically read through it, then start scouring news sites for additional sources before formulating my opinion, as more often than not the huffpo author presents the account edited to their personal bias.... even if I agree with the authors position I look for additional sources.

[The Land Fomerly Known as Ligerplace]

It's not that the free market isn't working so much as it is a reflection of the fucked up community there.

The free market isn't some autorun ethics enforcer, it's just an emergent vision of what people value based on the information they know.

Since he's a public discriminatory bigot, and people are cool with that, it just shows that he adequately serves the needs of the community and that his (apparent) downsides aren't enough to outweigh that.

Which mean his patrons are assholes as much as he is.

Or they don't know.

Between the official t-shirt, and his brazen actions for 30-40 years, that seems hella unlikely.

[Geilinor]

Totally. I'm in total agreement with Rand Paul. You can call it public accommodation, and it is, but it's a private business. Are we going to say to the black students' association they have to take white people, or the gay softball association they have to take straight people? We should have freedom of association in America.

These people on Fox News don't understand the difference between businesses which are open to the public and private clubs and other exclusive organizations. The Civil Rights Act spells out the difference.

[Avenio]

Or they don't know.

Between the official t-shirt, and his brazen actions for 30-40 years, that seems hella unlikely.

Yeah, I was about to say. His T-shirts say "Nigger Free Zone" and "Faggot Free Zone" on them. That's pretty hard to miss.

[Geilinor]

Between the official t-shirt, and his brazen actions for 30-40 years, that seems hella unlikely.

Yeah, I was about to say. His T-shirts say "Nigger Free Zone" and "Faggot Free Zone" on them. That's pretty hard to miss.

I don't understand how such a business can survive, but I can imagine it happening.

[Cosmopoles]

Restaurant owner sounds like a total shit but Matt Gard doesn't sound much better either. Who knowingly visits a restaurant that discriminates against people for years but only complains when they themselves finally get targeted? People like Matt Gard enable bigots like the owner.

[The Land Fomerly Known as Ligerplace]

Yeah, I was about to say. His T-shirts say "Nigger Free Zone" and "Faggot Free Zone" on them. That's pretty hard to miss.

I don't understand how such a business can survive, but I can imagine it happening.

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[Geilinor]

Restaurant owner sounds like a total shit but Matt Gard doesn't sound much better either. Who knowingly visits a restaurant that discriminates against people for years but only complains when they themselves finally get targeted? People like Matt Gard enable bigots like the owner.

If he saw one of the shirts, witnessed another customer being discriminated against, or heard about the owner, that could be a valid criticism.

[The Land Fomerly Known as Ligerplace]

Restaurant owner sounds like a total shit but Matt Gard doesn't sound much better either. Who knowingly visits a restaurant that discriminates against people for years but only complains when they themselves finally get targeted? People like Matt Gard enable bigots like the owner.

He just wanted to be free of those damn fags for once in his life and now it's his fault?

[Saint Kitten]

Looks like Oklahoma is still stuck in 1950

[Cosmopoles]

He just wanted to be free of those damn fags for once in his life and now it's his fault?

I wonder about the inability of some people to empathise with discrimination.

"Check out these t-shirts: Nigger Free Zone!"
Haha, good one!
"No faggots allowed!"
You tell 'em, Gary!
"Get out of my restaurant, you freak."
Well now that's terribly offensive!

[Estado Paulista]

Yet this guy Gary has been running this restaurant with an Official T-Shirt that says "Nigger Free Zone".

I kind of want one of those, to be honest.

[The Land Fomerly Known as Ligerplace]

Yet this guy Gary has been running this restaurant with an Official T-Shirt that says "Nigger Free Zone".

I kind of want one of those, to be honest.

I would to if I were the king of black hipsters.

[Baader-Meinhof Gruppe]

Seems like he gets plenty of bad reviews already, wouldn't be surprised if he was a massive welfare queen.

[ShadowDragons]

This guy sounds like the soup nazi. You can't tell people how to run they're business though. Is it a crime to be racist, no and it shouldn't because it's a state of mind. I wouldn't ever do such a thing, but don't tell him what to do.

[-The Unified Earth Governments-]

Yet this guy Gary has been running this restaurant with an Official T-Shirt that says "Nigger Free Zone".

I kind of want one of those, to be honest.

Does he have any that makes fun of Aspergers?

If so I'm buying thirty.

[Yumyumsuppertime]

I don't understand how such a business can survive, but I can imagine it happening.

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Community

Support

Indeed.

*Points to signature*

Which is why we can't leave this in the hands of the free market. In towns where a majority are bigots and/or apathetic, this sort of nonsense tends to remain unaddressed.

[The Land Fomerly Known as Ligerplace]

I kind of want one of those, to be honest.

Does he have any that makes fun of Aspergers?

If so I'm buying thirty.

"Assburgers in Paradise"

XL for 29.99

[Yumyumsuppertime]

This guy sounds like the soup nazi. You can't tell people how to run they're business though. Is it a crime to be racist, no and it shouldn't because it's a state of mind. I wouldn't ever do such a thing, but don't tell him what to do.

Actually, in America, when it comes to businesses that are considered to be public accommodations, you absolutely can tell someone how to run their business in terms of providing equal service to all regardless of certain inherent characteristics, political beliefs, and religious beliefs. And you can put them out of business if they refuse.

[-The Unified Earth Governments-]

Does he have any that makes fun of Aspergers?

If so I'm buying thirty.

"Assburgers in Paradise"

XL for 29.99

As a aspergers joke and a fat one?

Well, I'm not XL but I would wear it, I have seen better though :|

[The Land Fomerly Known as Ligerplace]

"Assburgers in Paradise"

XL for 29.99

As a aspergers joke and a fat one?

Well, I'm not XL but I would wear it, I have seen better though :|

No you haven't