06-25-2018, 12:55 PM
(06-25-2018, 12:24 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I would never eat there because I don't support businesses that wade in to politics on this level. I'd have the same issue if a business refused to serve Obama. I'm sure you'll counter by pointing out that Obama is not as odious as Trump and his administration. I would generally agree with this. The problem is, there are many who would not. The level of vitriol directed at Obama by some, which I have heard personally, is easily the equal of what I've heard about Trump. In any event, Sanders is not a klan member. She has different political views, people are of course free to disagree as strenuously as they like. But refusing to serve people based on those views only serves to further polarize an already heavily polarized society. An no, the polarization is not due solely to Trump.
Actually, my counter to this is that if this restaurant didn't serve people that have political ideologies that Sanders espouses in her role as Press Secretary then they would be out of business in short order where they are located. Lexington City is blue, but they are in a sea of red, as is the norm here in the Valley. My argument in all of this is that this isn't even about politics, this is about individuals. You may disagree with that, and that is fine, I freely admit this is my perception of this issue. But that restaurant has served many conservatives, it has served legit members of the KKK, it has played host to Republican lawmakers.
This isn't politics to me, this is about the individual.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR