Gee, I wonder which one Brian is?/s
Posted on 07/18/2011 9:08:18 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
Imagine a bargain hunter's shock and dismay when responding to an ad on Craigslist listing a bunch of possessions for sale and then receiving an email announcing that gay people, Muslims, and illegal immigrants aren't allowed to purchase the wares. Read it for yourself.
Our tipster, who lives in the D.C. area, responded to an ad on Craigslist, which has been taken down, expressing interest in one of the items for sale. He received this mass email response peppered with casual racism and homophobia. I've highlighted the worst parts, but the whole thing is really amazingly awful.
"i have been a bit overwhelmed by the response, so have devised an easier way to disseminate information and pix of the items for sale for all of you who have contacted me. i've set up a publicly accessible facebook photo album for items for sale. please post any questions you have on the facebook page, this way you will also know if someone else has already expressed interest in an item and at what price or if the item is sold, as i will mark it so.
additionally, there will be a garage sale this sunday, 17 july 2011 from 11am - 7pm, for the items already pictured in the album and more. photos will continue to be added via the mobile pix facebook album, so please also check there as internet access has already been disconnected in the home and it's the only way to upload quickly and easily. all are welcome to the moving sale / garage sale except for LGBT people, illegal immigrants, and muslims, anyone else is warmly welcomed! no drama, terrorism, or illegal transactions with non-US citizens / illegal immigrants / people taking jobs away from people who belong and are legal in this country is desired.
(Excerpt) Read more at gawker.com ...
How AWFUL !!! / (yawn)
I’m still looking for the downside...
I’ve highlighted the worst parts, but the whole thing is really amazingly awful.
“i have been a bit overwhelmed by the response, so have devised an easier way to disseminate information and pix of the items for sale for all of you who have contacted me. i’ve set up a publicly accessible facebook photo album for items for sale. please post any questions you have on the facebook page, this way you will also know if someone else has already expressed interest in an item and at what price or if the item is sold, as i will mark it so.
additionally, there will be a garage sale this sunday, 17 july 2011 from 11am - 7pm, for the items already pictured in the album and more. photos will continue to be added via the mobile pix facebook album, so please also check there as internet access has already been disconnected in the home and it’s the only way to upload quickly and easily. all are welcome to the moving sale / garage sale except for LGBT people, illegal immigrants, and muslims, anyone else is warmly welcomed! no drama, terrorism, or illegal transactions with non-US citizens / illegal immigrants / people taking jobs away from people who belong and are legal in this country is desired.
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So. Where is the “really amazingly awful” part. I’m missing something here.
(lol)
OUTRAGEOUS! Get the Anthony jury back to send them up the river.
Better yet, send the Anthony jury up the river!
Sounds like Friday evening around my house.
Gee, I wonder which one Brian is?/s
Good luck with that.
Brian Moylan, best known as the most prominent gay voice on Gawker Media
Well, it sort of excludes markets and increased demand for the "stuff"...
“...except for LGBT people, illegal immigrants, and muslims”
I guess that I miss the problem too. If we allow restaurants to have a dress code, what’s the difference here? He’s just trying to uphold some standards.
Look at it in detail - there’s nothing about race or sex here, which are the two characteristics that people cannot control...so good. For LGBTs...they can come (since no one can tell), but if they start making out, then there will be a problem; for Illegals...they shouldn’t be here in the first place and don’t have a legal right to take one step on any US soil; and Muslims, like LGBTs can simply shave their beards or take off their bee-keeper uniforms...and no one would know the difference.
So it’s basically just a dress and behavior code...again, no different than an upscale restaurant.
And why not?
Her house, her stuff, she can sell it to who she wants to. Tell the cry babies to shut up and stay home.
I don’t see the problem. If we have freedom of association, don’t we have freedom of disassociation as well? Really, he didn’t ban anyone ... he simply suggested that certain folks might not be warmly welcomed.
There’s something weird about this. A “racist/bigot” wouldn’t use the PC term LGBT.
“Muslims, like LGBTs can simply shave their beards or take off their bee-keeper uniforms.”
Be careful, when muslims start shaving themselves they’re going into suicide-bomber mode!;)
Yes, but don’t underestimate liberal white guilt..
The bastardization of the English language continues.
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