by Robert Reich:'People ask me how they can deal with the hatefulness Trump has unleashed.

[elleng]

One way: Draw on the decency of most other Americans.

Last Wednesday, for example, when Deianeira Ford stopped by a Dairy Queen in Zion, Illinois, to buy a $5 box for her children, and discovered the order was wrong and another part was missing, she asked the owner to fix it. The owner did so, but then called her and her small children n---s, and said she could go back to where she came from (the local police substantiated Ford’s story).
When Ford objected to the owner’s language, he told her and any complaints she made would fall on deaf ears. Ford then wrote a Facebook post describing what had happened, including the phone number and address of the Dairy Queen. Within a few hours the post had been shared thousands of people.

On Thursday, the company released a statement saying the owner’s actions “are inexcusable, reprehensible and unacceptable. We do not in any way condone his behavior or language.” Last Friday, Dairy Queen announced it was closing the location and terminating the owner’s franchise rights.

Most Americans are outraged at the hate Trump has legitimized. This is not the country we know and love. Trump may take over the executive branch, but we will not allow hate to take over America.
What do you think?'

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[pbmus]

1. People power...

[woodsprite]

2. Shine a bright light on those KKKoch-roaches!!! n/t

[StevieM]

3. A lot of the hatefulness comes from the broader Republican Party and cannot be laid at

Donald Trump's doorstep.

And, of course, some of it is all on him.

[uponit7771]

4. +1

[BlancheSplanchnik]

5. Yay! I'm so glad social media rallied decent people in her support.

That POS owner got just what he deserved!

[BigDemVoter]

6. I've noticed something about these asshats. . . .

They are obsessed with WHEN somebody "came" to America or when their ancestors came, as if that would make somebody "more" American than somebody who's been here a shorter amount of time. . . .

So. . . . I would bet a significant amount of money that ANY African American has been here longer than the owner of that Dairy Queen. If we're going to follow HIS logic, HE needs to get the fuck out and go back to whatever shit hole he climbed out of.