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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew Mexico Store Bans Obama & Other Muslims
Source: Huffington Post
New Mexico Store Bans Obama & Other Muslims
We get it, youre racist.
01/02/2017 06:18 pm ET
A New Mexico convenience store owner appears to promote his business by making threats of political violence.
The Mayhill Convenience Store has had signs up for more than a year that include phrases like Bullets Not Ballots and Kill Obama with the word care written in smaller letters under it.
Although the signs have been around for some time, local station KOB drew new attention to the store on Friday. Outside the business, a sign reading Obama & other Muslims not welcome here greets customers.
A former worker at the store, Marlon McWilliams, told the station that people who have called out the owner for his racist signs have been banned from the establishment.
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We get it, youre racist.
01/02/2017 06:18 pm ET
A New Mexico convenience store owner appears to promote his business by making threats of political violence.
The Mayhill Convenience Store has had signs up for more than a year that include phrases like Bullets Not Ballots and Kill Obama with the word care written in smaller letters under it.
Although the signs have been around for some time, local station KOB drew new attention to the store on Friday. Outside the business, a sign reading Obama & other Muslims not welcome here greets customers.
A former worker at the store, Marlon McWilliams, told the station that people who have called out the owner for his racist signs have been banned from the establishment.
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Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-mexico-store-racism-obama-muslims_us_586a71a3e4b0eb58648a1518
See also: Convenience stores controversial signs causing online outrage KOB-TV
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New Mexico Store Bans Obama & Other Muslims (Original Post)
Eugene
Jan 2017
OP
I see walter white's meth is still eating holes in some brains down there.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2017
#1
DUer duhneece called attention to this when she visited the store and took a photo
pinboy3niner
Jan 2017
#2
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)1. I see walter white's meth is still eating holes in some brains down there.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)2. DUer duhneece called attention to this when she visited the store and took a photo
Her raising it seems to have inspired these new stories popping up.
Her photo is posted in the replies to her thread and on Facebook.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028406133
progree
(10,907 posts)3. We've had one of these in Minnesota for months - Muslims Get Out
Deplorable sign in small-town Minnesota 'supports' St. Cloud by saying 'Muslims get out', City Pages, 9/22/16
At least one resident of that town complained in such a way that the local police got involved to end an "altercation," according to the Lonsdale News Review.
Owner Dan Ruedinger realized his original message was being misunderstood, so he added the words "IN SUPPORT OF ST. CLOUD." Thanks Dan. Now we get it.
http://www.citypages.com/news/deplorable-sign-in-small-town-minnesota-supports-st-cloud-by-saying-muslims-get-out/394120851
http://stmedia.stimg.co/ctyp+muslims+get+out.jpg?w=800
At least one resident of that town complained in such a way that the local police got involved to end an "altercation," according to the Lonsdale News Review.
Owner Dan Ruedinger realized his original message was being misunderstood, so he added the words "IN SUPPORT OF ST. CLOUD." Thanks Dan. Now we get it.
http://www.citypages.com/news/deplorable-sign-in-small-town-minnesota-supports-st-cloud-by-saying-muslims-get-out/394120851
http://stmedia.stimg.co/ctyp+muslims+get+out.jpg?w=800
It reads
[font color = blue]FOOD ICE CREAM M-SAT
CB FRY, POP 5.99 11-4
MUSLIMS GET OUT
IN SUPORT OF ST CLOUD[/font] (((yes, one "P" ))
As far as I know, its still there. Being such a tiny little town, though, its probably about 5 years between Google Street View updates.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)4. Sick. Sick. Sick.
Vinca
(50,271 posts)5. All you can do is realize some people are assholes and withhold your business.