My husband told him it must be difficult dealing with the public here and he said "I do my best".

We shared that our best friends were from Iraq and he opened up.

That she was assuming he was Muslim? Also, aren't you missing the point?

The ignorant couple who said they didn't want to deal with a Muslem assumed he was a Muslim based on something. For all they knew he could be a Lebonese Christian. It's a stupid and prejudiced assumption to make

sigh

people. Anybody ever read about Greenwood?

My wife's family has lived in Wagoner since the beginning of time. All her Aunts (5) have been diehard Dems ever since
I met them. Last one died a coupe of years ago at the ripe old age of 93. I got along great with all of them. And they were church-going
ladies, but certainly no Prudes...that's what I mostly liked about them

moderate in teaching

Moderates in terms of religion are few and far between.

regardless of nationality. Judge others based on their words and actions, not the way they look.

How can that not be understood by all in 2018? Glad you gave those morons a verbal slap, redstatebluegirl!

Opinionated and will always let people know about it. No matter how idiotic they are.

Many people still haven't realized that inaction is still an action. Thank you for standing up! You rock!

but it goes something like: All that it takes for evil to succeed is for good people to remain silent.

Allegedly, Burke once said: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men should do nothing.”

The quote is a subject of controversy. See here.

Otoh, the many variations all seem to be true, imho.

Nevertheless, the sentiment is correct.

a thing or two from you.

Dealing with this shit everyday gets tiresome.

In my local community group, some of the posters were discussing whether a closed convenience store would be re-opening, and who might open it up again. Someone then posted "well, if it's a foreigner who opens it, we shouldn't go there. Besides, they send their money out of the country, anyway." But mainly it was the refusal to do business with a "foreigner" that was her point.

In our area, most of the foreigners are Middle Easterners who speak with an accent, like Pakistanis. Some wear turbans. More than a few open convenience stores and hire other Middle Easterners to work in them. So I'm pretty sure these are the so-called foreigners she is referring to. We have a few first generation Hispanics, but they generally do manual labor.

My stepmother, who is elderly, got a gun a few years ago, to protect herself against a home invasion by Muslims or A-rabs, she said.

I'm in Louisiana, so I assume the environment is similar to that of Oklahoma, as far as bigotry against so-called foreigners or Muslims, or those who are perceived as such by the redneck whites. Most are leery of who they think are foreigners or Muslims, but don't outright insult them or refuse to frequent their stores. But some feel free to do so.

I'm glad you said something. It probably didn't change their minds one little bit, but at least they know not everyone lives in their closed minded world.

I used to live in East Texas, the belt buckle of the Bible belt, and encountered more than few of such comments.

You say “clearly middle eastern”.

How many Americans can tell apart someone from India or Pakistan from an Iranian? An Iraqi?

Cool story.

They just can't help themselves.

don't really get it. A week ago I was on a rare trip to wal-mart. The line for the only human cashier was long, but I don't do bots. Up rolls 2 Trumpers in their motorized carts, complete with MAGA hats. The man had on a Hillary for Prison T-shirt. The whole time we wait, these 2 complain to each other LOUDLY about every issue they could think of. In between subjects they complained about the speed of the cashier, but conceded, at least he was white. They complained that no one offered 2 obviously handicapped people in line their spot and that the liberals wanted all handicapped/conservative/God-fearing patriots dead. They complained the line was slow because of all the people trying to by beer with food stamps.
By the time I got near the cashier I could see him rolling his eyes. Then he did the unexpected. He picked up his courtesy phone and told his manager, he was in need of an emergency bathroom break. Right away a new cashier arrived to take his place. The new cashier is best described as gender-fluid. Well that was THE. LAST. STRAW.
I am not even going to attempt to describe the level of hate that consumed these two. But they certainly had the attention of most everyone in the front of the store, including the manager and security guard.
Then (praise Jesus!) a miracle happened. They got up out of their carts, left their food and walked out the door!!!
The cashier never lost her smile, never even slowed down. Kudos to Walmart for hiring her and bravo for her grace under pressure.

The stories I read here...

this is very familiar. They are not shy about their hate down here, and then they all head to the Baptist Church on Sunday. Makes me nuts.

would make him puke.
Are you saying rather than check out with the replaced cashier they abandoned their order instead after shopping and waiting in line?
If so , who does that inconvenience??
Stupid and deplorable

of the alleged "goobs" ...and as asked above..how did you know.."was a young Muslim man"?
An assumption?

He told us during our conversation, when he realized we were friendly, that he and his wife had had some issues since coming to OKC due to their religion. Also, his prayer rug was rolled up in the corner of his office. But next time I will ask for a picture for you.

Riding scooters, with a Hillary for prison T-shirt, who supposedly thought people can buy beer with food stamps.

Easy enough to find, I would think.

That brings back memories, of my 6 yrs of living north of Dallas. Not far from the OK border. I was transferred there for work. We were counting the days, until we could leave. Just the willful, ignorance and arrogance, was sometimes over whelming.

going for myself (mentally, emotionally, and intellectually).