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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 11:59 PM Nov 2016

Gay Man Attacked by Store Manager... in Front of 4-Year-Old Son: The Faggot Who Voted for Hillary

http://www.towleroad.com/2016/11/floor-and-decor/

James Shawlin and his 4-year-old son were shopping at Floor and Decor in Highlands Ranch, Colorado on Friday when he says they were verbally assaulted by a store manager who called him “the faggot that voted for Hillary,” and by another customer who overheard the manager and interjected, “what are these faggots going to do to this child?”...

Shawlin said he had returned to the store complaining about some damaged stone slabs he had bought for an interior renovation when the alleged assault happened, 9 News reports:

“I was a little firm with him, and I just told him, ‘hey, you know, my husband and I spend a lot of money here. We’ve been using you guys for ten years. We have $3,000 worth of stone.’” Shawlin said. “And [the manager] goes, ‘oh, that explains it now. The faggot that voted for Hillary.’”

Shawlin said another customer in the aisle who’d overheard the exchange expressed his support for Donald Trump. Shawlin said the same customer followed him outside and used a derogatory term.


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Gay Man Attacked by Store Manager... in Front of 4-Year-Old Son: The Faggot Who Voted for Hillary (Original Post) KamaAina Nov 2016 OP
Trump has emboldened these knuckledragging haters and bigots. smirkymonkey Nov 2016 #1
yep Buzz Clik Nov 2016 #8
I' kind of hoping that they end up feeling like jack asses when the majority of people Maraya1969 Nov 2016 #11
This is only the beginning. BigDemVoter Nov 2016 #2
Shit like this makes me so sad. Barack_America Nov 2016 #3
Store #118, 1980 E. County Line Road, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 hatrack Nov 2016 #4
I know where I'm not shopping. backscatter712 Nov 2016 #5
Time to call headquarters? Right? benld74 Nov 2016 #9
Looks like he has been fired mrs_p Nov 2016 #6
GOOD, Stupid Fucker Grassy Knoll Nov 2016 #10
All this complaining about being called bigots and homophobes, but at the first opportunity... Buzz Clik Nov 2016 #7
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
1. Trump has emboldened these knuckledragging haters and bigots.
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 12:02 AM
Nov 2016

It makes me furious, but it also makes me just really sad that there are so many people out there that are so filled with hate.

Maraya1969

(22,490 posts)
11. I' kind of hoping that they end up feeling like jack asses when the majority of people
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 01:53 AM
Nov 2016

around them shake their heads "no" or just ignore them like they did that guy on an airplane that stood up and announced he supported Trump and something about "Hillary bitches". There was another incident where some girl went bat shit when a black manager, (or cashier) suggested she buy a reusable bag for her larger items. She was yelling that she was being discriminated against because she was white. The woman who videotaped her for almost a 1/2 hour set up a Gofundme page for the cashier and said that about 10 people all stood around her supporting and protecting her. The page has almost $15,000 on it already

But then again, maybe not.

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)
3. Shit like this makes me so sad.
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 12:09 AM
Nov 2016

I'm not really a "woo" person, but I'm sending love to that family. Makes me sad that my children will never see their parents treated like this, and what did that child do to deserve this?

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
5. I know where I'm not shopping.
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 12:19 AM
Nov 2016

Granted, I live quite a ways north of Highlands Ranch, but I do live in Colorado.

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
7. All this complaining about being called bigots and homophobes, but at the first opportunity...
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 12:40 AM
Nov 2016

... they spit out the dog whistle and say exactly what's been on their minds for quite some time.

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