Die on the Chick-Fil-A Hill?

[DancingOutlaw]

Yes, I've obviously had both.

Extreme demand brings out the worst in people. See: every Black Friday. But for people saying "I love getting CFA to own the libs. Also, I haven't ever actually tasted it, but the Popeyes sandwich is probably just hype and no way it's better," CFA's politics are certainly playing a role.

Popeyes and CFA have not really even been competitors until Popeyes made a chicken sandwich. Maybe it’s good, maybe it’s not. But I’m probably not going to make a special trip to the **** part of town to find out.

 

[NashVol11]

Anyone see the video of the lady getting body slammed at the Columbia Popeyes by an employee?

That will hurt their business bad.

Yeah I did. I noticed the one black woman punching the old white lady as she’s walking towards the parking lot, then the big black guy body slams her onto the pavement while another black guy looks gleeful about it and about 10 other p#### a## dudes and women stand around and watch. Honest question, what would the difference in reaction and coverage be if it was a group of white people on video doing this to a lone elderly black woman? My money says much different.

I think it’s pretty telling that everyone acted like this was some innocent white lady and not someone who had just called the entire staff n****rs

 

[DancingOutlaw]

I think it’s pretty telling that everyone acted like this was some innocent white lady and not someone who had just called the entire staff n****rs

Lol so you think that was an appropriate response?
Popeyes worker accused of attacking patron who wanted refund

 

[NashVol11]

Lol so you think that was an appropriate response?
Popeyes worker accused of attacking patron who wanted refund

Did I say it was? I do think that’s a pretty huge detail to leave out.

 

[1972 Grad]

I think it’s pretty telling that everyone acted like this was some innocent white lady and not someone who had just called the entire staff n****rs

Wasn't she called a washed up cracker or something to that effect?

 

[DancingOutlaw]

Did I say it was? I do think that’s a pretty huge detail to leave out.

I don’t know what she said or didn’t say. But I do know what’s in the video. Body slamming an old woman because she said a mean word doesn’t absolve the guy that did it.

 

[NashVol11]

I don’t know what she said or didn’t say. But I do know what’s in the video. Body slamming an old woman because she said a mean word doesn’t absolve the guy that did it.

Yeah, no one here seems to "know what she said or didn't say," even though it's all over the Internet AND referenced in the video. Weird, huh?

Witnesses say the attack began after a woman disputed a charge on her bill at the restaurant in Columbia, Tennessee.

A heated argument ensued between the customer and several employees, prompting workers to tell the customer to leave the restaurant. Employees claim the woman then used the N-word.

"This ain't no place to say the N-word," a customer who was speaking off camera said in the video.

The woman's attorney said the employee's actions weren't justified.

"If she said something that she regrets, it doesn't give a grown man the right to chase her into the parking lot as she is trying to leave the store, and body slam a 55-year-old grandmother down on the concrete," he said.

 

[1972 Grad]

Yeah, no one here seems to "know what she said or didn't say," even though it's all over the Internet. Weird, huh?

Maybe she should have body slammed the fat manager for calling her a washed up cracker then, since you think what he did was justified.

 

[1972 Grad]

I don’t know what she said or didn’t say. But I do know what’s in the video. Body slamming an old woman because she said a mean word doesn’t absolve the guy that did it.

Well, if she did call him the "n" word, at least he had the class and good judgement to not act like one.

 

[NashVol11]

Maybe she should have body slammed the fat manager for calling her a washed up cracker then, since you think what he did was justified.

I haven’t seen that mentioned anywhere, but white people trying to equate “cracker” with “n***er” is absolute trash

 

[1972 Grad]

I haven’t seen that mentioned anywhere, but white people trying to equate “cracker” with “n***er” is absolute trash

If you aren't a white man, you do not have the ability to know the effect that has on some of us. You haven't walked a mile in our shoes.

 

[NashVol11]

If you aren't a white man, you do not have the ability to know the effect that has on some of us. You haven't walked a mile in our shoes.

You weren’t oppressed by the group using it, which is why no one cares

 

[1972 Grad]

You weren’t oppressed by the group using it, which is why no one cares

I'm sure that you have led a very oppressed life.

 

[NashVol11]

I'm sure that you have led a very oppressed life.

Are you actually making the argument that cracker is equivalent to n***er? If so, no need to dance around it

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

You weren’t oppressed by the group using it, which is why no one cares

And I'm sure you have been oppressed your whole life

 

[NashVol11]

Wow, me saying “cracker =/= n***er” really got some people defensive

 

[1972 Grad]

Are you actually making the argument that cracker is equivalent to n***er? If so, no need to dance around it

If cracker is the ultimate racial insult that you can come up with to insult a white person, then yeah.

 

[615vols]

I think it’s pretty telling that everyone acted like this was some innocent white lady and not someone who had just called the entire staff n****rs

No one mentioned it because it doesn’t fu***** matter if she said that. It doesn’t justify an elderly woman being surrounded and assaulted by a bunch of scumbag losers. I think it’s telling that you seem to think it somehow justifies their actions.

 

[1972 Grad]

No one mentioned it because it doesn’t fu***** matter if she said that. It doesn’t justify an elderly woman being surrounded and assaulted by a bunch of scumbag losers. I think it’s telling that you seem to think it somehow justifies their actions.

He is a racist, so it's justified in his mind.

 

[615vols]

Are you actually making the argument that cracker is equivalent to n***er? If so, no need to dance around it

They are both racial slurs. This idea that it’s wrong for whites to use a racial slur against blacks, but just funny and perfectly fine for blacks to walk around casually calling whites crackers is idiotic. They are equivalent in my mind. Same as any other racial slur.

 

[utvolpj]

They are equivalent in my mind. Same as any other racial slur.

There's no way anyone with a brain believes they are equal based on history. One of the dumbest takes ever on this forum

It doesn't justify the brutal assault in any way but they aren't anywhere close to equal

 

[DancingOutlaw]

There's no way anyone with a brain believes they are equal based on history. One of the dumbest takes ever on this forum

It doesn't justify the brutal assault in any way but they aren't anywhere close to equal

The intent behind both is the same.

 

[utvolpj]

The intent behind both is the same.

The history of both says you're dead wrong. One is simply an evil word

 

[DancingOutlaw]

The history of both says you're dead wrong. One is simply an evil word

Who determines that? Are the slurs for Jews, gypsies, Indians, Italians, Irish, Asians, etc. not as bad? Where do they fall on the injustice ladder? Just because you find the efficacy of one higher than the other does not change the fact that those terms are used by one group to denigrate another.

 

[utvolpj]

Who determines that?

People with a brain. The word cracker was never associated with true evil in this country like the n word was