Long Island restaurant 'canceled' for flying Trump flag

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  1. Josephwalker

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    So now if you openly support our president you are fair game?


    "The customer then announced that she was the administrator of a Facebook page and would post about the encounter on the social media platform with the intent of driving Patio Pizza out of business."
     
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    That's not all she said.

    "The customer then announced that she was the administrator of a Facebook page and would post about the encounter on the social media platform with the intent of driving Patio Pizza out of business."
     
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    I, personally, think he would like to go for "Supreme Leader" like Kim Jong-un. That way, he can scrap anything that isn't 100% positive and make up all kinds of fantasies about how superior he is to mere mortals. Plus, that would keep it in the family line and they'd have their own dynasty.
     
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    If his politics offends you fine, buy your pizza elsewhere but a !ine is crossed when you threaten to destroy his business because you dont like his politics
     
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    Where's the problem? He wants to make a political statement by flying a Trump flag and they respond by not buying his pizza. Both are exercising their 1st amendment rights.

    If a blue haired lady walks into a coffee shop and the servers are topless would you make them stay and chastise them for putting a warning in the church bulletin?

    Probably crappy pizza anyway, it's in NY.
     
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    Would it have been okay if she didn't announce it but still did it? Or, made the attempt to do it? It sounds like it backfired since he got so much support from those that agree with his politics.
     
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    Obviously you are not a business owner. Threatening to destroy his business he spent a lifetime building is a threat to destroy his life
     
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    Power to control the conversation on the Facebook page she admins. Do you think a glorified forum mod has the power to ruin a business somewhere? I think you're just flailing trying to justify your outrage after the fact, now that you've been corrected as to her relationship to FB.

    You said she should be fired. Since the article didn't even say she was employed anywhere, I assumed you meant she should be removed as the page administrator. My mistake.
     
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    Even mods in here control the conversation but in here it means nothing. Facebook and social media wield incredible power over public opinion and this is a perfect example of abusing that power for left wing politics. It's the FB culture of silencing the opposition on display. They want to make people afraid to support our president, our country, our flag.......
     
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    In fact, I am. And have been for most of my life. And before I got all twisted up, I'd assess the threat. And a page administrator has zero power and poses zero threat. More to the point, as a business owner, I would never put my politics on display. My job is to provide a service to customers - ALL customers. Alienating any of them is just stupidity. And all the responsibility for a decline in business is down to my poor choice.
     
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    So you must oppose sports stars kneeling?
     
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    Again, she only has power over the FB page she administers. We have no idea how many people are even subscribed to that page. Seriously, she had a hissy fit and you're just validating here inflated ego.
     
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    Lets cut to the chase. Whether you think she has the power to destroy this mans business or not, what do you think of her threatening to use her position in social media to do so?
     
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    What bullshit.

    Kaepernick didn't get hired because he sucked. Lots of players can't find anybody to sign them because they aren't good enough anymore so stop acting like he's special. Other kneelers kept playing so that wasn't it. Thus line of 'reasoning' has no basis in rrality and can't be defended.

    The left is out to destroy everybody who disagrees with them.
     
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    I'll just repeat my comment from earlier:

     
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    What do you think the goal of the left is when they want to destroy your business? That's his ability to support himself and his family.

    The hatred the left displays towards those that are different than them is astounding.
     
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    Do you believe people have the right to spend their money as they see fit? Yes or no?

    If you run a business and want to broadcast your beliefs then you should expect a loss of some customers, if it is a belief that is abhorrent then expect the loss of many customers. He has the right to fly his cult flag, others have the right to refuse to patronize his business. Simple
     
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    So all you can say is she's overreacting? No comment on her threatening to use her position with social media to destroy a mans business? No comment on the cancel culture of social media being exposed here? No comment on the obvious attempt by a leftist to silence someone with a different point of view and to intimidate them as an example to others and also silence them?
    Do you even realize how this is a Marxist tactic always used in communist countries to quash dissent? Is this the kind of country you want to live in?
    When do the reeducation camps open?
     
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    She didn't simply say I'll take my business elsewhere. She said she would use her position on social media to destroy his business.
    See the difference?
     
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    Those athletes were making their own decisions - and they were not making a political statement - they were making a social justice statement. They did so with full knowledge that they were taking a chance.
     
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    Somehow, you've turned the conversation from one woman's empty threat to 'The Left' trying to destroy those with whom they disagree.
     
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    Fired from what? She’s not a FB employee.

    If you want to be a Facebook page administrator, you can set up a page and administer it.
     
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    Incredible power? Her page might only have 3 “friends”.
     
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    So you deride the pizza store owner for a Trump flag but support the NFL for condoning their support of a political statement and yes kneeling during the anthem is a political statement. Nice double standard you have there.
     
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    I didn't deride the pizza guy - I said I wouldn't do it. He has that right and I don't take it away from him. Just like the players. But in both cases, they have to be aware of the potential consequences. Sounds to me like pizza guy didn't think it through.
     
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