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For some on the left...intolerance has become the rule

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  1. LosPollosHermanos

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    For Some on the Left, Intolerance Has Become the Rule
    https://nypost.com/2023/01/24/gianno-caldwell-on-being-a-back-conservative-demonized-by-liberals/


    ‘Liberals feel it’s acceptable to demonize black conservatives like me’


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    Gianno Caldwell, a political analyst for Fox News, writes that he was kicked out of Paradis Books and Bread for expressing his views on being a conservative black man, to his own table of friends.Jeffery Salter for NY Post

    Fox News analyst Gianno Caldwell says he was kicked out of a Miami cafe for discussing politics. Here, he explains to The Post how he was shocked by the intolerance.

    The white woman across the restaurant was staring me down, a look of genuine disgust and disdain. It wasn’t, admittedly, the first time in my life I’d gotten this look. I wondered what, if anything, I’d done to deserve it.

    I would soon learn she was the owner of the restaurant — and that she was tossing out me and my friends for my conservative beliefs.

    On January 21, I’d been invited to Paradis Books and Bread in North Miami, Florida, for breakfast with a few of my new neighbors. I had never been to the restaurant, or even heard of it, but appreciated the opportunity to socialize with neighbors outside of our building.

    As I sat at our table, the small group immediately began to pepper me with questions. One asked how I liked working as a political analyst for the Fox News channel. Another asked if I, a young black man, was “really” a conservative. I responded yes and, naturally, told them all about my book, “Taken For Granted, How Conservatism Can Win Back the Americans That Liberalism Failed.” We talked some about my baby brother, Christian, who was murdered on June 24, 2022, in Chicago.

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    Caldwell in front of Paradis Books and Bread.
    Jeffery Salter for NY Post
    We talked about solutions to violent crime in America, and I started calling out progressive district attorneys and bail reform laws that have created a safety net for criminals. I spoke about my meetings the week before in Washington, DC with members of Congress discussing justice for my brother as well as other victims of violent crime.

    All the while we spoke, I regularly looked around the room because, as a public figure, I know people can record me or try to confront — or even attack — me in public spaces. So I am always aware of my surroundings. But I never saw this one coming, this woman with the disgusted glare.

    Eventually, she walked up to our table and told me, “I have been listening to your conversation and you are not welcome here.” I was somewhat confused and asked if I’d said something that was triggering to her. She responded no, but then said that we were not “politically aligned.” She felt “uncomfortable” and, since she owned the place, we would have to leave.

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    The author’s tweet about the incident has garnered more than 1 million views.
    @giannocaldwell/Twitter
    At this point, I was completely shell-shocked. As someone who has received years of guff for being a black conservative, I could not help but wonder: Would she have done this to a white conservative?

    What about my comments made her so uncomfortable? Was it me espousing conservative views that she had never heard from a black person? Was it me mentioning God and His place in my life?

    I felt I’d fallen victim to a modern-day Jim Crow “law”: That liberals and Democrats feel it’s acceptable to demonize Hispanic and black conservatives.

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    The restaurant has closed its doors after the incident, stating on Facebook that Paradis was starting a planned winter vacation early.
    Jeffery Salter for NY Post
    Next, I went to Twitter. “I can’t believe what just happened. I met up with friends for breakfast at Paradis Books and Bread in North Miami & while we were having discussions about politics we were told by the owner that we were not welcomed there because we aren’t politically aligned. Outrageous,” I tweeted. It went viral almost immediately, with over 2.5 millions views as of Tuesday afternoon.

    But, what if I didn’t have a platform or worked for the Fox News channel? The restaurant would have gotten away with reckless and discriminatory behavior.

    For some on the left, intolerance has become the rule, not the exception. Last year in Florida, a canvasser supporting the re-election campaign of Sen. Marco Rubio was beaten down on the street. Sen Rubio later tweeted: “Last night one of our canvassers wearing my T-shirt and a [Florida Gov. Ron] Desantis [sic] hat was brutally attacked by 4 animals who told him Republicans weren’t allowed in their neighborhood in #Hialeah #Florida. He suffered internal bleeding, a broken jaw & will need facial reconstructive surgery.”

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    Caldwell’s book.
    Last year, former U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, running for Governor of New York at the time, was attacked by a man wielding a sharp object at a campaign event near Rochester, New York. Thankfully he didn’t sustain any injuries but it could have looked a lot different had he not had security.

    In an appearance on “Jesse Watters Primetime,” US Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) — a black conservative — observed: “The greatest threat to the liberal coalition are black conservatives who stand up and think for ourselves,” noting “Biden’s approval ratings have never been lower in the African American community and the Hispanic community.”

    In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King said: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere
     
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    I agree it was wrong and s discriminatory for the business to kick him out just for his political beliefs. Merely being a conservative should not be a basis of denial of service. If he was harassing other customers or staff that would be one thing but having a private conversation where he voices his beliefs shouldn’t be.

    That said I will point out that it’s Conservatives who have argued that businesses should be able to discriminate in who they serve. They’ve even gone to court to argue that businesses shouldn’t have to serve people who they don’t agree with on religious grounds and that private businesses should be given broad latitude in how they conduct business.

    So again we see a situation where the ideology that believes that private property and private business should not be interfered with is upset when a private business doesn’t cater to them.
     
  4. fchowd0311

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    I demonize all conservatives equally.
     
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    Black conservatives are just edgelords trying to be different
     
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    One of my best buds from medical school was a black conservative. Awesome guy but he would start railing on liberals and openly admitted to listening to Limbaugh on his way to school. I’d remind him I was a liberal when he would start saying how all liberals were evil.
     
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    And here we have it. Blacks are supposed to be indebted to the angelic liberals championing the cause out of goodness from of their hearts….so much so they aren’t afforded the courtesy of framing their own allegiance based on their experiences


    It only took 5 replies to expose this severe and disgusting racism
     
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    I take all non-conservatives money equally as well #Paid
     
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    Yeah, as much as I am on the conservative/libertarian political spectrum you have to know it's a time and place- friendships should not have politics come across and damage friendships - no one here is a friend on this silly message board to me because everyone is just some random person that I wouldn't know if they were in front of me at the grocery line / it's often a good form of entertainment especially when they start getting personal. you kinda got them at that point and I love it to be honest, but a real friend ,...naw that's different-you can't instigate like that -that's not how I do in the real world - so I know that was tough - I regret you went through that..
     
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    It's all good. I expect he will be a GOP big wig when he gets bored by operating.
     
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    Discrimination based on personal beliefs, particularly religious beliefs, is codified in law and supported by the religious right. This enables the prevalence of intolerant behavior in our society. There is intolerance for political and religious views on all sides, but throughout American history and up to the present day, there is little comparison as to who holds the most intolerance towards others – MAGA and the religious right being at the forefront.

    If we want to promote greater tolerance in the world, we need laws and processes that discourage intolerance or incentivize better behavior in society.
     
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    yet another case of the “poor black conservative” looking for attention and a check

    make sure to include your book in your victim speech
     
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    Liberals are low key mean. They will never admit it.
     
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    support yourself, your people and your community or be a cuck but at least ya "made your own choice"

    Again its a simple decision for anyone who isnt an edgelord that didnt get enough attention growing up
     
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    I think every guy goes through that phase. Its just some people never learn to grow out of it
     
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    As a Californian, I know libs are meaner and snobbier than cons. It's almost a virtue for some.
     
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    With the exception of a few craven politicians, no liberal believes that this man or any other minority is “indebted” to them.

    But when someone (minority or otherwise) aligns with the very people who are committed to his/her disenfranchisement, he/she is going to get a lot of WTFs.

    Given that the last 60 years of history is an endless parade of conservative violence and intolerance against vulnerable populations, it astounds me that any thinking person actually believes conservatives are the oppressed in this country.
     
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    Conservatives always the victim
     
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    Was it discriminatory?

    There's two sides to every story. It's easy to present one side like this black conservative Fox News host victim did, where he can use his power to tell a narrative and a business that doesn't want to attract attention stays relatively quiet.

    https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local...ly-kicked-out-of-restaurant-in-miami/2955936/
     
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