Mattress Mack files lawsuit against Harris County re 2022 election problems

Mattress Mack opened up his business on Tidwell and Parker off north 45

NOBODY here would do that cause they are scared of the hood
He wasn’t scared , he is the hood
@Reeko
@Os Trigonum @Astrodome

the LA and Boston and Austin people have no weight here for Mack
Mack is as Houston as humidity

Austin people are scared of Rundberg, that’s like Houston people being scared of river oaks

 

This is probably the smartest thing you've ever said on these messages boards. Congrats bernie

 

@J.R.
@ROXRAN

Zeros can't beat Heroes
especially the NON Contributing members, they are 0.

Mack = Houston HERO

 

What were we talking about?

 

Guys Mack ain't loosing business over this. Houston is Democrat but the total area including the suburbs is still majority Republican and very Texas conservative

 

Real talk finally.

 

These non contributors complaining on Mac are complete as.s hats …he has done a lot of good. No surprise

 

It is cliche but it's true that no one is perfect. Generally the more we look into people the more faults we find with people.

You don't have to agree with everything he did but still admire him opening his stores during Harvey and donating a lot of money to help people after Harvey. There were many who didn't do nearly as much to help during that.

You can also admire him for at his age standing up to some rude Philly fans for bad mouthing the Stros.

That doesn't mean agreeing or celebrating every other part of his life story.

 

I've been to many disaster sites and in a large disaster there isn't a single country in the world that doesn't need some charity to help. Even in the European social democracies private charities play a role in the US.

You're making an argument that is actually tangential to Matress Mack. As an individual he doesn't need to do charity work. He could've done what Joel Osteen did and many others and not help out. You're putting a lot of things like wealth inequality and climate change on Mack. He's at most a symptoms of those and certainly not the cause of them. Within the system he's in and where he's in he certainly has acted charitably which should be admired.

Would you prefer he didn't act charitably during Harvey and other disasters?

 

I really don't have to admire him. Thousands of him existing and voting and lobbying to gut American safety nets and infrastructure does not make me appreciate charity work. Charity work is just under the umbrella of public relations.

 

You don't have to admire anyone but I do think you're judging him by standards that aren't really fair to him.

Also if charity is just the umbrella for public relations would it be better if he didn't do that?

I think you're looking at Mack and other wealthy individuals in binary terms. I fully agree we shouldn't worship or celebrate wealthy people just because they are wealthy and there are plenty of wealthy people who don't do nearly as much as Mack. As someone who has done stuff like disaster response and recovery I personally welcome the actions of people like Mack. That doesn't mean you can't decry large issues like Climate Change .

 

It’s a pleasure reading your posts as someone I don’t agree with politically because unlike others you at least put a fair shake on every topic and insert reasoning…wish more on your side of the political spectrum could do the same. You have preference and bias like we all do (including me) but again I salute that you can be fair

and I agree, the more that we look into ANYONE , we will find faults from a subjective and objective slant either way

 

I personally don't welcome them. Charity that people of his class do accomplish appeasement of common folks more than substantially improve human lives. The net effect is probably worse given their voting and lobbying that has gutted safety nets, infrastructure, worker rights etc.

 

I’ve heard rumors multiple times over the years that he got his start as a drug dealer.

 

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I think gen x is the last generation that buys into "sales" as a hardworking profession. Now most people see them as grifters. It's why MLM schemes are harder to work on millennials and gen Z. They can smell a sales pitch from a mile away.

 

Yes. More like salespeople have turned into a meme for genz and millennials.

Previous generations bad admiration for the door to door salesman or the car dealership owner etc. Now everyone in these last two generations see zero utility to society in these type of people. Again, the access of info on our finger tips means sales pitches are just not viable anymore.

 

He's definitely doing himself some favors.

 

Politics really turns people nasty on both sides of the coin.

It's a bit ridiculous that we cannot acknowledge the goodwill that Mattress Mack has done for this City, regardless of how his wealth has been created, regardless of the unjust system in America that favors the wealthier. It's one of those situations that you are just complaining to ****ing complain.

I'm not happy at his politics and I certainly don't support whatever bullshit election BS he is going after, but that doesn't wipe away how he has been there for Houstonians in times of need. These rich ****ers do not have to be generous to the public, they can instead continue to hoard their money and riches and do absolutely jack ****.

Doesn't every ****ing store have high interest rates? Don't they all try to reel you in with the 0%/XX Months bullshit only to hit you with all the interests once you fail to fulfill your part of the agreement of paying off before the term expires? If you have no credit or **** credit, doesn't every store hit you with high interest rates regardless? So Mac is part of the standard practice of how things are done in this country, so the **** what? He still has done good for the community, always has, and likely will continue to do so.

If you can't separate the politics from goodwill man, you really do need to take a ****ing break and breathe. You don't need to support the individual, you don't have to support his business, but don't be upset at the good he does for people. Even if he is a marketing genius using his generosity to gain more customers, who cares, at least he is helping those in need. Ultimately not everyone does it.

 

Mattress Mack is going to be fine without my praise of him. Are you worried about his mental health?