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Outbreak of Palin Derangement Syndrome reported in Tiburon, California
 h/t Ace of Spades
The owner of this gallery posts in a Democratic Underground forum on his interaction with some conservative patrons. The gallery owner's excellent taste in merchandise is more than cancelled out by his incredible ineptitude at marketing and customer relations.
This couple was strolling around the Gallery, picking up things and talking about them.
The woman actually held a blown-glass conch shell to her ear and commented to her husband that it "must not be real, because I can't hear the ocean". That's when I decided that they were idiots and not worth any expenditure of energy on my part.
They finally walked up with a shallow Moroccan bowl, a beautiful piece.
When the woman reached into her purse to retrieve a credit card, I noticed a "Sarah in '08" pin affixed to her purse. So I asked her where she got it and she said she made it on her computer (I was, until today, unaware that one could do that).
So I said, "That's a joke, right?".
And she replied that Sarah Palin is America's only hope for salvation.
I pointed to the doors and said, "The sidewalk is right out there. Enjoy your stay in Tiburon".
The husband said they would just like to take the bowl, please.
I told him that the bowl could surely find a better home, and was - for the time being - not for sale.
He asked me if I was really going to turn down a $1,200 sale because of a difference in political ideology.
I did.
You think that's something? You should see what the other DU-niks are saying in response:
The bowl was "above" them...
I understand how you felt. A beautiful work of art deserves a place of taste to reside. Life should not be about money. Bravo!
And don'tchu go callin' us no "elitists," neither!
I think they SHOULD be marginalized and made to feel ashamed.
Right after the '04 election, I refused to hire a designer because she told me she was a Dem who voted for B*sh. And yesterday, I told a man who sells sausage that I didn't want to buy from him because he said he liked how Sarah had banned books and wanted creationism taught in schools.
I'm in the south bay. But next time I'm in Tiburon, I'll come by your shop.
You are my hero, Tom!
This is such an important point. You, for example, refused business with a Nazi.
No, really - anyone who wants to ban books is right on par with the Nazis.
They are DANGEROUS. Their support for republican policies GETS PEOPLE KILLED, and we're supposed to play nice with them and not hurt their feelings?
FUCK THAT!
Right on!
My wife and I took a nice country drive today and I told her I'm realizing I have a deep seated hatred toward the assholes in America who've given us GWB and are going ga-ga over McCain/Palin. I mean I fucking HATE these people, including my own family members. She said I need to let it go. I said maybe you don't realize the danger they pose to our nation if allowed to hold power any longer. They are the red menace. The enemy from within. God I FUCKING HATE THEM!
Wouldn't shock me if she started looking for a domestic relations lawyer.
But even in the darkest depths of the left-wing fever swamps, there are little outposts of sanity:
Wow, way to be part of the problem
These people weren't nasty towards you, didn't get up in your face, didn't shove their politics down your throat, yet you see fit to be an asshole and refuse them a sale. Gee, and now they'll go out and spread stories about asshole Dems and such.
Politics isn't life, there's a time to put politics away, do away with the right, left dichotomy, and simply be fellow human beings. Gee, you never know, if you had gotten to know these people, gotten friendly with them, and then gently shown them the error of their ways, you might just have gotten both a sale and a vote. Instead you've sent away a couple of people with a real nasty aftertaste about Dems and liberals, and the rest of us will have to work extra hard to correct your fuck up. Good job, NOT.
I feel sorry for you that you've let politics consume your life to the point where it interferes with normal everyday interactions. You probably also decide your listening and viewing selections by political affiliations also. Perhaps you should take a break from being a political animal and try being human instead.
Unfortunately, these little outposts are under constant seige. Tom the gallery owner and some of his friends replied with civil, well-reasoned discourse:
You are so fucking right. I am an asshole....
an asshole who prefers that the treasures that I have not end up in the houses of my enemy.
For the first time in my long stay here, I am asking that you put me on your "Ignore" list, so you don't have to worry your Beautiful Mind with any of my business.
Because it is MY FUCKING BUSINESS, don't you see?
Tom
And you, on the other hand, would rent to Nazis, since it's just politics?
And it's not just politics. These lunatics have blood on their hands, and more to come.
I know a this is a heated debate and some out there think it's better to make nice with all people of all stripes. Those that want to do that, should. Those of us who don't, shouldn't. For me, personally, in this case, I think there's such a thing as too much tolerance.
Posted by: Mike 2008-09-08 |
