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catbyte

(34,332 posts)
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 04:12 PM Jul 2018

Shout the name, Jeffrey Whitman, far and wide. He deserves to be famous, oh, so famous.



ALL HANDS ON DECK.

"I just want to let you know what a nigger you are." -Jeffrey Whitman, owner of Uriahs Heating, Cooling, & Refrigeration in Columbus, OH

Jeffrey Whitman, in his own company vehicle, chased a Black man all the way to his home to repeatedly call him a nigger.
2:38 PM - Jul 25, 2018
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Shout the name, Jeffrey Whitman, far and wide. He deserves to be famous, oh, so famous. (Original Post) catbyte Jul 2018 OP
He seems pretty economically insecure. Scurrilous Jul 2018 #1
We should study him so we can learn to understand him Squinch Jul 2018 #3
Yeah, all that 'economic uncertainty'. Aristus Jul 2018 #4
But we've been busy feeling entitled to things. Which I suppose is true. I think most of Squinch Jul 2018 #7
Clinton's fault for signing NAFTA JI7 Jul 2018 #62
I don't think that was what was motivating him to shout those things. Aristus Jul 2018 #63
You're right. He's probably worried about quantitative easing. Squinch Jul 2018 #66
HA! Aristus Jul 2018 #72
Of course, before Bill the white working class radius777 Jul 2018 #81
Yeah, he needs understanding lagomorph777 Jul 2018 #8
He needs to be understood by a brick bat. Squinch Jul 2018 #9
Understanding the forgotten man... displacedtexan Jul 2018 #11
Remember Violence never solved anything Soxfan58 Jul 2018 #53
I know. I could never really do it. But he makes me wish a little that I could. Squinch Jul 2018 #55
I'll get the scalpel. defacto7 Jul 2018 #32
. Squinch Jul 2018 #49
And bring him to our side NastyRiffraff Jul 2018 #54
I say send in Sarah Silverman !! nt. Pluvious Jul 2018 #94
#civility workinclasszero Jul 2018 #57
Oh, yeah. Downright downtrodden. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #5
"Sorry, That mailbox is full" Yea I bet it is. I wonder what will happen to this company. Dumb Maraya1969 Jul 2018 #2
Don't give your money to this man: dalton99a Jul 2018 #6
Driving a Uriah Heap. louis-t Jul 2018 #36
Ouch....:) dameatball Jul 2018 #52
Wow! Deplorables are dangerously out of control! ecstatic Jul 2018 #10
Uriah Heep comes to mind. MineralMan Jul 2018 #12
Man, you beat me by an hour. louis-t Jul 2018 #38
It amazes me that these people don't know about viral videos. LuckyCharms Jul 2018 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #14
Somebody Just Went Out of Business Leith Jul 2018 #15
Business owner apologizes for using racist slur in confrontation caught on video oberliner Jul 2018 #16
Oh okay Jeffrey! Right after you Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #18
ABC6 in Columbus is a Sinclair station. Explains alot irisblue Jul 2018 #21
And you fell for IT ? stonecutter357 Jul 2018 #29
Seems like he is just trying to cover his ass oberliner Jul 2018 #30
His business failing might finally open his eyes but I doubt. LonePirate Jul 2018 #77
Who wrote that for him? defacto7 Jul 2018 #37
Someone else, that's for sure. CozyMystery Jul 2018 #91
There's prolly a RW app for generating "sincere sounding" apologies for every occasion Pluvious Jul 2018 #95
Someone who isn't a mouth breather Major Nikon Jul 2018 #96
Did you all notice ABC6 is a Sinclair Media Group station? PatrickforO Jul 2018 #50
Someone else mentioned that oberliner Jul 2018 #51
My wife works for that station. I can assure you just because they are owned by Sinclair does not Imperialism Inc. Jul 2018 #64
Good to know. I didn't figure everyone at Sinclair stations was a right wing-nut. PatrickforO Jul 2018 #78
Thoughts and prayers for your mortgage payment. WhiteTara Jul 2018 #61
he shall soon have much time to think things over. rurallib Jul 2018 #80
I wonder who wrote that. Maybe this has something to do with it Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2018 #83
Anyone have an Angie's list subscription? Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2018 #84
I don't think it's going to help. His FB page is gone and his reviews are down to 1 pitiful star Maraya1969 Jul 2018 #86
Definitely written by a PR firm. Oneironaut Jul 2018 #92
5. Whitman Released an Apology After Being Approached by The Media Demovictory9 Jul 2018 #17
ABC6 in Columbus & Fox28 are Sinclair stations. Explains alot irisblue Jul 2018 #22
I suspect the apology was due to finding his business had a bunch of sudden cancellations mythology Jul 2018 #24
The business is at the edge of an aging middle class/starter home neighborhood irisblue Jul 2018 #26
That's a reasonably well-written statement jayschool2013 Jul 2018 #28
Didn't lose his head. He lost the thin veneer covering up his real racist nature. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2018 #31
Well then, my hope is that assholes like you louis-t Jul 2018 #40
Wow. catbyte Jul 2018 #45
I don't have a clue who DID write that, but I damned sure know who did NOT Ferrets are Cool Jul 2018 #46
They usually do when held accountable for their stupidity. lpbk2713 Jul 2018 #59
Now that we've dumped TPP, this kind of racism should go away. Adrahil Jul 2018 #65
"I'm so sorry I got caught" SonofDonald Jul 2018 #19
614 area code is columbus ohio Fullduplexxx Jul 2018 #20
Amazing what a little exposure . . . peggysue2 Jul 2018 #23
Uriah in Hebrew means... BaileyBill Jul 2018 #25
I thought they called the wind Uriah. CCExile Jul 2018 #44
DUZY! catrose Jul 2018 #85
Anyone who is the aggressor in a road rage CCExile Jul 2018 #27
Yes yes yes. Nt. Corvo Bianco Jul 2018 #75
He should have his State Contractor License revoked. CatMor Jul 2018 #33
Darwin Award! byronius Jul 2018 #34
I'm still afraid for her. I worry there will be retaliation. He knows where she lives and can post rainin Jul 2018 #35
I think it was a guy shooting the video. brush Jul 2018 #43
the n-word is bad enough lapfog_1 Jul 2018 #39
Classy lady allows bigot to self destruct. Enoki33 Jul 2018 #41
Uriahs Heating & Cooling needs a bunch of bad Yelp reviews! donkeypoofed Jul 2018 #42
Dude's beet-red rage-face bespeaks a BP of about 220/140... VOX Jul 2018 #47
Let's all hope that he follows his company's namesake Jopin Klobe Jul 2018 #48
He's sorry he got caught. ... aggiesal Jul 2018 #56
Who is Sean King it looks like he blocked me on Twitter Corvo Bianco Jul 2018 #58
Here's his Twitter blurb: catbyte Jul 2018 #67
Well damn I must be a real asshole to be blocked by him. Corvo Bianco Jul 2018 #68
He has led the movement to identify the white supremacists who attacked people in tblue37 Jul 2018 #89
Probably because he left the Democratic Party in 2016; he's anti-Hillary and pro Bernie... VOX Jul 2018 #69
This message was self-deleted by its author Corvo Bianco Jul 2018 #71
No wonder! Lol it all adds up. Corvo Bianco Jul 2018 #73
I hear you. n/t VOX Jul 2018 #74
King is, however, very good at getting the Nazis at Charlottesville ID& arrested irisblue Jul 2018 #76
I'm glad to hear it these casual Nazis are everywhere Corvo Bianco Jul 2018 #79
Economic Anxiety JI7 Jul 2018 #60
Ah, so he's pulling the Trump Walkback routine. He had a chance to apologize when he was sitting NBachers Jul 2018 #70
After all these years (I near 70) it is wonderful to see these people that claim to be rurallib Jul 2018 #82
How in hell does he claim he didn't montana_hazeleyes Jul 2018 #87
Maya Angelou is right: When people show you who they are, believe them. nt tblue37 Jul 2018 #90
The pressure is on! MyOwnPeace Jul 2018 #88
He deserves to be forgotten by civilized people struggle4progress Jul 2018 #93

Aristus

(66,285 posts)
4. Yeah, all that 'economic uncertainty'.
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 04:33 PM
Jul 2018

I feel bad that we liberals have been neglecting his concerns...

Squinch

(50,911 posts)
7. But we've been busy feeling entitled to things. Which I suppose is true. I think most of
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 04:35 PM
Jul 2018

us feel entitled to walk on public streets without asswipes in their trucks harassing and threatening us.

radius777

(3,635 posts)
81. Of course, before Bill the white working class
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 08:54 PM
Jul 2018

loved the Democratic Party and there was no racism.

You see, Bill and the eeeevil DLC Dems came along in the 90's and the white working class fled in fear to the GOP... yep that's 'xactly how it happened, had nothing to do with LBJ signing the Civil Rights Act in the 60's...had nothing to do with the white working class going far right and into the arms of Nixon and Reagan in the 70's ad 80's to prevent 'darkies' and 'welfare queens' from getting anything ... had nothing to do with Bill trying to save the Dem party from irrelevance in an era where voters greatly preferred economic trade, growth, consumerism, the tech revolution - no couldn't have anything to do with that.

We therefore must reject our divisive identity politics and join hands with this salt of the earth white working class hero. We need to realize that Goldman Sachs is the one making this hero feel badly about PoC. Once the populist revolution comes the utopia will commence, as visionary Susan Sarandon and others have told us...


(and i know you were being sarcastic as well)

Soxfan58

(3,479 posts)
53. Remember Violence never solved anything
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 07:08 PM
Jul 2018

But putting racist his ass out of buisness would be a blessing to all minorities. Who might unknowingly request his services.

Maraya1969

(22,461 posts)
2. "Sorry, That mailbox is full" Yea I bet it is. I wonder what will happen to this company. Dumb
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 04:24 PM
Jul 2018

guy pulls up with that filth with all his company's information right out there swinging in the wind.

ecstatic

(32,648 posts)
10. Wow! Deplorables are dangerously out of control!
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 04:37 PM
Jul 2018

As much as I hate guns, I'm starting to think that we might all have to strap up just to be on equal footing with these angry, dangerous, hate-filled clowns.

LuckyCharms

(17,413 posts)
13. It amazes me that these people don't know about viral videos.
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 05:01 PM
Jul 2018

Racist idiot not only outed himself, but he fucked his family and livelihood.

Response to catbyte (Original post)

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
16. Business owner apologizes for using racist slur in confrontation caught on video
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 05:05 PM
Jul 2018
"To Charles Lovett and the community,

I apologize for my use of the n word towards Charles Lovett on Tuesday, July 24th. I understand that using the n-word was not only hurtful towards Lovett as an individual, but hurtful towards the Black community at large. Using the word was dehumanizing, unacceptable, and inexcusable. My actions reflect an unhealthy mindset I have developed and I need to work to change. I have served the Black community for the last 9 years, installing furnaces and water heaters with pride. My actions that day are not a reflection of my feelings towards the Black community. I also understand that racial tensions in America are higher than before, and I regret my part in contributing to that tension. I realize that words are hollow without action, and because of the hurt I have caused, I hope I have the opportunity to give back to the Black community that I have harmed in a meaningful way."

https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/business-owner-apologizes-for-using-racist-slur-in-confrontation-caught-on-video

LonePirate

(13,408 posts)
77. His business failing might finally open his eyes but I doubt.
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 08:35 PM
Jul 2018

Self-reflection and change are anathema to deplorables.

PatrickforO

(14,558 posts)
50. Did you all notice ABC6 is a Sinclair Media Group station?
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 07:03 PM
Jul 2018

I'll bet their editors hated putting this story out there.

But, hey, no worries. Didn't Trump just say that we shouldn't believe what our eyes and ears tell us because that isn't what's going on?

Imperialism Inc.

(2,495 posts)
64. My wife works for that station. I can assure you just because they are owned by Sinclair does not
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 07:52 PM
Jul 2018

mean they are all a bunch of right wingers. Quite the contrary, most of the people working there are liberals. Sinclair takes advantage of the trust people have in local news and forces them to run those "must run" propaganda pieces but it doesn't mean the stations like it. Nor does it mean they micro-manage the day to day operations, and editorial policy of the station.

PatrickforO

(14,558 posts)
78. Good to know. I didn't figure everyone at Sinclair stations was a right wing-nut.
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 08:40 PM
Jul 2018

I did object to the proposed merger that had Sinclair gobbling up all those little local stations, though, and I do object to their right-wing 'must run' pieces.

Maraya1969

(22,461 posts)
86. I don't think it's going to help. His FB page is gone and his reviews are down to 1 pitiful star
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 09:41 PM
Jul 2018

and I tried to call his number and his mailbox is full.

I have a feeling this guy just lost his business.

Demovictory9

(32,421 posts)
17. 5. Whitman Released an Apology After Being Approached by The Media
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 05:08 PM
Jul 2018

5. Whitman Released an Apology After Being Approached by The Media
ABC 6 and FOX 28 contacted Whitman, asking him to give a statement about his encounter with Lovett.

Whitman refused to go on camera but said in a phone call with ABC 6 that he “lost his head” and regretted what he’d done.

That was after he told WCMH he did not regret using the slur and would not apologize.

When approached by local news station NBC4, Whitman said he had not followed Lovett home.

When asked if he regretted calling Lovett a n****r, Whitman said no.

“I don’t know if it makes it right or wrong, all I can say is I grew up with it and it’s not a big deal for me.”


A day later after that interview, Whitman released an official statement of apology, which reads:

To Charles Lovett and the community,

I apologize for my use of the n-word towards Charles Lovett on Tuesday, July 24th. I understand that using the n-word was not only hurtful towards Lovett as an individual, but hurtful towards the Black community at large. Using the word was dehumanizing, unacceptable, and inexcusable. My actions reflect an unhealthy mindset I have developed and I need to work to change. I have served the Black community for the last 9 years, installing furnaces and water heaters with pride.

My actions that day are not a reflection of my feelings towards the Black community. I also understand that racial tensions in America are higher than before, and I regret my part in contributing to that tension. I realize that words are hollow without action, and because of the hurt I have caused, I hope I have the opportunity to give back to the Black community that I have harmed in a meaningful way.
https://heavy.com/news/2018/07/jeffrey-whitman/

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
24. I suspect the apology was due to finding his business had a bunch of sudden cancellations
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 06:02 PM
Jul 2018

Not very bright to do this at all, much less while in your own company vehicle.

irisblue

(32,928 posts)
26. The business is at the edge of an aging middle class/starter home neighborhood
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 06:05 PM
Jul 2018

Less then 5 miles from me. The neighborhoods are racially & socially diverse.
This is going to cost him alot.

louis-t

(23,267 posts)
40. Well then, my hope is that assholes like you
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 06:24 PM
Jul 2018

will soon be extinct from the planet. "Grew up with it"? Jeez, it's even spelled correctly. He took Black people money, too? How big of him. My blood pressure just went up.

catbyte

(34,332 posts)
45. Wow.
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 06:31 PM
Jul 2018
Whitman refused to go on camera but said in a phone call with ABC 6 that he “lost his head” and regretted what he’d done.

That was after he told WCMH he did not regret using the slur and would not apologize.

When approached by local news station NBC4, Whitman said he had not followed Lovett home.

When asked if he regretted calling Lovett a n****r, Whitman said no.

“I don’t know if it makes it right or wrong, all I can say is I grew up with it and it’s not a big deal for me.”


So, at first it "wasn't a big deal to him" and he was unapologetic about using that vile word.. Hmmmmm, I wonder what happened in the ensuing 24 hours to make do such a drastic 180? I'll just bet he saw his business imploding right before his eyes and decided to try to do something--anything--to salvage it it. Sorry, shithead. too little, too late.

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lpbk2713

(42,736 posts)
59. They usually do when held accountable for their stupidity.
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 07:29 PM
Jul 2018



He would say anything to get out of the spotlight.

SonofDonald

(2,050 posts)
19. "I'm so sorry I got caught"
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 05:50 PM
Jul 2018

Fuck you buddy, I guess you did want another career.

It's time to let the wolves out.

peggysue2

(10,823 posts)
23. Amazing what a little exposure . . .
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 05:55 PM
Jul 2018

can do for a person's, ahem, conscience. These people really are like cockroaches: turn on the light and/or public glare and they're all . . . guilt ridden and apologetic.

It's bad enough when a white person screams this in a moment of anger and frustration. But this guy actually allowed his anger and bigotry to lead him to the other driver's home to continue the fracas.

No excuse for this. The guy deserves to lose his job, his business, whatever. The fact that his customer base is in the black community? How stupidly racist can you get?

But I guess we all know the answer to that. He could have had a gun in that van.

CCExile

(463 posts)
27. Anyone who is the aggressor in a road rage
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 06:06 PM
Jul 2018

incident needs to have a mandatory psych eval and mandatory anger management therapy. Anyone who adds a layer of blatant racism to the mix should be locked up in a psych ward, for their own safety, of course! I assume that if he is charged with a misdemeanor his children will be taken away and "lost". eh? Oh yeah, he's white, never mind. (Dang, good thing I'm not bitter or cynical!)

rainin

(3,010 posts)
35. I'm still afraid for her. I worry there will be retaliation. He knows where she lives and can post
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 06:17 PM
Jul 2018

her address on any one of the hate websites I'm sure he's a member of. I hope she is safe. I think I'd go stay with someone until this blows over. Scary.

Also, she handled herself so well. I don't think I could be so composed.

lapfog_1

(29,191 posts)
39. the n-word is bad enough
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 06:19 PM
Jul 2018

but in his tirade he also expresses all of those baseless stereotypes about POC... lazy, entitled, abusing the system to get better stuff than the white man, etc.

Out and out racism

donkeypoofed

(2,187 posts)
42. Uriahs Heating & Cooling needs a bunch of bad Yelp reviews!
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 06:27 PM
Jul 2018

Haha - autocorrect kept wanting to change it to Urine Heating & blah blah blah. Do not hire that man ! F.U. Jeffrey Whitman !!! And your Apology Letter sucks.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
47. Dude's beet-red rage-face bespeaks a BP of about 220/140...
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 06:36 PM
Jul 2018

If he keeps pumping out adrenaline and cortisol on a daily basis like this, he’s about to join the growing early-death demographic among middle-aged white males.

Couldn’t happen to a nicer piece of shit.

Jopin Klobe

(779 posts)
48. Let's all hope that he follows his company's namesake
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 06:38 PM
Jul 2018

U·ri·ah
[yo͝oˈrīə]
DEFINITION
(in the Bible) a Hittite officer in David's army, who David, desiring his wife Bathsheba, caused to be killed in battle.

catbyte

(34,332 posts)
67. Here's his Twitter blurb:
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 08:10 PM
Jul 2018

Co-Founder @RealJusticePAC; Columnist @TheIntercept & @TheAppeal; Mornings @TJMShow; http://ShaunKing.org /news@shaunking.org /Views here are my own

Here's a Wikipedia blurb:

Jeffery Shaun King is an American writer and civil rights activist. He is noted for his use of social media to promote religious, charitable, and social causes, including the Black Lives Matter movement. He is a columnist for The Intercept. Wikipedia

tblue37

(65,217 posts)
89. He has led the movement to identify the white supremacists who attacked people in
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 11:00 PM
Jul 2018

Charlottesville, and he has since then helped get the word out to identify all the BBQBeckies, PermitPatties, IDAdams, and other white people who keep calling the cops on black people doing nothing wrong.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
69. Probably because he left the Democratic Party in 2016; he's anti-Hillary and pro Bernie...
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 08:12 PM
Jul 2018

King announced that he would leave the Democratic Party after the 2016 election due what he called "corruption and lack of neutrality in the party during the primaries." See where this is going?

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/king-leaving-democratic-party-article-1.2644307
KING: Here’s why I’m leaving the Democratic Party after this presidential election and you should too
By SHAUN KING
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
MAY 20, 2016


Response to VOX (Reply #69)

irisblue

(32,928 posts)
76. King is, however, very good at getting the Nazis at Charlottesville ID& arrested
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 08:32 PM
Jul 2018

&helping to shame& naming racists. Many of the recent racist outings he has been a motivator.

NBachers

(17,080 posts)
70. Ah, so he's pulling the Trump Walkback routine. He had a chance to apologize when he was sitting
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 08:13 PM
Jul 2018

there badmouthing from his Uriah's Heating, Cooling, and Air Conditioning truck. He didn't.

rurallib

(62,379 posts)
82. After all these years (I near 70) it is wonderful to see these people that claim to be
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 08:56 PM
Jul 2018

of the "party of personal responsibility" finally getting some payback and having some responsibility for the poison they have foisted on this country. This is only the very surface of these ignorant bastards.

Hopefully some of the racist will be cleaned out of congress this fall. And hopefully this will continue to snowball until these people realize they have a choice between making a living or shouting their racist bile.

And no, it isn't an infringement of their freedom of speech. They can still keep their crap up. Maybe they will finally understand that treating other humans like scum has consequences because- guess what - those people have rights also.

montana_hazeleyes

(3,424 posts)
87. How in hell does he claim he didn't
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 10:26 PM
Jul 2018

follow the man home!?! He's right there at his home. And I too worry about the homeowner. This racist knows where he lives. And he will blame the victim for any backlash he gets, not his full on racist self.

He showed who he really is. No taking that back now.

MyOwnPeace

(16,917 posts)
88. The pressure is on!
Wed Jul 25, 2018, 10:45 PM
Jul 2018

Just made a call to the number in the pic and "the mailbox is full!"

Can't stand the "heat," huh?

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