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Demovictory9

(32,421 posts)
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 06:48 AM Sep 2021

DeBary restaurant owner says she doesn't want business from Biden supporters

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/debary-restaurant-owner-says-she-doesnt-want-business-from-biden-supporters



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"It was the only thing I felt like I could do," said the restaurant’s owner, Angie Ugarte.

Ugarte says she posted the message the same day 13 service members were killed in Afghanistan.

"I was just angry. I was just let down. I felt like one of those mothers, or wives, or sisters who were gonna get that knock on the door," she explained.

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So what do the customers think?

"I’ve had people come to the door and look at it and turn around and walk away. And I’ve had people come into the kitchen while I’m cooking and say, ‘Hey, I love your sign,’" Ugarte said.

People we asked have mixed feelings too.

"I wouldn’t go there. I don’t appreciate it," resident Louis Vasquez.

"She has the right to not let anybody in the restaurant that supports a certain view," said Serenity Smith.
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DeBary restaurant owner says she doesn't want business from Biden supporters (Original Post) Demovictory9 Sep 2021 OP
What a coincidence! Turbineguy Sep 2021 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 2021 #2
DeBary is very red. Lochloosa Sep 2021 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 2021 #7
DeBary is a sad shithole GusBob Sep 2021 #30
Republican Cancel Culture Champp Sep 2021 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 2021 #25
Really bad business PatSeg Sep 2021 #31
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 2021 #32
I would walk in and ask her this vercetti2021 Sep 2021 #3
Well said! Haggard Celine Sep 2021 #6
You forgot to mention the 600,000+ Americans claimed by COVID... Hugin Sep 2021 #11
Oh forgot that one vercetti2021 Sep 2021 #14
Sad thing BeerBarrelPolka Sep 2021 #17
OF course they can't vercetti2021 Sep 2021 #27
Yeah BeerBarrelPolka Sep 2021 #29
Really stupid business move Sherman A1 Sep 2021 #4
The thing is, the sign doesn't make her happy gratuitous Sep 2021 #41
Obviously way down the rabbit hole of fantasy. NoMoreRepugs Sep 2021 #8
Sounds like a good place to get Covid. PA Democrat Sep 2021 #9
And BeerBarrelPolka Sep 2021 #13
My first thought: madaboutharry Sep 2021 #10
I am wondering if I should still deliver to the store New Haven Sep 2021 #12
They love her sign, but they apparently don't stick around for a meal. GoCubsGo Sep 2021 #15
100% madaboutharry Sep 2021 #19
Yep, and since she's so concerned about the plight of Afghan women, GoCubsGo Sep 2021 #33
But the 2,700 who died before that??? Roland99 Sep 2021 #16
The food probably sucks anyway. 2naSalit Sep 2021 #18
I think thanks for the warning. That way I know doc03 Sep 2021 #20
These people function like silly children. Ignorant, foolish, hypocritical. Self destructive too. Irish_Dem Sep 2021 #21
And when she does go out of business durablend Sep 2021 #26
Of course she will. Like a child, blaming everyone else for her mistakes. Irish_Dem Sep 2021 #28
Sounds like a restaurant to avoid Ritabert Sep 2021 #22
FYI DeBary is in FL. NT raccoon Sep 2021 #24
Thank you! crud Sep 2021 #34
Cancel culture whining sniveling liars make me sick. lark Sep 2021 #35
DeBary, FL Klaralven Sep 2021 #36
As if I would want to set foot in the same ZIP Code as some redneck greasy spoon shack. Aristus Sep 2021 #37
Fool. Won't be in business long Thrill Sep 2021 #38
Thankfully I can't imagine any scenario in which i would ever visit DeBary, Florida, so... Initech Sep 2021 #39
I wish they would all post signs. tavernier Sep 2021 #40

Turbineguy

(37,286 posts)
1. What a coincidence!
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 06:51 AM
Sep 2021

I don't enjoy eating breakfast while having to see the hairy armpits of "wifebeater-shirt" wearing trump supporters.

Response to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Response to Lochloosa (Reply #5)

Champp

(2,114 posts)
23. Republican Cancel Culture
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 08:50 AM
Sep 2021

The Repubs tried to project this on decent Americans, but they are the cancellers supremo. More of their ususual reeking hypocrisy.

Response to Champp (Reply #23)

PatSeg

(47,259 posts)
31. Really bad business
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 09:31 AM
Sep 2021

If you want to make money in retail or food service, leave your politics and religion at home. People don't go out to eat to be judged or preached to. There is a reason by "The Customer is Always Right" is a time worn cliché - it works (well, with some exceptions obviously).

Response to PatSeg (Reply #31)

vercetti2021

(10,156 posts)
3. I would walk in and ask her this
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 06:59 AM
Sep 2021

Where was this sign when a corrupt, inept president lead an attack on our nations capital? Where was this sign with an immoral pos left the Kurds to die? Where was this sign when TFG called the military suckers and losers? How about the 64 other soliders that died under the POS during his presidency? I'd rather eat dog shit than eat here. I wouldn't wanna be sitting around a bunch of antimasker, antivaxxing cousins humpers anyway. I'd have no appetite. Stop using their fucking deaths to get your clout you shameless fuckheads.

Hugin

(33,045 posts)
11. You forgot to mention the 600,000+ Americans claimed by COVID...
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 07:35 AM
Sep 2021

During and due to TFG's watch.

Hey, they wanted to start this counting thing.

BeerBarrelPolka

(1,202 posts)
17. Sad thing
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 07:55 AM
Sep 2021

The sad thing is, every republican I know does not believe in that number. Each and every one of them steadfastly believes to this day, that Covid is not bad and is just like the flu. Among other beliefs, they are literally creating an existence and reality that is based on fantasies.

I tried telling one guy I know yesterday that he should create his alternate reality to one where he is happy and not constantly angry. How I worded it was, "You truly admire and believe Trump will be reinstated. Therefore, be happy with everything that the bad Democrats are doing, because Trump will return and vanquish them. Just be happy!" His response? "I can't be happy."

vercetti2021

(10,156 posts)
27. OF course they can't
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 09:00 AM
Sep 2021

They constantly think everyone is against them (which the sane are) and they have to be constantly angry and hate everything not like them.

BeerBarrelPolka

(1,202 posts)
29. Yeah
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 09:10 AM
Sep 2021

And the funny thing is, I'm really not against these people I know, I'm just against what they believe in regarding this stuff. We can fully agree on other things and coexist no problem. But they are really obsessed with this stuff to the point where it contaminates their life fully. I simply cannot be around them once they turn to topic to politics.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
4. Really stupid business move
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 07:02 AM
Sep 2021

But, if it makes her happy, go for it. I certainly wouldn’t eat at any establishment with a sign like that, but I’m not going to be in Florida anyway so it matters not.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
41. The thing is, the sign doesn't make her happy
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 11:21 AM
Sep 2021

She's a miserable person looking to recruit more people to her misery. Several of the responses in the story have a "bless your heart" vibe that tells me she's not going to achieve whatever her goal was. But when her restaurant fails, she can throw herself another pity party and whine about how antifa closed her down.

NoMoreRepugs

(9,371 posts)
8. Obviously way down the rabbit hole of fantasy.
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 07:10 AM
Sep 2021

Sure hope some BatShitCrazedLoon ReichWing radio host or Faux propagandist doesn’t suggest using real mud for pies. What a “Maroon.”

PA Democrat

(13,225 posts)
9. Sounds like a good place to get Covid.
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 07:12 AM
Sep 2021

I'll bet the vaccination rate of her clientele is well below average.

New Haven

(1,059 posts)
12. I am wondering if I should still deliver to the store
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 07:39 AM
Sep 2021

I am wondering if I should still deliver to the store. That is what some of her suppliers would say. If I’m a truck driver and I wholeheartedly support Biden can I still come in to deliver.

GoCubsGo

(32,074 posts)
15. They love her sign, but they apparently don't stick around for a meal.
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 07:53 AM
Sep 2021

Last edited Wed Sep 1, 2021, 10:00 AM - Edit history (1)

And, meanwhile, she's chasing away people who might otherwise be paying customers, if not for her warped theatrics. What a shitty business model. Between this stupidity and the local COVIDiacy, I'm betting she's closed down by year's end.

Oh, and..."I felt like one of those mothers, or wives, or sisters..." More GOP valor-stealing. You felt like one of those mothers? No you didn't. You felt the outrage from the propaganda you have been consuming, that has been warping your worm-infested brain. If none of those 13 are your loved one, you have no fucking idea how they feel.

madaboutharry

(40,185 posts)
19. 100%
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 08:20 AM
Sep 2021

I don’t understand virtue signaling. Claiming to feel the depth of grief of the mothers is disrespectful. This woman is too ignorant to know this.

GoCubsGo

(32,074 posts)
33. Yep, and since she's so concerned about the plight of Afghan women,
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 09:58 AM
Sep 2021

someone should tell her that and Afghan family will be moving in next door to her. Watch her scream bloody murder about it. More likely than not, she was probably unaware that US were in there at all.

doc03

(35,295 posts)
20. I think thanks for the warning. That way I know
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 08:37 AM
Sep 2021

not to spend my money there. It would be fine with me if all the MAGAt business owners would do the same. I would rather not assoiciate with them or their customers.

Irish_Dem

(46,489 posts)
21. These people function like silly children. Ignorant, foolish, hypocritical. Self destructive too.
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 08:42 AM
Sep 2021

No self-awareness or knowledge at all. She cannot see how hypocritical and ridiculous she sounds.

What about all the Trump Covid deaths. What about all the military killed in Afghanistan in the last 20 yrs.

She also has no understanding of how to run a business. Why drive away paying customers.

Another Magat hell bent on self-destruction.

durablend

(7,455 posts)
26. And when she does go out of business
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 08:59 AM
Sep 2021

She'll be off blaming Biden, Hillary and the "demoncrats" for causing it. Count on it.

Irish_Dem

(46,489 posts)
28. Of course she will. Like a child, blaming everyone else for her mistakes.
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 09:09 AM
Sep 2021

Not capable of seeing consequences or taking responsibility.

lark

(23,061 posts)
35. Cancel culture whining sniveling liars make me sick.
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 10:26 AM
Sep 2021

If this was drumpf she wouldn't have said a motherfucking thing. Guaranteed she didn't close her restaurant (probably doing folks a favor because who could trust her food) when slobfather stood aside and let Turkey kill the Kurds.

Hope she soon gets the karma she deserves for her hate and lies.

 

Klaralven

(7,510 posts)
36. DeBary, FL
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 10:31 AM
Sep 2021
As of the census[4] of 2000, 15,559 people, 6,538 households, and 4,720 families resided in the city. The population density was 853.8 inhabitants per square mile (329.7/km2). The 7,001 housing units averaged 384.2 per square mile (148.4/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 94.94% White, 1.90% African American, 0.20% Native American, 1.13% Asian, 0.87% from other races, and 0.96% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 4.15% of the population.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeBary,_Florida

tavernier

(12,368 posts)
40. I wish they would all post signs.
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 10:47 AM
Sep 2021

It would make it much easier for me to know where not to spend my money!

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