This past weekend, Westboro Baptist was doing their usual protesting of a soldier’s funeral in McAlester, Oklahoma. Afterward, they found 2 of the tires slashed on their minivan. No business in McAlester would repair their tires.
Residents of McAlester, Oklahoma, I applaud you. Not so much for the act of vandalism. But for showing togetherness by refusing to repair the damage.
You can read more about the incident in this Tulsa World article.
There was one part that really bothers me, which I put in bold below:
The minivan finally pulled over several blocks away in a shopping center parking lot, where AAA was called. A flatbed service truck arrived and loaded up the minivan. Assistant Police Chief Darrell Miller said the minivan was taken to Walmart for repairs.
Reparied at Walmart?
Sure, it’s absolutely possible the store’s TLE associates had no idea who’s van it was. But I’m also betting in a small community like McAlester, people were following the vehicle and warning businesses.
Way to stand by and support your community, Walmart. I hope the residents of McAlester protest your store.
Update:
A discussion on Twitter over this post got me thinking: how does a publicly traded business go about refusing service? Can they legally? The closest thing to answer I can find is here.
Does that mean all the businesses who said “No” will be sued for discrimination of some sort?
I guess everyone could have gone on break and then been sent home early? That wouldn’t be construed as discriminatory, would it?
Until next time...
Walmart is the Great Satan. But we’ve had this discussion before.
This surprises you? It’s coming from a store that won’t sell “offensive music” but it’ll sell guns.
They destroyed the rural Wyoming community I was living in in 1990 when they opened the store in Laramie.
I little sugar in the gas tank would have been fun.
I added the following update to the post above:
Hooray for McAlester. That Cult are no different then any other terrorist organization. I was on my way to Hot Springs a while back. I saw their van and a bus with all their hate filled signs. One of them had the name of a dead soldier in Oklahoma City that they were on their way to protest his funeral. I purposely boxed them in the slow lane to slow them down. I put what I was doing on facebook. I received a call from a friend of mine who is active military. It was a friend of hers who died fighting for our country. I did 35 miles an hour down the highway. Another man helped me box them in. They missed their exit. I found out later they missed the soldiers funeral. It was well worth the extra hour I spent getting their to know this. More people should do non violent things to make them miss more funerals. I hope Walmart gets some backlash from the locals. If it was a Muslim extremest group in the same situation, would Walmart fix their rig? I bet they wouldn’t. There all terrorists. Walmart top management is so right wing christian, I wouldn’t be surprised if someone up top was proud to held that cult. ,