Mark Fitzpatrick, proprietor of the Old Station Saloon in Eagle, Idaho, says ‘liberals’ have threatened to kill him and burn down his business over promotion to encourage support for migrant crackdown

  • tover153@lemmy.world
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    6 小时前

    I grew up in an extreme conservative Christian home. Preacher’s kid. The kind of childhood where dancing was suspicious and playing cards was basically a gateway drug. So believe me when I say this: offering free beer in exchange for turning in your neighbors is not a conservative Christian value. It is not even close. It is a saloon owner LARPing as a moral authority.

    If any of the church elders I grew up with had seen this promotion, the first question would not have been about ICE. It would have been, “Why does this man own a bar, and why is he handing out alcohol like it is communion for tattletales.”

    Heterosexual Awesomeness Month. Ladies’ I’m Telling Tuesdays. MAGA cocktail menus. None of this is righteousness. This is dinner theater with cheaper costumes.

    And the idea that people criticizing him are “showing their wickedness” is rich. If anything is showing its true colors, it is a business model that treats turning in immigrants as a loyalty rewards program.

    You do not get to wrap yourself in “Christian values” while running Whistleblower Wednesdays. Jesus did not say, “Blessed are the snitches, for they shall inherit a free domestic draft.”

    If this guy wants to talk about Christian morality, then he can start with the basics. You know, the parts about loving your neighbor instead of calling ICE on them for a drink discount.

    Until then, it is not faith. It is a theme bar with a persecution complex.

  • EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    14 小时前

    So let me get this straight:

    • He says whoever helps ICE gets free beer for a month.
    • He says liberals threatened to burn down his bar and kill him.
    • He says he’s willing to talk with liberals.

    Dude is fucking liar.

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      Yeah, without any verifiable proof this guy’s a bitch. Somebody probably chewed him out, maybe even successfully cause a moment of introspection. But when he looked inside himself, all he saw was a streaming pile of manure.

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    13 小时前

    sounds like after giving out a few beers he is looking for reasons to stop the promo. I mean free beer for a month for the type of folks he is targeting the promo for. Yeah that is a free ticket to bankruptcy. figure each person is ten to twenty beers every day for 30 days.