June 27, 2018

"Everyone Else Sucks, So Why Can't I"-The Republican Story

As many of you heard, Donald Trump's press sectary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was kicked out of a Red Hen restaurant. She then took to Twitter to say this: 
Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left. Her actions say far more about her than about me. I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully and will continue to do so
Of course, right-wing twitter imminently started complaining about the double standard surrounding this story. 
Ben Shapiro tweeted about it:
1. It's terrible if a Christian baker won't use his services for the benefit of a same-sex wedding.

2. It's awesome if a Leftist restaurant order refuses service to a Republican public official.

Pick one.
I don't think anyone called it "awesome" but okay. 
That Dylan guy from "Educating Liberals" tweeted about it:
A Red Hen restaurant can refuse service to Sarah Sanders & her family based on "moral grounds,” but the baker from Colorado had to go all the way to the Supreme Court in order to refuse service based on religious moral grounds.

The hypocrisy of the Left is unbelievable.
As if Huckabee is unable to take this place to court and repeal any discussion that doesn't go her way until it gets there. These people don't seem to think highly of their own president.
 Heck, Matt Walsh even wrote an entire article about it:
. . . the Left has largely argued that business owners don't have the right to refuse service. One of the most common arguments I have heard against Jack Phillips goes like this: "He's a baker. His job is to bake cakes. Therefore he should be legally required to bake cakes for anyone who wants one."
Well, it is not hard to see how that logic should apply to Red Hen: "They are a restaurant. People come there and eat food. Therefore they should be legally required to let anyone come there and eat food." 
It's clear that the Right is trying to paint these owners as hypocrites because of this incident. Ignoring the fact that is was their guys who Jack the case in the first place. For that matter, it seems that these people have no issue review bombing Red Hen with Yelp. But don't you dare go after the former CEO of Firefox. What? If they can treat us like a collective, it's only fair we do the same.
Fun fact, I was going to do a bit where I actually read what Kimberley Strassel has said on this, but I can't. Why? Because she hasn't said anything on this matter. It seems that the author of The Intimidation Game can't take time out of her busy schedule to say anything about this intimidation game.
But fine, let's actually compare the two situations and see why they're different. First off, Jack's famous cake shop was a small business meanwhile Red Hen is a national chain. This means that holding all of them accountable for the Sanders incident makes very little sense.
For that matter, the gay couple in Colorado and Sarah were denied for some very different reasons. The gay couple was denied because they were a homosexual couple, which is something they can't control. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was denied because she worked for Donald Trump, which is something she can control. It's not as if she was kicked out because she was the daughter of Mike Huckabee, she was kicked out for political reasons. As of right now, politicians are not a protected class.
The point is, this isn't hypocrisy. And even it was, by complaining about it you are also being a hypocrite.     



    






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