screaming primitive bounces at the neighborhood mom-and-pop

[franksolich]

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Oh my.

ScreamingMeemie  (1000+ posts)        Thu Aug-19-10 02:24 AM
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Hypocrisy at the Corner Store.

I have recently picked up a couple hours here and there at my neighborhood's corner store. It is owned, and solely ran, by a Pakistani man and his wife. They are Muslim. They have two young sons and have owned and operated this store for the past 23 years. They had owned several stores and decided to close them (safety reasons) and this one they kept. Why? Because they liked the customers, mainly families stopping in for milk, beer, cigarettes and lotto tickets on the way home from work, and it was in a safe location...a suburban neighborhood. They are genuinely fond of their customers. In the (almost) two years I have lived here I have seen incredible acts of kindness from this couple; feeding a local drunk with nothing asked in return, paying the difference for snack buying children who don't know the meaning of "sales tax", and helping a young mother out when her car was repossessed. They are good people. The kind you want to run a convenience store located in your neighborhood.

In the past few days a disturbing attitude is becoming noticeable. With Ramadan upon us, I have switched from working days to nights, in order to free them to break their fast and spend time with their family. When asked where they are by the night comers, I am met with much sneering and eye rolling when I explain that this is Ramadan. I have heard comments ranging from "I only worship one God" to "They are great people, but I wish they weren't Muslim" to "F*ck Ramadan". I have heard them speak to this man about Obama and the "Ground Zero Mosque" with disrespect, anger and outrage... He is too good a man to argue any points with them. He is also a business man with children to feed. The hypocrisy is almost a stench surrounding these people, who probably think they are very forward thinking and accepting for "allowing" this man to conduct business in their community.

There is hope. This evening a woman walked in, wondering where they were. I have stopped explaining that it is Ramadan. I said that I would be working nights for the next month-ish. Her response was, "That's right, it's Ramadan". She proceeded to tell me how long she had known this family, and that often she (a Catholic) and the shop owner's wife would trade prayers for each other in times of need. Now that, that is religious tolerance.

EFerrari  (1000+ posts)        Thu Aug-19-10 02:30 AM
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Response to Original message

2. My best friend in the old SF neighborhood was a neighborhood grocer.
 
Very small store. And he was from El Salvador. He got the same cr@p and his two cashiers heard variations of what you report.

And yet, he was the one that helped me help a neighbor into rehab. If there's a situation on the street, he is always quietly there. He knows everything that is going on, who is ill, who is out of work, who needs their keys taken away on a Saturday night.

People often don't know a good thing when it's right in front of their faces.

ScreamingMeemie  (1000+ posts)        Thu Aug-19-10 03:32 AM
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10. They truly don't...and I am sure they pat themselves on the back for being "nice".

Yeah.

The primitives, along with Democrats and liberals, do that all the time.

Common Sense Party  (1000+ posts)      Thu Aug-19-10 02:49 AM
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4. I see the exact same hostility toward religious faith here on DU.

Intolerance is everywhere, unfortunately.

ScreamingMeemie  (1000+ posts)        Thu Aug-19-10 03:33 AM
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12. Yes, but hypocritical behavior will always tick me off.

Common Sense Party  (1000+ posts)      Thu Aug-19-10 10:35 AM
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18. Sure, as it should. But hypocrisy is not the only form of narrowminded intolerance.

ScreamingMeemie  (1000+ posts)        Thu Aug-19-10 11:39 AM
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19. But it is the focus of my post.

Common Sense Party  (1000+ posts)      Thu Aug-19-10 12:36 PM
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20. I really don't see the hypocrisy, at least from what you wrote.

I see bigotry and religious intolerance. I don't see hypocrisy.

ScreamingMeemie  (1000+ posts)        Thu Aug-19-10 12:37 PM
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21. I'm sorry you don't see it.

Have a great day.

Common Sense Party  (1000+ posts)      Thu Aug-19-10 01:00 PM
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22. Can you point it out to me, perhaps?

If not, that's fine.

ScreamingMeemie  (1000+ posts)        Thu Aug-19-10 01:09 PM
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23. If you can't see it, you never will. 

I don't think you need my help friend.

[AllosaursRus]

The muzzies in NYC showin' their tolerance has nuttin' to do with people's attitude at all, does it DUmbass?

Perhaps if there were more Muslim Americans agreeing the spot is a poor choice if they are tryin' to bring us together, the clientele would be a little more understanding.

[jukin]

Like free speech for a liberal, tolerance for muslims is a one way street.

[Karin]

I don't think ScreamingMeemie knows the definition of the word "hypocrisy."  That's why she got snippy at the end.  She misused the word, like when NanceGreggs misused "apologist."

[The Hollywood NeoCon]

ScreamingMeemie  (1000+ posts)        Thu Aug-19-10 02:24 AM
 She proceeded to tell me how long she had known this family, and that often she (a Catholic) and the shop owner's wife would trade prayers for each other in times of need. Now that, that is religious tolerance.

Yesss...isn't that nice. The screaming primitive throws in a little nugget of feel-good bullshit.

Get. Da****. Outtahere.

[Texacon]

The hypocrisy is almost a stench surrounding these people, who probably think they are very forward thinking and accepting for "allowing" this man to conduct business in their community.

The fact that quotation marks were placed around the word 'allowing' shows yet again that DUmmies absolutely don't understand business and how it works.

KC

[true_blood]

I don't think ScreamingMeemie knows the definition of the word "hypocrisy."  That's why she got snippy at the end.  She misused the word, like when NanceGreggs misused "apologist."

I think you are right!!! lolllll......