"They literally threw trash at the door and said, 'Naughty girls burn in hell'"

[Miles Archer]

Catholic Group Protests 16-Year-Old’s Doughnut Shop



Tiana Ramos' Naughty Girls Donut Shop sells gourmet doughnuts like this s'mores-flavored one.

http://www.thedailymeal.com/naughty-girls-doughnut-shop-protested-catholic-group/91314

An entrepreneurial teenager in Virginia was surprised when her gourmet doughnut shop provoked outrage from a local conservative group who accused her of promoting promiscuity.

According to Mommyish, Tiana Ramos started Naughty Girls Doughnut Shop in Front Royal, Va., when she was just 16 years old. The restaurant has a rockabilly theme, with pictures of Marilyn Monroe and Bettie Page on the walls, and the logo features a 1940s-style pin-up girl drawing. But the shop’s name and aesthetic irked some locals, and within a week of the store opening someone drove by and threw garbage at the door.

“They literally threw trash at the door and said, ‘Naughty girls burn in hell,’” said Tiana’s mother, Natalie Ramos. “I started bawling, right there.”

A self-styled “Conservative Alliance” in the town has threatened a boycott, and some people have been posting negative reviews on Yelp that accused the staff of looking like “hussies.”

[shenmue]

1. What the hell is wrong with them?

[BuelahWitch]

11. I guess "GAWD" and "morulz"trump capitalism in this case n/t

[arcane1]

52. Laundering their self-loathing through an innocent teenager.

'Tis what they do!

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

2. Wow, Bettie and Marilyn are still stirring outrage

Amazing.

[flvegan]

3. "Cousin fuckers burn faster!"

I'm missing how she's "promoting promiscuity" in the first place.

Hell, if some dipshit conservative throwing garbage at the door is the worst undertaking, then congrats to you kid! I'm kind of amazed that this sort has discovered the internet and made trashing this place on Yelp their thing. I mean, seriously, if you're looking to rid the world of "hussies" on the internet, yeah, this is the most bang-for-your-buck thing.

Idiots.

[Journeyman]

4. Who knew, doughnut shops "attract, in part, a criminal element". . .

I know, growing up in South California, doughnut shops were the preferred hangout for the police, and in some respects they can be seen as a criminal element, but I just don't know if that's an accurate description.

[Kalidurga]

8. Well, that's more like organized crime.

But, occasionally they catch disorganized criminals and put them in jail.

[freshwest]

17. Definitely a mob and organized crime. Almost terrorism. Jesus dined with prostitutes.

They forgot that part. Wish he'd been in town.

But as they persisted asking him, he stood up and he said to them, “He among you who is without sin, let him first cast a stone upon her.”

~ John 8 : 7

He'd dust the sand off his sandals as he left...

[Kalidurga]

18. I do believe Jesus would partake of a naughty girl doughnut

probably not the milk though cuz as tolerant as the dude was I think he was probably not so much with lactose.

[elehhhhna]

21. "...Verily, the sinless Virgin Mary then hurled rocks upon poor Magdalen and dreweth mucheth blood."

"Moooooom."

His eyes rolleth.

[petronius]

5. I can't believe she said this with a straight face:

These kinds of businesses do tend to attract, in part, a criminal element,” said resident Mary Stanford of a gourmet doughnut shop run by a 17-year-old.

[woo me with science]

7. Actually, that may be true.

[RKP5637]

27. +++ 1,000 +++ n/t

[elehhhhna]

23. TRUEFACT. The Carlyle Group (Motto: "Do be evil") owns Dunkin Donuts !

She's a hero/whistleblower!

DD is held by war profiteers, and if exporting violence isn't criminal, what is?

[NaturalHigh]

6. They accused the staff of looking like "hussies"?

Gee, I didn't know that term was still around.

What is it about capitalism that these people don't like? Do they hate America?

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

26. They wanted to stay with the 1940s theme. nt

[Danascot]

44. Well that Yelp review

didn't do a thing to discourage business.

[Blue_Tires]

9. I'm wondering how much is this is indirectly related to the Latino surname...

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/11/witchcraft-obsessed-townsfolk-try-to-drive-out-teen-who-opened-naughty-girls-donut-shop/

[tblue37]

10. I hope the publicity will drive more business her way. nt

[BuelahWitch]

13. If the store ships to Kansas I will be ordering from her

Nostalgia and sweets are two of my favorite things!
The menu: http://naughtygirlsdonutshop.com/index.php/menu/

[hifiguy]

51. I hope it does, too and it probably will.

The asshats harassing this enterprising young woman should relocate to someplace more congenial. I suggest Saudi Arabia.

[DonCoquixote]

12. Let me guess

If some Anglo-Saxon kid whose Mummy and pap gave them the money for the business opened it, there would be no problem. Double this if the church was one of those annoying "Christian" business that violate their founders admonition to keep their religion private. "do not do as the Pagans do", but they do, blasting annoying Christian Rock and preaching with a ham fist down your throat.

[DonCoquixote]

14. also note

She was awarded a full scholarship by the Culinary instituted of America. In other words, chance are this girl's donuts will either be a household name, and/or she will be on TV with alum like Bobby Flay and Anthony Bourdain!

http://www.ciachef.edu/
http://www.ciachef.edu/cia-alumni-profiles/

Don't worry kid, soon Virginia will be claiming you as a proud native, and actress will be wanting to play you in the movie!

[Downwinder]

15. When will WBC picket?

[blackspade]

16. the “Conservative Alliance” can fuck the hell off.

What a bunch of scumbags....

[RKP5637]

28. Religion, among one of the most destructive forces on earth! n/t

[cemaphonic]

19. Man, she should set up shop in Seattle

Creative gourmet donughts with a rockabilly theme called Naughty Girls, run by an entrepreneurial teenager who sources locally and puts profits back into the community? She'd make a mint here. (For that matter, she could probably do the same in Alexandria or Adams-Morgan without having to move all the way across the country)

I bet her parents are proud. She sounds like an amazing kid.

[elehhhhna]

24. IS it a cutesy (blech) tits-out donut joint? Like Twin Peaks or Hooters but breakfasty?

Is that why the churchies are bunchy? What am I missing here?

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

48. It is a completely innocuous retro joint

http://naughtygirlsdonutshop.com/index.php/about

The only people who would remotely be up in arms would be the townspeople from "Footloose"

[hifiguy]

54. Hell, she'd have a donut empire in no time

in a deep blue place like Minneapolis or Seattle.

And I WANT one of those s'mores donuts!

[Shankapotomus]

20. I can't believe I'm asking this

Is anyone claiming responsibility lol?

[Douglas Carpenter]

22. gourmet donuts are the first step down the primrose path to debauchery and moral decay

This could lead to café lattes an item undeniably linked to the socialist-secularist lifestyle

[theHandpuppet]

25. I used to live there

The town's original name was "Helltown". No kidding. It was the most xenophobic place my wife & I have ever lived and between the two of us, we've seen quite a bit of the country. In fact, we still remark that there was something eerily dark about the place, as if the whole town wore a shroud of meanness. I know that sounds utterly stupid but I don't know how else to describe it. We were so glad to get out of there!

[RKP5637]

33. Is this it? It sure seems "... something eerily dark about the place ..."

[theHandpuppet]

37. No.

I'm sorry I even brought it up.

[RKP5637]

39. Do you want me to delete the video? n/t

[theHandpuppet]

43. Nah.

Discussing how a place "feels" isn't something I would normally bring up and I probably should have just kept it to myself. No problem.

[hifiguy]

55. That is really kind of creepy.

Not a dog or cat to be seen, no people, no other cars. Very Lovecraftian vibe.

[RKP5637]

57. It is! Youtube has several videos about the place, just the visuals are so creepy. It really

gave me a creepy feeling just watching them, it seemed so void of any life.

[greatlaurel]

40. Having traveled to many communties for work, I found that each community has a "personality".

Your statement makes sense to me. Some communities have a very odd vibe, while there may be many very nice people who live there. It is not something that is easily described.

I wonder if there is any research about this.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

56. Different towns have different vibes.

And different vibes in different neighborhoods.

I once posted here about the bad vibes I felt in New Orleans in the French Quarter with all the bars, strip joints and drunken tourists, and I got slammed for it. I was not supposed to bring up what I felt. I was ordered to basically STFU. And I was not supposed to use the word "vibes" according to some moral policeman at DU, because I'm not a Christian, or a New Age Space Cadet, or something. I don't really know. Just a senseless attack.

[IDemo]

29. Those people seem familiar to me:

[merrily]

30. After I eat breakfast,

I will worry about whether her shop is politically incorrect as to women or whether I will go to hell for coveting her baked goods. Right now, all I can think about is how good that smore's confection looks. If that is her work, she is clearly gifted and smart.

Meanwhile, how much do you think this publicity is worth to a fledging shop? She just might put Helltown on the map!

[theHandpuppet]

35. "Politically incorrect as to women"?

I'm curious why you even made that remark. It appears the opposition to the shop was made by a conservative religious group and it's not one, I suspect, that would be at all sympathetic to women's rights. If that was a swipe at feminists here it wasn't appreciated and I hope I misread your intent.

[merrily]

38. It was a reference to Reply 24.

I didn't think the person who posted that was serious and my reference was not intended to be taken literally or seriously, just as my reference to going to hell for coveting her baked goods was not intended to be taken literally or seriously.

as far as being anti-women's rights, I'll stand on my posting record.

BTW, I don't think whether something is politically incorrect as to women is determined by whether a religious group is opposing it or not. Many religious groups seem quite fine with a lot of things that I consider anti-women.

[theHandpuppet]

41. Thanks for the explanation

I did indeed misinterpret your post and I appreciate that you took the time to reply.

[merrily]

42. No worries. My pleasure.

[hobbit709]

31. "Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere"

[randome]

32. Lord, bless this donut, for it has sinned.

They look like hussies, huh? Like with breasts and everything?
[hr][font color="blue"][center]You have to play the game to find out why you're playing the game. -Existenz[/center][/font][hr]

[AuntPatsy]

34. Does not surprise me, I've noticed an increase of religious fanatic rhetoric once again,

The angry mob mentality is not a surprise, but it is a concern that sadly I rarely if ever have seen or read the media as well as politicians denouncing the border line extremist danger that lurks on our own very shores...

[logosoco]

36. Hussies? I don't remember the last time I actually heard that word.

I think this place sounds great. And wow, it was started by a 16 year old? That sounds like a good thing to me.

[randome]

45. Virginia is for lovers!

[hr][font color="blue"][center]"Everybody is just on their feet screaming 'Kill Kill Kill'! This is hockey Conservative values!"[/center][/font][hr]

[teach1st]

46. Seems like a great place

Congratulations to all involved in Naughty Girls Doughnut Shop. Screw the idiots who see Satan or criminals or both in a doughnut shop.

From the Naughty Girls site:

“We are designing our management structure so that all of our employees feel they are a key part of Naughty Girls’ success. They will be paid well, and be financially vested in our success. As we open more stores in other locations, staff from our Front Royal shop will be chosen to lead other locations.

First of all, paying employees well just has to be Satanic, and that in itself is enough to drive the crazies crazier.

The Raw Story article mentions that the staff has heard this:

Natalie Ramos said a friend and the mother of a Naughty Girls employee told her they had been asked to boycott the teen’s bakery because its logo featured a stylized devil’s tail.

LOL! Let the haters go to Hooters. I want a Chunky Monkey doughnut!

[gratuitous]

47. It's spreading

First there was Voodoo Donuts in Portland, with its sinful bacon maple bar. Now it's the Naughty Girls in Royal VA. Fortunately, some of our home-grown Taliban have recognized the threat to our American Way of Life and taken direct action. God bless these patriots and their tiresome defense of all things truly American!

"Tiresome." That doesn't seem like the right word . . .

[Miles Archer]

50. "Psycho Donuts" in Campbell California...

...complete with "naughty psych ward nurses" on their Website & promo materials.

It's everywhere, I tells ya.

[Initech]

49. These people are seriously no different from the Taliban.

Useful idiots the "conservative alliance" is.

[Arugula Latte]

53. Oh, but I'm sure the people doing this aren't "real" Christians!11!1!