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9. My guess is they'll be apologizing

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Wed Jun 22, 2022, 07:31 AM

Jun 2022

for accidentally advertising their character so accurately very, very soon.

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sign: "Juneteenth it's whatever... We're closed. Enjoy your fried chicken & collard greens." [View all] Demovictory9 Jun 2022 OP

Progressive should drop this racist asshole dalton99a Jun 2022 #1

Looks like they're opening soon EYESORE 9001 Jun 2022 #2

And lookee there, Maine, not the South. BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 #4

I still expect someone to say EYESORE 9001 Jun 2022 #8

Anyone who's more educated (by self, or school) knows there's plenty of racists in The North.... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #44

Maine had Paul LePage for years Azathoth Jun 2022 #18

Maine had Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain as a Governor too bronxiteforever Jun 2022 #22

Maine is generally the poor South of the North sir pball Jun 2022 #19

Irony in being a Progressive agent exboyfil Jun 2022 #10

I'm surprised they left out watermelon. edbermac Jun 2022 #3

I don't think Progressive will like having their name associated with Harry Reed Insurance!! texasfiddler Jun 2022 #5

My greens are in a food group all their own. Another white dude. Lochloosa Jun 2022 #6

Best email addy I found is this one. Let Progressive know. investor_relations@progressive.com CurtEastPoint Jun 2022 #7

I just sent a missive to that email address EYESORE 9001 Jun 2022 #12

Thanks. Email sent. Tommymac Jun 2022 #24

Nice job! That's the type of letter that will get a corporation's attention. 11 Bravo Jun 2022 #41

My guess is they'll be apologizing Torchlight Jun 2022 #9

Maybe, maybe not gratuitous Jun 2022 #28

At this point, my guess is Cancel Culture is nothing more than Torchlight Jun 2022 #30

We deeply regret if anyone was upset by our racist rant... Probatim Jun 2022 #29

And they'll say, "That's not who we are." tblue37 Jun 2022 #34

why do they say that Skittles Jun 2022 #46

It's pretty fucking amazing Novara Jun 2022 #11

gotta be some hardcore racists RussBLib Jun 2022 #17

Yeah, they went out of their way to do this. Ace Rothstein Jun 2022 #23

Yes. The bubble just got popped. From inside. Hortensis Jun 2022 #20

I'll bet they are going to white 'splain: "but but but it's just a JOKE" Just wait for it. Tommymac Jun 2022 #25

And the owner likely isn't stupid Polybius Jun 2022 #38

+1, banality of evil uponit7771 Jun 2022 #43

I'll say it again Skittles Jun 2022 #47

Yep. I'll also say it again: Novara Jun 2022 #48

you know it Skittles Jun 2022 #49

They'll blame it on some poor janitor, fire him, call it a day. 70sEraVet Jun 2022 #13

"living ancestors"???? niyad Jun 2022 #14

Parents are ancestors. nt Gore1FL Jun 2022 #26

According to Merriam Webster, an ancestor is someone to whom we are niyad Jun 2022 #32

Usually it is used the way you describe. Gore1FL Jun 2022 #36

My 97 year old Mom has several great-grandchildren. 11 Bravo Jun 2022 #42

Yeah, I caught that, too. Aristus Jun 2022 #27

I think they meant to say "living descendants." frogmarch Jun 2022 #39

"the way their ancestors live today". .a phrase that was on an information niyad Jun 2022 #40

Geez, frogmarch Jun 2022 #45

I'm sure that will get a chuckle from their KKK customers. Ferrets are Cool Jun 2022 #15

If they are indeed a Progressive agent Jilly_in_VA Jun 2022 #16

Man those dumpy ex-mill towns are reactionary heckles65 Jun 2022 #21

Fried chicken & collard greens is good eating Jack the Greater Jun 2022 #31

I noticed the Town of Millinocket repudiated them, & that an innocent bystander was injured Hekate Jun 2022 #33

Wow, what racist pieces of shit! Initech Jun 2022 #35

The insurance owner is obviously college educated Polybius Jun 2022 #37