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Marthe48

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10. agree

Reply to HeartachesNhangovers (Reply #8)

Tue Aug 22, 2017, 04:35 PM

Aug 2017

I don't think businesses are the proper place for politics. The people running this place had plenty of friends in the neighborhood. When we sat on the porch, people passing by would say hi to the owners if they saw them. So the owners had other ways of sharing their opinions.

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I stayed at a b&b the last few days [View all] Marthe48 Aug 2017 OP

Good for you! DonaldsRump Aug 2017 #1

Well done. None of the idiots should be allowed to spout their assholery without being refuted. Squinch Aug 2017 #2

Before this conversation Marthe48 Aug 2017 #3

Lee didn't want the statues that were erected in the Jim Crow era? JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2017 #4

I said 3 sentences Marthe48 Aug 2017 #5

Lee was asked about promoting a fundraiser to raise money for a Stonewall Jackson Memorial. FSogol Aug 2017 #6

The Owner Was Spouting the Current Deflection Leith Aug 2017 #7

That's no way to run a business! HeartachesNhangovers Aug 2017 #8

agree Marthe48 Aug 2017 #10

It really isn't tough to get through breakfast without politics. davsand Aug 2017 #9

Exactly. cwydro Aug 2017 #13

K&R... spanone Aug 2017 #11

Amazing that a business owner would do that. cwydro Aug 2017 #12