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Philly restaurant bans GOP candidate after being told campaign stop was autism event (www.thedailybeast.com)

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“You’re not welcome back.”

That’s the message the manager of Philadelphia cheesesteak joint Max’s Steaks had for Pennsylvania Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick, after his campaign held an event outside the restaurant Friday that the eatery was told would be about autism awareness.

Mike Sfida—who agreed to hold the event because his niece and nephew have autism—was alarmed when he saw Donald Trump signs being hung outside the beloved North Philly spot on Friday, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. McCormick arrived, gave a campaign stump address, and then handed out free sandwiches.

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But the disaster didn’t end there.

After showing up at a cheesesteak restaurant to campaign under the auspice of an autism awareness event, McCormick went across the street to East Bethel Baptist Church, which happened to be holding an outdoor fundraiser for its food ministry.

The Rev. Thomas Edwards Jr., who leads the church, told his campaign to leave because he didn’t want the GOP candidate to use photos of his congregation for campaigning purposes.

“You can Photoshop,” he told the Inquirer. “You can make things seem like they aren’t. Maybe they’re going to post we’re eating dogs or eating cats, like in Ohio. Forgive me if I’m wrong. I don’t trust these people.”

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

McCormick told the crowd. “I’m running to bring leadership to our commonwealth.”

Hey that's exactly what Anericans need less of. Here's a revolutionary idea: run to be of service to the community you live in. Find out what they want and need. Do some work and get those things for them.

Leadership. Jfc

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Those kind can lead their shit right into the guillotine notch, thankyouverymuch.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

That Reverend doesn't fuck kids, just the GOP. I'm okay with that.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

~~A new~~ Another low.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Pressed by the newspaper about whether the campaign stop was an autism awareness event, Armstrong claimed “it’s always autism awareness because I’m an education advocate” and said she spoke to those gathered about autism at one point.

I swear to god, these people are straight cancer.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Educate my autism away. Sure. That worked so well in school.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hey now, at least cancer will continue growing unchecked, sapping resources from healthy tissue, unless there's serious intervention, and even then it might not go away ... no, you're right.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

The fun thing about cancer? Is that if the cancer gets cancer, they can both die. That's what I'm hoping for with the Maga movement in the Republican party. The second cancer chokes off the bloody supply, letting it die of nutrient deficiency.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Talk about twisting semantics into a knot.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Fucking republican trash will lie about anything, and there's literally nothing that their supporters are not too stupid to believe.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

That is one of the most disgusting things I've heard today.

And I can't say I'm surprised, which makes it even worse.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Phew! I’m gay, so I’m safe!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I swear I had to read these headlines like 10 times.

"GOP candidate calls his campaign stop an autism fundraiser, gets banned when venue owner finds out."

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fuck you McCormick. Stay away from Philly, the place is too good for ya.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Philly threw batteries at Santa, but they have some standards.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Also they thrashed that hitchhiking robot.

I'm a transplant from Texas to Philadelphia. Philly is mostly populated by mutants, but their my fucking mutants. I don't appreciate this kind of horse shit being pulled on my neighbors.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The podcast “16th minute of fame” had an episode on the Philly Chicken Man that made me fall in love with Philly. It is basically a 60 minutes episode expressing what you just said.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

With Jamie Loftus? Makes sense considering she wrote a book on competitive hot dog eating.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Yep. That is the podcast. It is really good because she is pretty fabulous. The Mormon influencer episode and the chicken guy episodes are the two that have stuck with me.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Fuck robots though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Wow. When a church tells the GOP to fark off, that’s gotta be a bad situation. Most churches are deep into the ChristoFascist end of the political spectrum, so McCormick must have pissed off Rev. Edward’s something bad.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Welcome to the divide between mainline and evangelical Christianity.

The latter is where most of the crazies hang out.

Source: raised in the craziness

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Source: raised in the craziness

On the one hand, my condolences.

On the other hand, congrats at getting free.

On the gripping hand, you have the ability to pull others, who are still capable of being saved, from that cray-cray. You can leverage what you used yourself to help others.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Not the poster you're responding to, but I'm a preacher's kid who made it out.

Man, it's just about impossible to pull others out. I know the bible backwards and forwards. Can persuasively speak to the origins of tithing vs. what it is now, the confusion in the gospels, and so on. I've tried.

Fundamentalist leadership works very hard to innoculate their people against doubting what they've been led to believe. Centuries of propaganda techniques. Highly effective.

I had to think myself out of it and it took until I was in my 30's to free myself. No one could do it for me and I haven't been successful in pulling anyone else. My small family and I recently moved out of the deep South. It has gotten incredibly bad down there and, at this point, I don't know what can be done to help someone out of it. Maybe planting seeds of doubt and rationality are all we can do.

It's sickening what it's done to my extended family and loved ones. I hate it. It still makes me sad. My parents and relatives would be great people if it weren't for the bad religion.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I went to a lot of churches. I don't think I ever found the "normal" ones.

So now I embrace the weirdos and the exiles and they're the best! Weird and full of problems, which is why I fit in so we'll!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Pardon my Catholicism but aren’t all baptists evangelicals?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yeah, but not necessarily what you think of when you talk about "evangelical" Christians. Baptist churches are all autonomous, and while they all believe in evangelism on some level, that could mean inviting your neighbor to attend church on Sunday, or it could mean going on TV and blaming trans people for hurricanes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Ok so they’re evangelical in the sense that even Catholics are, but could take the hint that every American has heard of Jesus snd try to be chill about it unless asked.

I guess the real problems are the religious right, christofascism, Christendom, and all related ideologies that reject the rights of the nonbelievers and those who believe differently to live peacefully among them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Perhaps, but certainly all Protestants are not Baptists.

If you find yourself with 3 hours to kill, this video is fascinating. The whole channel is great.

https://youtu.be/8q6FUlay-M8?si=ZWczkNQfzXVu_3KE

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oh I’m aware, before beginning my path to atheism and ultimately paganism, I considered some denominations of the Anglican side of the Anglican-Catholic schism, and I’ve long been a fan of the Quakers. In general I mostly oppose the evangelicals, most modern baptists, and any denomination sufficiently close to Calvinism (though that’s partly because I think Calvinism is particularly horrifying theologically) as well as the fascistic side of the Catholic Church (but I’m always happy to stand beside and behind the Catholic workers)

But yeah I bring up the baptists mostly because that’s the denomination of the preacher in the post. I recognize that the baptists weren’t always like they’re largely represented today, but while I know some of their history I mostly just know them as the people who can’t tell the difference between a bishop and a satanist.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Churches generally have the same divide as the people who attend them: Urban ones are sane. Rural ones are conservative freaks. And I'm fairly certain this was a Black church. 90% of Black people are Democrats.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

There are still plenty of churches that haven't dove off the deep end, so I'm not too surprised.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think it was a black church which, for the most part, hasn’t gone nuts. There’s always a handful of weird ones and/or hustling preachers but the vast, vast majority are about charity and community and service. (Almost like they actually read the Bible and pay attention to what Jesus preached instead of whatever happens at Six Flags over Jesus ass megachurches.)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Not to mention the history of activisim around black churches. That's where MLK Jr came from.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Kudos to Rev Edwards and Mike!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If it weren’t for bad faith, they’d have no faith at all.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

bad things happen in philly stay out

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I think that's Mark Ruffalo's dad...is that how you spell Ruffalo? Anyway, maybe he can turn into hulk too? Old hulk?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I can not believe they chose to desecrate the holiest of holies, a Philly cheese steak joint.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I'll bet there were green peppers on the free steaks.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Was Four Seasons Landscaping booked this time?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Can someone explain to me what happened here? I read the story and I'm so confused.

Why is a guy with two autistic children upset about an autism awareness event? Why did he give them free sandwiches and simultaneously tell them to fuck off?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The owner was asked if an autism-awareness event could be held at his business. He accepted, in part because he has family members with autism. After the event has gotten rolling, he realizes it’s actually a campaign event for the GOP and tells the guy to fuck off.

Seems like they either deliberately went out of their way to hide what the event really was, or the business owner didn’t really bother to look up who was holding the event and put two-and-two together.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

Isn't it a good thing for a campaign event to host an autism awareness event tho, regardless of which side he's on. Especially as someone with autistic children, it seems like that would be something he'd want to support

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It wasn't an Autism awareness event, it was a campaign rally. They lied to the owner to be able to use the space. The store owner didn't give out sandwiches, the candidate did. The store owner also didn't ask them to leave, the pastor across the road did. This was all very clear from the words written.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Where did you read that it wasn't an autism awareness event? I literally can not find that.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Republican: Can I show up to your business to host a [thing you care about deeply] event?

Shows up, whole thing is about [ thing you fucking hate ]. Mentions your thing in passing.

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