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Demovictory9

(32,443 posts)
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 03:33 AM Aug 2021

Transgender woman confronts Star Wars store owner over his offensive sign:

Transgender woman confronts Star Wars store owner over his 'offensive' sign: 'If you are born with a d**k, you are not a chick'







A wild confrontation erupted between a transgender councilwoman and a Star Wars store owner over a sign that she claims is transphobic.

In a video, councilwoman Tiesa Meskis got into a five-minute shouting match with Don Sucher, the owner of Sucher & Sons Star Wars Shop in Aberdeen, Washington, on Thursday, over his sign that reads: 'If you are born with a d**k, you are not a chick.

Meskis can be heard yelling: 'Trans women are women. That sign is bulls***t.'

'You're nuts,' Sucher yelled back. 'I'm telling you that as a man, that's bulls**t.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9871831/Transgender-woman-gets-wild-confrontation-Star-Wars-store-owner-offensive-sign.html
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Transgender woman confronts Star Wars store owner over his offensive sign: (Original Post) Demovictory9 Aug 2021 OP
what a petty little fucking man Skittles Aug 2021 #1
+1 MustLoveBeagles Aug 2021 #5
Yikes that comment section vercetti2021 Aug 2021 #2
This is why I make a policy of never engaging the trolls. Initech Aug 2021 #21
Not cancel culture. The company (estate) that owns the rights took 6 of the books off the market Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2021 #3
This is...not the point. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2021 #13
Great way to drum up business nt XanaDUer2 Aug 2021 #4
Nearly every fandom is damaged by these bigots MustLoveBeagles Aug 2021 #6
Only if you would be ok with her going to jail for it. LiberatedUSA Aug 2021 #9
You're right MustLoveBeagles Aug 2021 #12
Honestly, the Star Wars part has nothing to do with it BradAllison Aug 2021 #16
+1 MustLoveBeagles Aug 2021 #18
Yes n/t Devil Child Aug 2021 #17
If George Lucas still owned the Star Wars franchise, Aristus Aug 2021 #7
He'll probably be getting a call from Disney Lawyers soon... hunter Aug 2021 #10
"Sith Happens" on his shirt. Fritz67 Aug 2021 #8
One of those ones Deep State Witch Aug 2021 #14
Yeah Darth Vader was just a messeger of peace! Initech Aug 2021 #20
Fuck this guy. Here's hoping Disney wrecks him. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2021 #11
oh sure dressing up like a wookie is ok but not a woman JuJuChen Aug 2021 #15
I'd show up to his store dressed like Princess Leia. Initech Aug 2021 #19
he would follow ypu around asking about your privates Demovictory9 Aug 2021 #22

vercetti2021

(10,156 posts)
2. Yikes that comment section
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 05:25 AM
Aug 2021

This shit is what terrifies me. These people calling us sick in the head and mental. Fuck y'all transphobic assholes, hope covid gets y'all and fast

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,984 posts)
3. Not cancel culture. The company (estate) that owns the rights took 6 of the books off the market
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 06:44 AM
Aug 2021

Nobody is required to publish a book that they own the copyright to.

Similarly, no woman should be required to publish a baby.

 

LiberatedUSA

(1,666 posts)
9. Only if you would be ok with her going to jail for it.
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 05:53 PM
Aug 2021

And likely him suing for damages in civil court. And where is this located? Depending on the state, he could be carrying a gun and have a right to defend himself with a gun from an attacker.

Terrible idea. Putting him on Twitter was the best option. Let the free market decide his fate.

MustLoveBeagles

(11,587 posts)
12. You're right
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 06:14 PM
Aug 2021

I wouldn't want her to go to jail, be liable for his injuries, or get hurt. The ass kicking will have to stay in my imagination.

BradAllison

(1,879 posts)
16. Honestly, the Star Wars part has nothing to do with it
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 02:31 PM
Aug 2021

Aside from the fact this guy's store, whatever it is, needs to be boycotted.

Aristus

(66,307 posts)
7. If George Lucas still owned the Star Wars franchise,
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 04:37 PM
Aug 2021

he'd probably pull that guy's merchandising license. Lucas is a pretty liberal guy.

hunter

(38,309 posts)
10. He'll probably be getting a call from Disney Lawyers soon...
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 06:00 PM
Aug 2021

... and they'll leverage any trademark violations.

One can be Sucher & Sons, buyers and sellers of science fiction collectibles who have a very good selection of Star Wars stuff for sale, but you can't be a Star Wars shop.

Corporate Disney isn't exactly "woke" but they have decided racism and LGBQT hate are bad for business.

If I was dealing in Disneyana I wouldn't want to upset them.


Fritz67

(353 posts)
8. "Sith Happens" on his shirt.
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 05:46 PM
Aug 2021

He's certainly got that attitude right. This guy probably watches the movies and thinks the Sith, Empire, and First Order were the good guys, who just wanted to Make the Galaxy Great Again.

Deep State Witch

(10,421 posts)
14. One of those ones
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 01:58 PM
Aug 2021

That think that Vader and the Stormtroopers are cool. Or b*tched about the last three movies because they were too "woke" because they had a black guy and an Asian woman as lead characters.

Initech

(100,054 posts)
20. Yeah Darth Vader was just a messeger of peace!
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 06:31 PM
Aug 2021

Except for the fact that he blew up some planets with a machine called the "Death Star"...

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