The Racist and Homophobic Yard Sale Posting You Won’t Believe

[meegbear]

Imagine a bargain hunter's shock and dismay when responding to an ad on Craigslist listing a bunch of possessions for sale and then receiving an email announcing that gay people, Muslims, and illegal immigrants aren't allowed to purchase the wares. Read it for yourself.

Our tipster, who lives in the D.C. area, responded to an ad on Craigslist, which has since been taken down, expressing interest in one of the items for sale. He received this mass email response peppered with casual racism and homophobia. I've highlighted the worst parts, but the whole thing is really amazingly awful.

hello,

i have been a bit overwhelmed by the response, so have devised an easier way to disseminate information and pix of the items for sale for all of you who have contacted me. i've set up a publicly accessible facebook photo album for items for sale. please post any questions you have on the facebook page, this way you will also know if someone else has already expressed interest in an item and at what price or if the item is sold, as i will mark it so.

additionally, there will be a garage sale this sunday, 17 july 2011 from 11am - 7pm,
for the items already pictured in the album and more. photos will continue to be added via the mobile pix facebook album, so please also check there as internet access has already been disconnected in the home and it's the only way to upload quickly and easily. all are welcome to the moving sale / garage sale except for LGBT people, illegal immigrants, and muslims, anyone else is warmly welcomed! no drama, terrorism, or illegal transactions with non-US citizens / illegal immigrants / people taking jobs away from people who belong and are legal in this country is desired. thanks.

email me on facebook to receive the address of this house which is located in the woodlea manor sub-division in leesburg, virginia - located conveniently off of route 15 south and less than 5 minutes from downtown leesburg.

the comments section on the photos is open to everyone on facebook, so please do not reply here and ONLY reply on facebook, i will only respond via the facebook site.

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http://gawker.com/5822241/the-racist-and-homophobic-yard-sale-posting-you-wont-believe

[drm604]

1. I think that might be illegal.

If she has a garage sale that is open to the public that letter may be in violation of civil rights laws, especially the no muslims part.

[Evasporque]

2. Another Tea Party local fundraiser....nt

[MineralMan]

3. I've never seen an ad like that, but

I've seen some blatant racism at the sales themselves. At one sale, the guy running the sale told a Hmong woman to get out. "We don't sell to you people," the man said. She left, and so did I, after I gave the guy a piece of my mind. I've seen other, similar things at local garage sales. It's usually not that blatant, but it's there. Sometimes, it's just a refusal to even try to sell to the unwanted minority. The seller won't look at them, won't take their money, and they get the idea pretty quickly. It's an embarrassment.

[Solly Mack]

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"no drama, terrorism, or illegal transactions with non-US citizens / illegal immigrants / people taking jobs away from people who belong and are legal in this country is desired. thanks."

Love the above...I guess there will be drama, terrorism and illegal transactions with US citizens then?

LMAO

Damn

[thecrow]

4. He must have lost his job to an "Illegal" gay Muslim

That's what I think...
Now he has to sell his possessions.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Great chance to get a deal on pointed hoods, robes, and wooden crosses.

Moran.

[RKP5637]

6. Sounds like a wacko IMO. n/t

[myrna minx]

7. Wow! Just wow. K&R n/t

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

8. Damn it! Now that it's been taken down. How am I gonna get that confederate flag draped-

Aryan nation tattoo covered blow up doll at a bargain rate? :evilgrin:

[Maine-ah]

9. must go to FB page...

the comments @ the pics are good.

[Jack Rabbit]

10. "No ... people taking jobs away from people who belong and are legal in this country"

I guess that excludes banksters and other corporate thugs from the yard sale.

[MADem]

11. I think it's time for a Michael Moore style "Awful Truth" visitation on that yard sale

Get a few vans, and stuff 'em full of guys in full drag, TV-show representations of lesbians in motorcycle gear, women in burqas and serious hijab, and fellahs in turbans and robes and full beards. Don't forget the vans stuffed full of swarthy guys in sombreros, Asians in those straw pointed hats and dark pajamas, and maybe a couple of Haitians and Russians, speaking loudly in their native tongue.

Have them all show up at once, waving dollar bills and wailing about the merchandise. The costuming and characterizations need to be "over the top" for this to work.

Film it for YOUTUBE, with the intro being the posting from CRAIGSLIST....it would be hilarious!

[Drale]

12. This is an invitation for a large group of

illegal gay muslims to loiter on her property for the duration of the garage sale.

[Erose999]

13. I posted to his facebook: "Greetings homophobe. FUCK YO COUCH!!"

[ZombieHorde]

14. Obviously there is a lot of bigotry going on here, but it doesn't seem racist to me.

Which race is being targeted?

[moc]

15. Funniest FB comment:

Justin Santos: "It's a shame that you shun homosexuals; You could have used one to help tastefully decorate that wreck of a foreclosure."

:rofl:

[Gin]

16. wow...this guy wasn't afraid of color on the walls.

[HopeHoops]

17. Leesburg, eh? Sounds like Santorum posted it and he lives there.

He lived there when he was pretending to live in PA and be a Senator from our state. I could see him posting something like that.