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Candace Owens, a conservative commentator and political activist, launched a GoFundMe campaign in support of Michael Dykes, a Birmingham bar owner who slammed the George Floyd protests, calling Floyd a “thug” and protesters “idiots.”
Candace Owens’ GoFundMe campaign for Parkside owner removed
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Beyond the guy sounding like an obvious bigot, who would want to associate themselves with someone who sounds like such a whiny child? Doesn’t Candace usually preach against what she calls a “victimhood mentality”?
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“I was just complaining about the situation,” Dykes said during a phone interview. “I’m angry that some of my friends own businesses downtown and they’re boarded up. It just makes me angry. I just wish it would stop.”
Dykes also said he considered the text a private communication between managers at Parkside that was never meant for public viewing. As a result, he said, his foot-in-the-mouth moment has been taken out of context and misinterpreted.
“I feel like I’ve been raked over the coals," Dykes said. “It was a heat-of-the-moment thing. I’m very frustrated, because it was way misconstrued. I was just mad. I didn’t get the chance to explain myself. ... I think this has gotten blown way out of control.”
“I’m not a racist. I have many black friends. I have friends from Gambia and other places," Dykes said. “Yes, I made a mistake and called Mr. Floyd a thug. I regret that. I really do regret that. ... I am sorry for what I said. I did not mean disrespect to Mr. Floyd, ever."
Dykes said his cell phone has been “blowing up” with calls and texts because of the controversy, some of them derogatory.
“This is so hurtful,” Dykes said. “I feel like everybody just wants me out of Parkside.”
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“I was just complaining about the situation,” Dykes said during a phone interview. “I’m angry that some of my friends own businesses downtown and they’re boarded up. It just makes me angry. I just wish it would stop.”
Dykes also said he considered the text a private communication between managers at Parkside that was never meant for public viewing. As a result, he said, his foot-in-the-mouth moment has been taken out of context and misinterpreted.
“I feel like I’ve been raked over the coals," Dykes said. “It was a heat-of-the-moment thing. I’m very frustrated, because it was way misconstrued. I was just mad. I didn’t get the chance to explain myself. ... I think this has gotten blown way out of control.”
“I’m not a racist. I have many black friends. I have friends from Gambia and other places," Dykes said. “Yes, I made a mistake and called Mr. Floyd a thug. I regret that. I really do regret that. ... I am sorry for what I said. I did not mean disrespect to Mr. Floyd, ever."
Dykes said his cell phone has been “blowing up” with calls and texts because of the controversy, some of them derogatory.
“This is so hurtful,” Dykes said. “I feel like everybody just wants me out of Parkside.”
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And what? “Owens’ GoFundMe campaign, listed under the header “Mob rule has no place in America”
Isn’t the usual conservative line that anti discrimination laws are overreach, and that free market capitalism will put racist or homophobic establishments out of business? But when people decide to boycott a business because of the owner’s sentiments, it’s “mob rule”? How does this work?
Isn’t the usual conservative line that anti discrimination laws are overreach, and that free market capitalism will put racist or homophobic establishments out of business? But when people decide to boycott a business because of the owner’s sentiments, it’s “mob rule”? How does this work?
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