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Man Posts ‘No Negro’s Allowed’ Sign on Site of Soon-to-Open ‘Gentlemen’s Club’

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by Tommy Christopher | 1:35 pm, December 14th, 2010

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WEAU News Wisconsin’s Mary Rinzel is reporting that Abbotsford, Wi, businessman Mark Prior has posted a sign at the future site of his “gentlemen’s club” that says “No Negro’s Allowed.”

Rinzel points out that the sign is not illegal, since the business is not open to the public yet, Prior vows, “I’m going to stick to my guns.”

Either way, Prior’s actions provide a test case for Rand Paul’s notion that Civil Rights provisions covering private businesses are unnecessary.

Here’s the report, from WEAU News.:

Sidenote: Here’s hoping Rinzel does a follow-up pieced on Prior’s ” previous plans to open a grocery store and his own sheriff’s department.”

Even if Prior takes the sign down when his club opens this Friday, the publicity surrounding it will surely carry over, and its failure or success will demonstrate whether there is a market for racist strip joints. If Paul is correct, the business will fail quickly, and other Abbotsford business owners will hang signs that say “No Dumb Shit’s Who Dont Know How to U’s Apostrophe’s Allowed.”

Such an experiment, of course, misses the entire point of Civil Rights legislation, which is that those rights, by their nature, ought not to be subject to popular will, unpopular whim, or even the invisible hand of the market.

Mark Prior, Mary Rinzel, No Negro's Allowed, No Negro's Allowed' Sign, Racism

Atticus Draco

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lol
“It’s not all of ‘em,,, just a few of em are problems”
SUPER Chundy

“No Sock Puppet’s Allowed on this commenting thread!” (Yes, I intentionally misused the apostrophe.)

I really hope Ron Paul will comments on this and remind Americans why he and the Tea Party thinks the Civil Rights Act of 1968 was unconstitutional. I never get tired of hearing Baggers claim that private businesses that racially discriminate is acceptable. Also, Mark Prior DIAF
Atticus Draco

SUPER Chundy said:
“No Sock Puppet’s Allowed on this commenting thread!” (Yes, I intentionally misused the apostrophe.)

I really hope Ron Paul will comments on this and remind Americans why he and the Tea Party thinks the Civil Rights Act of 1968 was unconstitutional. I never get tired of hearing Baggers claim that private businesses that racially discriminate is acceptable. Also, Mark Prior DIAF

DID YOU HEAR THE REPORT?
HE DIDNT DO ANYTHING ILLEGAL!!
lol
Harry Flashman

Damn those racists in the Deep South!

Neil Young was right! Those southern men are……huh? What? Wisconsin? This happened in Wisconsin?

Oh. Nevermind.
Atticus Draco

Harry Flashman said:
huh? What? Wisconsin? This happened in Wisconsin?

i know,, lol,, i thot they were extremely liberal up there?!!
Atticus Draco

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I think he should be commended on using that word instead of you know,, that OTHER word,,
That’s my question to him,, “what prevented you from using the OTHER n-word?”
“Political correctness perhaps?”
kabmn00

Super Chundy.

Its Rand Paul you dumb FUCK!!!!!!!
trica

Harry Flashman says:
December 14, 2010 at 1:59 pm (Quote)
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Damn those racists in the Deep South!

Neil Young was right! Those southern men are……huh? What? Wisconsin? This happened in Wisconsin?

Oh. Nevermind.

There are folks like you everywhere.
SpineCrusher

Is it even legal to open a strip club in the back of a meth lab?

Just sayin..
SUPER Chundy

kabmn00 said:
Super Chundy.

Its Rand Paul you dumb FUCK!!!!!!!

It both of them you bag of organs.

From The Trouble With the ’64 Civil Rights Act by Ron Paul: “The Civil Rights Act of 1964 gave the federal government unprecedented power over the hiring, employee relations, and customer service practices of every business in the country. The result was a massive violation of the rights of private property and contract, which are the bedrocks of free society. The federal government has no legitimate authority to infringe on the rights of private property owners to use their property as they please and to form (or not form) contracts with terms mutually agreeable to all parties. The rights of all private property owners, even those whose actions decent people find abhorrent, must be respected if we are to maintain a free society. “

What now? Bitch!
lonestar77

You sure went a long way to find something to bash Rand Paul about, Tommy. BTW, you make similar postings pretty frequently. Where do you find all of these obscure “racistismsists” stories anyway? Is there a website for it? Do you spend your entire day scouring the blogs to find them? Do concerned citizens send them to you? You’re basically a racisimsistsims “news” aggregation site.

Tomorrow’s Tommy headline: “guy in a truck has lots of anti-muslim stickers”. Oops, you got scooped on that one. Oh, snap. I bet there’s a little tension between you & what’s his name, huh? Fear not, I’m sure you can find some obscure story from some obscure guy in some obscure town in a nation of 300,000,000 (give or take a few tens of millions) to post.
milynily

Back to the future,wow!
kabmn00

Super

That’s not who the article is about.
SpineCrusher

lonestar77 said:
You sure went a long way to find something to bash Rand Paul about, Tommy. BTW, you make similar postings pretty frequently. Where do you find all of these obscure “racistismsists” stories anyway? Is there a website for it? Do you spend your entire day scouring the blogs to find them? Do concerned citizens send them to you? You’re basically a racisimsistsims “news” aggregation site. Tomorrow’s Tommy headline: “guy in a truck has lots of anti-muslim stickers”. Oops, you got scooped on that one. Oh, snap. I bet there’s a little tension between you & what’s his name, huh? Fear not, I’m sure you can find some obscure story from some obscure guy in some obscure town in a nation of 300,000,000 (give or take a few tens of millions) to post.

That statement say much more about YOU than it does about Tommy.

Why do you visit his articles if you don’t like his stories. Are you the kind of asshole that goes down to the donut shop and bitches at them because they don’t serve steak?

Why don’t you go back to trolling stormfront.org and leave us in peace.
lonestar77

SpineCrusher said:
That statement say much more about YOU than it does about Tommy.

Why do you visit his articles if you don’t like his stories. Are you the kind of asshole that goes down to the donut shop and bitches at them because they don’t serve steak?

Why don’t you go back to trolling stormfront.org and leave us in peace.

I visit them because they are ridiculous. He finds the most obscure things to write about. Tomorrow, he’ll find a story about a guy in Nebraska with a pet parrot that uses the term “colored people” instead of “african-americans”. Then, he’ll use that story to say that Sarah Palin is racist because she once visited a pet shop that sold parrots back in 1987.

Who goes to a donut shop & bitches because they don’t serve steak? Anyway, no, I don’t do that. However, some times I get a little upset if they don’t serve kolaches. I really like kolaches. Truth be told, I like them more than donuts. I don’t know why some donut shop owners discriminate against the kolache. It’s really not fair. Actually, it’s outrageous. The government should do something about it. You really don’t want to be on my bad side & the best way to get there is to own a donut shop that doesn’t server kolaches.
The Lantern of Truth

T.C. -That looks like it will be an elegant establishment . Maybe you can get an out of town membership .
beavoux

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,956 people, 817 households, and 516 families residing in the city of Abbotsford WI. The racial makeup of the city was 98.57% White, 0.15% African American.
Atticus Draco

beavoux said:
0.15% African American.

wow
What percentage of them were the trouble makers he was talkin’ about?
lonestar77

Atticus Draco said:
wow
What percentage of them were the trouble makers he was talkin’ about?

Apparently, all 2.93 of them.
freed

I’m not sure what the author means by “those rights” in the last paragraph. One does not have a right to the property of others or the use of one’s property. The subject of the article has every right to do business with whomever he would like, while individuals who would like to do business with him are completely subject to his whim and have no rights regarding the relationship. Before someone calls me a racist, I should note that I have brown skin. That does not stop me from believing in property rights and freedom of association. I think this guy is a big douche-bag but I’m pretty certain that he’s not going to be the next Bill Gates with his current business sense…but even if he were to become hugely successful, it doesn’t negate the validity of Paul’s position on civil rights legislation. It isn’t about the results. It’s about the principle. It just so happens that in this case, following principle will likely lead to the desired results…in part because of Mediaite’s reporting. I guess Paul was right after all.
SmartAlec

Harry Flashman said:
Neil Young was right! Those southern men are

But as the late great Ronnie Van Zant said – A Southern man don’t need him around anyhow!
freed

SpineCrusher said:
That statement say much more about YOU than it does about Tommy.

Why do you visit his articles if you don’t like his stories. Are you the kind of asshole that goes down to the donut shop and bitches at them because they don’t serve steak?

Why don’t you go back to trolling stormfront.org and leave us in peace.

LOL. No he isn’t, but you seem to be, which is why this article probably strikes a chord with you. If you don’t like the way someone does business, just don’t do business with them. Don’t advocate using violence to compel them to do things your way, otherwise you could find that same violence being directed toward you to control your actions.
snatchax

goddamnit…learn how to spell negroes if you’re going to be a freedom fighter.
Socialist

Atticus Draco said:
i know,, lol,, i thot they were extremely liberal up there?!!

mhm.. and they voted republicans in power in their state congress, senate and their governor…
cjd ohio 1

mhm…and 95% of blacks voted for obama, yeah you are right socialist
http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

In a technical sense, Rand Paul was probably right. I’m sure this guy won’t get much of any business, and those who do patronize the establishment should have their photos taken as they enter and leave and then posted to a well-known local website with their full names and occupation for all to see. That’d be a pretty good free market way to shut this disgusting trough.
snatchax

Publius219 said:
In a technical sense, Rand Paul was probably right. I’m sure this guy won’t get much of any business, and those who do patronize the establishment should have their photos taken as they enter and leave and then posted to a well-known local website with their full names and occupation for all to see. That’d be a pretty good free market way to shut this disgusting trough.

exactly. that is how a free country should deal with bigotry. not by having government control private business decisions.
http://www.squidoo.com/lauriebethsgrotto Laurie Beth

The grammatical error really does say it all.
Socialist

cjd ohio 1 said:
mhm…and 95% of blacks voted for obama, yeah you are right socialist

I never said anything racist.. all i said was that wisconsin isn’t extreme liberal… now you are the one who is sounding racist..
Call_Me_Ishmael

freed said:
I’m not sure what the author means by “those rights” in the last paragraph. One does not have a right to the property of others or the use of one’s property. The subject of the article has every right to do business with whomever he would like, while individuals who would like to do business with him are completely subject to his whim and have no rights regarding the relationship.

What happens when a majority of private businesses in a region have a “No negro’s” policy? That’s what the civil rights laws were written to address. They had to cover all private businesses because it’s a might hard to write a law that allows just a certain percentage of private businesses to have such policies. I suppose all the negro’s could move to a different region, but that’s kind of extreme, isn’t it?
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lonestar77 said:
You sure went a long way to find something to bash Rand Paul about, Tommy. BTW, you make similar postings pretty frequently. Where do you find all of these obscure “racistismsists” stories anyway? Is there a website for it? Do you spend your entire day scouring the blogs to find them? Do concerned citizens send them to you? You’re basically a racisimsistsims “news” aggregation site.

Tomorrow’s Tommy headline: “guy in a truck has lots of anti-muslim stickers”. Oops, you got scooped on that one. Oh, snap. I bet there’s a little tension between you & what’s his name, huh? Fear not, I’m sure you can find some obscure story from some obscure guy in some obscure town in a nation of 300,000,000 (give or take a few tens of millions) to post.

Please explain to me how I “bashed” Rand Paul.
http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

snatchax said:
exactly. that is how a free country should deal with bigotry. not by having government control private business decisions.

In the theoretical sense, I agree completely. But in a practical sense, it seems like gov’t intervention is just different means to the same end nowadays. Back in the late 60′s though I can see where these kinds of laws may have been necessary.
cjd ohio 1

never said anything racist either socialist
timcajun

The back door said “welcome tea party”!
Nahu Tuk

timcajun said:
The back door said “welcome tea party”!

Are you implying that all Tea Party folk are racists?
njoy-d-ride

I don’t know if it is technically legal the post “No Negros Allowed” on the door of a club that has not opened to the public or not. However I don’t think my money and I will be going there when it does open.
njoy-d-ride

timcajun said:
The back door said “welcome tea party”!

You seem pretty familiar with the place. Help paint the sign on the door?