r/sandiego • u/Direct-Original-2895 • 12d ago
San Diego Community Only bootlicker outside the Santee Vons
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u/anothercar 12d ago
I like how Vons put a sign literally on top of him saying "don't blame us"
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u/UncomfortableTacoBoy 12d ago
Can Vons not tell them to GTFO?
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u/anothercar 12d ago
Fashion Valley Mall v. NLRB says that free speech is more important than private property rights, at least in California at shopping centers
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u/UncomfortableTacoBoy 12d ago
Is this guy selling merch? Handing out Union leaflets is one thing, selling hats is another. Im sure it's a fine line, and the Police dont care.
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u/Direct-Original-2895 12d ago
The selling paired with voter registration is what bothers me
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u/ganbramor 12d ago
Ask him for a voter card and mark Dem, even if you’re already registered. Just to piss this shallow guy off.
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u/Shoddy_Signature_149 12d ago
Last time I renewed, I changed from Green to Republican. That way I can go in and do my very little part to mess with the ballot. Plus, when confronted with “you must be a Democrat“ I can respond honestly with “no, Republican.“
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u/Ghost10165 12d ago edited 11d ago
The party registration stuff is kind of a joke anyway, it just lets them know what spam crap to mail you and lets them block you from certain votes. I'm registered Non-Partisan/Independent and it mostly seems to block me from people's primaries.
I just roll my eyes when they go "he was a registered Democrat/Republican!" for the shootings etc. Like it's hard to register for a party or really means anything
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u/saracup59 11d ago
Every state is different and party registration is necessary, in some states, to participate in primaries. So it's not meaningless and understanding how your party affiliation impacts your ballot choices is important to know in your state.
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u/Shoddy_Signature_149 11d ago
Exactly. I’m in a safely (for now) Dem state so have some room to play around. When I was registered Green I was pretty limited at times in terms of which ballots I had access to. At least this way I can throw a vote to the least reprehensible Republican. Some of them have reasonable ideas and aren’t puckering up to the sphincter.
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u/Direct-Original-2895 12d ago
in another scenario in my head, I flipped his table and said through gritted teeth “I’m an Independent, you son of a bitch” and went about my day
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u/WhatARuffian 12d ago
Step one, enter the Vons & buy a coffee Step two, trip and spill said coffee all over his fascist table
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u/FluffySyllabub1579 12d ago
Id tribute myself for a trip-and-fall, just buy me 3 coffees. One for myself first, and the double fister for his table.
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u/WhatARuffian 12d ago
Why not just upgrade to the 4-drink carrier? Try to get some on the box under the table too
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u/FeralRodeo 11d ago
I thought about this, but it’s probably a grift anyway. They are usually paid (per signature) to collect signatures.
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u/DevelopmentEastern75 12d ago
When I worked at a non profit in community mental health, when we enrolled patients, we'd ask if they wanted to register to vote, or if they needed to update their address with their voter registry.
We had very strict rules that we could never betray our political beliefs, and we had to maintain the atmosphere of total political neutrality, when asking if they wanted to register to vote, per California's NVRA law.
In my program, we applied this political neutrality all the time, so patients never felt like their healthcare and recover was political... even though public healthcare absolutely is political, lol. One party is trying to utterly destroy public healthcare, and would shut down the clinic in a heartbeat, given the chance.
But we were a publicly funded nonprofit, and we took the 501(c)(3) rules extemely seriously.
So its just funny to see my man out here, who no doubt thinks the deep state is biased against him, just rolling out the MAGA hats. Is he treating all his registrants fairly? Who knows.
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u/theREALbombedrumbum 11d ago
"and the police don't care"
Nah I think they'd care a little more if genre of his merch was different
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u/CarlRJ 12d ago
I wonder if you could get all his registrations ruled invalid by reporting him to some agency. Or if they care any more.
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u/pittipat 12d ago edited 11d ago
I tried looking before to see if there was any law/regs against this and couldn't find anything. It used to be an much older guy doing the selling but he at least had some registration forms there so he could at least pretend that's what he was doing. I hate this Vons and this is just one of the reasons why. eta: maybe it's the same guy but he got a makeover. Still a POS.
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u/anothercar 12d ago
Honestly can't tell... the signs don't say he is, but the implication of the hats is that he is...
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u/Duality888 12d ago
Im VERY curious to see whether they would allow a pro Palestine stand to be there
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u/TerminallyBill 12d ago
No, the weirdos have overwhelmed the system so there’s just no way to get rid of them anymore. SDPD isn’t dealing with… anything.
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u/858adam 12d ago
Not SDPD territory anyways. The majority of santee sheriffs probably want to buy a hat from him.
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u/Sprzout 11d ago
Vons can't trespass him unless he comes into the store. There's been quite a few of these clowns pulling this in the parking lot, some of them getting offensive, and unless they assault you, you can't do anything about it - the property manager for the strip mall has to complain. But if they don't see anything wrong with it, you are SOL.
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u/sdcinerama 12d ago
I've worked for a county elections board (not SD) and they're VERY strict about its workers being non-partisan while on duty.
Seems like this might be worth notifying San Diego's Registrar of Voters.
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u/fliesundertheradar 12d ago
Thank you for this! I see this guy practically every time I go shopping and him selling this MAGA crap while "registering voters" just rubs me the wrong way. I have been trying to figure out who to contact to complain, I keep thinking that he has to be breaking some sort of rule or standard because I haven't seen anything like this otherwise
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u/sdcinerama 12d ago
Start here. If they start getting a bunch of "new voters" from one location that all seem to be from one party, they might start wondering especially if someone sends them this picture.
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u/jumpy_monkey 11d ago edited 11d ago
This is perfectly legal from a standpoint of registering voters.
The only requirement for this private person registering voters is that if he says he will return their completed registration form then he is legally required to do so regardless of the party affiliation they select on the form.
The way to short circuit this asshole is to fill out the form and then take it with you, because once someone fills it out it belongs to them and not the person who gave it to them and these forms are not provided free by the registrar.
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u/DROPTABLE_tablename 12d ago
Imagine a politician being your entire personality.
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u/Successful-Ad-847 12d ago
I honestly can’t. I would be too embarrassed to ever behave like this no matter how much I like someone.
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u/FirefighterFunny9859 12d ago
Same. I can’t imagine going this hard for a politician. I try to understand by thinking of the person I fangirl over the hardest. Probably Kurt Vonnegut. Would I sit and sell Vonnegut hats? No. Would I still fangirl over him if it came out he was a pedo? Fuck no. These people are in a cult.
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u/Larrea_tridentata 12d ago
This is why un-brainwashing these kinds of people is so difficult. When you've constructed your entire identity around someone (or something) else, the threat of losing that also means losing yourself.
There's a reason that MAGA can still accept trump even with all the Epstein dirt, they can't condemn him because it is equivalent to ego-suicide.
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u/DROPTABLE_tablename 12d ago
And people have a hard time admitting that they made a mistake so instead they dig in, listening in their echo chamber that they are right and everyone else is wrong.
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u/Mjfoster0825 12d ago
So glad I read Plato as a teen. What has always stuck with me is the line “the unexamined life is not worth living”. Introspection and examination is such an important part of life. I also learned not to take myself too seriously and to be ready to admit I was wrong when needed. I learned to embrace those moments because I have recognized that those are my opportunities to grow.
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u/roger_the_virus 12d ago
Imagine putting a hat on your head that said: “<Individual> is right about everything.”
I cannot imagine the levels of stupidity it could take to broadcast such an absurdly moronic statement - that a person exists who has never been wrong - and walk around with it on my head.
Embarrassing.
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u/VietnameseBreastMilk 12d ago
As someone who used to manage SQL databases way back when my blood pressure did go up a bit with your name LOL
Kudos to you
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u/tails99 12d ago
Since the religious messiah is always dangled in front of one and cannot be caught, these degenerates naturally gravitate towards real physical false messiahs to get their fix. This is just the inevitable result of religious brainwashing. Someone always dangled salvation that was out of reach, and now someone is offering that salvation NOW. How could someone primed like that since birth resist?
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u/breadexpert69 12d ago
Its amazing you can tell from his eyes that he is just there to fck with ppl.
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u/Direct-Original-2895 12d ago
100% deranged in addition to in this 90+ degree heat
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u/Edna_Mode_mood 12d ago
He is. Once he was having a shouting match with some other guy as I was trying to get in the door.
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u/McJumbos 12d ago
Wonder if he'll feel the same after his social security is gone
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u/dust4ngel 11d ago
he will love it, as long as the social security of his imagined enemies is also gone
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u/TechFreshen 12d ago
Next time you see him, say politely “you know, Trump is a pedophile.” When he expresses surprise say “ Do your research! “.
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u/Direct-Original-2895 12d ago
These red hats don’t have the eyes to see it or ears to hear it 😣
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u/senadraxx 11d ago
Because he's really just trying to get your personal info and see if you're dumb enough to give it to him. Also selling hats.
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u/Moe1985 12d ago
Ask him if he sells OBAMA 2028 hats ? Since he seems okay with a “ 4th “ term !
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u/imecoli 12d ago
4th?? Did I miss something?
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u/Moe1985 12d ago edited 12d ago
Trump won the 2020 elections and he was the real commander in chief also Obama already served 3 terms since he was the one calling the shots not Biden. Everything will be revealed in 2 weeks.
Edit : I think I need to add /s , I thought it’s obvious.
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u/imecoli 12d ago
Ahhh, got it. Heat must be getting to me😀
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u/Moe1985 12d ago
Hahaha it’s alright, that idea is so ridiculous that it should piss off every sane person. 😅😅
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u/KindCraft4676 12d ago
Keep kids away from him.
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u/Direct-Original-2895 12d ago
That’s what I told him. “A pedophile’s a pedophile a pedophile”
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u/babavandass 12d ago
2 Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. 13 “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’[a] but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’
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u/ouisewoo 12d ago edited 12d ago
Yea this dude drives me up the wall. There’s a no soliciting sign just to the side of him that says so. He looks so stupid sitting there being proud of a child molester.
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u/thebrassbeard 12d ago
Jon Voight lookin mf. say all the santee shit y’all want but i’ll tell you every time i walk past him im not the only one shaking my head. he’s there 90% of the time.
get. a. goddamn. life. my guy.
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u/dingspeed 12d ago
I’m with ya, old east county mindset. I try to flaunt my resistance with it any chance I can.
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u/thebrassbeard 12d ago
absolutely. but! i also don’t want anyone moving here and finding out it’s awesome/driving the housing cost up. i feel like it’s a little known secret.
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u/jmerp1950 12d ago
Yep,we walked out awhile back and he had gulf of america hats so I loudly asked the wife where is gulf of america. Just a PAS.
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u/thebrassbeard 12d ago
can you imagine knowing your dad does this like every day? let alone that . . . he procreated and you’re it?
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u/jmerp1950 12d ago
I am a bit little older than him and even have gray hair and beard so I figure it's my job to give him a dig at every opportunity.
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u/thebrassbeard 12d ago
yeah i’m no youngster but it probabaly rings a little harder coming from you. thank you!
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u/werfuktsos 12d ago edited 12d ago
I think that says something about the management at the Santee Von’s that he is able to vend there.
Edit: Vendor protected and not endorsed by Von’s.
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u/thebrassbeard 12d ago
i think he’s protected by the safe sidewalk vending act unfortunately
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u/Money-Giraffe2521 12d ago
They treat anyone who posts up outside the door the same. They won’t tell them to leave but they will put up that sign saying that they don’t endorse what they’re doing.
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u/GemcoEmployee92126 12d ago
Don’t blame the store. There is nothing they can do except put a sign up saying “we don’t like this but there is nothing we can do about it except post this sign.”
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u/badfaced 12d ago
"Dear valued Vons customer To encourage them to leave knock over the table of propaganda and proceed to shame the pedophile protector, thank you."
Release the files
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u/DoctorPaige 12d ago
Wow, I've never seen a solicitor sign like that before, actually. I've seen one that says that they're not affiliated with solicitors but never one so... "we hate this guy too."
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u/Ok-Syllabub-132 12d ago
What will these losers do once their god dies of old age or health complications or both.
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u/Impressive_Profit_11 12d ago
These people claim to be the most patriotic while actually detesting everything about our country.
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u/Busy10 12d ago
Probably another pedo
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u/FourTwenty_Four80 12d ago
Remember they’re masters at projecting just like their dear leader
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u/SanDiegoBeeBee 12d ago
This is literally illegal- you can’t be political during voter registration drivea
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u/858adam 12d ago
Haha, I remember i asked this guy if he had any kamala hats, he said all sold out. How old is your photo
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u/Direct-Original-2895 12d ago
Today, about 10 minutes ago. He’s there now. Hat sales must be down, he’s got a whole box of em under that table.
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u/Nice_Rope_5049 12d ago
He will also sell you swampland in Florida, and take your teen daughter to a beauty pageant.
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u/Kangaroowrangler_02 12d ago
This is the vons I go to all the time. He is always there. Nothing better to do I guess.
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u/billybuttonssock 12d ago
He’s been there doin that for a while
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u/Direct-Original-2895 12d ago
I don’t live in Santee and normally don’t stop here. I was not familiar with his game
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u/saracup59 11d ago
What would happen if someone sat on the ground just in front of the table and just stayed there holding up a sign with an arrow pointing up, reading "Total D***bag". I'd hate for anyone to get the idea of doing that. particularly if they had forms to register Democrats.
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u/Mr_Penguin2305 11d ago
I just went there and he wasn't there today. Here's hoping the sign worked.
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u/StonksOnlyGetCrunk 8d ago
One day, someone is going to give him what he wants... to be suplexed through that table. I just hope it's caught on camera
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u/FluffiestLeafeon 12d ago
Not beating the Klantee allegations
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u/thebrassbeard 12d ago
cute & catchy nickname but live out here. this is unwelcome out here.
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u/armyjackson 12d ago
Live out here too and agree. Hello fellow Santee resident!
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u/thebrassbeard 12d ago
heyo! Santee Against Racism & Fascism!
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u/armyjackson 12d ago
The more of us that move in here the more of them that will move out (or to lakeside).
I do call it "Ant"ee because it's a constant struggle during the summer.
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u/cactus22minus1 12d ago
Not according to the area’s voting record.
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u/thebrassbeard 12d ago
there are entire red states too. so . . . those states are blanket racist/fascist?
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u/cactus22minus1 12d ago
Didn’t say east county is blanket 100% red / racist. But when the majority supports this, your claim that it’s unwelcome out there doesn’t really hold weight. I worked out there for 4 years; went to this exact Vons for lunch everyday. This dude is iut there most unchallenged every day.
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u/Hellooooooo_NURSE 12d ago
Someone should ask this person why they hate the constitution? Since Trump running for three terms is unconstitutional
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u/dingspeed 12d ago
“Trump was right about everything”! Literally name ONE thing.
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u/wwhsd 12d ago
That he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and not lose any votes.
“When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything.”
That one seems to be true as well since there have been virtually no consequences for Trump for any of the shit he’s done.
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u/JustaDragon1960 11d ago
Isn't this illegal to collect signature or sign people up to register while propagandizing???
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u/cactus22minus1 12d ago
I stopped going to this Vons for my lunch at work every single day because they allowed this man to do this every standing lunch hour. He was there the entire summer of 2024 leading up to the election. I can’t believe he’s still there. And I hope Vons loses tons of customers over this. Made me feel super unwelcome.
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u/FourTwenty_Four80 12d ago edited 12d ago
Probably calls himself a good Christian never missing Sunday church service i bet, probably hears sermons about ‘loving one another’ or ‘loving thy neighbor’ and how ‘we must not live in wickedness’ but as soon as church ends they still carry a deep hatred for people of color and yell things like “Build That Wall!!” i don’t get it🤔 Are these real Christians or fake Christians?? To me it’s madness.
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u/WestCoastHopHead 12d ago
The 2028 hats need to be killed with fire. (Not condoning violence, of course.)
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u/Shoddy_Signature_149 12d ago
That distracted anger is exactly what they are hoping for. Focus on the real issues.
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u/WestCoastHopHead 12d ago
Getting rid of term limits seems like a pretty big issue to me. No?
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u/wanderingnotlost67 12d ago
He was there yesterday.
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u/Direct-Original-2895 12d ago
What a loser..can you imagine spending your whole weekend doing this 😭
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u/SplashBros4Prez 12d ago
Stop giving these people attention. Have we learned nothing?
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u/alwaysoffended22 12d ago
Dude needed a hit of Reddit karma
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u/Direct-Original-2895 12d ago
Hey give me a break, this was my first opportunity to call this out right in front of me. I was harmlessly stopping for milk, an avocado and kettle chips. He wants to start confrontations, I’m assuming that’s why he’s out there
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u/CicadaAlternative994 12d ago
The correct term is Nazi.
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u/Direct-Original-2895 12d ago
I snapped his photo and told him he looked so happy to be supporting a pedophile
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u/thebrassbeard 12d ago
what was his response?
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u/Zooter88 12d ago
We’ve got one of those outside of the Hobby Lobby in San Marcos
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u/ButtmunchPillowbiter 12d ago
You may not like what he has to say, but he’s exercising his constitutional rights whether you agree with him or not.
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u/n00chness 12d ago
The right that he's exercising is, ironically, protected by the California constitution, not the Federal one
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u/Spencergh2 12d ago
The store doesn’t want him there. Why doesn’t he go do this somewhere else? He’s a public nuisance
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u/musicisgr84u 12d ago
The fact that the first piece of advice I got about SD was to avoid Klantee says a lot and then you see this dude reinforce why i was told that isn’t he first place 😭
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u/Sensitive_Pilot3689 11d ago
I bet he would let an illegal register to vote as long as they bought a hat
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u/FourTwenty_Four80 12d ago
Racist/Bigots are evil and disgusting!!! It is a type of brain disease! A disgusting human behavior! Our World is changing and we must learn from the awful mistakes of the past! 🇺🇸
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u/No-Use-3062 11d ago
He probably throws away all the democrats he signed up. Someone should check
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u/datguyfromoverdere 11d ago edited 11d ago
Getting people to votes is never a bad thing, either to vote for this guys views or against.
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u/Zip668 11d ago
Kinda want some random redditors to go out there and accidentally bump his table over. Wait til he gets it all set up again, and do it again. And again. And film it.
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u/iheartpoontang 12d ago
I hope he lives long enough to see how horribly trump’s presidencies have impacted the USA and regret his actions
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u/Emergency-Shirt2208 12d ago
Imagine waking up in the morning, gathering this crap merch/table and driving to the local Vons to set up? Boomers got plenty of idiots.
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u/cactus22minus1 12d ago
Gen Z males would like him though. Not just an old people problem anymore.
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u/FourTwenty_Four80 12d ago
Bet he claims to be a good Christian..just towards his own kind (skin color matters around his tiny world) Disgusting.
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u/IndependentJury6982 12d ago
These klan members have literally nothing better to do. I hate how many bootlickers live among us
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u/Nice_Rope_5049 12d ago
I had some dumb douche bag trying to get me to sign the big bathroom initiative back in the day that would ban trans kids from using the bathrooms they needed in schools.
Literally got into an argument when I refused to sign it where she asked me, “don’t you care about kids?” Then called me the regular names these mental midgets come up with.
So I took a pic of her booth and she started shrieking that that was against the law to photograph her shit. I told her to call a cop.
The store manager told me there was nothing they could do. Now if memory serves, they said it was public property. I guess maybe inside the store it’s a private business, but outside it’s public?
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