Motel 6 TV displays racial slur on TV

I mean, they went out of their way to say "hello" and everything.

be interesting to see the rest of the story when it comes out

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Good one..........

That's going to be investigated BIG time!

most UNLIKELY to help their business!

I can pretty much guarantee that this is either a hoax, or some sort of odd hack. If none of those, he turned it on public access and found some bizarre show that nobody has paid attention to until now.

uh huh. i mean, maybe it's a hoax, but to be just totally convinced it couldn't happen,

...one would have to be white.

for some reason, obvious to everyone, it's white people that can live in a country that actually legalized racism for centuries and yet be astonished that racism might actually happen a few decades later.

Racists are everywhere. Electrical engineers aren't.

the work of corporate sabotage from their competitors. I am sure there are ways of being racist without leaving the evidence for everyone to see and photograph

They list things like the pool hours, what conference rooms are being used, and the nearest place to order a pizza.

It's possible that there's a keyboard at the front desk that allows someone to simply type messages like, "The pool is closed for repairs," or "Welcome Ni**er!" whenever they see fit.

no pay per view, the same 40 channels everyone else in that town got

the poster also said the Zimmerman website's racist message was a hoax and it wasn't.

The kind you see in bathroom graffiti everywhere. I don't think it says anything about the region or Motel 6. Same thing with the 'black people leave' intercom thing at a NJ Wal-Mart a few months back. That doesn't really say anything about Wal-Mart or NJ.

Another poster brought up the possibility of corporate sabotage. While that's not the most likely scenario, it is certainly plausible. Could also be a disgruntled employee looking to damage the brand for personal reasons.

when he turned on the set.

It was by far and away the nastiest Motel 6 I've ever stayed in. Not lying: there was a rat motel trap right outside my door. I stripped down the bed to make sure there were no signs of bed bugs on the sheets or mattress. It was totally skanky. This doesn't surprise me at all.

...I'll sleep one hour in another one.

You may not even notice if you're just they're to crash for the night

They welcome dogs so my pup and I stay in them when we travel across the country every few years to visit friends and family. Most are very well kept, some are fairly shabby, but this one in Sharonville, OH was the only one I could call truly skanky and gross.

I don't get why this would happen. Even a hotel chain owned and operated by racists wouldn't be that stupid.

you got to ask yourself qui bono? and thats where the possibility of industrial sabotage or even disgruntled employee make sense.

It did, after all, say "WELCOME N-word."

Although if that was the case, it should have said, "Welcome MY N-word," if I properly understand the way it's supposed to be used.

Either way, someone needs to be in a lot of trouble for this.

We don't even know if it is true or if somebody hacked the system.


Remember digging for facts is better exercise than jumping to conclusions.

Have been up since 2 pm yesterday.

But it seems like you're against boycotts.

Log in to DU2, and search for an OP by me (Christmas '07 I think) describing the back and forth between my Daughter and I when she came out. Then come back and ask me if I'm against boycotting Chick-fil-A. If you don't feel like doing that, I'll make it easy for you... NO, I am not afraid of boycotting Chick-fil-A. In fact, I'm purer than most in that regard. I've been boycotting Chick-fil-A for over 51 years. How's that?

You said it seemed like I'm against boycotting. No, in general I'm not. Do I support boycotting states because of the actions of their voters? No. Something like that is just stupid. No one seems to take into account that in any boycott, people innocent of the reason for the boycott will always be adversely affected. No matter. On the other hand, would I boycott In-N-Out because their packaging contains Bible references? Some here do, but I do not. Double-doubles with grilled onions are The Bomb.

Actually, the subject line of my post was a takeoff on another DU'er who regularly demands we turn to this or that political talk show on TV, and a backhanded swipe at the way some DU'ers react to something they find objectionable.

and Tom Bodett is their spokesman?? and he's on "Wait, wait don't tell me" NPR's radio quiz show??

That truly is amazing.

I would not stay in a place that was intolerant and/or bigots.


I did this in Las Vegas when we saw how nasty the rooms were. They returned our money and we found a better room elsewhere.