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jberryhill

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1. You can't say anyone doesn't feel welcome there

Reply to pepperbear (Original post)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 10:46 PM

Jul 2012

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

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Motel 6 TV displays racial slur on TV [View all] pepperbear Jul 2012 OP

You can't say anyone doesn't feel welcome there jberryhill Jul 2012 #1

Sounds like a hack of some sort ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #2

"Come on in, we'll leave the noose up." n/t Ian David Jul 2012 #3

awww.... jberryhill Jul 2012 #5

Lol! TheDebbieDee Jul 2012 #10

OMG...That is really Weird! whathehell Jul 2012 #4

It sounds like the chain is actually going to investigate it, FWIW. n/t Ian David Jul 2012 #6

Oh, I'm sure they will...It's a true outrage and whathehell Jul 2012 #8

it's also grounds for criminal prosecution and civil lawsuits. lastlib Aug 2012 #28

Yup...and may they apply whatever seems just. n/t whathehell Aug 2012 #33

They saw how Chick-Fil-A got all that publicity, so... jberryhill Jul 2012 #7

I'm from this area RZM Jul 2012 #9

no racists in that part of Ohio? CreekDog Aug 2012 #12

No; because getting a TV to do that is rather difficult. REP Aug 2012 #13

I think this maybe Dokkie Aug 2012 #14

"Racists are everywhere. Electrical engineers aren't." alcibiades_mystery Aug 2012 #16

Some hotels have an in-house channel on the TV's. Ian David Aug 2012 #19

Yup. And at the hotel I just stayed in, the TV defaults to that channel whenever you turn it on. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2012 #21

The last motel 6 I stayed at just had the basic cable of the town pstokely Aug 2012 #35

"their internal TV broadcast" Enrique Aug 2012 #29

how do you know what the poster meant? CreekDog Aug 2012 #41

I guess what I meant is that this is probably standard anonymous racist garbage RZM Aug 2012 #34

He must have landed right on the Chappell show.. 4_TN_TITANS Aug 2012 #27

OMG, I stayed there just this last June! intheflow Aug 2012 #11

In my experience, Motel 6s have always been dumps. I'll camp in the woods before... lastlib Aug 2012 #30

What cheap hotels aren't dumps? pstokely Aug 2012 #36

I've had pretty good experiences with Motel 6 as a chain. intheflow Aug 2012 #43

They don't even leave the light on for me..... lastlib Aug 2012 #44

That's just bizarre gollygee Aug 2012 #15

Exactly Dokkie Aug 2012 #18

Maybe it was typed by another African-American and attended as a friendly greeting? Ian David Aug 2012 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author cherokeeprogressive Aug 2012 #17

Why boycott if niceguy Aug 2012 #22

Being facetious. cherokeeprogressive Aug 2012 #24

Sorry niceguy Aug 2012 #25

It's all good. n/t cherokeeprogressive Aug 2012 #26

You're against boycotting Chick-fil-A? UnrepentantLiberal Aug 2012 #37

You must be lost. This is a thread concerning Motel 6. cherokeeprogressive Aug 2012 #38

I know that. UnrepentantLiberal Aug 2012 #39

Here's what I want you to do. cherokeeprogressive Aug 2012 #42

Isn't that the motel that says they'll leave the light on for us?? a kennedy Aug 2012 #23

"We'll leave the WHITE on for you." Atman Aug 2012 #32

yep I am so going there with my free chicken sandwich Yeah Its Spin Aug 2012 #31

Joseph should have marched back into the lobby and demand his money back MagickMuffin Aug 2012 #40