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Philly restaurant bans GOP candidate after being told campaign stop was autism event
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Can someone explain to me what happened here? I read the story and I'm so confused.
Why is a guy with two autistic children upset about an autism awareness event? Why did he give them free sandwiches and simultaneously tell them to fuck off?
It wasn't an Autism awareness event, it was a campaign rally. They lied to the owner to be able to use the space. The store owner didn't give out sandwiches, the candidate did. The store owner also didn't ask them to leave, the pastor across the road did. This was all very clear from the words written.
Where did you read that it wasn't an autism awareness event? I literally can not find that.
Edit: it literally says they spoke about autism at the event
...but sounds like they were hurried because the dude told them to fuck off
Republican: Can I show up to your business to host a [thing you care about deeply] event?
Shows up, whole thing is about [ thing you fucking hate ]. Mentions your thing in passing.
This is where your argument fell apart. If it wasn't literally, how else were you going to find the part where the candidate lied about everything? You didn't mention using your eyes and reading comprehension, and I worry one of those wasn't in use.
Also, there are a million better adverbs, and learning them is fun.
I read that as "Armstrong claimed [every event they speak at is about] autism awareness because [they are] an education advocate". Personally, I can't see how that makes a lick of sense.
They also claim they spoke about autism "at one point", but to be real, this appears to have been them lying about what it was to get the space and then it being a campaign event.
Do "autism awareness" events need Trump signs?
It's also worth noting that you seem to have read the (rubbish, LLM based?) summary and not the article, which lays this all out more clearly:
The owner was asked if an autism-awareness event could be held at his business. He accepted, in part because he has family members with autism. After the event has gotten rolling, he realizes it’s actually a campaign event for the GOP and tells the guy to fuck off.
Seems like they either deliberately went out of their way to hide what the event really was, or the business owner didn’t really bother to look up who was holding the event and put two-and-two together.
Isn't it a good thing for a campaign event to host an autism awareness event tho, regardless of which side he's on?
Especially as someone with autistic children, it seems like that would be something he'd want to support...
THERE WAS NO AUTISM EVENT.
THE REPUBLICAN LIED BECAUSE HE KNEW THE RESTAURANT OWNER WOULD NEVER AGREE TO A CAMPAIGN EVENT.
THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE EMOTIONALLY MANIPULATED THE RESTAURANT OWNER, TRICKING THE OWNER INTO HOSTING A CAMPAIGN EVENT.
I don't know where you read that. If that were true, why wouldn't the author clearly state that there was no autism event?
Can you quote where the article says there was no autism event?
"Pressed by the newspaper about whether the campaign stop was an autism awareness event, Armstrong claimed “it’s always autism awareness because I’m an education advocate” and said she spoke to those gathered about autism at one point." -the article.
So there you have it. It WAS an autism event, because an "education advocate" said so.
You are a rube or a troll, and my time has been wasted. Congrats.
You just proved my point. The article says very clearly that its an autism event
Hey pal, you just blow in from stupid town?
Lol, the article is quoting a Republican's lies. If the article had quoted someone saying "Bigfoot is real", does that mean the article said bigfoot is real?
No, but I would expect the author to state clearly if we have data showing that Bigfoot is real or not, and on who the burden of proof lies
the burden of proof is on the liar. It's not rocket surgery.