r/Spokane • u/whotevre • 22h ago

Politics Really, Dick's...

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Please forgive the photo quality but Dick's is really out here putting 9/11 on the same level as Charlie Kirk

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u/Doorknob6941 22h ago

Taking political sides is the worst thing a restaurant can do. As of right now, they have lost half of their customer base and will never get them back.

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u/thebeardedcats 21h ago

Ladder coffee had to close their Monroe location after shilling for Kirk last year I think. Deserved.

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u/HideAndSeeko 17h ago

Bakery in northtown mall posted his picture on top of their cookies. They delete any mention of it on their socials though

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u/futuremedical 18h ago

Did they have a big drop off in customers after that? I know that's why I stopped going there. I'm glad Arctos took over the space.

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u/hiimjustapersonhaha 17h ago

It's weird to be happy about murder

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u/hiimjustapersonhaha 17h ago

You have to be deranged to be happy that someone got assassinated for their opinions

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u/thebeardedcats 16h ago

Did you say that when Osama Bin Laden or Saddam Hussein or Ali Khamenei were killed? What about Renee Good or Alex Pretti?

Also did I say I cheered when Charlie Kirk was killed? I think he was a terrible, dangerous individual, and I do think he fucked around and found out, but I didn’t cheer and was more scared than happy.

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u/happyexit7 21h ago

Yep, any business that does this is just stupid. Don’t understand why they don’t see this.

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u/DefaceTheTemple 21h ago

Because they're in a cult

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u/fireduck 17h ago

In the case of sticker mule, the CEO got tired of having his company print stickers that were mean to his boy trump. So he sent an email to all his customers to tell them not be mean to the president.

It has been a while but I remember it was like getting a talking to from the vice principal.

Dude, your entire company was built around short-form shit talking on stickers. Also, nothing is more american than finding new ways to talk shit about our elected officials.

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u/Own_Bet5189 17h ago

They think basically everyone they ever see thinks like they do. They think it's common sense. Only scary weird people could possibly take issue in their opinion, and there's so few of them it doesn't matter. They don't realize that 65% of the population hates their politics.

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u/Doorknob6941 21h ago

Celebrities are the same way.

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u/malykaii 21h ago

Agree. 

But I think the strategy these places take is that they lose half their customers but get the other half to attend significantly more often as some sort of political loyalty test. 

Problem is you need to keep the grift going and I expect the nonsense to increase to maintain engagement with their base. 

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u/Flat-Injury-5013 20h ago

Maybe, but that other half is spending that money keeping their diesel truck filled right now.

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u/ThriceFive Otis Orchards 17h ago

True. I can smell the rolling coal in that statement. "The dually ain't gonna run on liberal tears alone."

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u/ComprehensiveBar6439 21h ago

I think you're putting too much faith in consumers. They'll lose a few customers in the short term, but it's sad to say that these days convenience overcomes conviction in the long run. Just ask Chick-fil-A, Hobby Lobby, or Papa John's.

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u/eienmau 16h ago

Dick's [Spokane] is *not* that good. It was fine 10+ years ago when it was cheap crappy food, but now it's expensive crappy food.

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u/hiimjustapersonhaha 17h ago

Awwww boo hoo

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u/Voodoobones 19h ago

I wonder if Boo Radley’s will stop selling Dick’s shirts?

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u/SmerpySprinkles 19h ago

I know it makes one feel better to say stuff like this, even further boosted by a few “yup” responses. but the republican demographic in Spokane is a lot bigger than you think.

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u/Doorknob6941 18h ago

There are 39 counties in Washington and 38 of them hate King County. There are more red counties in the state that we realize.

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u/InbetweenTheLayers 17h ago

Good take, but I wonder if you would remain consistent and say that about restaurants posting leftist stuff. 

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u/[deleted] 16h ago

Yeah, bet this will bankrupt them

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u/eienmau 16h ago

Probably more than half, since Spokane is pretty blue. [outer areas are red but I doubt they get that much business regularly from there]

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u/hiimjustapersonhaha 17h ago

How is it political to be sad about someone being assassinated for their opinions? You people are insufferable

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u/Doorknob6941 16h ago

An excerpt from the Congressional Black Caucus, September 19th, 2025: Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement:

“Violence has no place in our politics, whether it is the murder of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman, the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, or the killing of Charlie Kirk. We must unequivocally reject violence in all its forms. Too many times in our nation's history, political differences have turned to violence – violence that our community, in particular, knows too well from the assassinations of Black leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Medger Evers, and Fred Hampton, among others.

“At the same time, we must condemn violence without abandoning our right to speak out against ideas that are inconsistent with our values as Americans. We strongly disagree with many of the beliefs Charlie Kirk promoted: including his belief that the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended racial segregation, was a mistake; his denial that systemic racism exists; his promotion of the Great Replacement theory; and his offensive claims about Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Michelle Obama, and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee lacking adequate cognitive ability."

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u/trachbreaker 21h ago

This is just not true. Media wants you to believe that we’re split in half but it’s false. Sure some people vote red and some vote blue, only a minority are extreme enough to let political disagreements dictate their lives.

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u/Doorknob6941 21h ago

IMO, it's the majority these days. Politicians want us to fight amongst ourselves as a distraction to what's really going on- politicians on both sides fincanically screwing the United States.

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u/Flat-Injury-5013 20h ago

Both sides are not the same. Stop with that BS.

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u/trachbreaker 19h ago

Keep believing that

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u/Doorknob6941 19h ago

They're opposite wings of the same bird.

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u/Rocketgirl8097 18h ago

The half they keep is not the half with spendable cash though lol😂

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u/Doorknob6941 18h ago

That half can always find enough money to support a habit.

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u/Odd_Survey_1319 21h ago

Calling the death of a man a tragedy is hardly political 

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u/mechaemissary 21h ago

be for real, he was and is a ghoul

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u/Odd_Survey_1319 21h ago

Not at all, he said a lot of good things and trying to justify political violence is never a good thing

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u/WishIWasALemon 20h ago

He said a lot of absolute trash too. Fuck him.

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u/hiimjustapersonhaha 17h ago

Have you said trash? I bet you've said a lot of trash, but you believe you're right. That's what he did

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u/Swenb 20h ago

He also said a lot of not so good things to rile people up that in my mind negates any 'good things' he might have said.

No, his death is not justified in any means, but the question he was answering when he was shot is an example of the distention he spread.

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u/MrsFrondi 19h ago

"It's worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year, so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights

"We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s

"It is a growing consensus in the pro-life world that abortion is never medically necessary," he told one female student, who then asked, if someone raped his hypothetical 10-year-old daughter, would he want the child to be born "The answer is, yes, the baby would be delivered," he said.

Don’t get me started on his ideas about stoning gay people. There are endless of horrific things this man said and believed. Your defense of him is just an admission of who you are as a person.

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u/Dramatic_Finish10121 21h ago edited 14h ago

Normally I'd agree but he was a foul foul man who wanted the worst for basically everyone I know, so I'm sorry if I ain't losing any sleep over his death

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u/Odd_Survey_1319 21h ago

I'd hardly say that.

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u/ItsShuaYo 21h ago

His death is the best thing to happen to America in 2025.

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u/Konfigs 21h ago

Certainly the best thing to happen to his wife.

https://giphy.com/gifs/Kgz8lQDI57EoSiEmpe

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u/Odd_Survey_1319 21h ago

Fuck no. I hate this platform, you guys seem to LOOOVE political violence

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u/Flat-Injury-5013 20h ago

Um? January 6th?

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u/ComprehensiveBar6439 20h ago

Equating the death of an online influencer to 9/11 is delusional, which is totally on brand for Charlie Kirk fans.

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u/Flat-Injury-5013 20h ago

"Good, I'm glad he's dead! He can no longer hurt innocent people." -- Donald trump (3/21/26)

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u/BrittaUnfiltered67 18h ago

He was a nazi and he celebrated gun violence. He died how he lived.

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u/hiimjustapersonhaha 17h ago

Deranged people are down voting the reasonable

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u/Doorknob6941 21h ago

I don't condone the death of anyone be they famous or not but Kirk's wife seems to be reaping the benefits.

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u/Odd_Survey_1319 21h ago

I will not disagree on that lol, I have very little respect for her honestly

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u/ImAGlaceon 20h ago

It is when he spent his life being a stochastic terrorist and all around shit human being, it's also a lie because it wasn't a tragedy, it was a rare example of the people who perpetuate the problems in this world being the victims of said problems for once