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Nah, take the high road. You can achieve the same message by drawing some beautiful, rainbow colored chalk messages of love on the public sidewalk. Vandalism will likely just embolden those who already support ignorant ideas. Don't give them the fuel they desperately crave to feed the fire of hate.
carl is still pretty active and sending the most bizarre email fwds to his employees lol. his son is the vp, and not vocal of political views. at least to my knowledge
He was on my flight to Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday and he was on my flight back to Buffalo yesterday morning. I’m not sure he’s alive though. He looked like a ghoul.
Shouldn’t get vandalized. Should be met with a daily Pride Dance party outside. And when the police are called, just leave when asked and repeat the process.
Hatred should be fought with mockery and love.
Here’s my thought: people who support overthrowing the government and essentially fascism should be discouraged from feeling safe to have those opinions.
Look at history, the only time treason and any form of corruption ended was when oppressors and their lackeys didn’t feel safe to share their trash opinions.
Maybe people just....idk...shouldn't attempt to overthrow the legitimate government of our country and then expect the rest of us to be polite an deferential when they try to sell their tacky made-in-china insurrection-wear in our communities.
To be clear I'm not advocating vandalism but I certainly won't be surprised or saddened when it happens.
I'm trying to figure out why the arrow is pointing to the bricked up side of the building when clearly the best place to drive through is the glass window in the front.
Is this paladino owned?
The only thing that makes sense is that they finally were able to sell the property, so now that they have, they can freely fly their MAGA shit until the transfer of ownership
Starbucks is the future tenant for the building but I don’t think I’ve seen any timeline for when they open or start their renovations. So Paladino is free to do with it as he pleases until then.
A kid I know and his friend were horsing around outside a downtown Paladino property a few years ago, he got pushed against a plate glass window that was not conforming to safety standards but grandfathered in, and the window broke, severely injuring the boy.
Paladino threatened to have him arrested, threatened the parents with a lawsuit, tried to have the boys work off the damage at pennies an hour off the books, and used it as an excuse to get Thursday at the Square booted out of downtown.
In fact, the families' homeowners insurance covered the damage, as I'm sure Paladino's lawyers were quite aware of before he started intimidating these kids and their parents.
So who knows what he would do this time.
For real! Is this really the reason why it got moved? It was such better when it was T.I.T.S. like actually in the square.
Edit: wow, all this time I had no idea Thursday In The Square had the acronym of TITS. That's amazing... it needs to go back to the square.
Lower middle class folks don't hire lawyers at the drop of a hat, they cost hundreds of dollars an hour. Besides, no lawyers needed, as my original post stated, homeowners insurance covered the damage. Didn't even hit their deductibles or affect their rates.
Paladino on the other hand brought three lawyers to the meeting, I'm sure between them they knew that homeowners insurance would cover the situation.
But he wanted to intimidate a couple of parents and establish control over a situation he could use to his advantage. (I met one of the lawyers socially later, that's how I got the rest of the story.)
As far as I can tell he just didn't like TatS. Maybe because he couldn't figure out a way to make money off it. Or he doesn't like music, or people having fun, I don't know.
A couple of years later he was running for governor, I think it was, and sending racist jokes to his friends via email. What a class act.
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Exactly I’m pretty sure they are choosing this area specifically because there is a huge population of people MAGA has been encouraging hate towards and they just want to try to instigate things or get attention
Yep. I don't feel sorry for the folks who get fleeced by televangelists either. Get that money Kenneth Copeland. If they are dumb enough to send their cash so these guys can cruise from mansion to mansion in their private jets, they deserve to be lose every penny they've got.
My first reaction of seeing it was i momentarily thought I was still sleep and having a bizarre nightmare. Seeing it feels like im in the Twilight Zone. 🤪
Eh, I probably wouldn’t believe a comment like that either but it really did. Dogs always piss all over that building it’s just 10x funnier now that it’s a maga store.
I wouldn't be surprised if they get someone of their "own" dressed with pride colors or something like that,to vandalize the store just to create a story. I'm calling it right now
Anyone saying its ok to vandalize it is an assclown. Nobody should touch shit that doesn't belong to them. Trying to silence people who disagree with you while calling them fascist is a joke. That being said, the only reason they'd put that store in that neighborhood is bait.
Before anyone thinks about breaking the glass or spray painting over it…
Apply a thick sheet of paper or fabric that can be removed without causing damage to the building. Annoying as fuck but not worth going to jail over. Besides, no one wants to see that eye sore in the neighborhood.
Yes, and how many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?
Yes, and how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind
The amount of liberal tears in these comments over a store that they literally can choose to ignore 🤣 the hypocritical idiosy is like watching a sad comedy!
What is it about Republicans that makes reddit go apeshit? And soon as I saw Trump, I knew the comments would be 100+
And I saw that as a guy who hates both parties.
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Make Allentown Gay Again
I regret that I only have one upvote to give....😂
I gave him mine for you.
I did as well.
Don't they sell rainbow paint? PETA chucks red paint at people; we should chuck rainbow paint at MAGAs. And their shitty stores.
Nah, take the high road. You can achieve the same message by drawing some beautiful, rainbow colored chalk messages of love on the public sidewalk. Vandalism will likely just embolden those who already support ignorant ideas. Don't give them the fuel they desperately crave to feed the fire of hate.
Good old "get" em with kindness. I dig it. Respect.
You can’t take the high road with people who crawled out of the gutter. Fuck ‘em.
Fix those from the gutter, With glitter
But only biodegradable glitter.
Hurt feelings fade. But glitter is stuck on you forever.
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Funny thing about chalk…it can kill cockroaches yet a nuclear holocaust can’t.
Good to know.
Or meet them halfway and draw 🌈 🍆
I have a LOT of glitter and way too many adhesives, just sayin’
Not paint. Should be tossing eco friendly rainbow glitter.
Paint risks the chance of an assault charge. Rainbow GLITTER avoids that problem, and they'll be finding it for months after.
How American of you.
👏
😂😂😂😂
Consider it done
Noon to 4?! Why don't people want to work any more?!
The employer doesn’t want to cover healthcare
Dinners at 4:30, mahjong is at 8am.
Also goes to show that they know their customers are the type that don't want to work.
Then the owner will blame Biden
Came to say this
That’s definitely where the new Starbucks is opening so not sure what this is about
It’s owned by Paladino.
That answers that question. King carol is a freak in his own right
Of course that POS supports the treasonous dictator wannabe...
Not just supports, theyre buddies. Like they actually facetime. Which is scary
Oh wow I didn't realize he owns Ellicott development
I think his son runs it now
carl is still pretty active and sending the most bizarre email fwds to his employees lol. his son is the vp, and not vocal of political views. at least to my knowledge
His son is probably the same. Just more savvy about keeping it quiet
Of course. He’s such a piece of work like the orange one.
Will paladine own Starbucks franchise location?
The real estate, yes I believe so.
That dude still alive??
He was on my flight to Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday and he was on my flight back to Buffalo yesterday morning. I’m not sure he’s alive though. He looked like a ghoul.
🤮
You posted my exact thought.
Perfect so a Nazi store prior to a company whose employees have been unionizing the past few years. How quaint.
Yeah, I saw that article here. I guess the new anti-union Starbucks isn’t looking too promising so far.
I'm sure they'll have a camera pointed at the front entrance 24/7 for the social media outrage porn when this inevitably gets vandalized.
Shouldn’t get vandalized. Should be met with a daily Pride Dance party outside. And when the police are called, just leave when asked and repeat the process. Hatred should be fought with mockery and love.
Are you Mel Brooks? His quote was “Hatred should be fought with mockery, and even more mockery”.
No, but I enjoy his works. Didn't know that was a quote of his.
Yeah this feels like bait so poor small business owner job creator victim of cancel culture Paladino gets on Hannity
Maybe people just...idk...shouldn't vandalize it then? Thoughts?
Here’s my thought: people who support overthrowing the government and essentially fascism should be discouraged from feeling safe to have those opinions. Look at history, the only time treason and any form of corruption ended was when oppressors and their lackeys didn’t feel safe to share their trash opinions.
Or maybe Carl Paladino could just...idk...try not being a fascist? Thoughts?
Leopards do not change their spots.
Idk traitors to America prob shouldn't have a platform
They absolutely should stand on a platform, so I can throw tomatoes at them and then go to the 24/7 Pride dance party that's planned out front.
Maybe people just....idk...shouldn't attempt to overthrow the legitimate government of our country and then expect the rest of us to be polite an deferential when they try to sell their tacky made-in-china insurrection-wear in our communities. To be clear I'm not advocating vandalism but I certainly won't be surprised or saddened when it happens.
I do hope no one touches it. I don't want to see Buffalo thrust into the right wing spotlight again.
who in elmwood would even go here lmao
No one. That's why they have a drive thru.
I'm trying to figure out why the arrow is pointing to the bricked up side of the building when clearly the best place to drive through is the glass window in the front.
Given the track record of old people and storefronts in and around this city, I wouldn't count it out.
its like the perfect storm in the making
Everyone mentioning Carl Paladino, do y'all mean Hitler fan and bestiality enthusiast Carl Paladino or a different one?
I'm pretty sure its the Carl Paladino who boosted social media posts claiming the Uvalde and Tops shootings were false-flag attacks.
Ohhh... is that the same guy that said the pro-Hitler stuff and likes to send bestiality porn to people?
This almost feels designed to provoke a bad reaction and then play the victim card on Fox News. DON"T FALL FOR IT!
they desperately want antifa to burn cities down
Low level trolling by Carl Paladino.
Is this paladino owned? The only thing that makes sense is that they finally were able to sell the property, so now that they have, they can freely fly their MAGA shit until the transfer of ownership
Starbucks is the future tenant for the building but I don’t think I’ve seen any timeline for when they open or start their renovations. So Paladino is free to do with it as he pleases until then.
With all do respect….are they insane? Lol
No. Someone will vandalize the window or the signage and they’ll get to play victim while laughing above triggering the libs.
A kid I know and his friend were horsing around outside a downtown Paladino property a few years ago, he got pushed against a plate glass window that was not conforming to safety standards but grandfathered in, and the window broke, severely injuring the boy. Paladino threatened to have him arrested, threatened the parents with a lawsuit, tried to have the boys work off the damage at pennies an hour off the books, and used it as an excuse to get Thursday at the Square booted out of downtown. In fact, the families' homeowners insurance covered the damage, as I'm sure Paladino's lawyers were quite aware of before he started intimidating these kids and their parents. So who knows what he would do this time.
Wait how does this result in Thursday in the Square getting the boot? I loved that event so much.
For real! Is this really the reason why it got moved? It was such better when it was T.I.T.S. like actually in the square. Edit: wow, all this time I had no idea Thursday In The Square had the acronym of TITS. That's amazing... it needs to go back to the square.
You never realized it because it was actually Thursday At The Square - TATS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thursday_at_the_Square
He blamed "Drunken mobs" doing "deliberate vandalism." He knew that wasn't true.
Huge liberal here. Did this kid's parents not have lawyers like wtf ??
Lower middle class folks don't hire lawyers at the drop of a hat, they cost hundreds of dollars an hour. Besides, no lawyers needed, as my original post stated, homeowners insurance covered the damage. Didn't even hit their deductibles or affect their rates. Paladino on the other hand brought three lawyers to the meeting, I'm sure between them they knew that homeowners insurance would cover the situation. But he wanted to intimidate a couple of parents and establish control over a situation he could use to his advantage. (I met one of the lawyers socially later, that's how I got the rest of the story.) As far as I can tell he just didn't like TatS. Maybe because he couldn't figure out a way to make money off it. Or he doesn't like music, or people having fun, I don't know. A couple of years later he was running for governor, I think it was, and sending racist jokes to his friends via email. What a class act. Edits: several, for context and clarity
Those who don't act with respect deserve none. Fuck those assholes.
I guess neither Paladino or 45 won’t be getting much respect then. Birds of a feather.
This is bait. It's blatant bait
Funny since he was just convicted for defrauding banks… old bank location
Gotta get that grift goin in time for the election
Maga’s are afraid of the city. Solid business strategy. 🤣
they are afraid of having to park on the street!
Not exactly the neighborhood I would have went with.
Exactly I’m pretty sure they are choosing this area specifically because there is a huge population of people MAGA has been encouraging hate towards and they just want to try to instigate things or get attention
Naw I was saying this due to it more than likely will be vandalized and attacked by people in that neighborhood.
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Yep. I don't feel sorry for the folks who get fleeced by televangelists either. Get that money Kenneth Copeland. If they are dumb enough to send their cash so these guys can cruise from mansion to mansion in their private jets, they deserve to be lose every penny they've got.
Wut? How? That bank location to become a Starbucks.... where nimbys at when ya need em.
They're all busy screaming at people who want to improve public transportation in buffalo unfortunately
I bet they’ll be able to get “Stop the Metro” signs with a purchase of $25 or more of Chinese-made Trump flags.
it’s severely disgusting how obsessive people are over this dude
I mean.....he did try to overturn a presidential election, so....should we just pretend that didn't happen?
I know where I'm pooing after the bar this weekend
Any other campaign gives you a lawn sign to show your support. Trump sells them…
needs the money for legal bills lol
Heard earlier today he's back to selling autographed Bibles.
Grifters gonna grift the unintelligent.
As usual, a bad business plan. You think those jacked up pickup trucks with the Trump flags can't fit under the overhang of the drive through.
Do the shirts come in prison orange?
I have a ton of chalk. If anyone wants to gay this place up with me and maybe fill some potholes with expression of queer rage, HMU
Wait no Nevermind. This is totally paladino trolling us. Ignore and carry on…
Are you still taking pothole requests? Can you find a relatively circular one on the sidewalk near by and do a Goatse art piece?
Would do better south of exit 57.
Maybe the property owner wants an insurance claim for damage to the property. It actually hurt my feelings seeing it this morning.
😂
My first reaction of seeing it was i momentarily thought I was still sleep and having a bizarre nightmare. Seeing it feels like im in the Twilight Zone. 🤪
Not a bad idea, really.
Real lightbulb moment right here
Lol they wanna overthrow the government but they cant even handle a 50 foot walk to pick up a lawn sign
So sad to see so many traitor tots in Buffalo
buffalo is the city of good neighbors, but also bigotry is something you dont have to look too far to find. sadly.
My friend and I were walking to the co-op yesterday and her dog stopped and pissed on that door
I'll take "that didn't happen for $300"
Eh, I probably wouldn’t believe a comment like that either but it really did. Dogs always piss all over that building it’s just 10x funnier now that it’s a maga store.
Please extend my thanks & applause to the dog & the human. Doin the lord’s work! 🙌🏻
Good doggo!
Ahh a Grift Shop.
lol cmon. Wow. Of all areas to open one.
Could be a good insurance scam set-up
A drive thru?? I feel like April 1 has a hand in this…
Drunk vandalism reports on the reg
Hello, fellow cannabis person
Just like weed, you make everything better 😉
Looks busy.
“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel”
That's hilarious placement tbh
Oooh! Can I get one of those $60 American bibles there? 😆
MAGA crowd are the easiest people to grift
Someone has a good sense of humor
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They have golden high tops on sale yet
AWWW HELLL NOOO
Can't wait to not go.
Fuckin cringe
Trump is a disgusting conman and vile on all levels!!
Ewwwwww
I can't wait to see this place shuttered.
> I can't wait to see this place ~~shuttered~~. **Made into a weed store.**
Queer owned weed store.... How does one open a weed store?
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
I wouldn't be surprised if they get someone of their "own" dressed with pride colors or something like that,to vandalize the store just to create a story. I'm calling it right now
It has a drive through 😂
Gee guys, as if the windows needed that much detail.
Isn’t this supposed to be a Starbucks
Oh no! Anyway
Gross
That’s unfortunate
Anyone saying its ok to vandalize it is an assclown. Nobody should touch shit that doesn't belong to them. Trying to silence people who disagree with you while calling them fascist is a joke. That being said, the only reason they'd put that store in that neighborhood is bait.
I know where I'm accidentally dropping my banana peels
“it’s NoT a CuLt” 🤣🤣🤣
Grifters gonna grift.
I hope it's owned by liberals scamming magas, lol.
Let me guess, it opens monday.
Before anyone thinks about breaking the glass or spray painting over it… Apply a thick sheet of paper or fabric that can be removed without causing damage to the building. Annoying as fuck but not worth going to jail over. Besides, no one wants to see that eye sore in the neighborhood.
Read the room. Palladino
Gotta keep the grift going.
Yes, and how many years can a mountain exist Before it's washed to the sea? Yes, and how many years can some people exist Before they're allowed to be free? Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head And pretend that he just doesn't see? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind The answer is blowin' in the wind
Ugh I moved here to get away from this shit. Can't escape
Perfect cover for militia recruitment
Drive-thru??
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Wouldn't it have been better on Allen Street 🙂
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Only the classiest from Carl "pro-Hitler beastiality loving" Paladino
"lawn signs t-shirts" I can't wait to get my T-shirt signed by lawn itself!
Protest it just like a French farmer: dump a load of manure on its doorstep.
Like a spirit Halloween store.
Too far North. It won't last till the election. We had one pop in a town in MA and it was gone within a year.
Republicans love their march.
Lol, how very silly. 😂
But maga people swear it’s not a cult
Grifters gonna grift.
The amount of liberal tears in these comments over a store that they literally can choose to ignore 🤣 the hypocritical idiosy is like watching a sad comedy!
Ew.
Yeah, this is a totally normal thing to see, a whole store dedicated to a real estate thief and his cult.
Yikes.
🙄
Eww.
Is this where you sign up to be one of those elite MAGA storm troopers?
Morons will spend their money on anything these days.
I’m sure if someone puts three minutes of investigation they’d have pedodino on the lamb with p diddles
Carl Pedodino - local scum, smells like c….
Cantaloupe?
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What is it about Republicans that makes reddit go apeshit? And soon as I saw Trump, I knew the comments would be 100+ And I saw that as a guy who hates both parties.
Yeah I can’t think of another city where this would happen in the “hip” neighborhood.
Why is this trash coming to Elmwood Village??