Christian conservative/gay neighboring business owners fiasco in The Plains, VA

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Anonymous wrote:The guy is no doubt a jerk. But is this now what passes as a front page story in the Washington Post on a Sunday? It’s like the Post had some insatiable appetite for culture war stories that they try to pump up anything that has the slightest whiff of racism or LGBTQ to it. We’ve officially reached the point where demand for bigotry exceeds the supply of stories.

Yes, and for good reason. The dispute is impairing the town government's ability to function. If you don't think it's newsworthy, there's an easy solution: don't read the article.

Maybe. But that’s not the story the Post published. The story they published is “rural bigot targets gay restaurant for no reason” type story. When in reality the jerk frequented the restaurant himself on many occasions with apparently no one to putting his money in the gay couples pocket. You’ve got to get about ten paragraphs in before it becomes the “impairing the town government” that you claim it is. This headline is highly inflammatory and irresponsible and bears no relation to the story itself. Is there any doubt that if a country western restaurant shared the same parking lot that the same issue would eventually rise with this hot head? Of course they would. There is a reason the Post’s readership is in free fall and it’s in large part to irresponsible journalism such as this. Seriously, this story on the front page of the Sunday Post.

The fact that the hateful religious fundamentalist family is targeting a gay couple is just a complete and total coincidence! Why does WaPo have to be so inflammatory?!

That’s the story that you and the Post desperately want. But few if any actual facts to support that. The guy hates the gay couple so much that he apparently spent thousands of dollars in the restaurant over several years. Wut? Didn’t the media learn anything from the Jessie Smollett incident.

Have you been to The Plains or the Front Porch? I have a bunch of times. There aren’t many options and The Front Porch is one of the best.

And yes, he hates gays. He used the f word in reference to the owner. I don’t know how you get more direct than that. I don’t think that fact that the spent money at one of the only decent places to eat negates their hatred for the owners or self righteous attitude.

He hates them so much that he’s been there 40+ times. Yeah right. He is the rare ultra conservative home schooler prepper who also just happen to love fine dining. C’mon people. If this was a Chic fil A restaurant he’d still be complaining about the trash and parking. That’s just who he is. The Washington Post needs to do better.

But it wasn't a Chic-fil-A. It was The Front Porch, in The Plains, Virginia. This is a particular story about particular neighbors in a particular town in a particular state. Do you think the Washington Post should send reporters out to look for cases of neighbor disputes involving Chic-fil-As, in order to be fair and balanced?

I don’t think neighborhood disputes belong on the front page of the newspaper of record in the capital of our country.

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Anonymous wrote:The guy is no doubt a jerk. But is this now what passes as a front page story in the Washington Post on a Sunday? It’s like the Post had some insatiable appetite for culture war stories that they try to pump up anything that has the slightest whiff of racism or LGBTQ to it. We’ve officially reached the point where demand for bigotry exceeds the supply of stories.

Yes, and for good reason. The dispute is impairing the town government's ability to function. If you don't think it's newsworthy, there's an easy solution: don't read the article.

Maybe. But that’s not the story the Post published. The story they published is “rural bigot targets gay restaurant for no reason” type story. When in reality the jerk frequented the restaurant himself on many occasions with apparently no one to putting his money in the gay couples pocket. You’ve got to get about ten paragraphs in before it becomes the “impairing the town government” that you claim it is. This headline is highly inflammatory and irresponsible and bears no relation to the story itself. Is there any doubt that if a country western restaurant shared the same parking lot that the same issue would eventually rise with this hot head? Of course they would. There is a reason the Post’s readership is in free fall and it’s in large part to irresponsible journalism such as this. Seriously, this story on the front page of the Sunday Post.

The fact that the hateful religious fundamentalist family is targeting a gay couple is just a complete and total coincidence! Why does WaPo have to be so inflammatory?!

That’s the story that you and the Post desperately want. But few if any actual facts to support that. The guy hates the gay couple so much that he apparently spent thousands of dollars in the restaurant over several years. Wut? Didn’t the media learn anything from the Jessie Smollett incident.

Have you been to The Plains or the Front Porch? I have a bunch of times. There aren’t many options and The Front Porch is one of the best.

And yes, he hates gays. He used the f word in reference to the owner. I don’t know how you get more direct than that. I don’t think that fact that the spent money at one of the only decent places to eat negates their hatred for the owners or self righteous attitude.

He hates them so much that he’s been there 40+ times. Yeah right. He is the rare ultra conservative home schooler prepper who also just happen to love fine dining. C’mon people. If this was a Chic fil A restaurant he’d still be complaining about the trash and parking. That’s just who he is. The Washington Post needs to do better.

But it wasn't a Chic-fil-A. It was The Front Porch, in The Plains, Virginia. This is a particular story about particular neighbors in a particular town in a particular state. Do you think the Washington Post should send reporters out to look for cases of neighbor disputes involving Chic-fil-As, in order to be fair and balanced?

I don’t think neighborhood disputes belong on the front page of the newspaper of record in the capital of our country.

Of course you don’t because your cognitive reading skills are lacking

Tell us you are a Republican idiot by writing what you wrote.

You can not figure this out because your lack of education shines right through.

Wagner bought that property for one reason only and any intelligent person can figure that out. Hell my ten year old n red the article and figured it out.

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Anonymous wrote:The guy is no doubt a jerk. But is this now what passes as a front page story in the Washington Post on a Sunday? It’s like the Post had some insatiable appetite for culture war stories that they try to pump up anything that has the slightest whiff of racism or LGBTQ to it. We’ve officially reached the point where demand for bigotry exceeds the supply of stories.

Yes, and for good reason. The dispute is impairing the town government's ability to function. If you don't think it's newsworthy, there's an easy solution: don't read the article.

Maybe. But that’s not the story the Post published. The story they published is “rural bigot targets gay restaurant for no reason” type story. When in reality the jerk frequented the restaurant himself on many occasions with apparently no one to putting his money in the gay couples pocket. You’ve got to get about ten paragraphs in before it becomes the “impairing the town government” that you claim it is. This headline is highly inflammatory and irresponsible and bears no relation to the story itself. Is there any doubt that if a country western restaurant shared the same parking lot that the same issue would eventually rise with this hot head? Of course they would. There is a reason the Post’s readership is in free fall and it’s in large part to irresponsible journalism such as this. Seriously, this story on the front page of the Sunday Post.

The fact that the hateful religious fundamentalist family is targeting a gay couple is just a complete and total coincidence! Why does WaPo have to be so inflammatory?!

That’s the story that you and the Post desperately want. But few if any actual facts to support that. The guy hates the gay couple so much that he apparently spent thousands of dollars in the restaurant over several years. Wut? Didn’t the media learn anything from the Jessie Smollett incident.

Have you been to The Plains or the Front Porch? I have a bunch of times. There aren’t many options and The Front Porch is one of the best.

And yes, he hates gays. He used the f word in reference to the owner. I don’t know how you get more direct than that. I don’t think that fact that the spent money at one of the only decent places to eat negates their hatred for the owners or self righteous attitude.

He hates them so much that he’s been there 40+ times. Yeah right. He is the rare ultra conservative home schooler prepper who also just happen to love fine dining. C’mon people. If this was a Chic fil A restaurant he’d still be complaining about the trash and parking. That’s just who he is. The Washington Post needs to do better.

But it wasn't a Chic-fil-A. It was The Front Porch, in The Plains, Virginia. This is a particular story about particular neighbors in a particular town in a particular state. Do you think the Washington Post should send reporters out to look for cases of neighbor disputes involving Chic-fil-As, in order to be fair and balanced?

I don’t think neighborhood disputes belong on the front page of the newspaper of record in the capital of our country.

I don't think the Washington Post needs to worry about losing you as a reader, because it's clear that you were not a reader of the Washington Post to begin with.

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Anonymous wrote:The guy is no doubt a jerk. But is this now what passes as a front page story in the Washington Post on a Sunday? It’s like the Post had some insatiable appetite for culture war stories that they try to pump up anything that has the slightest whiff of racism or LGBTQ to it. We’ve officially reached the point where demand for bigotry exceeds the supply of stories.

Yes, and for good reason. The dispute is impairing the town government's ability to function. If you don't think it's newsworthy, there's an easy solution: don't read the article.

Maybe. But that’s not the story the Post published. The story they published is “rural bigot targets gay restaurant for no reason” type story. When in reality the jerk frequented the restaurant himself on many occasions with apparently no one to putting his money in the gay couples pocket. You’ve got to get about ten paragraphs in before it becomes the “impairing the town government” that you claim it is. This headline is highly inflammatory and irresponsible and bears no relation to the story itself. Is there any doubt that if a country western restaurant shared the same parking lot that the same issue would eventually rise with this hot head? Of course they would. There is a reason the Post’s readership is in free fall and it’s in large part to irresponsible journalism such as this. Seriously, this story on the front page of the Sunday Post.

The fact that the hateful religious fundamentalist family is targeting a gay couple is just a complete and total coincidence! Why does WaPo have to be so inflammatory?!

That’s the story that you and the Post desperately want. But few if any actual facts to support that. The guy hates the gay couple so much that he apparently spent thousands of dollars in the restaurant over several years. Wut? Didn’t the media learn anything from the Jessie Smollett incident.

Have you been to The Plains or the Front Porch? I have a bunch of times. There aren’t many options and The Front Porch is one of the best.

And yes, he hates gays. He used the f word in reference to the owner. I don’t know how you get more direct than that. I don’t think that fact that the spent money at one of the only decent places to eat negates their hatred for the owners or self righteous attitude.

He hates them so much that he’s been there 40+ times. Yeah right. He is the rare ultra conservative home schooler prepper who also just happen to love fine dining. C’mon people. If this was a Chic fil A restaurant he’d still be complaining about the trash and parking. That’s just who he is. The Washington Post needs to do better.

But it wasn't a Chic-fil-A. It was The Front Porch, in The Plains, Virginia. This is a particular story about particular neighbors in a particular town in a particular state. Do you think the Washington Post should send reporters out to look for cases of neighbor disputes involving Chic-fil-As, in order to be fair and balanced?

I don’t think neighborhood disputes belong on the front page of the newspaper of record in the capital of our country.

I don't think the Washington Post needs to worry about losing you as a reader, because it's clear that you were not a reader of the Washington Post to begin with.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/washington-post-lost-500-000-000529582.html

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Anonymous wrote:The guy is no doubt a jerk. But is this now what passes as a front page story in the Washington Post on a Sunday? It’s like the Post had some insatiable appetite for culture war stories that they try to pump up anything that has the slightest whiff of racism or LGBTQ to it. We’ve officially reached the point where demand for bigotry exceeds the supply of stories.

Yes, and for good reason. The dispute is impairing the town government's ability to function. If you don't think it's newsworthy, there's an easy solution: don't read the article.

Maybe. But that’s not the story the Post published. The story they published is “rural bigot targets gay restaurant for no reason” type story. When in reality the jerk frequented the restaurant himself on many occasions with apparently no one to putting his money in the gay couples pocket. You’ve got to get about ten paragraphs in before it becomes the “impairing the town government” that you claim it is. This headline is highly inflammatory and irresponsible and bears no relation to the story itself. Is there any doubt that if a country western restaurant shared the same parking lot that the same issue would eventually rise with this hot head? Of course they would. There is a reason the Post’s readership is in free fall and it’s in large part to irresponsible journalism such as this. Seriously, this story on the front page of the Sunday Post.

Are you not familiar with the very long tradition of putting human interest stories on the front page of a Sunday paper???? Stop pretending to be so shocked at what is not an uncommon practice.

Newspapers, to stay in business, publish a lot of different types of stories to reach the widest audience they can. They always have. If you look at the front pages of the NY Times from 100 years ago you'd also find human-interest stories that you would sneer at as not being news. But they are always interesting.

I for one found it interesting to think about how neighbor disputes can blow up and turn into years-long ugliness that affects a lot more people than just the parties involved. It made me think of the legendary Hatfields vs. McCoys feud. These stories are as old as time.

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Anonymous wrote:The guy is no doubt a jerk. But is this now what passes as a front page story in the Washington Post on a Sunday? It’s like the Post had some insatiable appetite for culture war stories that they try to pump up anything that has the slightest whiff of racism or LGBTQ to it. We’ve officially reached the point where demand for bigotry exceeds the supply of stories.

Yes, and for good reason. The dispute is impairing the town government's ability to function. If you don't think it's newsworthy, there's an easy solution: don't read the article.

Maybe. But that’s not the story the Post published. The story they published is “rural bigot targets gay restaurant for no reason” type story. When in reality the jerk frequented the restaurant himself on many occasions with apparently no one to putting his money in the gay couples pocket. You’ve got to get about ten paragraphs in before it becomes the “impairing the town government” that you claim it is. This headline is highly inflammatory and irresponsible and bears no relation to the story itself. Is there any doubt that if a country western restaurant shared the same parking lot that the same issue would eventually rise with this hot head? Of course they would. There is a reason the Post’s readership is in free fall and it’s in large part to irresponsible journalism such as this. Seriously, this story on the front page of the Sunday Post.

Are you not familiar with the very long tradition of putting human interest stories on the front page of a Sunday paper???? Stop pretending to be so shocked at what is not an uncommon practice.

Newspapers, to stay in business, publish a lot of different types of stories to reach the widest audience they can. They always have. If you look at the front pages of the NY Times from 100 years ago you'd also find human-interest stories that you would sneer at as not being news. But they are always interesting.

I for one found it interesting to think about how neighbor disputes can blow up and turn into years-long ugliness that affects a lot more people than just the parties involved. It made me think of the legendary Hatfields vs. McCoys feud. These stories are as old as time.

Yes, they happen ALL the time. Yet this one in particular made it to the front page of a major paper. Wonder why?

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Anonymous wrote:The guy is no doubt a jerk. But is this now what passes as a front page story in the Washington Post on a Sunday? It’s like the Post had some insatiable appetite for culture war stories that they try to pump up anything that has the slightest whiff of racism or LGBTQ to it. We’ve officially reached the point where demand for bigotry exceeds the supply of stories.

Yes, and for good reason. The dispute is impairing the town government's ability to function. If you don't think it's newsworthy, there's an easy solution: don't read the article.

Maybe. But that’s not the story the Post published. The story they published is “rural bigot targets gay restaurant for no reason” type story. When in reality the jerk frequented the restaurant himself on many occasions with apparently no one to putting his money in the gay couples pocket. You’ve got to get about ten paragraphs in before it becomes the “impairing the town government” that you claim it is. This headline is highly inflammatory and irresponsible and bears no relation to the story itself. Is there any doubt that if a country western restaurant shared the same parking lot that the same issue would eventually rise with this hot head? Of course they would. There is a reason the Post’s readership is in free fall and it’s in large part to irresponsible journalism such as this. Seriously, this story on the front page of the Sunday Post.

The fact that the hateful religious fundamentalist family is targeting a gay couple is just a complete and total coincidence! Why does WaPo have to be so inflammatory?!

That’s the story that you and the Post desperately want. But few if any actual facts to support that. The guy hates the gay couple so much that he apparently spent thousands of dollars in the restaurant over several years. Wut? Didn’t the media learn anything from the Jessie Smollett incident.

Have you been to The Plains or the Front Porch? I have a bunch of times. There aren’t many options and The Front Porch is one of the best.

And yes, he hates gays. He used the f word in reference to the owner. I don’t know how you get more direct than that. I don’t think that fact that the spent money at one of the only decent places to eat negates their hatred for the owners or self righteous attitude.

He hates them so much that he’s been there 40+ times. Yeah right. He is the rare ultra conservative home schooler prepper who also just happen to love fine dining. C’mon people. If this was a Chic fil A restaurant he’d still be complaining about the trash and parking. That’s just who he is. The Washington Post needs to do better.

But it wasn't a Chic-fil-A. It was The Front Porch, in The Plains, Virginia. This is a particular story about particular neighbors in a particular town in a particular state. Do you think the Washington Post should send reporters out to look for cases of neighbor disputes involving Chic-fil-As, in order to be fair and balanced?

I don’t think neighborhood disputes belong on the front page of the newspaper of record in the capital of our country.

Clutch those pearls harder, Mildred.

The Washington Post is also a local paper that serves the DMV area.

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Anonymous wrote:The guy is no doubt a jerk. But is this now what passes as a front page story in the Washington Post on a Sunday? It’s like the Post had some insatiable appetite for culture war stories that they try to pump up anything that has the slightest whiff of racism or LGBTQ to it. We’ve officially reached the point where demand for bigotry exceeds the supply of stories.

Yes, and for good reason. The dispute is impairing the town government's ability to function. If you don't think it's newsworthy, there's an easy solution: don't read the article.

Maybe. But that’s not the story the Post published. The story they published is “rural bigot targets gay restaurant for no reason” type story. When in reality the jerk frequented the restaurant himself on many occasions with apparently no one to putting his money in the gay couples pocket. You’ve got to get about ten paragraphs in before it becomes the “impairing the town government” that you claim it is. This headline is highly inflammatory and irresponsible and bears no relation to the story itself. Is there any doubt that if a country western restaurant shared the same parking lot that the same issue would eventually rise with this hot head? Of course they would. There is a reason the Post’s readership is in free fall and it’s in large part to irresponsible journalism such as this. Seriously, this story on the front page of the Sunday Post.

Are you not familiar with the very long tradition of putting human interest stories on the front page of a Sunday paper???? Stop pretending to be so shocked at what is not an uncommon practice.

Newspapers, to stay in business, publish a lot of different types of stories to reach the widest audience they can. They always have. If you look at the front pages of the NY Times from 100 years ago you'd also find human-interest stories that you would sneer at as not being news. But they are always interesting.

I for one found it interesting to think about how neighbor disputes can blow up and turn into years-long ugliness that affects a lot more people than just the parties involved. It made me think of the legendary Hatfields vs. McCoys feud. These stories are as old as time.

Yes, they happen ALL the time. Yet this one in particular made it to the front page of a major paper. Wonder why?

Because an editor chose it. That's how all stories get put on the "front page" -- which by the way is a kind of ridiculous thing to be huffy about in this day and age when most people consume news online. Go take a nap, grandpa.

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Are you not familiar with the very long tradition of putting human interest stories on the front page of a Sunday paper???? Stop pretending to be so shocked at what is not an uncommon practice.

Newspapers, to stay in business, publish a lot of different types of stories to reach the widest audience they can. They always have. If you look at the front pages of the NY Times from 100 years ago you'd also find human-interest stories that you would sneer at as not being news. But they are always interesting.

I for one found it interesting to think about how neighbor disputes can blow up and turn into years-long ugliness that affects a lot more people than just the parties involved. It made me think of the legendary Hatfields vs. McCoys feud. These stories are as old as time.

Yes, they happen ALL the time. Yet this one in particular made it to the front page of a major paper. Wonder why?

Because it's newsworthy. Because it's interesting. Because a lot of people want to read it (not including you). You can skip right on to the front-page story about Trinity Rodman, the daughter of NBA player Dennis Rodman, who is set to make her World Cup (soccer) debut for the top-ranked U.S. women, and/or the front-page story about water usage at Saudi alfalfa farms in drought-stricken Arizona. Or, if that's still too soft-news for you, the front-page story about Russian land mines in Ukraine.

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Anonymous wrote:The guy is no doubt a jerk. But is this now what passes as a front page story in the Washington Post on a Sunday? It’s like the Post had some insatiable appetite for culture war stories that they try to pump up anything that has the slightest whiff of racism or LGBTQ to it. We’ve officially reached the point where demand for bigotry exceeds the supply of stories.

Yes, and for good reason. The dispute is impairing the town government's ability to function. If you don't think it's newsworthy, there's an easy solution: don't read the article.

Maybe. But that’s not the story the Post published. The story they published is “rural bigot targets gay restaurant for no reason” type story. When in reality the jerk frequented the restaurant himself on many occasions with apparently no one to putting his money in the gay couples pocket. You’ve got to get about ten paragraphs in before it becomes the “impairing the town government” that you claim it is. This headline is highly inflammatory and irresponsible and bears no relation to the story itself. Is there any doubt that if a country western restaurant shared the same parking lot that the same issue would eventually rise with this hot head? Of course they would. There is a reason the Post’s readership is in free fall and it’s in large part to irresponsible journalism such as this. Seriously, this story on the front page of the Sunday Post.

The fact that the hateful religious fundamentalist family is targeting a gay couple is just a complete and total coincidence! Why does WaPo have to be so inflammatory?!

That’s the story that you and the Post desperately want. But few if any actual facts to support that. The guy hates the gay couple so much that he apparently spent thousands of dollars in the restaurant over several years. Wut? Didn’t the media learn anything from the Jessie Smollett incident.

Have you been to The Plains or the Front Porch? I have a bunch of times. There aren’t many options and The Front Porch is one of the best.

And yes, he hates gays. He used the f word in reference to the owner. I don’t know how you get more direct than that. I don’t think that fact that the spent money at one of the only decent places to eat negates their hatred for the owners or self righteous attitude.

He hates them so much that he’s been there 40+ times. Yeah right. He is the rare ultra conservative home schooler prepper who also just happen to love fine dining. C’mon people. If this was a Chic fil A restaurant he’d still be complaining about the trash and parking. That’s just who he is. The Washington Post needs to do better.

Thank you. Glad to see people pointing this out for the sensational button and agenda pushing story for what it is. The Daily Mail of all places has a much more balanced story. Neither party in this is innocent or angels. It's a classic story of two sets of jerk neighbors who can't get along and escalate it to the point of ridiculousness. Happens all the time. There's enough in this situation where I could imagine this story being about anyone living next to the Front Porch getting annoyed. People of all creeds, races, religions, and sexualities can act like jerks. Except here, it becomes news because this crowd and the Washpost get to turn it into yet another culture war story to get everyone riled up. And seriously, front page? There must not be any real discrimination stories to feed the constant culture of victimization the Washpost has to project.

+1. This story is a major reach, even for the Post. I knew when they chose to use the word “rural” in the headline that we were steamrolling in one direction. I mean, rural? I know two people who live on the Plains and commute daily to DC. Horse country yes, rural not so much. Post needs to pump the brakes every now and then.

So you are confirming that it is a local story and as anyone who is familiar with the DC area knows, the Washington Post is a local newspaper in addition to having a national and international readership.

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After reading the headline I was fairly shocked that the guy had absolutely no problem walking past the pride flag for years and dropping $40k at the restaurant. His beef was actually over parking and deliveries. But you needed to wade through paragraphs of glowing information about the restaurant owners to get there. I think the author should stick to wring top ten burger restaurant lists.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a non paywall version of this story?

So maybe pay for journalism?

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Anonymous wrote:The guy is no doubt a jerk. But is this now what passes as a front page story in the Washington Post on a Sunday? It’s like the Post had some insatiable appetite for culture war stories that they try to pump up anything that has the slightest whiff of racism or LGBTQ to it. We’ve officially reached the point where demand for bigotry exceeds the supply of stories.

Former journalist here.

Yes, absolutely merits front-page coverage in the Sunday paper. It’s local, involved conflict and has very human interest. Agree bigot targets gay may not exactly be man bites dog, but this is pretty much textbook news fodder — newspaper should root out injustice and afflict the comfortable. This is 100% newsworthy.

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Anonymous wrote:After reading the headline I was fairly shocked that the guy had absolutely no problem walking past the pride flag for years and dropping $40k at the restaurant. His beef was actually over parking and deliveries. But you needed to wade through paragraphs of glowing information about the restaurant owners to get there. I think the author should stick to wring top ten burger restaurant lists.

That's naive. People like good food. If you expect people to behave with 100% ideological consistency at all times, then you haven't met many people.

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Anonymous wrote:The guy is no doubt a jerk. But is this now what passes as a front page story in the Washington Post on a Sunday? It’s like the Post had some insatiable appetite for culture war stories that they try to pump up anything that has the slightest whiff of racism or LGBTQ to it. We’ve officially reached the point where demand for bigotry exceeds the supply of stories.

Yes, and for good reason. The dispute is impairing the town government's ability to function. If you don't think it's newsworthy, there's an easy solution: don't read the article.

Maybe. But that’s not the story the Post published. The story they published is “rural bigot targets gay restaurant for no reason” type story. When in reality the jerk frequented the restaurant himself on many occasions with apparently no one to putting his money in the gay couples pocket. You’ve got to get about ten paragraphs in before it becomes the “impairing the town government” that you claim it is. This headline is highly inflammatory and irresponsible and bears no relation to the story itself. Is there any doubt that if a country western restaurant shared the same parking lot that the same issue would eventually rise with this hot head? Of course they would. There is a reason the Post’s readership is in free fall and it’s in large part to irresponsible journalism such as this. Seriously, this story on the front page of the Sunday Post.

The fact that the hateful religious fundamentalist family is targeting a gay couple is just a complete and total coincidence! Why does WaPo have to be so inflammatory?!

That’s the story that you and the Post desperately want. But few if any actual facts to support that. The guy hates the gay couple so much that he apparently spent thousands of dollars in the restaurant over several years. Wut? Didn’t the media learn anything from the Jessie Smollett incident.

Have you been to The Plains or the Front Porch? I have a bunch of times. There aren’t many options and The Front Porch is one of the best.

And yes, he hates gays. He used the f word in reference to the owner. I don’t know how you get more direct than that. I don’t think that fact that the spent money at one of the only decent places to eat negates their hatred for the owners or self righteous attitude.

He hates them so much that he’s been there 40+ times. Yeah right. He is the rare ultra conservative home schooler prepper who also just happen to love fine dining. C’mon people. If this was a Chic fil A restaurant he’d still be complaining about the trash and parking. That’s just who he is. The Washington Post needs to do better.

Thank you. Glad to see people pointing this out for the sensational button and agenda pushing story for what it is. The Daily Mail of all places has a much more balanced story. Neither party in this is innocent or angels. It's a classic story of two sets of jerk neighbors who can't get along and escalate it to the point of ridiculousness. Happens all the time. There's enough in this situation where I could imagine this story being about anyone living next to the Front Porch getting annoyed. People of all creeds, races, religions, and sexualities can act like jerks. Except here, it becomes news because this crowd and the Washpost get to turn it into yet another culture war story to get everyone riled up. And seriously, front page? There must not be any real discrimination stories to feed the constant culture of victimization the Washpost has to project.

+1. This story is a major reach, even for the Post. I knew when they chose to use the word “rural” in the headline that we were steamrolling in one direction. I mean, rural? I know two people who live on the Plains and commute daily to DC. Horse country yes, rural not so much. Post needs to pump the brakes every now and then.

Oh come on. That place is rural asf. If you don’t consider a plains rural, what do you consider rural.