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- Feb 26, 2021
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Also those burgers the guy was frying smelled really good, tasted good to. Nice warm snack to walk around the hall with
Even though it is called AA County Fairgrounds, it is a privately owned business and the county has nothing to do with it.Nice to meet you also .
In fairness to the promoter , this was a test run at a brand new venue to gauge how it would work out , and seemed to be a sucuess . As noted above , it was a high % of actual guns and direct gun stuff , and no tube socks or candy .
There were picnic tables behind the building , but weather didn't cooperate yesterday .
And , I was unimpressed with AA Fairgrounds , as a Fairground . Only two small exhibit buildings , uphill from the big enough for the gun sjow , but too small for any big event parking area couple hundred yards away , miniscule vendor parking . No perment snack bar building .
Plenty of way smaller rural counties have much better fairgrounds .
then don't go to the one at Bel air armory. No signs no one checking walked the whole thing with my carry on my side loadedI have never been to any gun show where you can carry a loaded firearm, I have been to them across the United States, If a veteran or anyone wants to sell items that you do not agree with don't look or buy them. Keep your one sided views to your self, you sound like a real winner anyway.
Oh FFS... I was just getting ready to head over.There was no jerky.
I wasn't offended by the items. I was offended by the vendor's display of discrimination.I missed the historic items some are offended by
These days everything is a sign of racism. I think the memo went out last month...I'm just a yankee, but the Confederate Flag is a symbolism of racism?
Well, it's the Confederate battle flag, and they did discriminate based on color. They didn't like people in blue.I'm just a yankee, but the Confederate Flag is a symbolism of racism?
In 2023, the majority of Americans would say yes.I'm just a yankee, but the Confederate Flag is a symbolism of racism?
Ask someone in 2023, and ask someone in 2010, and 2000, and 1990. I would concede it probably has become a symbol of racism for people who view everything through the prism of race.In 2023, the majority of Americans would say yes.
Let me ask you this. If you were a person of color going through that show and you saw that vendor, what would you think? You see an older white male, with a confederate flag not for sale but on his personal display. No other flags on display, just that one. What would you think? Then you glance at his items and one of the first things you see is a KKK knife. Do you think that's real welcoming?
I know I know, I'm dealing with MDShooters, predominantly middle-late aged white males, y'all just think it's OK since he'll say it's part of his heritage or something, right? Maybe take a second to truly reflect on what that flag stood for (a rebellion against the UNITED STATES in order to maintain slavery), and what good reason someone in 2023 would have with displaying it.
You're right. Freedom of speech. He can have whatever he wants in his booth. The same freedom of speech allows me to judge him accordingly by labeling him as a racist.Ask someone in 2023, and ask someone in 2010, and 2000, and 1990. I would concede it probably has become a symbol of racism for people who view everything through the prism of race.
I don't really give a sh*t how someone else feels anymore. You don't feel welcome? Move on to the next booth. I don't feel welcome in a lot a places too. F*ck me, F*ck them, F*ck everyone.
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Now if you will excuse me, I have to bake a cake for a gay wedding.
Just look at the Ukraine war. "Putin bad man." All the blue and yellow flag flyers act like history started in 2022. There's much more happening than just the invasion. Is Putin "bad man? yeah, but the story isn't as simple as "wanting the return of the Soviet Union's former glory"You're right. Freedom of speech. He can have whatever he wants in his booth. The same freedom of speech allows me to judge him accordingly by labeling him as a racist.
Really would love to hear how you think that flag stands for anything other than racist ideology.
Just look at the Ukraine war. "Putin bad man." All the blue and yellow flag flyers act like history started in 2022. There's much more happening than just the invasion. Is Putin "bad man? yeah, but the story isn't as simple as "wanting the return of the Soviet Union's former glory"
We are over a hundred fifty years removed from the civil war and the story has been written by the victors. There was economic pressures and embargos put on the South that decimated their cotton trade and bankrupted them. So there is a "who the f*ck do you think you are?" aspect to the war. Was it only about slavery? Judging by the present's propaganda, my guess is, NO.
Yeah freedom of speech allows you to judge him, but it was sh*tty of you to call out a guy who was just selling merch. Was he ranting racist creeds at the show or something?
Great to meet you in person, too. It was great to put a face to the name, thanks for coming by yesterday!Good show. I was inside during the rain. Glad to have met Bigfoot and Someguy. I missed the historic items some are offended by, if one does not like the freedoms in this country of which Veterans fought for then roads with even numbers run North and South.
An Old guy had old boxes of 338 WinMag for $100 we talked about (got him down to $96) and when I began to ask about 300 wsm (which I also needed) he said yeah, not everyone can afford ammunition and he and his buddy started laughing at me so I simply said then you can afford to keep it!
So I tried to support MD gun shows, however, I grabbed some 20 ga. slugs and Hornady Black 300 bo there near MSI.
Oh, the Republican booth next to MSI ?? Did they think they were coming to a bastion of D's they wanted to convert? lol.
With the new laws coming down the tube I think a booth of Attorneys would do well at a MD gun show.
To the promoter, not enough room. No place to conjugate or even text friends info to come out and buy. Sad to see no place to sit and eat for the wives and kids. Food sales would have doubled.
No I'm saying there's more meaning to the flag than just slavery.Wait, so you're really trying to tell me the civil war wasn't about slavery?
The guy proudly flying his confederate flag and slinging KKK items is a cool guy, but I'm the shitty one for calling him for what he is?
F this, I'm out. I heard MDShooters was full of racist. Didn't know it was this bad.
I haven't been to Brumwell's in years. I just checked their website and it looks like they are planning on closing down. That is a bummer. I bought a lot of stuff there in the past.I didn't make it to the show. Spent my small amount of mad money at Brumwell's flea market on several boxes of .223 ammo. Maybe I got a deal, Maybe I didn't. It is moot at this point!
Now to head to the range one day and go pew pew.
I do hope the show comes back.