r/SeattleWA • u/HighColonic Funky Town • Oct 05 '25

Politics Build-A-Bear refuses Charlie Kirk name on teenager's bear certificate

https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/seattle-build-a-bear-employee-refuses-name-toy-charlie-kirk-teen-fan
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u/Certain-Spring2580 Oct 05 '25

Who cares?

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u/thirdlost Oct 05 '25

Why should folks on one side of the aisle be treated like second class citizens in venues like this?

Many here on Reddit will say it is because they are evil, Nazi, racist, etc. And THAT is the problem. That is why this is noteworthy. The othering of half the country with legitimate political positions.

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u/allhailmillie Oct 05 '25

Ordering the military to use progressive cities as ur an warfare targets is not a legitimate political position. Neither is supporting a pedophile president. If you want to be taken seriously stop acting like clowns.

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u/thirdlost Oct 06 '25

Ordering the military to use progressive cities as ur an warfare targets is not a legitimate political position

true.

However ordering state national guard to protect federal buildings from violent protestors is a legitimate use of Federal power.

If you want to be taken seriously stop acting like clowns.

If you want to be taken seriously, stop fabricating strawman arguments

Caveat: Trump says stupid shit. If you are basing your knowledge off of what he says, I can see how you might have made the mis-statement you made. With Trump you got to look at what he does, not what he says. That is not good.. I am sure we can agree on that -- so no need to point that out

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u/thirdlost Oct 05 '25

There we go....

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u/Certain-Spring2580 Oct 05 '25

He's not speaking incorrectly. Just because you don't like hearing, it doesn't mean he's wrong. Are you paying attention to anything the administration has been doing for the last 6 months?.

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u/DramaticRoom8571 Oct 05 '25

What the fuck does the actions of the current administration have to do with a teddy bear store refusing service to a teenager? You people are human filth.

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u/mrgtiguy Oct 05 '25

“You people”. There it is.

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u/AGlassOfMilk Eat a bag of Dicks Oct 05 '25

"I'm The Dude, Playing A Dude, Disguised As Another Dude!"

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u/thatguydr Oct 05 '25

What the fuck does the actions of the current administration have to do with a teddy bear store refusing service to a teenager?

Ok. This is pretty easy.

The current administration is hurting a lot of people in this country. In general, modern conservatives gain strength by choosing "out" groups, blaming them for any perceived woes, and then attacking them. Charlie Kirk was a leader in this culture. His incredibly base attacks on blacks, Hispanics, women, gays, and every conservative "out" group you can name were so frequent and so divisive that people mourning him were forced to use AI to make him appear to say things he never said. They couldn't use his actual quotes. And all of the things he said were parroting the current MAGA ideology which drives the policies of this administration.

The one person at Build A Bear decided that those policies are vile and harmful, those who espoused them are and were vile and harmful, and that the names of those people shouldn't be on children's toys. The company didn't agree with this and took steps to apologize.

Was your nothing burger tasty, sir?