Poll of the Day > Rich White Man says he will ENROLL in an ANTI-RACIST Program to CURE HIM!!!

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37 y/o British CEO of Solid8 in the United States, Michael Lofthouse has said he has RESIGNED from his own company he built up in America after he was caught hurling racist abuse at an Asian family at a restaurant and says he will ENROLL at an ANTI-RACIST program with "immediate effect" as he hopes will "cure him" of his racism!!

He has cut all ties to his San Francisco business as he said "It is with regret that my initial statement and apology did not go far enough in addressing my behaviour in Carmel last weekend and the steps that i need to take. I can confirm that i have stepped down from Solid8, terminating all business relationships with immediate effect"

He told Fox News that he left to prevent "detrimental impact on those people closest to me", particularly his co-workers at the cloud tech firm and says "I have once again begun my journey back to sobriety and have enrolled in an anti-racist program. My comments toward the families involved were racist, hurtful and deeply inappropriate. The reactions to what was said have been deserved and i wholeheartedly acknowledge that i am complicit in a system that enables this behaviour and these broken beliefs to exist but i am dedicated to changing".

He has pleaded with those families and the public to forgive him and said "To the Chan and Orosa families, Gennica Cochran and the restaurant Bernardus, please accept my heartfelt and sincere apologies, i hope that the conversations and awareness that this incident has created can act as a catalyst for necessary change. It is my commitment to you to overcome my issues and be part of the solution for an equal and compassionate future"

Raymond Omosa however says he DOESN'T accept his apology and said "I think he really meant what he said and what he did. I don't believe his words because his actions speak louder than the words he say. He was full of hate ad anger that night"..

It happened when Jordan Chan took a video of Lofthouse seemingly annoyed with them singing a happy birthday song and then told them that Trump was gonna f*** them and called them an asian piece of s*** which got him kicked out at the restaurant.

A Gofundme page was set up for the waitress who is called an everyday hero has now amassed 80,000.

Lofthouse's mother is even disgusted by his behaviour and said he has addiction issues and that they are not like him and doesn't want him back in the UK. His own brother has an asian wife which makes this matter even more embarrassing..

Lofthouse maintains that he will be a "changed" man after this program

Do you think the anti-racist program will fix him?

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Oh, is that what all the people running those gay conversion camps moved onto now? >_> Are they going to have him "Pray the Racism Away"? Of course, if this was just a harmless PR stunt that'd be one thing, but I'm concerned that this crap might gain a patina of legitimacy

Full Throttle posted...

Do you think the anti-racist program will fix him?

No, because I think he's just an asshole. He'd be better off taking anger management classes, although those aren't exactly scientific either half the time and can be almost as much of a sham as these other camps.

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Need more information on the "anti-racist program". If anything I expect it will lead him to focus more on racial distinctions and alter his treatment of individuals on that basis.

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Also jfc, that dude is only 37? He looks terrible. At first glance, I thought he was late 40s or early 50s since he reminds me of a slightly younger Rob Lowe.


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The south park tolerance camp?

Racism isn't a choice... you can't just go to racism conversion therapy and expect it to work.

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Zeus posted...

No, because I think he's just an asshole.

You've gotta be just fucking with us all at this point. You refuse to call openly racially-fueled remarks racist, yet have no issue claiming racism on someone calling the police on the guy who pulled a gun on BLM protesters. The blatant bias and hypocrisy is just insane.

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keyblader1985 posted...

You've gotta be just fucking with us all at this point. You refuse to call openly racially-fueled remarks racist, yet have no issue claiming racism on someone calling the police on the guy who pulled a gun on BLM protesters. The blatant bias and hypocrisy is just insane.

The fact you can't understand something doesn't make it hypocritical. My positions are broadly consistent and specifically pertain to intent. If somebody believes in their heart of hearts that the police kill minorities over nothing -- as a BLM protestor would -- there's a very strong intention signaled in his decision to try to bring in the cops when he himself believes it could be a death sentence. Bear in mind that other BLM supporters have mentioned HESITATING in calling the cops in more serious matters because they know the possible outcome. Meanwhile that asshole was following the guy trying to get his plates. More importantly, I never called the guy racist. I went back to the original post because I wasn't sure where the fuck that was coming from and I can't find a single reference beyond a suggestion that it could have played a factor in his decision. The fact that you're pretending that I did is trolling.

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@keyblader1985 I don't know if you have mentions enabled -- I don't, excluding for people on my friends list -- but I want to fucking clear about the above. Oh, not to mention that I have to correct your blatant lie about protestors calling the cops on him for bringing out the gun because the confrontation resulted from the protestor following the guy with the intention of calling the cops. The cops got involved because they saw the u-turn and the suspect pull the gun because he was angered or threatened (most likely angered) by the guy following him.

Bottom line -- If someone believes that cops randomly kill people after encountering them on nothing complaints yet decides to call the police on a nothing complaint, they're doing so with the sincere belief that the individual could be killed. That's pretty fucking evil. And randomly calling the cops because you get into an argument with somebody is (to borrow some SJW slang) a Karen move. And if you're wondering how the protestor could justify doing something so evil, the answer -- which the protestor himself gave -- is that he doesn't feel that all lives matter.

As for the asshole in this story, the initial article very strongly suggests that he was annoyed by the singing. Last I checked, Asians aren't the only people to sing "Happy Birthday". iirc, his rant had racial overtones, but ultimately he was saying whatever he could to hurt and provoke (or, in other words, OFFEND) the victims of his tirade. And that's why even if this anti-racism camp was legitimate (which it isn't), it wouldn't do a damn thing because the guy would still be an asshole at the end. The only thing that might change is he wouldn't use certain verbiage while berating people singing at a restaurant. For you, that might be all you want. Personally, I'd prefer that this guy not act like an asshole.

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You're once again displaying a fundamental misunderstanding of BLM in general. Most do not believe that cops in general are not to be trusted under any circumstances. Even the ones who believe All Cops Are Bad are saying so with the majority comprised of those who defend or don't call out the The actions of bad cops when they see it. There isn't some blanket "Oh shit there's a cop; we're all gonna die" mentality. Saying there's a clear negative intention when they call the police under any circumstances while not entirely trusting them is just dumb, or serves to fuel your own agenda.

Zeus posted...

More importantly, I never called the guy racist.

Zeus posted...

and maybe the white protestor's actions were motivated by racism

Zeus posted...

your blatant lie about protestors calling the cops on him for bringing out the gun

I didn't say that's how it happened, because it wasn't. They guy intended to call the police before the gun came out; I was mistaken that nobody actually did, but I didn't say they called because of the gun.

Zeus posted...

As for the asshole in this story, the initial article very strongly suggests that he was annoyed by the singing. Last I checked, Asians aren't the only people to sing "Happy Birthday". iirc, his rant had racial overtones, but ultimately he was saying whatever he could to hurt and provoke (or, in other words, OFFEND) the victims of his tirade.

If it occurs to you at any point to use someone's race as an insult, or involve it in any way where it's not specifically relevant, you're a racist. It doesn't magically not count if you're trying to piss them off.

Zeus posted...

My positions are broadly consistent

I'm not doubting that specifically.

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