Opinion 100 years ago: INTEREST YOURSELF.

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The following is part of a letter received by the writer [editor] and signed by a very reliable person who sent the same believing its contents should be of particular interest. It follows:

"Quite recently while passing Rondo and Dale streets, I had occasion to stop in Brotchner's Drug store. At the time Mr. Brotchner was talking to a man about the shooting of County Attorney R. D. O'Brien and he passed a remark that the man who shot Mr. O'Brien was just like a nigger or if he hadn't been he would have thought twice before he did it."

We presume first, if it is true that Mr. Brotchner made such a statement that the term "nigger" was used in reference to Colored American or Negro. We also presume that Mr. Brotchner's long experience in business in the heart of the Negro district is sufficient reason to believe that his knowledge of the Colored man is no doubt complete and not to be contradicted. For these reasons, we further presume Mr. Brotchner knew what he was saying when he likened Mr. O'Brien's would-be white assassins to a "nigger".

Out of it all, we learn this man's opinion of the race of people who have patronized him for several years, paying for his living, his prosperity and making him what he is today. No more loyal customer has this man had than the Negro yet he sees fit to liken a gunman to his customer, and his best customer.

Evidently, Mr. Brotchner forgets that our money in his place of business is somewhat like his opinion of us - bad. Colored people should not patronize and no doubt will not patronize such a man. There are other places where their money is prized more highly. Interest yourself if you have traded there.

source: The Northwestern Bulletin, St. Paul Minn. January 13, 1923. (page 2)
archive: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90060931/1923-01-13/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1923
 
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Black people before leaded gasoline are a different breed.

Boomers are objectively the dumbest generation in this country's history thanks to lead poisoning, how badly do you think it affected the blacks in the inner cities?
 
This article is so funny to me to put in contrast to something like the troon brigade's reaction to Hogwarts Legacy. There's no shaming of people who patronise the man, no claiming that he's evil or any of that faggotry, just a humble "if his attitudes bother you then keep in mind he's relying on selling his goods to people such as yourself, and you can always take your business elsewhere".
Mr. Brotchner could have easily been well justified though - which the article even wholeheartedly admits to as well! It's honestly such a refreshing read.

Beak Thing II said:
Black people before leaded gasoline are a different breed.

Boomers are objectively the dumbest generation in this country's history thanks to lead poisoning, how badly do you think it affected the blacks in the inner cities?
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It would be fascinating to see how different society would look today if we hadn't gone the way of the Romans and, for example instead, Thomas Midgely Jr. died in his childhood.

Rudolf's Friend said:
Didn’t leaded gasoline already exist back in 1923?
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That's when the 'leaded' part was invented to help engines run more smoothly.
 
Smug said:
This article is so funny to me to put in contrast to something like the troon brigade's reaction to Hogwarts Legacy. There's no shaming of people who patronise the man, no claiming that he's evil or any of that faggotry, just a humble "if his attitudes bother you then keep in mind he's relying on selling his goods to people such as yourself, and you can always take your business elsewhere".
Mr. Brotchner could have easily been well justified though - which the article even wholeheartedly admits to as well! It's honestly such a refreshing read.
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It's incredibly refreshing reading this stuff, they were genuinely pissed off at his racist statements but just said "take your business elsewhere" to encourage a boycott rather than burning down the store or rioting.

I am 100% convinced lead poisoning and other pollution is responsible for the degeneration of black Americans.
 
Smug said:
This article is so funny to me to put in contrast to something like the troon brigade's reaction to Hogwarts Legacy. There's no shaming of people who patronise the man, no claiming that he's evil or any of that faggotry, just a humble "if his attitudes bother you then keep in mind he's relying on selling his goods to people such as yourself, and you can always take your business elsewhere".
Mr. Brotchner could have easily been well justified though - which the article even wholeheartedly admits to as well! It's honestly such a refreshing read.


It would be fascinating to see how different society would look today if we hadn't gone the way of the Romans and, for example instead, Thomas Midgely Jr. died in his childhood.


That's when the 'leaded' part was invented to help engines run more smoothly.
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I mean there is a little moral condemnation "our money in his place of business is somewhat like his opinion of us - bad. Colored people should not patronize and no doubt will not patronize such a man.", it's just less over-the-top than it would be today.

My theory is the fantasy & horror genres were and are very popular with the Tumblr crowd, which means that words like "evil", "horrifying", and other condemning language get diluted within that subculture and to a lesser extent among the public at large, so someone within that culture has to write an unhinged screed against something in order to be taken as genuine. The existence of the Cthulhu plushy I think best illustrates this dilution.
 
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