I was gonna give this week’s award to some racist black chick who was scared to death when entering a Cracker Barrel full of white people, but she was beaten out by this asshole who comes from Atlanta. He hates cops and the military.
For the year and a half that it has been open, the East Atlanta Varsity Barbell Club — a gym that labels itself the “weightlifting island of misfit toys” — has been outfitted with cheeky, provocative signs.
The signs have jabbed at other strength training programs such as CrossFit, promoted the gym’s slogans (“Lift weights, get high, smash capitalism”) and drawn attention to causes it supports, such as the Black Lives Matter movement.
And always, the gym has advertised its controversial membership policy: no police or active military allowed. That rule has appeared on signs with varying wording, including “MAKE COPS ILLEGAL AGAIN” and “THIS IS A COP-FREE ZONE.”
Sounds like he doesn’t like cops.
But surprisingly, at a time in the country rife with tension over police conduct, the ban had never drawn much outside condemnation — until this week, when owner Jim Chambers updated the gym’s outside sign with a simplified set of rules that included an expletive describing “cops.”
Actually it said, “no fucking cops”.
A military veteran reported the sign to NBC affiliate 11 Alive News, which aired a story Tuesday, according to the station. Chambers said he took down the controversial sign before the television crew arrived. Nevertheless, he has received “hundreds” of death threats since the airing, he told The Washington Post.
Too bad. Fucking whiny liberal.
On Thursday, Chambers said USA Weightlifting suspended the gym’s membership.
Actions have consequences.
“I don’t apologize for the language,” Chambers said, explaining that his gym members are diverse and include people who have had “bad experiences with cops.”
AKA black criminals.
It’s funny that I couldn’t find this story in the Atlanta Urinal and Constipation. I wonder why? Is Jim Chambers a member of the Cox Chambers family that owns the AJC? Here’s your award Jim.
