A civil rights leader went to see 'The Color Purple' with his mother—then AMC ejected him for using his own chair

Dankry@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world – 112 points – A civil rights leader went to see 'The Color Purple' with his mother—then AMC ejected him for using his own chair
fortune.com

The incident occurred Tuesday in Greenville during a showing of “The Color Purple.” The Rev. William Barber II said he needs the chair because he suffers from ankylosing spondylitis, a disabling bone disease.

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There’s not really enough information here to form an opinion unless you’re just into feeling outrage at the headline

He was in the correct section:

Barber said he tried to use a special chair he brought with him in the disabled section of the theater but that staff stopped him and told him he couldn’t. Barber noted that he walks with two canes and uses his special chair everywhere he goes and has “never had a problem.” via secondary source: The Hollywood Reporter

But thank you for valiantly rushing to the defense of AMC who had already apologized for what their staff did before your blatant attempt to blame the victim under the guise of "a lack of information."

Sounds like a brother is about to get PAID

Once for the ADA suit and once for the ACLU suit

Thanks for the extra info, though you could've provided it without being a dick

You are in the wrong here. You could have not been an asshole in the first place. The reply was totally justified.

God I just love the notion that if you ask questions and don't immediately jump to the conclusion that the company did something wrong that youre "valiantly rushing to the defense of AMC" and "blatantly attempting to blame the victim".

God I just love the notion that if you ask questions and don't immediately jump to the conclusion that the company did something wrong youre “valiantly rushing to the defense of AMC” and “blatantly attempting to blame the victim”.

Lets get the sequence of events in order here, shall we?

  1. AMC staff call police on a disabled civil rights leader suffering from a debilitating bone disease for trying to use a special chair he needs during a screening of 'A Color Purple.'
  2. AMC admits fault and apologizes.
  3. Bozo rushes to the defense of AMC by suggesting the victim is somehow at fault despite point 2.
  4. I provide a second link settling the matter and call them out for engaging in pointless victim blaming.
  5. You butt-in to defend JAQing off and blatant attempts to blame the victim.
  6. I block the both of you.

Bye now.

Step 3 isn't correct.

Nobody rushed to the defence of the AMC. The only thing they did was look at the issue from a broader point of view and mention they don't have full info on the topic.

Seems like you are projecting, and can't handle criticism at all.

Please, block me too.

You have quite the stick up your ass lmao