Bakery owner apologizes for "Build That Wall" cookie

[JohnnyRingo]

He says it's not a political statement, just "a joke". D'ya get it? A heart shaped cookie that says "build that wall"! LOL This guy really missed his calling the day he eschewed Lorne Michael's offer to become a racist baker. I think the cookie that says "Cool Beans" sets at least the age demographic here.

Personally, I really wouldn't want this guy to be driven into bankruptcy over something he probably got from Fox News so I wouldn't call for a boycott. It's possible he not even racist, just pumped up by a nightly dose of Sean Hannity and only a vague understanding of a wall. Having said that, there are too many other bakeries in town owned by decent people. There's no reason to walk in and hand money to this asshole.

Washington bakery's 'Build that Wall' cookie stirs controversy
“I try to be funny," Ken Bellingham, owner of Edmonds Bakery, explained amid the backlash.
By Minyvonne Burke

A bakery in Edmonds, Washington, stirred up controversy over a politically-charged sugar cookie adorned with the words “Build that Wall” — a reference to President Donald Trump’s repeated statements to build a wall along the US-Mexico border.

Ken Bellingham, owner of Edmonds Bakery, told NBC-affiliate King 5 News that the pink-frosted heart cookie was meant as a joke, not a political statement.

Customer Ana Carrera snapped a photo of the cookie sitting in a display case at the bakery and shared it on Facebook. She said the message on the cookie is no laughing matter.

“A cookie like this does represent that there is some hate coming out this bakery,” she told the news outlet. “Whether he chooses to admit it or not.”

Ever since Carrera’s post started making the rounds on social media, other people have lashed out at the bakery.

“Hatred and racism is NOT a joke. Not even on a cookie,” Facebook user Henry John Bridger II wrote on the bakery’s page. “If you say it was a ‘mistake’, it shows us who you are to your core — a racist. If you truly weren’t a racist you would have never even made that cookie or thought it would be a joke.”

Another outraged Facebook user by the name of Rich Wending suggested people stop shopping at the bakery.

Some on Facebook, however, came to the bakery’s defense writing that they were not going to let the controversy deter them from visiting the shop.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/washington-bakery-s-build-wall-cookie-stirs-controversy-n963501

[EveHammond13]

1. this is how racists test the limits of where they can move the norms

[Iggo]

5. I'm half white and I look white and I can tell you that's exactly how it's done.

EDIT: To explain, I've been in hundreds of rooms where the speaker wants to let his bigotry hang out, checks to make sure there's all white faces, then starts with the "jokes" to test the waters.

[EveHammond13]

10. yes. and they feel emboldened now.

[Blecht]

2. Racist assholes deserve no sympathy

for the repercussions of espousing their racist bullshit.

[NotAPuppet]

3. I would eat that racist cookie!

I just wouldn’t pay for it. Does that make me a bad person?

[JohnnyRingo]

6. That'd be one tasty shoplifted cookie.

with a maniacal laugh and a trail of crumbs out the door.

[EveHammond13]

11. just one lick across the top should do the job....

[Iggo]

4. I assume the reporter's next words were: Explain the joke, Mr Bellingham.

[Ohiogal]

7. Conservative humor

Just isn’t funny.

[Basement Beat]

9. Right! They lack tact, timing and subtlety.

Not to mention, as you said - their jokes just aren't even funny.

[rockfordfile]

8. A racist should be put out of business