Feeling left out of the Chicago bar fracas, Touché, Chicago's last remaining leather dive bar celebrated their 45th anniversary with an outdated minstrel show featuring a white comedian and his black puppet named Sista Girl. A bartender quit midshift, and others who expressed their feelings were laughed at by members of the audience who cheered this foolishness.

video clips at the link

Touche's response nearly a whole ass day later:

We Apologize

Greetings Friends

Last night at Touché’s 45th anniversary celebration, puppeteer Jerry Halliday included racist and transphobic puppets and jokes in his act. We deeply regret not vetting the entertainer prior to the event. We apologize for not reacting and stopping the show. People were harmed by his words. Racism and transphobia are wrong, we need to do better. Touché will continue to upgrade our awareness of and responses to racism, sexism and transphobia. We are currently exploring ways to address the harm was caused.

We have and will continue to work hard to make this space more welcoming to all people regardless of their racial, ethnic, sexual or gender identities. Your feedback is noted and appreciated if we are to make that a reality here. We could not have remained in business here for the past 45 years if that were not a core purpose of our business.

We are planning for a community gathering at the Leather Archives & Museum at 7pm next Wednesday November 9th where members of our community can express their concerns and help us explore ways to do a better job. We hope that you will allow us the opportunity to prove our resolve in going forward and not permit this one night to overshadow the service Touché has provided to our community for 45 years.

David Boyer

Help me not be an asshole. Fuck you.

Just when a guy is thinking that hearing that a "Lil' Kid..." Bret Hart kicking Abdullah The Butcher in the butt repeatedly was going to be the craziest thing that he heard this weak...

yikes, that was rougher than I expected

numberthirty wrote: Wed Nov 02, 2022 7:46 pm Just when a guy is thinking that hearing that a "Lil' Kid..." Bret Hart kicking Abdullah The Butcher in the butt repeatedly was going to be the craziest thing that he heard this weak...

Having to pull shit together today - if nothing comes in the mail then I'm back on my arse tomorrow. That covers my birthday, the holidays, all that.

Christ, I'll miss the dog. Especially at his age, losing time with him kills.

Thank you, Dave and Seby!

penningtron wrote: Wed Nov 02, 2022 4:46 pm In recent weeks old ladies have been coming up to me at random times to engage in random conversations. Some of them seem very Christian-y, all of them a little bonkers, but each time they were almost grateful I talked with them at all (mostly out of politeness).

This is how my favorite pornos begin

ChudFusk wrote: Fri Nov 04, 2022 1:42 pm

penningtron wrote: Wed Nov 02, 2022 4:46 pm In recent weeks old ladies have been coming up to me at random times to engage in random conversations. Some of them seem very Christian-y, all of them a little bonkers, but each time they were almost grateful I talked with them at all (mostly out of politeness).

This is how my favorite pornos begin

(Puts “politeness” in pornhub search)

ChudFusk wrote: Fri Nov 04, 2022 1:42 pm

penningtron wrote: Wed Nov 02, 2022 4:46 pm In recent weeks old ladies have been coming up to me at random times to engage in random conversations. Some of them seem very Christian-y, all of them a little bonkers, but each time they were almost grateful I talked with them at all (mostly out of politeness).

This is how my favorite pornos begin

I needed a laugh this week, thanks. It wouldn't have been a pretty image but that probably hasn't stopped others..

rsmurphy wrote: Wed Nov 02, 2022 8:23 pm

Nice to see Hasan Piker and Steven Crowder finally getting along