Fresno, California - that haven of tolerance.

[devilgrrl]

Ah yes, the home of the Free Republic...


http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sbriefs16.6mar16,1,903740.story?coll=la-headlines-california

IN BRIEF / FRESNO

Sikh Temple Defaced by Graffiti Vandals
From Times Wire Reports

March 16, 2004

A Sikh temple was defaced with graffiti attacking its members with racial slurs and obscenities, officials said.

The Gurdwara Sahib temple in Fresno was targeted by vandals over the weekend. Last year, vandals attacked the temple five nights in a row with paint and firecrackers that ultimately set fire to the rear of the building.

The Fresno area is home to about 30,000 Sikhs, according to Harjinder Dhillon, president of the Sikh Assn. of Fresno.

[mrgorth]

1. Is FREEP

really HQed in Fresno?

[ButterflyBlood]

2. yep

check their logo, the address is listed on it somewhere.

[mrgorth]

7. I can never understand

people living in places that would make them miserable.

[devilgrrl]

3. Yup.

nt

[Mountainman]

5. Rim Job lives there.

Also some guy killed about 8 children there over the weekend. Supposedly they were all his kids but had different mothers. There ages were from 1 to 8, a 17 yr old and a 25 yr old.

[eissa]

4. Those damn Muslims

What?......They're Sikhs, not Muslim?......Whatever, they're all the same anyway.

Yeah, I'm not too far from Fresno, and the mindset is pretty similar and scary.

[eissa]

6. OMG!

Just noticed I hit 1,000!!!! Love DU :loveya:

[Capn Sunshine]

8. DG I Think you're doing Bakersfield a disservice

That's where Freepers go to die, baby.

[tjwash]

9. Bakersfield!!!

Any town that has been featured more on "Cops" than Joe Montana has been on the cover of SI is to be avoided.

[Tempest]

10. Hey, watch it

I live in Bakersfield.

Although I have to agree with you.

[izzie]

12. I stayed their once but liked Clovis better.

I hated trying to get around the city, as every corner looked alike and it seemed all builders were two stories high.If you come from NE where every thing is a mess all that even stuff gets one messed up. It was winter and the weather was nice, if I must say so.

[madrchsod]

11. hey they got towels on their heads!!!

towelheads!!!! fuck`n morans. a gas station group was owned by the sikhs were boycotted here after 9-11 because the dumb fuck`n morans thought they were a-rabs. the ingorance of these morans amaze me....