The owner of a popular gay bar in Atlanta is facing criticism after authoring a string of racist social media posts that just went public.
Palmer Marsh is the owner of Burkhart’s Pub. The bar first opened more than 20 years ago on the famed Piedmont Avenue and has since become a popular destination for drag shows.
Well, over the weekend, it was discovered that in 2015, Marsh made numerous racist remarks on his personal Facebook page, including calling Obama a “stupid n*gger” and suggesting America would be “better off” if the Civil War had been won by the Confederacy.
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“If the South had won, we would be a hell of a lot better off,” one of the posts said.
“Obviously Vladimir Putin thinks that Barrack Obama is a stupid n*gger,” another read. “He just might be right.”
“My Confederate money that I inherited is on my kitchen counter. RIGHT NOW!” a third post said. “Steal the money, if you like, but don’t try to take my flag because you might get seriously injured by doing so.”
Marsh has yet to issue any comment over the controversy, but Burkhart’s general manager, Don Hunnewell, told the Georgia Voice that he contemplated quitting after reading what Marsh had said.
“Yesterday it took everything I had to soldier on and not terminate my employment agreement,” he said. “As general manager, my first obligation is to maintain and care for the hard-working staff who have dedicated many years to serving a huge loyal customer base… these 50 plus souls often live tip jar to tip jar.”
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Hunnewell added that Marsh is retired and has had “no active participation in the operations” in the bar for a while… except for collecting its profits, of course.
Here’s a screen grab from a post Marsh wrote about his distain for bad online reviews back in January 2015. We have a feeling he’s about to get a whole lot more. And business is going to get a whooooole lot worse.
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ChrisK
Wow. Doesn’t Atlanta have a pretty big black population?
Silent_Joe
Yep. It does. There’s talk of a boycott down here.
jhon_siders
Yep that’s a big reason they have a lot of crime Have a drop lot there have to hire security to stop the theft and the hookers and pimps harassing my drivers there !
tnguy222
@Jhon
I bet you’re one of the blacks who feeds on racial abuse that you find in the deep, dark places of porn sites.
ChrisK
https://www.yelp.com/biz/burkharts-pub-atlanta
DCguy
So he loves the confederacy, and hated Obama because he’s black. Yep, he’s a Republican.
He BGB
More and more gay bars are closing in Atlanta midtown (the primary gay area) due to “gentrification” (nice way of saying straight people have moved in now that gays have made it cool, and don’t want gays now next door). Jungle closed a few weeks ago, a drag bar, because the developer said it would’ve been bad for his new condos. And now this.
radiooutmike
Ick. Just ick.
What hath social media wrought? Does nobody have a filter anymore of what not should be said in public anymore? I am obviously not condoning what Palmer Marsh said, but it continues to amaze me that people are just this stupid.
Hope his shit goes down the drain, and Atlanta’s a great town.
startenout
Well, bless your heart if you’re just figuring out that people can be gay AND racist, but it is supremely ridiculous to be a business owner in a diverse city and spew your word turds. How on earth did it take more than two years for this trash to come to light nationally?? Bye, girl. You’d better sell that bar QUICK before it just tanks… or maybe you only want tragic garbage like yourself in the establishment. Either way, don’t worry about getting my money. #BoycottBurkharts
Blackceo
I’m not sure how ridiculous it is as much as it is stupid. There are plenty of these kind of Blanquitos in diverse cities, but most of them are smart enough to keep this to kitchen table talk. However, I appreciate knowing who this clown is so I know not to spend my money in his establishment.
jhon_siders
Well here’s my take the Fairness office in Louisville was established to help with discrimination to gays in employment mainly well they got a ordnance to try to stop it (does not help a bit !!) well now they have sided with the likes of BLM a local bar owner was called a racist because the told a fat black woman to get here big ass off a pool table ! well they started there BS until he started having a black gay pride night at the bar and there came the drugs the assaults it was no longer safe to go there and the police called so often it closed sad that our own will turn on one another !
demetreus
QUEERTY, IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO BAN JHON_SIDERS FROM THIS SITE. COLLECT HIS IP AND INFORMATION AND STOP HIS NONSENSE.
ALL HE DOES IS INCITE NEGATIVITY AND LEAVE RACIST REMARKS. A GOOGLE SEARCH OF HIS NAME WILL SHOW ALL OF THE DISGUSTING THINGS HE HAS WRITTEN.
YOU GUYS NEED TO TAKE ACTION. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
Kangol
I’ve confronted him before, but no one else seems to care about his racist remarks, so I appreciate your comments. He’s one of a number who post overtly anti-black racist commentary on this site. Then there are the people who post anti-Asian, anti-Muslim, anti-trans crapola. And then there are the homophobes who post on here. I guess this is how things are on the Net today. BTW, Queerty used to have a flag option, but they’ve disabled it.
jhon_siders
@Demetreus and Kangol I tell in the truth but some people wont listen the name of the bar was Woodys and if you take the time to look it up im sure LMPD can advise how many times they responded to that place It went thru many owners in a short time after this I used to go there with friends and we would go to the burger boy across the street (a24 hour little place to eat ) We saw the crap go on there to the point we did not feel safe there any more that was 5 years ago don’t know if it is in business at all I am in the trucking biz and yes in ATL I have to hire security due to the problems at that yard and im going to move it when the lease is up !