Olympia Commits to being an Anti-Racist City, Institutionalizing Hate

Candace Mercer Olympia, WA
17 min readNov 20, 2021

The real world effects of labeling everything WHITE SUPREMACY

I just got kicked out of a bar for the first time in my life. I am banned from McCoy’s Tavern in downtown Olympia for being a WHITE SUPREMACIST. I was asked to leave, escorted to the door and told I was not welcome to return. I was told I would be in danger if I stayed. This extreme othering is being done to dehumanize me in order to justify harm against me. It is sadistic and immoral.

The people putting me in peril were allowed to stay. My cab was going to take an hour and I was asked to leave the area of the bar because of who I was. I am a 58 year old disabled woman who poses no threat to anyone, and it should go without saying, I am NOT a WHITE SUPREMACIST. I was left to fend for myself, with known hostile actors in my proximity, by a woman, no less. At midnight.

There was no reasoning with her, her mind was closed. There is also no way I can prove a negative. The disinformation campaign against me works due to ignorance. Low information hate. It spreads easily, a zombie mind virus.

Disinformation warfare

The people who believe these things are fools. It is even more idiotic is when they take real world actions that reflect a sadistic desire to hurt, to…

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Candace Mercer Olympia, WA

Candace is a progressive artist/writer/activist based in Olympia, WA reporting on homelessness & political violence. She ran for Olympia City Council in 2021.