and sh*t still continues....St. Louis bar boycotts Rams after players support Ferguson protests

[a kennedy]

A local St. Louis bar’s announcement that it would no longer support the Rams following the silent protest of several players on Sunday has gained national attention.

The post was made on Facebook Monday morning and has been liked almost 40,000 times, generating over 6,500 comments.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/12/st-louis-bar-boycotts-rams-after-players-support-ferguson-protests/timeout3#main#main

The bar followed up their first statement by announcing their allegiance to the Kansas City Chiefs, and noted that happy hour will continue whenever there are Chiefs games.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/12/st-louis-bar-boycotts-rams-after-players-support-ferguson-protests/timeout4#main#main

The bar’s Yelp page has been inundated by reviewers disagreeing with their stance.

“There’s sports fanaticism, then there’s short-sightedness,and then there’s hateful childish behavior that has no business in business,” one comment read.

On Monday, the NFL said it would not adhere to a request from the St. Louis Police Officer’s Association to discipline the players who made the “hands up, don’t shoot” pose used by protesters in Ferguson, Mo. during pre-game introductions on Sunday.

Rams executive vice president and chief operations officer Kevin Demoff also commented on the actions of his players.

“We do believe it is possible to both support our players’ First Amendment rights and support the efforts of local law enforcement as our community begins to heal.”

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/12/st-louis-bar-boycotts-rams-after-players-support-ferguson-protests

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. Would love to see Chiefs players come out and do it, too

Just to stick it in the eye of these racist asshats.

[iscooterliberally]

35. +1. That was my first thought too. n/t

[nc4bo]

2. Fuck them.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Bar Owner Must Be Quite a Tool

A hyperreactionary tool, at that.

What a ridiculous over-reaction.

[snooper2]

4. this is getting fucking stupid at this point

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. Unfortunately the Rams might be leaving town after this season.

So they might not get a chance to see their home team play ever again. Stupid decision on their part on all grounds.

[Johonny]

6. Don't worry Rams LA is willing to take you back if they don't want you

[RedCloud]

24. This is what the Rams to LA zombies post on the PD daily. All six of them!

But seriously to root for your cross state rivals?

[Brother Buzz]

33. Hell, even the Raiders to LA zombies are now favoring the Rams....

after last weekends 52-0 trouncing. zero, zip, zilch, nada

[spanone]

7. well, just maybe people will take their business elsewhere.

[JaneyVee]

8. Hate is a helluva drug.

[TlalocW]

9. So I guess the Rams will just need to...

Find out the guy's closest competitor/most hated adversary who owns a bar and being rich athletes go drop a crapload of money at his bar.

TlalocW

[saltpepperdoor]

10. we strive for freedom to express ourselves,

Yet when someone expresses themselves in a manner that we done like; we complain. Agree with it or disagree with it, the owners of the bar are expressing themselves.

[Kalidurga]

11. Good on them

I like to know who is wearing the sheets.

[saltpepperdoor]

12. thats petty

Very petty.

[Kalidurga]

13. No petty is banning the St. Louis Rams

and posting BS about free speech to defend the banning asshats.

[Travis_0004]

30. I assume you are equally outraged by walmart protest?

Eveybody has a right to protest whoever they want.

If you dont like it, dont go to this sports bar.

[Kalidurga]

31. Yeah cuz

picketing for fair wages is exactly the same thing as a bar telling St. Louis Fans they don't deserve the same price cut as other football fans.

[niyad]

26. please enjoy what will not doubt be a short stay.

petty was the bar owner--yes, the person had a right to make that decision. but WE have the right to comment on that decision. surely that is not such a difficult concept.

[uppityperson]

15. the bar owners can express themselves, but those disagreeing can't? wtf?

When the Rams express themselves in a manner the bar owners don't like, it's OK for them to complain, but when someone here doesn't like how the bar owners expressed themselves, they should shut up? Wtf?

[LanternWaste]

16. Are not complaints also a form of freedom of expression?

"Yet when someone expresses themselves in a manner that we done like; we complain..."

Are not complaints also a form of freedom of expression? If so, I find it disingenuous to imply that doing so does not allow for, or denies our striving for freedom to express ourselves.

[HappyMe]

17. Fair enough.

People and players can express themselves by taking their business elsewhere. I think the guy shot himself in the foot, but that's his problem.

[Iggo]

23. And we're expressing ourselves about the way that the bar owner is expressing himself.

Happy now?

[arcane1]

36. Complaining is also a form of expression n/t

[hexola]

14. Irony Alert - KC Chiefs have a Muslim player.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husain_Abdullah

Which will they fear more?

[Brigid]

18. Let's see . . .

How many other bars are there in the St Louis area to choose from?

[BootinUp]

19. I'm curious if the bar has many brown skinned patrons nt.

[Stellar]

20. Americans are divided on Ferguson...

at least that's what HuffPosters say...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/02/ferguson-shooting-polls_n_6253894.html#comments

ABC/POST: 'PROFOUND' RACIAL DIVIDE ON FERGUSON DECISION - Christopher Weiss: "Americans divide evenly on last week’s grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri – with vast racial, political and generational gaps defining public attitudes on the volatile issue. Overall, 48 percent in this ABC News/Washington Post poll approve and 45 percent disapprove of the grand jury’s decision not to bring criminal charges against police officer Darren Wilson, who is white, in the fatal shooting of black teenager Michael Brown last August. Underlying divisions are profound. Fifty-eight percent of whites approve of the grand jury action, compared with 9 percent of blacks and 32 percent of Hispanics, the nation’s two main racial and ethnic minorities. Eighty-five percent of blacks and six in 10 Hispanics disapprove. Indeed, 73 percent of blacks 'strongly' disapprove of the decision not to charge Wilson, a remarkable level of strong sentiment on any issue. Forty-five percent of Hispanics also strongly disapprove – while among whites, 42 percent strongly approve of the grand jury’s decision." [ABC, Full results]

If the poll was done on Huffington Post, they are trolled, big time. I don't know about this poll.

[Eleanors38]

21. Who cares if a bunch of lawyers don't like the Rams!

[L0oniX]

22. The area is becoming/is a magnet for the KKK ...IMO.

[mountain grammy]

25. Time for all NFL players to show the same courage as the five St. Louis Rams

players and shut these idiots down... Screw that establishment.

[jillan]

29. Agreed!

[gordianot]

27. Ok so a gesture of surrender to police is contrary to supporting police?

The ancient symbol of surrender I want to live is now so offensive to police you might actually get shot by putting your hands in the air? Life is getting weird and St. Louis is becoming more and more a world class cesspool of racist bigots.

[jillan]

28. I'm sure there are plenty of other bars in SL where the owners aren't dicks.

[Capt. Obvious]

32. They should tell the Rams to

GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM

[Initech]

34. Hey Rams come back to Los Angeles! We'll welcome you!

[otohara]

37. Their FB Page Needs Some Love

the crazies are out in full force

https://www.facebook.com/Rams