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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 11:26 AM

Star Member a kennedy (27,171 posts)

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

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

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Reply and sh*t still continues....St. Louis bar boycotts Rams after players support Ferguson protests (Original post)
 a kennedy Dec 2014 OP
LineReply Would love to see Chiefs players come out and do it, too
 alcibiades_mystery Dec 2014 #1
LineLineNew Reply +1. That was my first thought too. n/t
 iscooterliberally Dec 2014 #35
LineReply Fuck them.
 nc4bo Dec 2014 #2
LineReply Bar Owner Must Be Quite a Tool
 ProfessorGAC Dec 2014 #3
LineReply this is getting fucking stupid at this point
 snooper2 Dec 2014 #4
LineReply Unfortunately the Rams might be leaving town after this season.
 Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2014 #5
LineReply Don't worry Rams LA is willing to take you back if they don't want you
 Johonny Dec 2014 #6
LineLineReply This is what the Rams to LA zombies post on the PD daily. All six of them!
 RedCloud Dec 2014 #24
LineLineLineNew Reply Hell, even the Raiders to LA zombies are now favoring the Rams....
 Brother Buzz Dec 2014 #33
LineReply well, just maybe people will take their business elsewhere.
 spanone Dec 2014 #7
LineReply Hate is a helluva drug.
 JaneyVee Dec 2014 #8
LineReply So I guess the Rams will just need to...
 TlalocW Dec 2014 #9
LineReply we strive for freedom to express ourselves,
 saltpepperdoor Dec 2014 #10
LineLineReply Good on them
 Kalidurga Dec 2014 #11
LineLineLineReply thats petty
 saltpepperdoor Dec 2014 #12
LineLineLineLineReply No petty is banning the St. Louis Rams
 Kalidurga Dec 2014 #13
LineLineLineLineLineNew Reply I assume you are equally outraged by walmart protest?
 Travis_0004 Dec 2014 #30
LineLineLineLineLineLineNew Reply Yeah cuz
 Kalidurga Dec 2014 #31
LineLineLineLineReply please enjoy what will not doubt be a short stay.
 niyad Dec 2014 #26
LineLineReply the bar owners can express themselves, but those disagreeing can't? wtf?
 uppityperson Dec 2014 #15
LineLineReply Are not complaints also a form of freedom of expression?
 LanternWaste Dec 2014 #16
LineLineReply Fair enough.
 HappyMe Dec 2014 #17
LineLineReply And we're expressing ourselves about the way that the bar owner is expressing himself.
 Iggo Dec 2014 #23
LineLineNew Reply Complaining is also a form of expression n/t
 arcane1 Dec 2014 #36
LineReply Irony Alert - KC Chiefs have a Muslim player.
 hexola Dec 2014 #14
LineReply Let's see . . .
 Brigid Dec 2014 #18
LineReply I'm curious if the bar has many brown skinned patrons nt.
 BootinUp Dec 2014 #19
LineReply Americans are divided on Ferguson...
 Stellar Dec 2014 #20
LineReply Who cares if a bunch of lawyers don't like the Rams!
 Eleanors38 Dec 2014 #21
LineReply The area is becoming/is a magnet for the KKK ...IMO.
 L0oniX Dec 2014 #22
LineReply Time for all NFL players to show the same courage as the five St. Louis Rams
 mountain grammy Dec 2014 #25
LineLineNew Reply Agreed!
 jillan Dec 2014 #29
LineReply Ok so a gesture of surrender to police is contrary to supporting police?
 gordianot Dec 2014 #27
LineNew Reply I'm sure there are plenty of other bars in SL where the owners aren't dicks.
 jillan Dec 2014 #28
LineNew Reply They should tell the Rams to
 Capt. Obvious Dec 2014 #32
LineNew Reply Hey Rams come back to Los Angeles! We'll welcome you!
 Initech Dec 2014 #34
LineNew Reply Their FB Page Needs Some Love
 otohara Dec 2014 #37

Response to a kennedy (Original post)

Tue Dec 2, 2014, 11:28 AM

alcibiades_mystery (36,437 posts)

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

 

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

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 02:22 PM

Star Member iscooterliberally (2,548 posts)

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

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 11:30 AM

nc4bo (17,651 posts)

2. Fuck them.

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 11:33 AM

Star Member ProfessorGAC (57,824 posts)

3. Bar Owner Must Be Quite a Tool

A hyperreactionary tool, at that.

What a ridiculous over-reaction.

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 11:36 AM

snooper2 (30,151 posts)

4. this is getting fucking stupid at this point

 

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 11:41 AM

Tommy_Carcetti (42,026 posts)

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.

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 11:41 AM

Johonny (18,228 posts)

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

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 12:56 PM

RedCloud (9,230 posts)

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?

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 01:45 PM

Star Member Brother Buzz (33,522 posts)

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

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

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 11:41 AM

Star Member spanone (133,389 posts)

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

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 11:42 AM

JaneyVee (19,877 posts)

8. Hate is a helluva drug.

 

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 11:45 AM

TlalocW (14,904 posts)

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

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 11:58 AM

saltpepperdoor (18 posts)

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.

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 12:19 PM

Kalidurga (14,177 posts)

11. Good on them

I like to know who is wearing the sheets.

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 12:22 PM

saltpepperdoor (18 posts)

12. thats petty

Very petty.

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 12:24 PM

Kalidurga (14,177 posts)

13. No petty is banning the St. Louis Rams

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

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 01:27 PM

Travis_0004 (5,417 posts)

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.

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 01:36 PM

Kalidurga (14,177 posts)

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.

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 12:59 PM

Star Member niyad (98,968 posts)

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.

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 12:37 PM

Star Member uppityperson (115,517 posts)

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?

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 12:39 PM

LanternWaste (37,748 posts)

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.

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 12:41 PM

HappyMe (20,277 posts)

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.

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 12:52 PM

Iggo (46,451 posts)

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

Happy now?

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 02:37 PM

arcane1 (38,613 posts)

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

 

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 12:31 PM

hexola (4,835 posts)

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

 

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

Which will they fear more?

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 12:43 PM

Brigid (17,621 posts)

18. Let's see . . .

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

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 12:44 PM

Star Member BootinUp (43,996 posts)

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

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 12:45 PM

Stellar (5,644 posts)

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.

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 12:47 PM

Eleanors38 (18,318 posts)

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

 

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 12:51 PM

L0oniX (31,493 posts)

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

 

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 12:57 PM

Star Member mountain grammy (25,298 posts)

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.

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 01:27 PM

jillan (39,451 posts)

29. Agreed!

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 01:08 PM

Star Member gordianot (15,001 posts)

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.

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 01:26 PM

jillan (39,451 posts)

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

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 01:38 PM

Capt. Obvious (9,002 posts)

32. They should tell the Rams to

GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 02:19 PM

Star Member Initech (96,334 posts)

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

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Tue Dec 2, 2014, 02:59 PM

otohara (24,135 posts)

37. Their FB Page Needs Some Love

 

the crazies are out in full force

https://www.facebook.com/Rams

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