St. Louis Bar “Time Out” No Longer Supporting Rams Over #Ferguson Gesture

I’m not going to hold my tongue.

Apparently the “Time Out” Sports Bar in St. Louis was so offended by the Rams players doing the “Hands Up Don’t Shoot” they have decided to stop supporting the team altogether.

“Due to the bone headed ‘hands up, don’t shoot’ act by the number of Rams players on the Sunday game the Time Out Bar & Grill will no longer support the St Louis Rams, so we will no longer have Happy hours for the Rams games and all signs and pictures will be off the walls. … We have to stand up to thugs who destroy our community and burn down local businesses, and boycott the other thugs/organizations who support them.”

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As business owners this is their right, sure. But the language they use is simply racist and prejudice in nature. I’m glad they have blown their cover and hope this community no longer supports THEM.

Let’s break down this language.

We have to stand up to thugs who destroy our community and burn down local businesses, and boycott the other thugs/organizations who support them.”

Excuse me, who are you exactly calling a thug? Would you be calling them thugs if it were four white players? Of course not.

This is just another indication of a growing majority of our country that refuses to acknowledge the injustices that people of color/urban people go through on a near daily basis. Four millionaire NFL players throwing their hands up was enough for you to call them thugs yet you have never met the men a day in your natural life. Ridiculous.

Of course “Time Out” posted a rebuttal on their Facebook after they got killed in the comments and on Yelp (you already know YA BOY is off to Yelp immediately after he clicks publish.)

“Just to clarify our point of view at Time Out. We SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH. We SUPPORT PEACEFULL (sic) DEMONSTRATION. We are NOT TAKING SIDES ON THE FERGUSON TRAGEDY. We DISAGREE WITH BRINGING THE PROTEST TO A NATIONWIDE PROFESSIONAL SPORTING EVENT. We welcome all opinions because we believe in the First Amendment, just PLEASE respect each other!”

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Too little too late. I think your…. time’s up.