Mariner, I live about a mile from the Twelve Rounds Brewing Company, and drive past it every day on my way to work. While Sacramento is a pretty moderate city, they chose to put their business in the city’s most liberal neighborhood.
No, the Bee was not trying to hurt the business; they were merely reporting a local story, as did the TV stations here. What made the story notable was the large size of the backlash.
Yes, because of its location, the business *did* have plenty of customers of the pussy-hatted ilk, and they were glad to take anybody’s money. I drove by yesterday, the place was a ghost town, and for once, there were no cars parked on that side of the street.
Of course, the guy’s timing couldn’t have been worse for him to shoot a hole in his own boat. When people saw his Facebook post, they then dug deeper on his Facebook page, and found a bunch of all-muslims-want-us-dead, Obama-is-a-muslim stuff, and reposted it, causing even more of a storm.
There’s no room for Archie Bunker in that neighborhood sad to hear. I bet this guy was so busy with his beer and business that he didn’t understand how his personal rants would destroy his business.