What A Bunch Of Tea Partiers Did For People Of Ferguson Is Something Most News Media Won’t Report
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| Looting in Ferguson |
By Michael Hausam, Aug. 31, 2014, IJReview.com
Apparently, the St. Louis Tea Party missed the memo that the tea party is full of selfish people who just want to spread their misdirected ire in random ways, because that’s just the kind of Haterade drinkers they are.
According to the group’s Facebook page and BizPacReview, the group is organizing a “BUYcott” to help Ferguson businesses that were devastated by the riots. The group’s leader, Bill Hennessy, posted this exchange, showing the surprise that many had when the event occurred:
A gentlman (my age) in the salon (husband?) asked who we were with. I told him “St. Louis Tea Party.”
“Tea party?” he said. “You bad boys,” and chuckled. Then he looked at me, very serious. He said, “The tea party came up here to do this?”
“Oh, yeah,” I said. “we don’t want to see Ferguson go south.”
He laughed. And he looked at me. Then he was quiet, lost in thought for a minute. When he came out of it, he was like our best friend. Laughing, giving us crap about stuff, telling stories. He admitted baseball can be like “watching grass grow.”
In that moment of reflection, I’m sure he was trying to reconcile “tea party” with what he was seeing–four white people, ages 18 to 50, laughing, spending money, empathizing.
That moment made the whole event worthwhile.
Apparently, the St. Louis Tea Party missed the memo that the tea party is full of selfish people who just want to spread their misdirected ire in random ways, because that’s just the kind of Haterade drinkers they are.
According to the group’s Facebook page and BizPacReview, the group is organizing a “BUYcott” to help Ferguson businesses that were devastated by the riots. The group’s leader, Bill Hennessy, posted this exchange, showing the surprise that many had when the event occurred:
A gentlman (my age) in the salon (husband?) asked who we were with. I told him “St. Louis Tea Party.”
“Tea party?” he said. “You bad boys,” and chuckled. Then he looked at me, very serious. He said, “The tea party came up here to do this?”
“Oh, yeah,” I said. “we don’t want to see Ferguson go south.”
He laughed. And he looked at me. Then he was quiet, lost in thought for a minute. When he came out of it, he was like our best friend. Laughing, giving us crap about stuff, telling stories. He admitted baseball can be like “watching grass grow.”
In that moment of reflection, I’m sure he was trying to reconcile “tea party” with what he was seeing–four white people, ages 18 to 50, laughing, spending money, empathizing.
That moment made the whole event worthwhile.
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