Idiot wants to Boycott my Bakery Because of NPR

Today I received an e-mail from "Trey Hensley" at trey_hensley@hotmail.com who threatens he will boycott my bakery because of a contribution I made to our local public radio station a year ago. Get a load of this gem:

from Trey Hensley <trey_hensley@hotmail.com>
date Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 2:37 PM
subject Protest & Boycott of Your business

Dear Sir or Madam,

We are planning a protest and a boycott of your business. The reason for this is because you are a sponsor of KUT 90.5 the local "National Public Radio" (NPR) station. It is our belief that Juan Williams was fired without cause over comments that are protected under the First Amendment and was singled out because he is African American by NPR management. He was the only African American journalist employed by NPR. We will keep our protest in front of your business legal and abide by all laws but we will choose the days and times that will affect you and your business the most. We have started a website and added you to the list of businesses that we are encouraging all people of the Austin area to boycott until you consider removing your sponsorship and stop supporting a station who's management is racist.

Feel free to reply to this email or if you want to call Hawk Mendehall (Asst GM for KUT) at 512-471-1631 the local NPR station and let him know you are being boycotted because of your support for them. If you want to postpone or cancel our demonstration in front of your business please let us know you will no longer be supporting KUT 90.5. This is in no way intended to be a threat we are just giving your company the benefit of the doubt that you may no longer want to support an organization that is prejudiced against African Americans unless you want to see Americans exercising their rights to free speech on your door step.

Thank you in advance for your time and consideration

Respectfully
Trey Hensley

My reply:

Mr Hensley:

First, boycotting small independent businesses because of a decision made by a radio corporation in Washington DC is incompetent and idiotic.

Second, suggesting Mr Williams was fired because of his race and somehow linking that to my bakery, a minority owned business, and where or where we do not seek to gain marketing exposure is asinine, ignorant, and misdirected.

Third, our decision to support (or not to support) a local, commercial-free radio station because of its local content and non-commercial drive to grow and support its community is ours and ours alone. You do not make that decision for us.

Good luck in your attempt to draw light upon your ignorance. We only wish you directed your anger toward the officials in Washington DC rather than send form letters to businesses you clearly do not frequent.

Timothy Lux