Aaron Blanco of Brown Coffee Company removed the apology from his website yesterday and posted this on his company blog today:

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For a while Tuesday I considered closing the cafe for a day or a week to let this crud blow over, hoping maybe our military decided to bomb Bermuda or something so the subject could be changed. ย Seriously. ย We were a bit worried for our persons. But then I figured, why? ย Why do I need to do anything differently? ย I know who I am. ย Iโ€™m not any of those things any of those people said about me. ย And so we opened our doors like normal. ย And something very normal happened. ย People came in the door and they bought coffee. ย Lots of it. ย Extra bags of it. ย Extra rounds of it. ย They bought coffee gear, empty jute bags we have lying around and extra packs of coffee filters. ย They bought drinks for people theyโ€™ve never bought drinks for. ย ย They bought ย Brown shirts for themselves that they already owned. ย They bought practically anything that wasnโ€™t nailed down. ย And they smiled. ย And it was good. ย And there was much rejoicing.

I havenโ€™t checked yet, but I think we had our second biggest sales day ever, second only to the last day before Christmas last year. And so I want to say thank you. ย Thanks to all of you who showed us that while personal beliefs are, well, very personal, they do not have to be buried or compartmentalized; that we are undeniably whole people. ย Thank you to all of you, those who tend to agree with my worldviews and to those who donโ€™t, who came and supported us out of the principles of free speech. ย Thank you for showing us that businesses are populated by people, not automatons; and people have feelings. ย And there is nothing written anywhere that says that the people who run/own businesses cannot have opinions that some people consider unpopular, even in the name of the business. ย That is part of what makes this country so great. ย If you donโ€™t like one business, go to another. ย Take your dollars somewhere else. ย Or start taking your dollars here. ย Itโ€™s your choice. Just donโ€™t act like a angry Cubs fan about it, is all.

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