12 People Who Are Mad The #JusticeforEricGarner Protests Ruined The Christmas Tree Lighting
Last night, while reporting on the news that there would be no indictment for the police officer who caused Eric Garner‘s death by putting him in a chokehold, Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson raised a serious concern with the protests that were sure to take place that night. What if they interrupted the annual Christmas tree lighting at the Rockefeller Center?
Carlson wasn’t the only one terrified that her view of the Rockettes might be obstructed by an “I Can’t Breathe” protest sign. Angry whiners immediately took to Twitter to cry about how protesters were Grinchily ruining Christmas, because hearing Mariah Carey sing “All I Want For Christmas Is You” for the millionth time is now apparently a sacred holiday tradition that must not be impeded in any way.
1. Christmas = ruined
The protesters are trying, very specifically, to ruin Dirty Randy’s Christmas. This is way worse than people losing their businesses to the protests in Ferguson, and definitely way worse than a black man dying at the hands of the police, because it directly affects Dirty Randy.
2. Won’t someone please think of the children? My children? 
Dear protesters, please find a place to protest where nobody will have to pay attention to you. Sincerely, half of New York.
3. Howard here knows all about classlessness
“It’s classless,” he proclaimed, as he added a hashtag being used to honor a dead man so that his anti-protest statements would be sure to provoke attention and start arguments.
4. A time and a place
“I daresay there’s a time and a place for everything. Those riotous hooligans pouring tea into the harbor, why, do they not ask themselves what we are to serve as a beverage at young Martha’s birthday party? Surely the young mistress’s festivities will suffer utter ruination.”
5. If you can’t trust Urban Redneck on this, who CAN you trust?
I’m really amazed at how easily all these people’s Christmases are ruined. I didn’t realize the entire Christmas season was now encapsulated in a single tree lighting in a single American city. Someone had better call Fox News and tell them that Urban Redneck is waging the War on Christmas by trying to make the whole Yuletide season only a couple hours long.
6. Just cuz
Yes, the protesters are out just because they got a wild idea in their heads to protest, you know, for fun. Their only goal: destroy the Rockefeller tree lighting. Or was it the idea that black lives or disposable that they’re trying to take down? Either way, I guess – it all works out the same for Dylan in the end.
7. Not the atmosphere!!
If the protesters could just be so kind as to avoid protesting in the month of December to keep from ruining the holiday atmosphere, that would be great. Oh, and January is New Year’s; February is Valentine’s Day; we’ll rule out March and April for general Easter/springtime inconvenience; Memorial Day is in May; no one wants their summer vacation ruined by protests so we’ll just skip June-July-August too; September gets you Labor Day; October is Halloween; November is both Veteran’s Day and Thanksgiving … so protesters, if you could please work around just those few months and find a time that’s convenient for everyone else, that’d be great.
8. Not enough sad emojis in the world to express Stephanie’s feelings
It broke Stephanie’s heart, which matters way more than Esaw Gardner and her family’s hearts being broken by losing a husband and father!
9. Poor tourists
Miranda comes right out and says the subtext to much of the Christmas tree lighting indignation: to her, money > the lives of black men.
10. Please?
It’s your right, but come on, can’t you do it someplace or sometime that no one else cares about? That would make it a lot easier for Geff to ignore you and get on with his own Christmas festivities.
11. Protest right
It’s very disappointing that Aleesha doesn’t go on to enlighten us on what it would entail to ‘protest right’. Also, I’m sure she’s quite right that the guy that Christmas is supposed to be about celebrating would never have ruffled any feathers. And especially not by going into a sacred place and flipping a bunch of tables to show his righteous indigation, that’s for sure.
12. Selfish
Gianna wants everyone to take a look at this image of selfishness, and, well, I’d have a hard time not agreeing with her that some seriously selfish assholery is on display here.
