Chick-fil-A PR goes Rogue

Probably just cholesterol. EAT.MOR.CHIKN.

 

http://www.ajc.com/business/chick-fil-a-public-1486023.html

 

Rainbow Ninja. Definitely.

 

Nope. But I do know that there are Muslim countries where homosexuality is illegal and their state-run oil companies have been supplying gasoline that each of us put in our cars. Just noting it's easy to feign indignation in some instances while willfully ignoring others.

 

What if the indignation is unfeigned, and an individual chooses to make their very specific protest locally?

 

Good for them. But if the indignation is really unfeigned, where is the indignation for the other injustices in the world? If you support gay rights, why cherry pick which cause you stand for (or against)?

As an aside, I'm guessing the very nature of this issue will cause 40% of the people in this country to express outrage/boycott/etc, while 40% solidify a stance on the side of the chain (thus securing the chain's financial prospects well into the future) and the other 20% just don't and won't care.

 

Because all causes aren't equal to all people?

 

Sorry, should've been more clear. I don't think it's Baron's right or mine or anyone else's to judge Dan Cathy's individual morality.

Of course it's your right as a consumer to judge for yourself whether his views are so deeply offensive that you no longer choose to purchase his product.

And Az, I don't think it's gonna bother Dan Cathy too deeply if you and thousands of your buddies get together to boycott CFA from now til the end of eternity. It's certainly not going to make him change his beliefs on gay marriage. If the company was all about money its restaurants certainly wouldn't be closed every Sunday.

 

I protest in the United States because this is where I live.

I protest global injustice wherever and whenever I can - but there's a lot of injustice in the world and I have to choose sometimes where to spend my devotions.

The two ideas - acting upon injustice at home and acting as I can on injustice in the world - are in no way mutually exclusive.

 

Then my protest will fail.

But I'll have stood up and acted upon my beliefs.

 

I can handle that.

Not to take sides with Chick-fil-a, but I also note that there are many countries in this world that do more to stifle gay rights than what Chick-fil-a has in this instance. And those countries, through state-run business, are making money off the American public. Where is the boycott for them? As someone who supports equality across the board, just pointing out the inconsistencies here.

 

If one of them starts to make specific donations to anti-gay marriage measures in the US, you'll see the same protest.