CFA response to anti-gay alleg. "Guilty as charged." Do NOT gloat about eating at CFA
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I'd like to back up and ask you to please clarify this part of your initial post in this discussion.
Who are drawing battle lines, and what are those lines? Who are the good guys and bad guys? There's an equivocation here that if read literally is understandably objectionable. It seems that may have not been your intent. Can you clarify?
LaserBuddha
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I foolishly expressed my disillusionment with animosity, in a thread where thirst thing people would think is that I'm coming down on people being staunch about equality. I accept blame for that, I'm not martyring myself at all. Did I overstate when I described what you said as ridicule?
LaserBuddha
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I just meant that in general, people feel like they always have to fight each other and win when they have different feelings about something. And the first thing people do when they encounter a distasteful opinion is that they use that to define who people are. Does that mean that those who don't care about these "traditional family" donations are unfairly labeled? No. Does it mean that people might achieve their own goals more successfully if they weren't so totally uncompromising in how they deal with people, people who sometimes lean the same way they do but just aren't resolute or passionate enough? Maybe. I assume people discuss things to learn and grow and cause the same in others.
Is it a little late to disclose that marijuana is a factor tonight?
freenudemacusers
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Trent Strong
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Some of us work long hours. We aren't all college kids with nothing but time on our hands.
LaserBuddha
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My question is what do I do with all that oil? Also will it hurt?
freenudemacusers
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Devolution
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It's much too salty that's for sure.
LaserBuddha
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I wish it had been any other chain but this one.
Yeah, college kids are the only people who cook their own food.
freenudemacusers
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I just roast whole chickens anyway. Cheaper and easier.
Devolution
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Most of the college kids I knew were not really cooking at all. Meal plans and ramen aren't cooking.
That's why you pre-make the batter mix.
I just got out of a conversation in another thread about Batman movies, so pardon this: it's what we do that defines us. So I think it's natural and understandable to judge based on actions and the values they express. I echo the general sentiment about wanting to all get along, but this is an issue that understandably elicits strong emotions; people's lives are being dramatically impacted. So I think it's also understandable that passions are strong; some things are worth being passionate about, even combative.
I appreciate the explanation. Enjoy the pot.
CrushDance
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Nobody is saying don't eat whatever you want, dress in whatever you want, buy whatever you want. People are saying that if feel and want to make a conscious decision to not give your money to a place that is doing something wrong(If you believe they aren't is another topic). Than there are other options.
If you're starving late at night coming from work and are craving Chick fil-fuckin-A. Go ahead and buy it. There is nothing wrong in buying food from them. It is literally impossible to avoid not giving your money to less than noble companies. What people were getting banned and shouted down for was the "lolz gonna get me some chicken now!" and the "Who cares" none-sense in this very thread. If someone were to post a pic about their order from there in any other thread on GAF, nobody would care at all. It's context dependant.
There is no pride or guilt to be had in getting food from them. If it possible though and not incredibly out of your way, avoiding them is just a decent thing to do since they're for holding down the rights of others. Simply laughing about and saying "It's just chicken" misses the point entirely. Because in a way we all support things. And chuckling about getting food when the news is fresh just comes off as insulting and less than respectable to your fellow human beings.
There are only two CFA in my area that I am aware of. One is the local mall and one is about 40 minutes away. I never go to these places in the first place because I hate the mall and I'm not driving 40 minutes for a sandwich, but this story really wouldn't stop me from eating at this establishment if it was a reasonable option for me.
Let's not confuse morally right and factually "right". This is an incorrect analogy.
Trent Strong
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Uhh...I was just responding to the guy saying that it's easy to cook your own food, and that "Needing people to cook for you is like asking people to wipe your ass." I wasn't talking about chick-fil-a specifically. I plan to boycott them myself, as I've said in this thread before. (Not that that's a big deal for me, since I rarely ate there even before I heard they were run by a bunch of religious fanatics.)
What the hell? I have much more time on my hands now that I'm not in school.
Trent Strong
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We don't all have as refined a palate as you do, your majesty. (Just kidding.)
Well, lazy Europeans who work 35 hour weeks and take vacations all the time probably have time to cook their own food too. (Just kidding.)
Batter mix? Pre-make? What are these words? What is this crazy talk?
I think one can like Chik-Fil-A, and one can even do business with them, without being an opponent of civil rights/gay marriage. You can't boycott everything- I am willing to throw boycotts out, but I have bigger issues- I will boycott over consumer and workforce issues.
Personally, I don't like their stance on this issue, but they're consistent, and do things like close on Sunday and (from what I've heard) don't mistreat their workers, so they do practice it both ways- they're willing to take a hit in the pocketbook for what they believe in. Even if I don't agree with that (and I don't), I do have some respect for that.
Personally, I like their stuff, but I have other options I like more, so I go there. I did stop going to a couple of businesses because they supported Amendment Dumb here. (I live in NC)
They responded.
Before people start celebrating, all this says is that they won't be publicly talking about gay marriage anymore (such as the interview).
It doesn't say anything about stopping their donations to anti-equality groups.
freenudemacusers
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Hah, my palate is not refined, and lately I just eat simple stuff cuz trying to make a complex meal usually falls flat for a one year old.
And you don't need bread crumbs for at home pan frying. Graham crackers work too
Wtf? I am a VP for my company, work 70 hours a week, and cook dinner for my family every night.
Chicken, flour, egg, breadcrumb, oil.
That was days ago. I assume it was already posted in this thread.
IMO that's a BS response and doesn't even address any of the other money they donate to anti-gay causes that are not outright only about gay marriage. Some of the organizations Chick-Fil-A has given money to are IMO just outright hate groups.
Basically we'll still take your money gay people.
And yet even AFTER that response people are still boycotting, and the Jim Henson Company still felt it was necessary to cut all ties with Chick-Fil-A and give all the money they've received to GLAAD.
Bitmap Frogs
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Pretty much. This is just the standard soulless, meaningless, canned PR response.
They just will be hush hush about it going forward.
Mgoblue201
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Unfortunately, the mentality that led to this statement in the first place is the result of deeply ingrained dogma. I remember when my former pastor from my decidedly ex-church once pontificated about how the owner of Chick-Fil-A is "blessed" because he "honors god" by closing on Sundays. This is what these people really believe. It will be interesting, to say the least, to see how the restaurant will be able to keep maintaining its discriminatory tactics in the face of changing social norms.
The one you quoted HAS to be parody.
I would sure hope so, but it seems to be in line with others, and from my experience with the Herald, they pander to a very shitty audience. I go there for Patriots news, and their frontpage is often embarrassing.
This was not the course of wisdom.
freenudemacusers
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Those who don't read threads are doomed to repeat bans
mmm inequality and hatred gets my stomach rumbling too, man, i know how you feel.
Look at his post history, he might invest in a franchise.
Why we still got monkeys?
Its like the forbidden drumstick.
No chicken filas around here though. Though I dont mind Chubby Chicken or KFC.
SonicMegaDrive
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I wouldn't.
Alligatorjandro
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One thing I've noticed about Chik Fil A is that they tend to be in nicer areas than other fast food places.
Bay Maximus
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I see this is just one of those threads.
njean777
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Hyperbole much? I'm sure every worker there hates gays and thinks they are all going to burn... Come the fuck on, and quit patting yourself on the back for not eating there.
I dunno why but I get the feeling you're a troll for some reason....
Or possibly a hate monger i'm not exactly sure.
It's like people just read the thread title and think, "Oh! I better let everyone know that I, too, am anti-gay!"
Their headquarters is in College Park which is honestly a pretty ghetto area but the HQ itself is in a nicer part of that city I think.
It's south of Atlanta.
There isn't anybody in this thread (at least in the last few pages) bragging about not eating at Chick-Fil-A. The only people bragging are those who find the need to let everybody know that they'll continue to support the restaurant because they think fried chicken is more important than civil rights.
I would bet my hat that half the Chick-Fil-A board isn't only engaging in discreet homosexual interludes on the side, but going all-out with orgies and BDSM. The larger the rift between one's daily life and sexuality, the bigger the turn-on. Most people know this.
Now, regardless, I will never be a patron to any organization "founded on biblical principles." I have principles that are founded on actual morality.
On a related note, every "Chick-Fil-A is anti-gay" discussion turns into an incredible advert for the food itself. Be it on GAF or elsewhere.
Now, regardless, I will never be a patron to any organization "founded on biblical principles." I have principles that are founded on actual morality.
Except it doesn't necessarily mean that.
Eating CFA with the knowledge that they give money to anti-gay organizations only means that you feel the food is worth more to you than the fraction of a penny given to said organizations.
The hyperbole in this thread is kinda ridiculous.
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