Should Christians Boycott Starbucks?

Christian Post ^ | 03/27/2013 | Russell D. Moore

[ataDude]

I’ve been on the bandwagon for the last three years. Not one cent from me.

[who knows what evil?]

...another in a long line of lukewarm 21st Century ‘pastors’...

[Colonel_Flagg]

We won't win this argument by bringing corporations to the ground in surrender. We'll engage this argument, first of all, by prompting our friends and neighbors to wonder why we don't divorce each other, and why we don't split up when a spouse loses his job or loses her health. We'll engage this argument when we have a more exalted, and more mysterious, view of sexuality than those who see human persons as animals or machines. And, most of all, we'll engage this argument when we proclaim the meaning behind marriage: the covenant union of Christ and his church.

Sorry. Dr. Moore. I'll multitask. Why can't you?

[SECURE AMERICA]

I boycott Starbucks because their coffee is expensive and tastes like crap!

[Lx]

I like strong (meaning hypertension levels of caffeine) and the more you roast the bean, the stronger it tastes but the less caffeine it has.

I dislike their coffee because it tastes burnt to me. Second only to the pretentious menu system. Venti, yeah wonderful, what’s the Italian word for big cup strong caffeine and not burnt. Maybe if I knew it, I could get a decent cup of coffee there.

We have a Keurig machine which has pods. Seems like a good idea when you buy it and it has an unlimited number of types of pods including teas but it’s incredibly expensive when you use it. I’ve found the Donut house coffee gives me a sufficient amount of chest pain to know it’s working. Surprise, there are Starbuck pods and they are nasty and I loved my dad’s black gang coffee which could strip an engine’s grease.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“I don’t used burned coffee beans,”

There’s one inside the local Target, where I go for catfood and litter. The place smells like burnt coffee! Yuck! When I get coffee, I go to the Speedway station. Great coffee! Several blends. And for $1.49, I get more than I can drink.

[fwdude]

If you haven’t been boycotting this despicable company for several years now, you’ll never get it.

[Defiant]

Spoken like someone who likes hi mocha vente more than his moral compass.

[who knows what evil?]

If we as Conservatives continue to purchase from companies that are openly hostile to your political and personal beliefs than we are stupid. It is more than time that we start to punish our enemies at least as much as the vocal liberal homosexual minority does.

Financing the enemy isn't the brightest strategy...

[Cicero]

Unfortunately, faculty at some of the Baptist and Evangelical theological seminaries are lukewarm these days. Going the same way as most of the other seminaries, I’m afraid.

It’s not as if boycotting is an act of violence, as he almost seems to suggest.

[inpajamas]

If you are going to boycott one, then boycott all. That will put you in a cave without electricity. We have a progressive government/corporate complex with a monopoly.

[fwdude]

It is a literal minefield out their in the market, and people of moral character will be wise to actively seek out those increasingly fewer companies who don’t bow to the sodomite Molech.

It’s hard work and inconvenient, but we have to do it.

[Truth2012]

If christians know how to speak to God, then they already know the answer to this one.

[I want the USA back]

How about supporting companies that support normal marriage? They need the support. The left sets its sights on them and tries to destroy them.

[who knows what evil?]

But we don't persuade our neighbors by mimicking their angry power-protests.

Who's angry, 'Pastor'? I just don't feeling like buying the rope with which they want to hang me...

[stuartcr]

You may find this strange, but I have the ability to assign priorities, therefore, I can actually enjoy Starbucks (mainly because I don’t give a crap about anything other than their product), and I can like having choices for insurance or whether I want to pay for other people’s access to things.

[martiangohome]

Their coffee is very good. I also enjoy their Cafe Mocha and various seasonal drinks.

[vetvetdoug]

Starbucks has shot themselves in the foot. No need to organize a boycott and implement it because the public is de facto boycotting the business already.

[stuartcr]

We must be different people, as I really don’t believe that Starbucks’ management will cause this country to sink.

[latina4dubya]

What's wrong with their coffee? I quite like it.

i agree... their coffee is not terrible... i like strong coffee too... i would rather err on the side of too strong than too weak... but their coffee is wwaayyy overpriced... i think most of those here on FR who dislike Starbucks like coffee without all the added fluff like foam and steamed milk and flavors... now that you have stated you like Starbucks coffee, be prepared to hear that you must not know what good coffee is... whatever...

when i go to Starbucks, usually it is because i am meeting a friend there, or i have a meeting taking place there... i order a skinny latte or a plain black iced tea... sometimes i go because i have a gift card...