[madprof98]

While opposing same-sex marriage was good for Chick-fil-A (even if only in the short-run), supporting it proved bad for Starbucks.

This is good to hear--surprising, to be sure, but good. I won't go near a Starbucks because of their "socially responsible" decision to destroy American family life, but I figured I was the only one.

[rjsimmon]

Fiasco?

How was CFA a ‘fiasco’?

IMHO they were, and continue to be, a rather remarkable success.

[FrankR]

Companies like CFA need to use the broken record technique. No matter what question the media asks, they should stick to a line like, “We sell chicken. We do not tolerate or practice discrimination in any form. Today’s specials are, chicken nuggets, etc.”

Just provide that as a stock, repetitive answer to every question and/or press release.

Answering the media’s questions is akin to answering questions of a car salesman, it’s not for information, but it’s looking for a weak spot.

[Texas Eagle]

Nice try, Austin, but I don't do guilt trips.

I will not spend a dime in Starbucks but I also won't block the entry to its doors or put pressure on elected officials to bar them from opening new stores in my town.

That's the difference between U.S. Persons on The Left and American Citizens on The Right.

It's all good and fine that Starbucks offers its benefits, but it also uses its profits to elect people who will then compel other companies to provide those benefits for its employees.

Nothing wrong with that. I just decline to participate.

So get off your high horse, Austin. I will spend my money where I want for whatever reason I want.

But I won't throw rocks through the windows of businesses I choose not to patronize.

[Viennacon]

I’ll lash out at whoever I damn well please, especially these anti-family trolls.

[usconservative]

Obviously, boycotts are in most cases perfectly legal, and often provide an appropriate way to express one’s opinions and preferences based upon expenditures that one doesn’t make.

Wow, the author of this piece doesn't have an agenda now do they? Show me one product or service boycott carried on by consumers that was illegal.

JUST ONE.

The author either wittingly or not is opening the door to "illegal consumer boycotts" with this dog whistle. Look for some idiot politician in the future or some left-winger to start questioning the "legality" of Consumers who care about social issues conducting an "illegal boycott" of some favored left-wing product or service.

But given the current economic, cultural and political climate, individuals and activist groups would do well to become more thoughtful and careful about who gets targeted. In an effort to make a cultural or political statement, one can end up diminishing somebody else’s livelihood or even damaging one’s local community.

Obviously the author never attended an Economics 101 course either. ANY TIME under ANY CONDITION a company's product or service DOES NOT SELL has an impact on that company's emnployees.

Just ask the MILLIONS who've been impacted by the Obama Administration's malicious pursuit of business' across the health care, energy, and other private business sectors.

[usconservative]

But given the current economic, cultural and political climate, individuals and activist groups would do well to become more thoughtful and careful about who gets targeted.

I hereby call for all Freepers to boycott anything Austin Hill writes in the future. I just wasted 7 minutes reading and responding to this tripe that I'll never get back.

Just trying to save y'all some valuable time this Sunday.

Boycott Austin Hill.

[beebuster2000]

my only issue w CFA: even a basic meal is over 1200 calories, that is a truckload.

although i give them really high marks for the website that lets you design your mean and analyze that.

one of these days i have to get a spicy chicken sandwich and the waffle fries and a shake. but not today. bathroom scale says no

[upchuck]

Never been in a Starbucks. For obvious reasons.

[Paladin2]

Who do we “picket” the SCOTUS? IRS? BATFE? NSA?

[Albion Wilde]

I hope Mr. Cathy is thinking of expanding franchises in Russia. I think Mr. Putin might welcome them there.

[GBA]

All I know is, before these companies took a stand, I used to drink only Starbucks coffee and I rarely went to Chick-fil-A any more.

Now, I stop in to Chick-fil-A as much as I used to while at UNC, when they were my favorite fast food on campus.

But, I do NOT go to or buy Starbucks any more, even on long haul road trips.

I've found that McD's coffee is usually pretty good and they're everywhere. MUCH cheaper, too.

Looks to me like things have worked out just fine and I am at peace. Thanks for the lesson!

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

My reaction to a CFA opening is “ hurray, I'm there as soon as the large crowds taper off.” My reaction to a Starbucks opening is “yawn.”

[Patton@Bastogne]

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Let America's sodomites revel in their celebrations ...

and let their "christian" and "liberal" and "libertarian" enablers revel with the sodomites as well.


America's judgement is coming ... imagine a "nation-wide-katrina" catastrophe, and you get the idea.

I lived in New Oleans for twenty years, leaving fifteen years before katrina desvastated the city.

New Orleans (circa 1970-1990) was EXACTLY what America is today ... the most wicked obscenities "smiled and winked-at" by a large percentage of citizens ...

and the few voices who declare that "this abhorrent evil must end" are pilloried and crucified in the public forums ...

and even in the so-called "christian" churches there are limp-wristed calls for "accomodation" and "compromise" with the sodomites.



Even in St. Petersburg Florida, whose mayor is a declared pro-life christian ... he SHAMEFULLY issues a "letter of invitation" to the vile sodomites that will parade today down the city's streets, flaunting their evil and depavity ...

and their bloody hatred against all things "Christian".



Meanwhile, I calmly look at my wristwatch to check the time, knowing that at some future moment, the vile and putrid "Gay-Sodomite Pride" and "Pro-Choice Child Murderer Rights" celebrations ...

broadcast on every American television screen by the "Sodomite-Gestapo News and Propaganda Ministry" ...

and celebrated by the evil Executive Management of American corporations like Home Depot and J.C. Penny ...

will someday be sharply contrasted with the sudden and violent and deadly destruction of these same "American Sodomites" and their foolish and vile supporters in America's so-called "christian churches".



And just to prove the point ... just as EVERYONE instinctively KNOWS that katrina was the "Righteous Judgement of The Almighty" against the Mississippi River's version of Sodom and Gomorrah ...

and that NO MAN's fingerprints were on the divine judgement against the putrid and vile "Crescent City" ...

only the divine fingerprints of The LORD whose mercy and patience had been exhausted over decades and decades by the New Orleans sodomites ...



Someday ... the horror of horrors ...to be repeated against the United States of America ?

the "once and lost" God-Honoring Land of the Free, Home of the Brave ...

to be transformed into a morally and financially corrupt cesspool, it's once free and proud citizens SUBJUGATED under the bloody hands of FOREIGN INVADERS (illegal immigrants) ...

a once mighty and proud and God-Honoring military sadly defeated in battle ...

and the Four-Daily calls to honor the "Child-Rapist Mohammed" be issued from their once proud and majestic church steeples ?



Who will rise to be the American "Charles Martel the Hammer" against the godless sodomites, illegal invaders, and islamic terrorists being brought by the Federal Government every year to live on America's shores ?



2013-06-30

"Let it be Written, and Let it Be Done".



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[longfellow]

i wont go to 4bucks, first their coffee sucks second they were charging people during 911 for bottled water and third the despicable ad they released after the collapse of the towers.

http://www.connectingwithconsumers.net/public/starbucks2.jpg

[jeffc]

Obviously, boycotts are in most cases perfectly legal...

What the.....?

[Fred Hayek]

The article does not mention Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz going further and stating that he prefers that those supporting traditional families and other “non-progressive values” not even set foot in a Starbucks. What Dan Cathy said was merely stating an opinion. What Schultz did was very publicly - at a shareholders meeting - insult part of his customer base. Well, how is that going to work out for you, Mr. Schultz?