Steering a bit back to the original Hot Air article, the observation is made that Starbucks is more afraid of the leftists than they are of the gun owners. I think they’ve been trying to stay aloof of the political arguments, but they’re withering under the fire of the leftists because of the pro-gun demonstration (which I think was dumb). This “request” will eventually end up being a “ban” because the request is not going to be considered good enough by the lefties that are calling the shots.
I don’t know. It could, but not only are they a Seattle company, they’re concentrated in urban areas which tend to be liberal. Banning firearms wouldn’t be a difficult decision were they a liberal company. And in the unlikely event I ran a company like Starbucks, my reaction to the thank you demonstrations wouldn’t be much different. Thank me in another way. You’re right about the leftist complaints, but they got no reaction. As to the Hot Air article contension they’re more afraid of leftists, Hot Air left too much out of the article to be credible. Starbucks doesn’t strike me a an enemy, shouldn’t characterize them as one. Need friends, not enemies.