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Adam Smith of infamous Chick-Fil-A viral video now homeless
The Washington Times ^ | 03/27/2015 | Douglas Ernst

Posted on 03/27/2015 9:43:56 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Adam Smith, the former medical-device executive whose career was ruined when a video of him berating a Chick-Fil-A employee for the company’s anti-gay stance went viral, said his family is now homeless and living on food stamps.

Mr. Smith, 37, who was the CFO of an Arizona-based catheter manufacturer, toldABC’s “20/20” he was fired after recording an exchange between himself and a drive-thru cashier in June 2012, as the fast-food chain was embroiled in a national controversy over company President Dan Cathy’s public opposition to gay marriage.

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To: Conscience of a Conservative
A lot of people here are cheering this guy’s misfortune. How very....Christian....of you.

I don't know about it not being Christ-like, but certainly human. When you make such a public spectacle of yourself and turn your career radioactive, there is a certain comeuppance that he rightly deserves. I think the issue is, that to some degree he remains unrepentant. Whatever platitudinous apologies he has mouthed, are perceived as insincere. And like anyone with a problem they have to hit "rock bottom" before they admit they have a problem.

61 posted on 03/27/2015 10:08:07 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: rellimpank

—a “CFO” making 200 grand a year is now broke and homeless?

—sure must have been a great money manager—
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Yep, those financial management “skills” and his pleasant personality likely go a long way to explain his current situation. The likelihood is that he has been refusing to accept a job that paid substantially less than his former undeserved salary.


62 posted on 03/27/2015 10:08:36 AM PDT by House Atreides (CRUZ or lose!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Unlike liberals, I don’t think somebody should be destroyed for doing something like he did, no matter how much I may not like it. Although, the punishment fit the crime and give him a chance to repent.


63 posted on 03/27/2015 10:08:56 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I noted in his interview he stated he “didn’t regret his stand, but regretted the way he talked to the employee”

Doesn’t sound like he has learned his lesson...


64 posted on 03/27/2015 10:09:47 AM PDT by martinidon
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

Have you SEEN the video?

By berating a perfectly innocent girl with the most arrogant and condescending attitude possible, and then having the monstrous ego to post it online, this guy made his own future.

This was NOT “misfortune.”


65 posted on 03/27/2015 10:10:47 AM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Hey, now! Don’t you go dissin’ Bob and his “happy little trees”.


66 posted on 03/27/2015 10:10:58 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: joethedrummer

Actually, I think this guy is “closeted.”

His speech pattern and inflections gave him away. He just “thsounded thso thsilly.” ...”Oh, and I’m not gay.” Right.

My opinion.


67 posted on 03/27/2015 10:11:52 AM PDT by Joe Marine 76 ("Honor is the gift a man gives to himself." ~ Rob Roy MacGregor)
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To: henkster

I was super suprised that he was married with kids. My gaydar was beeping when the vid came out.


68 posted on 03/27/2015 10:12:08 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: sport
Please post your evidence that Chick-Fil-A is anti homosexual.

What? They are not, and I never said otherwise. I think the guy's an asshole. But, I also think it's a bit unseemly to be responding to his misfortune (yes, even an asshole's misfortune) with things like "GOOD!"

69 posted on 03/27/2015 10:13:10 AM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: Moonman62

Nobody stopped him from getting another job, he is his own punishment. He will never repent.


70 posted on 03/27/2015 10:14:06 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Rush - Read my post just before yours.

As soon as this guy opened his mouth I thought exactly the same!


71 posted on 03/27/2015 10:14:28 AM PDT by Joe Marine 76 ("Honor is the gift a man gives to himself." ~ Rob Roy MacGregor)
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To: Joe Marine 76

Great minds....... ;)


72 posted on 03/27/2015 10:15:11 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Adam Smith of infamous Chick-Fil-A viral video now homeless

Mr. Smith doesn't seem to understand that actions have consequences. His opinions were wrong on every level and his actions were both personally and professionally unacceptable.

His employment termination was a logical and legitimate result of his unacceptable actions. So is his continued unemployment.

Now no one owes Mr. Smith a job. No one owes him a living. Yet somehow he is living without employment. So I suspect he is living off of others. And I have no sympathy for him.

73 posted on 03/27/2015 10:15:53 AM PDT by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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To: ConservativeMind
Mr. Smith, 37, who was the CFO of an Arizona-based catheter manufacturer

"That picture looks like it’s out of a 80’s adult movie."

I was thinking maybe the CFO of an outlaw motorcycle gang.

If he shows up for job interviews like that, there are probably more reasons that he's unemployed than abusing some poor fast food employee. The same reasons be responsible for both end results. I wish him luck in identifying those reasons and changing them. (Although I am skeptical that he will.)

74 posted on 03/27/2015 10:16:18 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve." - Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Great “Gaydar!” : )


75 posted on 03/27/2015 10:16:47 AM PDT by Joe Marine 76 ("Honor is the gift a man gives to himself." ~ Rob Roy MacGregor)
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To: Chuckster
He couldn’t find another job?

$200,000 a year jobs are hard to come by these days. You don't expect him to take a pay cut, do you.

76 posted on 03/27/2015 10:18:06 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Saying that ISIL is not Islamic is like saying Obama is not an Idiot.)
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

“A lot of people here are cheering this guy’s misfortune. How very....Christian....of you.

Sickening, really.
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‘Well, this cruel creature provides a biblical cautionary tale...deal with it.

Proverbs 16:18: “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”


77 posted on 03/27/2015 10:18:06 AM PDT by House Atreides (CRUZ or lose!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
He and John Mcafee separated at birth?


78 posted on 03/27/2015 10:20:23 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: BigEdLB
Instead of sticking it up one place, he sticks it up another... Interesting.

That's cruel, mean and totally insensitive.

But, nevertheless, funny as hell!

79 posted on 03/27/2015 10:20:53 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

As much as I hate to admit it to myself, you are right.


80 posted on 03/27/2015 10:21:11 AM PDT by sport
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