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Trump suggests Starbucks boycott over its Christmas coffee cups
Reuters via The Jerusalem Post ^ | 11/10/15

Posted on 11/10/2015 7:39:49 AM PST by Enlightened1

At a campaign event in Springfield, Illinois, Donald Trump suggested a boycott of coffee giant Starbucks over the design of its Christmas coffee cups. The all-red design has angered religious conservatives who see it as part of an effort to undermine the meaning of Christmas.

"Starbucks is taking merry Christmas off [their cups] no more merry Christmas," Trump said.

"If I become president, we'll all be saying merry Christmas again," the candidate said to applause.

Trump told a raucous crowd, "Maybe we should boycott Starbucks. I don't know."

The real estate mogul also attacked his main rival, Ben Carson.

"This is a strange election, isn't it?", he said. "If you try and hit your mother over the head with a hammer, your poll numbers go up."

Carson has faced a barrage of questions in recent days over claims about his allegedly violent past.

(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: christmas; cups; elections; starbucks; trump
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To: pgkdan
I’m so sick of everybody being offended about everything all the time!!!!!

indeed

21 posted on 11/10/2015 7:53:36 AM PST by onona (something pithy this way comes)
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To: xsmommy

The cups are Starbuck’s business... if I don’t like them I shall not purchase their coffee. Another non-controversy (among many) seeking attention.


22 posted on 11/10/2015 7:54:05 AM PST by FiddlePig
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To: driftless2

Stopped drinking Starbucks years ago. Problem is I love the Chicken Salad with Cranberry and Tarragon sandwich. It falls into the category of best thing I ever ate.


23 posted on 11/10/2015 7:54:10 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Liberalism is only successful if you allow it to be. To win, you have to fight back.)
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To: Enlightened1

Proud to say I’ve never set foot in Starbucks and don’t care if their cups are purple with green dots. Is the red for Christmas in recognition of Jesus’ blood shed for us all or are they promoting Communism or is Hooters taking away all their buxom baristas so all they’re left with is a red light district on their cups? Don’t know. Don’t particularly care. That said, it’s ridiculous to waste customers’ money on a new temporary cup design.


24 posted on 11/10/2015 7:54:32 AM PST by bgill ( CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Enlightened1
Those red cups remind me of


25 posted on 11/10/2015 7:54:33 AM PST by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
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To: Enlightened1
Isn't it odd, first it was Chick fil a ; then hobby lobby, then the bakers who didn't want to make ‘gay’ pastries; and everybody got upset...and had good reasons for that: a pResident telling everyone in his ‘prized’ health care package they had to do as he said, after all the House and Senate passed it, so it's the law of the land...(his land, he thinks)...and then came the gay pride, that law was passed by the House and Senate, so now anyone who doesn't bow down to obuma’s second ‘prized’ law will be put out of business...

So now we have a Candidate running in the national election that loves Christmas, and low and behold, a national chain of COFFEE does something that the pResident doesn't like, muzlims you see, don't believe in Christ, they believe in Mohammad...I wonder how long it will be before the a bill goes thru the House and Senate to stop Christmas altogether....?????

26 posted on 11/10/2015 7:55:07 AM PST by HarleyLady27 (I have such happy days, I hope you do too!!!)
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To: Enlightened1

Trump is doing a great job getting sucked into stupid issues nobody cares about.


27 posted on 11/10/2015 7:55:33 AM PST by gdani (Government surveillance - the topic no candidate dare mention)
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

Perhaps but I did not notice it until certainly this year?

I’m just sick of all the political correctness rubbish. Stick a fork in it!

Besides who they hell they think they are to say the command the English language and like Gods or a suicide Cult THEY determine what’s proper to say. They are violating us when they say I can’t say something. F*ck them!


28 posted on 11/10/2015 7:55:45 AM PST by Enlightened1
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
Yes, there were a few perpetually offended Christians who grasp at any hint of offensiveness to fuel their self-righteous day

Hey, leave O'Reilly out of it.

29 posted on 11/10/2015 7:56:13 AM PST by semimojo
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To: Enlightened1
Starbucks is doing this in order not to offend non-Christians

Starbucks is doing what, precisely?

Changing the design of their cups?

They do that every year.

And guess what? They haven't said Merry Christmas or had a nativity scene on them. So how is changing the design being done "in order to not offend non-Christians?"

Answer: It isn't.

It was made up by someone who was looking to stir up trouble and you are so ready to jump on any offense that you took the bait hook, line, and sinker.

You allowed yourself to get played because you were feeling offended rather than use your brain to determine if there really was offense.

30 posted on 11/10/2015 7:56:32 AM PST by Anitius Severinus Boethius (www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Sign up for my new release e-mail and get my first novel for free)
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To: Enlightened1


31 posted on 11/10/2015 7:56:54 AM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Enlightened1

The cup issue is simply one of a million tiny cuts, and thus should be ignored until the wound is much larger.

It will be easier to address when the wound is spurting blood, not now when a Band-Aid can fix it.


32 posted on 11/10/2015 7:57:50 AM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Enlightened1

Maybe you are offended that you can’t say “Merry Christmas” but what’s next? Thank God? Pointing to the sky? ...


33 posted on 11/10/2015 7:58:20 AM PST by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
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To: Enlightened1

Ditto the “Merry Christmas” stuff - and I’m Jewish. I am thoroughly sick and tired of this PC crap, and wishing someone Merry Christmas (when the vast majority of the nation is Christian) is simple politeness. Oh, and when someone wishes me one, I say “Thank you, and you, too.” BECAUSE IT IS POLITE and they meant well.

Anyway, I already boycott Starbucks - but because their coffee tastes like it is burned, because they are expensive, because the “in” crowd of snooty @ssholes loves it, and finally because they are anti-gun. Other than that, its a great place.


34 posted on 11/10/2015 8:01:04 AM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Enlightened1

I despise Starbucks. Hate the coffee. Hate the company. Hate the smarmy leftist CEO Harold Schultz.

This is pompous a-hole who told someone at a board meeting: “If you support traditional marriage over gay marriage, Starbucks doesn’t want your business.”


35 posted on 11/10/2015 8:01:23 AM PST by WashingtonSource
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

Okay you just said this was made up by “Someone”.

I never met a person by the name of “Someone”? Who is “someone”?

Now you are saying their evidence was fabricated. Please show me the fake evident from t”Someone”.


36 posted on 11/10/2015 8:01:41 AM PST by Enlightened1
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To: JoeProBono

I like Dunkin Donuts coffee. It’s pretty tasty.


37 posted on 11/10/2015 8:02:57 AM PST by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

Didn’t Starbucks stick its coffee dripping nose into the Indiana religious freedom fight? Maybe Trump was just predisposed to slap an obnoxious bully. If memory is correct, the Starbucks CEO actually threatened the Indiana leaders who started to do the right thing, but backed down to the “politically correct” bullies.


38 posted on 11/10/2015 8:05:36 AM PST by Ohioan
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To: Ohioan

I don’t know anything about that, but it would not surprise me. LOL!


39 posted on 11/10/2015 8:06:34 AM PST by Enlightened1
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To: bmwcyle
I've been boycotting Starbucks ever since I took the first and only sip of their coffee asphalt remover
40 posted on 11/10/2015 8:07:20 AM PST by digger48
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