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Here’s why people are mad about Starbucks’ red cups
Fortune Yahoo Finance ^ | 11/09/15 | Claire Zillman

Posted on 11/09/2015 10:02:06 AM PST by Enlightened1

Starbucks started its holiday cup tradition in 1997--so “this year's design is another way Starbucks is inviting customers to create their own stories with a red cup that mimics a blank canvas.” It’s also worth noting previous Starbucks red cups lacked any outright Christian symbolism.

Jeffrey Fields, Starbucks vice president of design and content, said in the release that in the past the holiday cups have told stories. This year, Starbucks “wanted to usher in the holidays with a purity of design that welcomes all of our stories," Fields wrote. He said that the coffee chain “has become a place of sanctuary during the holidays,” so it’s “embracing the simplicity and the quietness of it.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: christmas; cups; red; starbucks
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1 posted on 11/09/2015 10:02:06 AM PST by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

Starbuck.....wasn’t he on Battlestar Galatica?


2 posted on 11/09/2015 10:03:12 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: Enlightened1

It’s a Coffee Cult.


3 posted on 11/09/2015 10:04:13 AM PST by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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I don’t buy the premise of this issue....that sane, Christian people are actually upset about these cups.


4 posted on 11/09/2015 10:04:44 AM PST by GSWarrior (Click HERE to skip this tag line.)
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To: Enlightened1

He said that the coffee chain, ‘has become a place of sanctuary during the holidays, so it’s embracing the simplicity and the quietness of it.’

Well, that settles it then; Starbucks is my new Church for all Christian Holy Days!

These people are really beyond the pale...


5 posted on 11/09/2015 10:05:50 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Enlightened1

The responses to the first thread on this subject
were pretty well unanimous. Big hoo-hah over nothing.


6 posted on 11/09/2015 10:06:00 AM PST by sparklite2 (All will become clear when it is too late to matter.)
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To: Enlightened1

Starbucks is a “progressive” and therefore anti-Christian company. To complain that they dismiss Christmas is like complaining about the lack of a cross on the local mosque.


7 posted on 11/09/2015 10:06:09 AM PST by RightOnTheBorder
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To: Enlightened1

Starbucks is a commie company run by a commie CEO that sells overpriced bitter tasting coffee.

The coffee at places like Seven/Eleven and Dunkin Donuts tastes a lot better and is a lot less expensive.


8 posted on 11/09/2015 10:06:28 AM PST by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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To: GSWarrior

“I don’t buy the premise of this issue....that sane, Christian people are actually upset about these cups.”

Agreed. Starbucks is just one of many PC companies that I don’t buy from anymore. That is the sum and end of their significance.


9 posted on 11/09/2015 10:06:29 AM PST by Psalm 144 (The mill grinds exceedingly fine.)
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To: Enlightened1
Sounds like someone, Joshua Feuerstein, has way too much idle time on his hands.

Does anyone really expect liberal StarBucks to put Merry Christmas on its cups.

10 posted on 11/09/2015 10:07:14 AM PST by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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To: Enlightened1

I’ve been getting coffee for nearly 30 years. I don’t think I ever took the time to look at the paper cup it comes in. Should I?


11 posted on 11/09/2015 10:08:34 AM PST by SamAdams76 (It's time we sent a junkyard dog to Washington to run the low life out)
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To: TexasCajun

Wonder if they have an atheist cup if I asked for one?


12 posted on 11/09/2015 10:09:04 AM PST by Kozy
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To: Enlightened1

Star*ucks, a place of sanctuary during the Holy Days, where atheists, communists, muzzies and satanists can be comfortable in an atmosphere where Christ is forbidden! Seriously is there no where else that otherwise intelligent people can buy burned crappy coffee for less money and drama?


13 posted on 11/09/2015 10:10:18 AM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: GSWarrior

i don’t either...furthermore i don’t buy anything at Starbucks...


14 posted on 11/09/2015 10:12:05 AM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Enlightened1

I don’t buy their product and suggest that if anyone is upset with them they do the same.


15 posted on 11/09/2015 10:13:10 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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16 posted on 11/09/2015 10:14:52 AM PST by OwenKellogg (CRUZ to Victory! Donate at tedcruz.org. The Trump Tsunami does not need your money.)
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To: Enlightened1

What color are the cups during Ramadan?


17 posted on 11/09/2015 10:15:02 AM PST by ponygirl (An Appeal to Heaven.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
These people are really beyond the pail........of................well, you know.....................
18 posted on 11/09/2015 10:15:12 AM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Kozy
Every cup at Starbucks is an atheist cup.

You have to tell them your name is Merry Christmas and they write your name on your cup.

Presto !

19 posted on 11/09/2015 10:15:23 AM PST by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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To: Mastador1

Pretty creative, they stole the idea from Solo and Toby Keith. Very lame.


20 posted on 11/09/2015 10:17:01 AM PST by phormer phrog phlyer
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