Posted on 11/11/2015 11:15:33 AM PST by bryan999
Coffee drinkers inexplicably pissed off about Starbucks' decidedly plain holiday cups have another, more festive option for their caffeine needs: Dunkin' Donuts has launched new coffee cups emblazoned with the word "joy" and sprigs of holly in a Christmas-y red and green color scheme, the New York Post points out. While previous iterations of Starbucks' holiday coffee cups have featured evergreen trees or holiday ornaments, this year the coffee giant chose to go with a plain red cup in an effort to be more inclusive.
Controversy over the cups erupted when a Christian internet evangelist posted a now-viral video in which he expressed his outrage over Starbucks' lack of Christmas spirit; in a followup statement to the Washington Post, he wrote, "The cup is symbolic of a larger war against Christianity in this country. The policemen of political correctness have demanded that the silent majority bend its knee to a vocal minority." Nevermind the fact that, as Vox illustrates, Starbucks holiday cups have never featured any Christian or really any explicitly Christmas-oriented designs at all — just evergreen trees, snowmen, and holiday ornaments.
Nevertheless, statements of approval for Dunkin's holiday cups are popping up all over social media...
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Free Market capitalism at its best!
I find both cups to be festive. I think this is a case of somebody trying to hard to be offended.
Good, I love it.
Ha! Love Dunkin’ Donuts - especially the NYC branches which are generally full service stores.
I remember one year they sold a cute Christmas ornament - a holiday wreath in the shape of a sprinkled donut. I wish they would bring them back!
They both look fine to me too. Think of all the people who would be offended by a picture of baby Jesus on the cup.
I wish RedCup!Gate was my biggest problem. Must be nice.
OK, the only 5-syllable word in the opening sentence is superfluous and pejorative. If you take the word "inexplicably" out of the sentence, it doesn't alter the meaning of the sentence a whit, and it deliberately paints anyone upset over the cups as being out of it.
Whoever wrote this drivel misses the main point - that Dunkin Donuts has offered an alternative so that people can express themselves via their commercial choices.
And the writer does so, regardless of what is in the remainder of the article, by spraying his or her own fecal matter in the first sentence.
WWJD? (What Would Jesus Drink?)
Christmas, like the holidays for Christopher Columbus, Martin Luther King, Washington, Lincoln is a day that commerorates a person who lived, namely Jesus Christ. Christmas is NOT about Hannukka, any other religion. It’s Jesus Christ’s Birthday. So, there should be some reference to the man without any political correctness.
It’s a cup for coffee, not a symbol. Buy the coffee or don’t buy it. Do you expect them to put Baby Jesus and Mary on the cup?
Snowflakes and twigs are not a Christian symbol.
Be happy they do something festive.
Starbucks is so into trendiness and political correctness that many people are already somewhat offended by them. (I'm offended by the taste of their coffee and the "venti" affectation).
I look at that cup and I'm appalled. They removed all symbols associated with Christmas but left their lady-logo. Are they replacing corporate worship for holday worship?
Besides that, it's funny. Starbucks tries to offend no-one and that's just impossible in the land of the perpetually offended.
We have an ornament that confuses the dog. Shaped like a bone (also about the size of his milkbone treats) he always spots it on the tree and goes up to it and gives it a big sniff. Then he gives you a big “disappointed!!!” look and goes to lay down.
Wine, most likely.
Smart marketing move. I’ll shop at DD. I avoid Starbucks anyways.
I agree.
That said, I'm Dunkin' all the way. We brew it up really strong in this house.
I’ve yet to encounter anyone offended by either cup. I’ve encountered a lot of liberals who believe Christians are offended by the Starbucks cup, rather then the Starbucks prices.
I don't think any public company has an obligation to observe Christmas. Starbucks can keep their regular style cups for the Christmas season for all I care. It's just not something I spend much time thinking about.
It is a cup. And who drinks that over-roasted, overpriced swill anyway?
They are acknowledging Christmas with the change to the red cup. A tree, a wreath, Santa or elves add nothing to Christmas.
I'm really missing the angst over a red cup without 'Happy Holidays'
Points to DD for a quick response.
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