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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You want them to go broke? They need one cup design to last the entire holiday season and not be specific to a single day. If you want a Jesus cup, you can make your own and bring it to the coffee shop.
Get a life. Let the liberals be the ones offended by everything.
Daveinyork....don’t you get it? I’m not really offended. I think it’s funny that silly coffee company is learning that the PC thing is nonsense. People are going to be offended, whatever you do. If I can point out something that adds to the discussion (like using their logo instead of a holiday symbol), it’s to point out their arrogance and self-centered world view.
I thought it was real, broke a tooth, and sued!
Not really. Last year, they had an ornament that looked like a Dunkin Donuts building and one that was an open box of donuts. They looked pretty neat.
OK, you’re not offended, you’re only appalled.
Uhhhh...no. It's a guilty pleasure when Starbucks makes one of their stupid politically correct or elitist moves and it backfires. Don't you get it? IT'S FUNNY !!
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