Posted on 04/19/2016 4:11:45 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Via Drew McCoy and Just Karl, you mean the cake section at Whole Foods — in Austin(!) — isn’t a hotbed of reactionary anti-gay sentiment?
Watch Jordan Brown’s short video, posted below, for background. He claims he ordered a cake at WF that was supposed to say “Love Wins” and instead they handed him something that said “Love Wins, Fag.” Pay attention to the cake box, which he insists is unopened and unaltered. The label is on the bottom and the top of the box has a blue-green pattern on it. His video went viral and the predictable uproar ensued online, sending Whole Foods HQ into crisis management. In this case the crisis spin was easy: We would never write “Fag” on a cake, they insisted. And today they reiterated that claim — with evidence.
Whole Foods on Tuesday said it has investigated and said the man, Jordan Brown, made fraudulent claims and would take legal action.
“After a deeper investigation of Mr. Brown’s claim, we believe his accusations are fraudulent and we intend to take legal action against both Mr. Brown and his attorney,” the company said in the statement…
“We stand behind our bakery team member, who is part of the LGBTQ community, and we appreciate the team members and shoppers who recognize that this claim is completely false and directly contradicts Whole Foods Market’s inclusive culture, which celebrates diversity,” the company said.
It’s the surveillance video they posted that’s killer, though. Watch the second clip below. That’s Brown on the lower right in the orange shirt and blue pants approaching the register with a cake. The time on the video matches the time on Brown’s receipt. Here’s a still:
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Whole Foods: We’re suing the gay activist who claimed we sold him a cake with a slur written on it — and we have video
Have you ever in your life ordered a cake with an inscription and then not so much as glanced at it before leaving the store with it? If you were an employee hell-bent on insulting a gay customer, wouldn’t you find a less traceable way to do it than to hand him a cake with a slur written on top and risk him calling your manager over right then and there in the store to view the smoking gun for himself?
If you need further evidence that shenanigans are afoot here, note the comments cited in this piece by Mollie Hemingway questioning whether the color of the icing for the word “Fag” is really the same as for the other words on the cake. I confess, I didn’t expect Whole Foods to respond so forcefully, not only vowing legal action against Brown but actually posting the video to debunk him, despite the fact that they’re completely in the right in wanting to protect their reputation. But that’s shrewd crisis management in the Internet age, the surveillance video especially. The only way to chase down a lie that’s gone viral is with a truth capable of going viral. They know what they’re doing.
Good for Whole Foods.
Another fake hate crime from the intolerant liberals.
Well it’s about time people found their back bones and balls...Good for Whole Foods!!!
Homos found a new way to scam money through ambulance chasers....like Gloria Allred
“Whole Foods on Tuesday said it has investigated and said the man, Jordan Brown, made fraudulent claims and would take legal action. “
I hope they do and win.
YES
Is this yet another instance where only fags can call each other fags, like the blacks who can call each *N's* with impunity?
Every one of these things ends up being a hoax (including yesterday’s “rainbow nooses” — see elsewhere). These people are distressed that the racism and sexism their liberal “leaders” say are all around them just don’t actually seem to be happening. So they have to make them up.
Psychosis.
Won't be long and there'll be a bunch more letters for people who think they're not M or F and something other than the existing letters.
Mr. Brown’s fall back position will of course be
“Racism!”. Then the BLM will come to the rescue because truth and facts don’t matter to them.
Get the ass on the floor and kick his teeth down his throat. So to speak.
about time people started to fight fire with fire. I ma so sick of these people who think because they have their sex in an unnatural way then they should look to sue people and make some money.
will this be on tbe media hell no.
I am glad to see a business fighting back on these fake hate crimes.
Thank You! That was the first thing that came to mind when I saw this.
I guess he couldn't see through that clear cellophane.
That is the only way to strike back at these vermin.
That’s why I always just use LGBTQWERTY.
Pretty well covers anything on the keyboard. After that they’ll just go back to using grunts, wheezes and clicks.
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