Posted on 06/12/2018 10:16:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The CEO of Twitter says he was wrong to enjoy a Chick-fil-A meal, telling commenters on social media that he had forgotten about "their background," referring to the Christian beliefs of the company's owners.
Jack Dorsey, the CEO of the social media giant tweeted a screenshot from his phone showing that he had bought something at Chick-fil-A using a mobile application. Following a backlash, he claimed to have made a mistake on Sunday.
Erica Baker, senior engineering manager at Patreon, was perturbed at Dorsey, telling him to either delete his Chick-fil-A tweet "or follow up with how much free advertising you're going to give to [gay rights group] GLAAD."
CNN's Soledad O'Brien also tweeted at Dorsey, commenting disapprovingly that Chick-fil-A was "an interesting company to boost during Pride month."
Dorsey replied to her: "You're right. Completely forgot about their background."
Casey Mattox, senior fellow at the Charles Koch Institute, was incredulous at Dorsey's response to O'Brien, tweeting: "Come on. This is silly. And divisive. But mostly just really silly."
Likewise, Elizabeth Johnson, also known as The Activist Mommy, a Christian mom vlogger who has over 600,000 followers on Facebook was annoyed.
"Oh puh-lease!?? What background? A background of running their company with incredible integrity & excellence? The owner of stinking Twitter just got bullied by the LGBT brigade into apologizing for where he ate. America is toast. ?????? Lift up your voices truth tellers!" Johnston tweeted Monday.
The background Dorsey said he forgot about is that the popular chicken sandwich shop has in the past donated to groups opposed to same-sex marriage. In July of 2012 Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathey gave an interview to Baptist Press in which he spoke of how America was "inviting God's judgment" by embracing gay marriage and that his company believes in the traditional family and definition of marriage as between one man and one woman.
The interview set off a controversy with some liberals calling for boycotts of the fast food chain. Boston's then-mayor Tom Menino said at the time that his city would block Chick-fil-A from doing business in the northeastern city.
At the suggestion of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, fans of the fast food chain showed up in huge numbers on August 1 amid the controversy, giving the restaurant record sales.
The chicken sandwich company continues to raise the ire of many on the cultural left. Earlier this year the New Yorker published an essay by Dan Piepenbring titled "Chick-fil-A's Creepy Infiltration of New York City" in which he mocked the company's "politics, its décor, and its commercial-evangelical messaging" that "are inflected with this suburban piety" and do not belong in New York.
Chick-fil-A first opened in 1946 in Hapeville, Georgia, the original diner was called The Dwarf Grill. Since opening they have become known as the place where the "original chicken sandwich" was created. In 2006 the restaurant surpassed $2 billion in system-wide sales, according to its website.
Headquartered in Atlanta, the company now has over 2,200 locations nationwide. In 2016, Chick-fil-A was ranked by Fortune as America's favorite fast food restaurant.
In their minds, these intolerant leftists haven’t “won” until they’ve put Chick-fil-A out of business.
“So are they saying anyone who has ever opposed homosexual marriage needs to be driven out of business?”
Leftist will never stop until those that disagree with them are murdered in Gulags.
Who cares you narcissistic phony douche.
Go join Spade and Bourdain.
Well, you don’t like food made by Christians? Go eat food made by Satanists then you idiot.
CNN’s Soledad O’Brien also tweeted at Dorsey, commenting disapprovingly that Chick-fil-A was “an interesting company to boost during Pride month.”
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This is the American media today.
Given the Christian background of the USA, he should leave at once.
He is a boneless chicken, specifically, no backbone.
Nice that PDJT is kicking his butt with his tool.
In case you missed the press release @jack The Democrats were promoters and supporters of Slavery.
Just saying...
Here’s where I get confused.
The battle over homosexual marriage is over.
The liberals and gay activists won. They are presumably happy and their lives should be complete now.
But there is the continuing battle against Chick Fil A.
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Think French Revolution. It spun in on itself as ever more radical elements denounced and decapitated the less-than-radical elements. The Left is now much like this.
Ate there yesterday. Really good.
The left is NEVER finished. It keeps going as a battle plan.
This is the equivalent of denying Christ, the one unpardonable sin. He will stand before the throne one day and be judged. I would not want to be standing too close to him.
> So are they saying anyone who has ever opposed homosexual marriage needs to be driven out of business?
Progressivism has the same exact cult ethic as Islam: convert or die.
In case it’s not clear, yes they intend to kill everyone who does not agree with them. Genocide is their clear goal and all their efforts converge on this end.
What a loser.
Continue to be ruled by fear of criticism, Mr. Dorsey. There’s no shame in cowardice.
Are you just waking up to the fact that the Left in this country is no different than Stalin’s Communist Party, except that they speak English instead of Russian? There is literally no difference - they both featured forbidden acts and thoughts, and severe punishment for violating the orthodoxy of the week (and, in both cases, the orthodoxy changed CONSTANTLY).
The only reason that we don’t have people like the owners of Chik Fil-A going to a gulag, or just getting shot in the back of the neck in some dark, dank prison, is that the Leftists here can’t do that - yet. If they could, believe me, they absolutely WOULD DO IT.
The focus of evil in this world is in Leftist thoughts and actions. IMHO, the extreme Moslems are a distant 2nd.
Grow a pair Jack.
I drove way out of my way last night to have dinner at Chick Fil-A. I might have to do it again on Friday.
In a video he should have told the faggies to f*** off and then displayed a Glock & said he would defend himself & his loved ones.
An image of brandishing a firearm is not felony brandishing, BTW.
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