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eliminerlesud

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14. Money and the withholding of or using is the only vote that matters now

Sat Jul 21, 2012, 05:47 AM

Jul 2012

I look at it this way…

If you support a Republican or anti-gay or racist or _____fill in the blank Business you are supporting the GOP and their policies.

Many Talk the Talk but Few Walk the Walk

If you claim you are a Dem but buy a non-union made car you are a phony poser.

If you support a business that makes it clear they do not like gays then you are in effect agree with that business when you hand them some money.

People can do what they want but the choices each of us make on a daily biases with our money can be loud and powerful if people are united in fighting back.

Does the chicken place give a shit if a few gays don’t eat there, nope not at all, they will get more business from the Christian Bigots because they are openly bigoted. If ALL liberals and progressives supported a boycott of the chicken place, then that will impact their bottom line and they will suffer for their bigotry.

Right now thanks to lack of solidarity they will PROFIT off of openly being bigots.

It works the same for cars, tires, grocery, etc…..

Your money your choice, do you talk the talk and walk the walk or are you a poser?

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In Defense of Eating at Chick-fil-A [View all] Craig_Langford Jul 2012 OP

Regardless, sadbear Jul 2012 #1

+1 frogmarch Jul 2012 #34

Amen! Inspired Jul 2012 #51

I confess to eating at Dominos Pizza. But then I always feel guilty after. limpyhobbler Jul 2012 #2

Domino's Pizza sucks Freddie Jul 2012 #45

if they're made with real peaches, all the more reason to boycott. peaches are tops in ellenfl Jul 2012 #47

He hasn't owned it for quite a while obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #69

whatever......fuck chick-fil-a until they stop supporting bigotry Demonaut Jul 2012 #3

Exactly... MotorCityMan Jul 2012 #9

Actually, there is one, in the Oakland Center food court at Oakland University in Rochester. Denninmi Jul 2012 #27

No. katsy Jul 2012 #4

Reading this post gave me a big smile. 2ndAmForComputers Jul 2012 #59

Thx katsy Jul 2012 #71

it should matter Why people are protesting , i prefer to protest against Bigotry JI7 Jul 2012 #5

+Your post a million obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #17

"Gosh, I'm just a RW fundy bigot that hates gays, lesbians, transfolk, Zorra Jul 2012 #6

Eating at Chik-fil-A is no different than tithing to the Mormon church, at this point. progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #7

Hot Pockets? sadbear Jul 2012 #8

I don't know but I don't like the sound of this... Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2012 #30

In Defense of Animal Cruelty in the name of... flvegan Jul 2012 #10

Um... no. EgaLitE Jul 2012 #11

Never again....I confess to eating breakfast from there back in the 1990's but not since Rowdyboy Jul 2012 #12

It's nobody's business where I fucking eat johnnie Jul 2012 #13

Money and the withholding of or using is the only vote that matters now eliminerlesud Jul 2012 #14

good rant... handmade34 Jul 2012 #15

refuse to participate in "hate speech" handmade34 Jul 2012 #16

Why do YOU or anyone else want to support homophobes and animal vcrulety supporters? obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #18

So the right wing Fucknutz are successful at this, best we not do it. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #19

+1 obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #21

best response to this so far nt arely staircase Jul 2012 #70

So, as per this logic, it should be okay to eat at underground Whites Only places obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #20

for others NJCher Jul 2012 #35

I should have posted the list -- thanks obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #42

Yeah, sometimes I feel odd passing up G-P products, but then... Maeve Jul 2012 #49

And of course a jury voted to allow this crap to stand. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #22

Jury System is a joke MattBaggins Jul 2012 #24

of course it should have been let stand dsc Jul 2012 #50

Your OP is nice and touchy feely but wrong MattBaggins Jul 2012 #23

Hmmmf. You eat it; I won't. lonestarnot Jul 2012 #25

"businesses should be judged by their products and their practices, not by their politics" Lex Jul 2012 #26

Thank Citizens United. If corporations can affect politics then the door's gonna swing both ways. Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2012 #28

+1 Gormy Cuss Jul 2012 #32

If I choose not to spend my money where they discriminate, It's my choice DainBramaged Jul 2012 #29

Sure, if we support a few more Wal Mart corps... Earth_First Jul 2012 #31

Oh, so here we go again with the false equivalency! pink-o Jul 2012 #33

"Those idiots boycott Penneys and Nabisco because they're narrow minded bigots." sadbear Jul 2012 #37

Hah! And I'm an obsessive Grammarian, I Shudda caught that. pink-o Jul 2012 #48

Only go to Chick full of it on Sundays grantcart Jul 2012 #36

Fuck Chick-fil-a. Iggo Jul 2012 #38

I refuse to eat there for other reasons. GoCubsGo Jul 2012 #39

People who push false equivalency on issues of equality show their own bigotry WhollyHeretic Jul 2012 #40

How I choose to judge a business ohheckyeah Jul 2012 #41

+100 lunasun Jul 2012 #67

Everytime that you eat there means more money goes to them toddwv Jul 2012 #43

Personally, I thought they sucked long before I found out about their political leanings. hobbit709 Jul 2012 #44

Injury was when Chick-Fil-A donated large sums of money HillWilliam Jul 2012 #46

There are certain places I just won't go. Warpy Jul 2012 #52

They are being judged by their practices. They practice bigoted political activism. Bluenorthwest Jul 2012 #53

I don't give money to people with minds that hate Major Nikon Jul 2012 #54

Disagree--the only power left is our buying power, and emsimon33 Jul 2012 #55

There's never been a defense for eating at Chick-fil-A. wickerwoman Jul 2012 #56

I don't think we have one of those here, Blue_In_AK Jul 2012 #57

Gee so putting my money where my mouth is, is somehow problematic? riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #58

Food, goods and services should be made with love, not hate. liberalmuse Jul 2012 #60

My money, my choice. nt msanthrope Jul 2012 #61

I stopped buying domino's pizza years ago because of fundy Tom Monahan muntrv Jul 2012 #62

Horseshit. Solly Mack Jul 2012 #63

Bidnesses should be judged not only by their products and their practices, but also indepat Jul 2012 #64

I would rather swallow one of their dry nasty ass sandwiches than this line of bullshit. CBGLuthier Jul 2012 #65

Disagree completely. MONEY is now both speech & the VOTE. DirkGently Jul 2012 #66

money is the only thing they care about so large swaths of people arely staircase Jul 2012 #68

Would you eat there if they supported taking away or denying rights mmonk Jul 2012 #72