[TMBGFan]

POLOPOZOZO posted:

Their entire ad campaign is based around poor spelling to show how anti-intellectual and down-home Southern they are...

i was under the impression "eat mor chikin" wasn't meant to say "we're dumb southerners" but more "cows can't spell"

anyway, i'm glad boston's not letting them in. even though their food is pretty good their opinions on homosexuality are backwards and discriminatory.

[Doneeh]

The mayor is a blatant idiot. The owner of the company is entitled to his beliefs and if someone else wants to broadcast them, go after that person. The business is made up of thousands of people and you're going to screw over potential employees because you want more votes?

Honestly, a legitimate business should be allowed to conduct service anywhere as long as it follows the proper laws, regardless of opinion on it or from it. What's the point at taking jabs at a business just because of the views of one person? That in itself is backwards.

I'm going to keep going to that place as much as I usually do, now knowing how idiotic the pettiness of this situation is.

[Greenen72]

land of the free

[POLOPOZOZO]

TMBGFan posted:

i was under the impression "eat mor chikin" wasn't meant to say "we're dumb southerners" but more "cows can't spell"

Ok and this is different from typical hick humor how?

[BanthaFodder]

POLOPOZOZO posted:

Ok and this is different from typical hick humor how?

Because... it's not making fun of Southerners, but rather cows...
The idea is that most fast food is burgers and whatnot, food made of cows.
So the cows are all, "hey guys, this Chik-Fil-A place is pretty wizard", but they can't talk, because they're cows, so they make signs.
They want people to eat at Chik-Fil-A so that chickens get eaten rather than cows.
But because they're cows, they can't spell, so it's all "ET MOER CHIKIN".
It's a harmless, stupid joke, and I think people are looking too far into it.

As for the actual argument...
eh...
Just because the head of a company is a bigoted asshole doesn't mean that every single person who has anything to do with Chik-Fil-A is.
It should be less "Chik-Fil-A hates the gays" and more "some jackhole with his thumb up his ass and a ton of money hates the gays".

[Lachz0r]

BanthaFodder posted:

Because... it's not making fun of Southerners, but rather cows...
The idea is that most fast food is burgers and whatnot, food made of cows.
So the cows are all, "hey guys, this Chik-Fil-A place is pretty wizard", but they can't talk, because they're cows, so they make signs.
They want people to eat at Chik-Fil-A so that chickens get eaten rather than cows.
But because they're cows, they can't spell, so it's all "ET MOER CHIKIN".
It's a harmless, stupid joke, and I think people are looking too far into it.

As for the actual argument...
eh...
Just because the head of a company is a bigoted asshole doesn't mean that every single person who has anything to do with Chik-Fil-A is.
It should be less "Chik-Fil-A hates the gays" and more "some jackhole with his thumb up his ass and a ton of money hates the gays".

an asshole who runs chikfila and uses the money gained from chikfila to fund hate groups

[asteroidrules]

Greenen72 posted:

land of the free

And what exactly are you pretending that has to do with it?

[fruxodaily]

Cathy replied, "Well, guilty as charged."[49] Cathy continued, "We are very much supportive of the family -- the biblical definition of the family unit."

At least they're honest

[Bletotum]

Dori posted:

cracker barrel fires people if they find out they're gay

their food is terrible anyway, it's all frozen and canned

My local cracker barrel has a gay manager.

Edited:

BanthaFodder posted:

Because... it's not making fun of Southerners, but rather cows...
The idea is that most fast food is burgers and whatnot, food made of cows.
So the cows are all, "hey guys, this Chik-Fil-A place is pretty wizard", but they can't talk, because they're cows, so they make signs.
They want people to eat at Chik-Fil-A so that chickens get eaten rather than cows.
But because they're cows, they can't spell, so it's all "ET MOER CHIKIN".
It's a harmless, stupid joke, and I think people are looking too far into it.

As for the actual argument...
eh...
Just because the head of a company is a bigoted asshole doesn't mean that every single person who has anything to do with Chik-Fil-A is.
It should be less "Chik-Fil-A hates the gays" and more "some jackhole with his thumb up his ass and a ton of money hates the gays".

and eating there supports him

[Mon]

honestly i don't know how you guys can be happy about this

[DesumThePanda]

Lankist posted:

I'm sick of people talking about tolerating religion when religion so rarely tolerates anyone else.

except most religious people aren't intolerant?!?!?

[Ray-The-Sun]

DesumThePanda posted:

except most religious people aren't intolerant?!?!?

Ooh ooh, can I pre-empt this one?

I'm gonna cite some examples of intolerant religious people and intolerance on the level of fundamental scripture, then you're going to call those examples a "vocal minority" and thus I reply that it's the fallacy of No True Scotsman.

Yes?

[DesumThePanda]

Ray-The-Sun posted:

Ooh ooh, can I pre-empt this one?

I'm gonna cite some examples of intolerant religious people

vocal minority

and intolerance on the level of fundamental scripture,

of course everyone knows every single religious person follows their religious book word by word and agrees with it.

[asteroidrules]

Lankist posted:

I'm sick of people talking about tolerating religion when religion so rarely tolerates anyone else.

And I'm sick of people associating religion with hate for no good reason.

[stupidass]

I think it's funny how quickly Facepunch begins to tear someone down and throw whatever shit they can at someone the moment the words "I dislike gay marriage" are uttered from their mouth.

Grow up, people. The company is religious based, and they even said this-

The fast-food chicken sandwich chain later said that it strives to "treat every person with honor, dignity and respect — regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender.

Just because they back an organization that seeks to have gay marriage banned doesn't mean they're far-right inbreds.

[Doctor Zedacon]

Ray-The-Sun posted:

Ooh ooh, can I pre-empt this one?

I'm gonna cite some examples of intolerant religious people and intolerance on the level of fundamental scripture, then you're going to call those examples a "vocal minority" and thus I reply that it's the fallacy of No True Scotsman.

Yes?

Sounds like a plan.

[Lankist]

DesumThePanda posted:

except most religious people aren't intolerant?!?!?

No you just think the rest of us deserve an eternity of torture and torment.

[Dori]

stupidass posted:

Just because they back an organization that seeks to have gay marriage banned doesn't mean they're far-right inbreds.

yeah it kind of does

[Lankist]

asteroidrules posted:

And I'm sick of people associating religion with hate for no good reason.

Sorry but if you guide your life with a hateful book, you're a hateful person.

Drop the book and the cross and call Jesus a goat-fucking hack-fraud and maybe I'll give two shits.

Honestly, your choice to follow a shitty book as a moral compass makes you a shitty person. I don't really care what else you have to say, you're still shaping your life around shitty ideals.

[Doctor Zedacon]

stupidass posted:

I think it's funny how quickly Facepunch begins to tear someone down and throw whatever shit they can at someone the moment the words "I dislike gay marriage" are uttered from their mouth.

Grow up, people. The company is religious based, and they even said this-



Just because they back an organization that seeks to have gay marriage banned doesn't mean they're far-right inbreds.

83-year-old asks Supreme Court to review gay marriage ban

stupidass posted:

Hope she doesn't win.

[stupidass]

Dori posted:

yeah it kind of does

well, that makes you an intolerant douchebag then.

doesn't it? Since you're clearly not tolerant to those with opinions in opposition to gay marriage.

[DesumThePanda]

Lankist posted:

No you just think the rest of us deserve an eternity of torture and torment.

but im not religious?!?!?!?!?!

DesumThePanda posted:

of course everyone knows every single religious person follows their religious book word by word and agrees with it.

[Lankist]

stupidass posted:

well, that makes you an intolerant douchebag then.

doesn't it? Since you're clearly not tolerant to those with opinions in opposition to gay marriage.

Maybe when you start tolerating other people we'll pay you the same courtesy.

If you're not tolerant, we don't have to tolerate you. End of story.

Edited:

DesumThePanda posted:

but im not religious?!?!?!?!?!

Then don't defend dumb superstitions you don't believe in.

[Doctor Zedacon]

DesumThePanda posted:

of course everyone knows every single religious person follows their religious book word by word and agrees with it.

Otherwise you'd be a blasphemer.

[Dori]

stupidass posted:

well, that makes you an intolerant douchebag then.

doesn't it? Since you're clearly not tolerant to those with opinions in opposition to gay marriage.

yeah I guess I am a bad person for not tolerating intolerance

[Doctor Zedacon]

stupidass posted:

well, that makes you an intolerant douchebag then.

doesn't it? Since you're clearly not tolerant to those with opinions in opposition to gay marriage.

Intolerance begets intolerance.

[Lankist]

Doctor Zedacon posted:

Otherwise you'd be a blasphemer.

Yeah people sort of get straight murdered for that in places where religion is actually relevant.

[stupidass]

Lankist posted:

Maybe when you start tolerating other people we'll pay you the same courtesy.

If you're not tolerant, we don't have to tolerate you. End of story.

Edited:



Then don't defend superstitions you don't believe in.

"treat every person with honor, dignity and respect — regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender.

I think that's the definition of toleration. It seems to me Chick-Fil-A is perfectly tolerant of gay men/women, etcetra. They just decided to publicly share their opinion of opposition.

[DesumThePanda]

Lankist posted:

Then don't defend dumb superstitions you don't believe in.

then stop being an intolerant prick

[RichyZ]

eh, i find their chicken sandwiches to be average really

[Lankist]

DesumThePanda posted:

then stop being an intolerant prick

I will when you stop telling me who I can and cannot marry

[DesumThePanda]

Doctor Zedacon posted:

Otherwise you'd be a blasphemer.

irrelevant

[Lankist]

stupidass posted:

I think that's the definition of toleration. It seems to me Chick-Fil-A is perfectly tolerant of gay men/women, etcetra. They just decided to publicly share their opinion of opposition.

No, that's the definition of pandering for profit.

They take gay people's money and then they send it to organizations which lobby against gay people.

Yeah that's real tolerant.

[DesumThePanda]

Lankist posted:

I will when you stop telling me who I can and cannot marry

but I'm not?!!?!?!?!

[Doctor Zedacon]

DesumThePanda posted:

irrelevant

How so? Blasphemy is a very serious crime in the Bible. In fact, I believe blasphemy is the only sin that cannot be forgiven.

[Mrs. Moon]

I don't care what they do I'll still eat there. And so will everybody else on here who is vowing not to eat there. Once your anger dies down and maybe somebody invites you to go there, I bet you'll crack and eat their stuff.
Who is the mayor, the government, to stop a privately owned business from opening another store based on their fucking beliefs?

[Lankist]

DesumThePanda posted:

irrelevant

Not irrelevant.

If we were in a theocratic society you wouldn't have a head right now for that kind of talk.

You'd be on the chopping block with all the rest of us.

[Dori]

stupidass posted:

I think that's the definition of toleration. It seems to me Chick-Fil-A is perfectly tolerant of gay men/women, etcetra. They just decided to publicly share their opinion of opposition.

yeah I can tell they really love homosexuals considering they fund anti-gay hate groups

Edited:

I can feel the love in the air

[Lankist]

Doctor Zedacon posted:

How so? Blasphemy is a very serious crime in the Bible. In fact, I believe blasphemy is the only sin that cannot be forgiven.

Blasphemy is still a crime punishable by death in much of the world, and it's enforced rigidly.

[Doctor Zedacon]

Lankist posted:

No, that's the definition of pandering for profit.

They take gay people's money and then they send it to organizations which lobby against gay people.

Yeah that's real tolerant.

And deny individuals employment on the basis of their sexuality/religion.