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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 06:40 PM

cali (81,223 posts)

Chick-fi-a support day was nothing but a last gasp

or one of the last gasps. A new Pew poll on support for GLBT rights shows increased support for GLBT rights up across the board- though with repubs it only shows a 5% rise.

Yes, it's distressing to see hate so enthusiastically endorsed, but the haters are losing.

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Reply Chick-fi-a support day was nothing but a last gasp (Original post)
 cali Aug 2012 OP
LineReply I agree, and I'm not distressed. I expect such acting out. Cornered scorpions and all...
 Bluenorthwest Aug 2012 #1
LineLineReply I looked through many photos from yesterday's hate-a-palooza..
 girl gone mad Aug 2012 #9
LineLineLineReply Actually.....
 liberallibral Aug 2012 #14
LineLineLineLineReply Thanks for stopping in Rush.
 RagAss Aug 2012 #15
LineLineLineLineReply bullshit on President Obama holding the same view as the hatesters
 cali Aug 2012 #16
LineLineLineLineReply I still can't figure out why so many blacks are against gay marriage.
 A Simple Game Aug 2012 #23
LineLineLineLineLineNew Reply Religious poisoning
 Lex Aug 2012 #33
LineLineLineLineLineLineNew Reply I knew that, I just hate to think someone would let an ideology
 A Simple Game Aug 2012 #36
LineLineLineLineReply I looked at dozens of photos and saw only white faces.
 girl gone mad Aug 2012 #27
LineLineLineLineReply What bull! Obama most certainly did not hold the same view as these bigots! He
 GOPonziconz Aug 2012 #30
LineReply Conservatives always lose these battles.
 MrSlayer Aug 2012 #2
LineLineReply yep. nt
 arely staircase Aug 2012 #6
LineReply I took note of the people who DIDN'T eat there Wednesday...
 immoderate Aug 2012 #3
LineLineReply Yep. I've stopped eating there.
 Pithlet Aug 2012 #12
LineReply Is it possible
 warrior1 Aug 2012 #4
LineLineNew Reply "I'm not cooking tonight, honey!"
 Freddie Aug 2012 #34
LineReply Do you have a poll breakdown in numbers?
 Mika Aug 2012 #5
LineLineReply here you go
 cali Aug 2012 #7
LineLineLineReply Thanks, Cali
 Mika Aug 2012 #11
LineReply Agreed
 alcibiades_mystery Aug 2012 #8
LineLineReply So Much Hinges on Supreme Court Nominations
 AndyTiedye Aug 2012 #21
LineLineLineReply Indeed
 alcibiades_mystery Aug 2012 #24
LineReply ...
 NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #10
LineLineReply They way they are clogging their arteries with chikinshit-fill-a, will they be alive in 40 years?
 muntrv Aug 2012 #18
LineLineReply +100
 bullwinkle428 Aug 2012 #26
LineReply Years from now, when asked about this event people will say...
 JHB Aug 2012 #13
LineReply What? Did their arteries clog, thus leading to a heart attack?
 muntrv Aug 2012 #17
LineReply Look at Hate Fil A's Appreciation Day this way:
 blkmusclmachine Aug 2012 #19
LineReply Do a search on "extinction burst"
 Bolo Boffin Aug 2012 #20
LineReply The fundies were just so excited to finally get ONE crap-ass store to publicly agree with them.
 Lex Aug 2012 #22
LineReply Once again, students of history need to refer to my OH-SO-INFORMATIVE
 bullwinkle428 Aug 2012 #25
LineReply Good business people DON'T make political statements! It's not rocket science,
 GOPonziconz Aug 2012 #28
LineReply It is a last gasp.
 randome Aug 2012 #29
LineNew Reply Unfortunately, I read that it reported a record sales day.
 Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #31
LineLineNew Reply Not really, they have ONE business to rally around.
 Lex Aug 2012 #37
LineLineNew Reply According to Bloomberg, there's more to it than that.
 cherokeeprogressive Aug 2012 #38
LineLineLineNew Reply That says nothing about the sales that day. ????? nt
 Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #39
LineNew Reply We are all God's children and God does not make mistakes.
 Thinkingabout Aug 2012 #32
LineLineNew Reply I've never understood that saying. I mean...Ted Bundy, other serial killers,
 Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #40
LineNew Reply As I said. They've got ADD.
 DCKit Aug 2012 #35

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 06:42 PM

Bluenorthwest (24,802 posts)

1. I agree, and I'm not distressed. I expect such acting out. Cornered scorpions and all...

nt

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 06:49 PM

girl gone mad (20,634 posts)

9. I looked through many photos from yesterday's hate-a-palooza..

It was the same old tea party constituency that turns up for every reactionary right wing gathering. Very few young people, no minorities.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:00 PM

liberallibral (272 posts)

14. Actually.....

 

there were plenty of minorities where I was yesterday. Many blacks and latinos happen to hold the same view of gay marriage that Dan Cathy does. President Obama also had the same view until a few months ago...

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:03 PM

RagAss (13,430 posts)

15. Thanks for stopping in Rush.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:04 PM

cali (81,223 posts)

16. bullshit on President Obama holding the same view as the hatesters

until a few months ago. He did not.

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Response to liberallibral (Reply #14)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 09:00 PM

A Simple Game (4,937 posts)

23. I still can't figure out why so many blacks are against gay marriage.

It can't be because of short memory, many if not most probably still experience discrimination daily.

Why would they discriminate against another minority?

I'm Irish and have read about the wide spread discrimination against the Irish years ago, but only experienced two cases of being discriminated against for being Irish personally. That was enough for me to swear to try my hardest not to discriminate against others.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 09:53 PM

Star Member Lex (32,321 posts)

33. Religious poisoning

primarily.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 11:15 PM

A Simple Game (4,937 posts)

36. I knew that, I just hate to think someone would let an ideology

trump the truth they see with your own eyes everyday.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 09:38 PM

girl gone mad (20,634 posts)

27. I looked at dozens of photos and saw only white faces.

Unless you can provide proof, I don't believe you.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 09:43 PM

GOPonziconz (38 posts)

30. What bull! Obama most certainly did not hold the same view as these bigots! He


wasn't sure how he felt about marriage equality but he has never had anything against gays!

Republicans attack everyone, Dems do NOT do that unless they're Republican Blue Dogs!

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 06:42 PM

Star Member MrSlayer (21,570 posts)

2. Conservatives always lose these battles.

From slavery, to woman's suffrage, to civil rights, they always lose. They go kicking and screaming but they always lose.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 06:46 PM

Star Member arely staircase (5,019 posts)

6. yep. nt

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 06:43 PM

immoderate (16,510 posts)

3. I took note of the people who DIDN'T eat there Wednesday...

We won!


--imm

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:51 PM

Pithlet (25,089 posts)

12. Yep. I've stopped eating there.

I actually like their food. Especially their chicken biscuits, and their shakes are awesome. But I won't support bigotry. I'm really going to miss the holiday shake.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 06:44 PM

Star Member warrior1 (9,439 posts)

4. Is it possible

that many of these people didn't know why they were supporting CFA?

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 09:58 PM

Freddie (1,508 posts)

34. "I'm not cooking tonight, honey!"

Many of us look for *any* good reason for that. Or even a bad reason.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 06:44 PM

Mika (15,064 posts)

5. Do you have a poll breakdown in numbers?

Thanks in advance.


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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:46 PM

Mika (15,064 posts)

11. Thanks, Cali

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 06:48 PM

Star Member alcibiades_mystery (28,581 posts)

8. Agreed

I don't think that progress is automatic, and reaction can be devastating and very real, but in this case, there's not a whole lot of turning back.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:38 PM

Star Member AndyTiedye (22,983 posts)

21. So Much Hinges on Supreme Court Nominations

If the Repiglickins get in, they get to put more wingnuts on the Court.

Lawrence v. Texas would be overturned. Then the debate would instantly shift from whether gays should be allowed to marry,
to whether gays should be thrown into prison. Those sodomy laws that are still on the books would go back into effect, and
very likely start being enforced again. Teabagger legislatures would pass new ones.

Support for gay rights in national polls would be of little comfort to gays who live in those states.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 09:25 PM

Star Member alcibiades_mystery (28,581 posts)

24. Indeed

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:17 PM

Star Member NYC_SKP (49,545 posts)

10. ...

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:22 PM

Star Member muntrv (8,429 posts)

18. They way they are clogging their arteries with chikinshit-fill-a, will they be alive in 40 years?

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 09:30 PM

Star Member bullwinkle428 (11,409 posts)

26. +100

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:52 PM

Star Member JHB (17,904 posts)

13. Years from now, when asked about this event people will say...

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:21 PM

Star Member muntrv (8,429 posts)

17. What? Did their arteries clog, thus leading to a heart attack?

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:35 PM

blkmusclmachine (3,464 posts)

19. Look at Hate Fil A's Appreciation Day this way:

For all the thousands that showed up, MILLIONS didn't !!

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:37 PM

Bolo Boffin (22,569 posts)

20. Do a search on "extinction burst"

I agree with you. I think this is just a kneejerk "way we were" for an outmoded belief that's going down hard. It just may take Chick-fil-A with it, now that Dan Cathy's so happy to openly tie his company's brand to anti-gay activism.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:46 PM

Star Member Lex (32,321 posts)

22. The fundies were just so excited to finally get ONE crap-ass store to publicly agree with them.

Last edited Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:47 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

So they went went bat-shit crazy about eating there on one day.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 09:30 PM

Star Member bullwinkle428 (11,409 posts)

25. Once again, students of history need to refer to my OH-SO-INFORMATIVE



post on what happened to the very successful "Sambo's" restaurant chain back in the late 1970s...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1062214

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 09:40 PM

GOPonziconz (38 posts)

28. Good business people DON'T make political statements! It's not rocket science,

it's common sense and the right wing has none.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 09:43 PM

Star Member randome (14,026 posts)

29. It is a last gasp.

And we will ride the wave of change to a new Progressive era and finally replace 3 decades of Republican bullshit.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 09:44 PM

Star Member Honeycombe8 (18,265 posts)

31. Unfortunately, I read that it reported a record sales day.

Dismaying, isn't it? (if it's true)

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 11:18 PM

Star Member Lex (32,321 posts)

37. Not really, they have ONE business to rally around.

And they went apeshit when they found out they had the one.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 11:29 PM

Star Member cherokeeprogressive (15,323 posts)

38. According to Bloomberg, there's more to it than that.

"Chick-fil-A generated $492 million in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization on revenue of $1.12 billion in 2011, PrivCo said. It added that the company’s 44 percent Ebitda margin was “virtually unheard of in the restaurant industry.”

The chain has the biggest sales per unit in fast-food, according to QSR Magazine. In 2011, the company generated gross sales of $2.9 million per location, outpacing the average unit sales of runner-up McDonald’s Corp. (MCD) by $400,000, the magazine said in its August 2012 issue. (They did this despite being open only 85% of the time McDonald's is)

PrivCo said it valued Chick-fil-A at $4.5 billion using peer multiples of Oak Brook, Illinois-based McDonald’s, Dublin, Ohio-based Wendy’s Co. (WEN) and closely held Wichita, Kansas-based Wil-Ken Enterprises Inc., which operates Popeye’s Chicken and Biscuits restaurants. The calculation factored in the company’s 3-year annual growth rate and Ebitda margins, the report said.

The chicken chain has a value of at least $4.3 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, based on the average enterprise value-to-Ebitda and price-to-earnings multiples of four publicly traded peers: McDonald’s, Wendy’s, San Diego-based Jack In the Box Inc. (JACK) and Louisville, Kentucky-based Yum! Brands Inc. (YUM), the owner of the KFC and Taco Bell brands.

“It is a very impressive business story,” said Sam Hamadeh, CEO of PrivCo, in a telephone interview. “Whatever people think of the politics, when you look at how we quantify the amount of money they are forgoing every year by being closed on Sundays, you have to respect that.”

I've never eaten there in my life, so I can say I've been boycotting them for over 51 years. I hadn't heard anything about the politics of their CEO before he exposed himself so I don't think ALL of their customers can be counted as bigots, but it's going to be interesting to see what happens to those numbers in the future.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-31/hidden-chick-fil-a-billionaires-hatched-as-value-soars.html

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Fri Aug 3, 2012, 07:11 AM

Star Member Honeycombe8 (18,265 posts)

39. That says nothing about the sales that day. ????? nt

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 09:45 PM

Thinkingabout (1,982 posts)

32. We are all God's children and God does not make mistakes.

Simply put they need to ask themselves what would Jesus do and then make the right decision. They have much too much hate.

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Fri Aug 3, 2012, 07:13 AM

Star Member Honeycombe8 (18,265 posts)

40. I've never understood that saying. I mean...Ted Bundy, other serial killers,

evil people, Hitler, dictators, child molesters, Sandusky....all created by God and therefore not mistakes?

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 10:30 PM

DCKit (18,541 posts)

35. As I said. They've got ADD.

 

Let's hope it carrys through to November.

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