And now, the latest chapter in the Chick-Fil-A saga....

[brendala]

Everyone has probably seen this video already. But I think it's worth posting anyway because this man has done something miraculous. He has brought the pro and anti Chick-Fil-A folks together to agree on one thing:
THIS GUY IS THE BIGGEST DOUCHE IN THE UNIVERSE!!!!



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I feel for this guy's family (he has young kids and internet mob justice can be a frightening thing). But I don't feel sorry for him. As someone who has worked many low wage customer service jobs and has dealt with MANY sanctimonious assholes like him, I revel in the fact that he lost his cushy job. Maybe now he'll understand what it's like to not have the luxury of being able to be selective about what companies you choose to work for. He seemed to be under the impression that the teenage drive-thru girl chose that job because she just LOVES oppressing gay people with chicken sandwiches. And he seemed to believe that upsetting a helpless young woman at her workplace (where she is obligated to be nice to him and not fight back!) was a victory for civil rights somehow. F**K this guy!!

Comments

[rezo-eris.livejournal.com]

And even if I were a Liberal, I STILL wouldn't get this whole Chick-Fil-A drama. ONE guy (the CEO) said something that he has the constitutional right to say even if it's considered "politically incorrect" these days, and it does NOT reflect on the resteraunts' service (employees may be perfectly tolerant of gay marriage, and gays aren't banned from eating there or anything: they'll still be served just like everyone else.), and yet the liberal folks are all up in arms about it and demanding that Chick-Fil-A be boycotted or shut down, even though that would lose several innocent, hardworking people their jobs? It just...makes my brain hurt SO MUCH.

[brendala.livejournal.com]

I don't get it either. My sister freaked out at me because I recently applied for an open job there. But I don't see why the CEO supposedly being a jerk means the company is evil.

And even if the company WAS evil, that doesn't make it OK to harass the workers sitting at the bottom of the totem pole.

[rezo-eris.livejournal.com]

From what I heard, the CEO's not even a jerk. He's just honestly expressing the values he was raised on. He doesn't believe in gay marriage, and he had the constitutional right to say that he didn't. If he let his beliefs get in the way of the resetraunts' business, THEN it would've been wrong, but no. He just said something that liberal-type people call politically incorrect, and so there was an uproar.

I heard from my aunt that the Chick-Fil-A company is owned by or in business with an evil company or something, but most workers employed at Chick-Fil-A have nothing to do with that. They're just doing their jobs, earning their pay, and making a living.

[brendala.livejournal.com]

Yeah. All evidence points to the CEO being a decent guy who just happens to disapprove of gay marriage. But even if he is a homophobic jerk, that's his right (provided he doesn't let it effect how the company operates).

Besides, if every company that had an asshole in charge was forced to shut down, there wouldn't be very many left. LOL

[rezo-eris.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY. I doubt him or any high-up like him are doing serious damage by just saying things. If you consider what they say wrong and stupid, that's fine. But one should never try to silence them. That goes against the freaking first ammendment, right?

And yes, that too. XD