I honestly think it's kind of cool that Dan Cathy learned some things.
He hasn't learned a damn thing other than to pick squeaky clean charities for a few years.
He met and became friends with that gay student leader. I think it's kind of cool that he stepped outside of his comfort zone to actually meet with a gay kid. That kid had nice things to say about him, IIRC.
But I understand it's easy to be cynical and think he did that for PR. Which may be the truth, absolutely. And it doesn't matter to me-- I wouldn't eat their food still even if we had them!
Look, if people want, there are apps which tell you how much to donate to orgs you support if you decide to fill your craving for diet lemonade or nuggets.
I get Pixy's passion & appreciate it. But I'm also willing to bet each of us supports or endorses - directly or indirectly - something nefarious on the regular. Avoiding every single entity of any shady affiliation against any fraction of my beliefs is not a warfare campaign I can feasibly undertake. In short, I'm picking my battles and some probably won't be the ones thrown out here, there, or elsewhere. I can get informed, but might not get shamed into fighting. Judge away.
If things slow down, I could always bring up how many people know that SUVs pose a danger to pedestrians and cyclists and drivers of smaller cars and just don't care because dogs or something.
But, you know, only if this thing fizzles out.
Shit. I'm so conflicted on this now since I have a cross over. I have become the enemy.
At least you recognize that you hate pedestrians as much as I hate gay people!
I get Pixy's passion & appreciate it. But I'm also willing to bet each of us supports or endorses - directly or indirectly - something nefarious on the regular. Avoiding every single entity of any shady affiliation against any fraction of my beliefs is not a warfare campaign I can feasibly undertake. In short, I'm picking my battles and some probably won't be the ones thrown out here, there, or elsewhere. I can get informed, but might not get shamed into fighting. Judge away.
I'd agree, but the orgs in this case are fairly up front in what they're doing. Plus, the CEO knew what the charities represented (at least the bigger pictures) when they gave money to them.
"This prick is asking for someone here to bring him to task Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him I'll pull the trigger on it, someone load the gun and cock it While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket."
Can someone also find me the crack sauce recipe aka the honey roasted barbecue sauce?
this one should be good. this is the dude that does the Top Secret Recipes books:
Honey Roasted BBQ Sauce
Serves: 1 cup Start-to-Finish: 25 minutes Recipe By: Todd Wilbur
Ingredients:
1/2 cup vegetable oil 1/4 cup honey 1 TBSP Grey Poupon Dijon mustard (you can substitute any Dijon mustard but to get the closest to Chick-fil-A sauce it apparently needs to be the Grey Poupon kind, I used one with horseradish sauce in it because I liked the zippiness and it is what I had in my fridge. Let's face it, if I have to go out to buy new mustard I might as well stop by Chick-fil-A and get some packets of sauce instead.) 1 tsp ketchup 1 tsp sugar 1/4 tsp paprika 1/4 tsp salt 1/8 tsp black pepper 1/8 tsp garlic powder 1/8 tsp onion powder 2 1/2 TBSP white vinegar 1/2 tsp concentrated hickory liquid smoke flavoring (I substituted with 1 tsp of plain ole BBQ sauce because, seriously, who has liquid smoke flavoring just laying around?) 1/4 tsp lemon juice 1 egg yolk 1 tsp water 1 TBSP cornstarch
Directions:
1. Combine oil, honey, mustard, ketchup, sugar, paprika, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder in a small saucepan over low heat until boiling. 2. Stir until it becomes jelly-like and well incorporate. 3. Remove the pan from the heat and let it cool, uncovered, for 10 minutes. 4. While the sauce is cooling, whisk egg yolk with water in a small bowl for about 2 minutes or until color is pale yellow. 5. Then, whisk in cornstarch until dissolved. 6. Once sauce has cooled, add vinegar, smoke flavoring (or BBQ sauce), and lemon juice. 7. Drizzle in the egg yolk mixture in a steady stream while rapidly whisking. (This will create a thick, creamy emulsion that will prevent the oil from separating.) 8. Cover and refrigerate until serving.
So they recently put a CFA on our campus, and students were outraged. In response to this, the president of the university has funneled the profits from said CFA to endow a fairly large scholarship for LGBTQIA students, with a focus on those who have been kicked out of their homes because of their sexual orientation.
So they recently put a CFA on our campus, and students were outraged. In response to this, the president of the university has funneled the profits from said CFA to endow a fairly large scholarship for LGBTQIA students, with a focus on those who have been kicked out of their homes because of their sexual orientation.
So they recently put a CFA on our campus, and students were outraged. In response to this, the president of the university has funneled the profits from said CFA to endow a fairly large scholarship for LGBTQIA students, with a focus on those who have been kicked out of their homes because of their sexual orientation.
Can I eat there? I'm so confused.
How was he able to funnel the profits?
I assume CFA gets a cut and the university gets a cut since it is actually in a university owned building.
Paraphrasing my statement and putting it in sarcasm is what I read as coming at me.
You want to talk corporate ethics do so, but when you quote me and throw in sarcasm I'm entitled to respond in a similar manner.
Okay, in all seriousness, I know it's really difficult to stay on top of which companies use sweatshop labor and research alternatives. It takes real effort. So I don't condemn anyone for not being able to do that fully.
What I don't understand is that reaction. And it's not just yours. But when someone tells you that you're paying money to a corporation that uses sweatshop labor, and your reaction is "But I need those clothes!" I can't understand that.
I feel the same about Chick-fil-a. I get that the employees are polite, the restaurants are clean, the food is a step up from the norm. But I can't understand saying "Oh, but the lemonade is so good!" I don't want to take the chance that my money goes to fund hate groups. Make your own fucking lemonade.
They really are. And some of our good friends/neighbors are owner/operators of one of the busiest ones in ATL and they are the furthest thing from Dan Cathy. The wife is Jewish, first of all (gasp in the Christian world of CFA) and they were horrified when all of this went down.
I remember this being an issue at the time. Some of the CFAs are franchises rather than corporate stores and the franchise owners were like, "Umm... I don't hate gays. Please keep buying my chicken." Which is sorta valid except that if you buy into a CFA, your franchise money will go to the corporation and that money will go to hate on gays... but it is tricky.
I have no doubt that some of the owners of individual stores are very lovely people who do not hate gays and may in fact be pro-equality.
But the bottom line is that they bought into a business which was KNOWN to be run by evangelical Christians, as evidenced by the fact that the Cathy family talks about it all the time and their STORES ARE CLOSED IN HONOR OF THE CHRISTIAN SABBATH. I also had not heard of any store owner selling their store over these allegations. So they can pretend to be simply SHOCKED by these revelations, but it's a little disingenuous when really, it's obvious that money means more to them than equal rights.
Paraphrasing my statement and putting it in sarcasm is what I read as coming at me.
You want to talk corporate ethics do so, but when you quote me and throw in sarcasm I'm entitled to respond in a similar manner.
Okay, in all seriousness, I know it's really difficult to stay on top of which companies use sweatshop labor and research alternatives. It takes real effort. So I don't condemn anyone for not being able to do that fully.
What I don't understand is that reaction. And it's not just yours. But when someone tells you that you're paying money to a corporation that uses sweatshop labor, and your reaction is "But I need those clothes!" I can't understand that.
I feel the same about Chick-fil-a. I get that the employees are polite, the restaurants are clean, the food is a step up from the norm. But I can't understand saying "Oh, but the lemonade is so good!" I don't want to take the chance that my money goes to fund hate groups. Make your own fucking lemonade.
Seriously stop coming for me now. You basically came into an argument between sisters flailing your arms , judging, and now telling me to make my own"fucking" Lemonade? How about (1) The Lemonade talk was in jest (2) I pointed out the politeness of the employees not to mention wondering how much control or knowledge the franchisee had (3) So FUCK YOU and your advice.
"Not gonna lie; I kind of keep expecting you to post one day that you threw down on someone who clearly had no idea that today was NOT THEIR DAY." ~dontcallmeshirley
I don't like waffle fries, but I do love lemonade. With that, I've only been to Chick-fil-a once in Nashville 5 years ago. The closest one to me is an hour away, I think. Maybe. We have Raising Canes. Don't take Raising Canes away from me.
What I don't get is the general confusion over how difficult it can be to keep on top of and cut out every single bad business. There are only so many places to shop and I don't have time to make my own freaking clothes.