one thing that’s really been bothering me lately is this whole chic-fil-a debacle. it’s so eerily reminiscent of the american apparel uproar where we all decided we would never shop there again because the founder is a sexist pig and / or because they use sweatshops. or after we all saw “supersize me” and swore we’d never put another deliciously golden mcnugget in our mouths again. or, hey, remember that occupy movement? where we were all on board of …something, we can’t really remember, for a couple of months? but how many of us still wear our oh-so-comfy AA t-shirts, or take advantage of their amazing warehouse sales? and please try telling me that you haven’t been to a mcdonalds at some point in 2012, even just for a coffee? hell, i’ve been at least twice in this past month. if you don’t take part in these things, then you’ve got a hell of a lot more will power, decency, and devotion than me. and you have also probably begun your boycott against chic-fil-a. granted, my outrage has led me to not visit a chic-fil-a since the president, dan cathy, declared his company anti-gay due to “christian” (are we still calling it that?) beliefs, but that doesn’t mean that i know i won’t curl over like a salted waffle fry at the chance to sip on one of those “hand-spun” milkshakes again at some point. people, please take a moment to consider all of the CRAP that you own. now think about the places from which you buy that crap. if you’re like me, or literally anybody i know, then you’ve got at least one to several (hundred) items from urban outfitters. let’s just start w/ the CEO of urban, who gave thousands of dollars in support of rick santorum, who, like cathy, is also anti-gay marriage. not to mention the NUMEROUS product controversies they’ve had over the years, from religious discrimination to racism all the way to theft. i mean does no one remember “Ghettopoly”? or what about the “auschwitz chic” t-shirt? or what about just this past year when the company described a whole line of new products as “Navajo”, including a flask and underwear, even though they had no right to use their name, not to mention that they totally diminished the Navajo from a people to a pattern. were we up in arms over these things? sure, maybe some of us who in one way or another became informed. not an urban fan? what about gap, old navy, jcrew, or banana republic, target, walmart, nike? all of which have been linked, at one time or another, to sweatshop-like conditions. sadly, they are practically everywhere. i’m not saying that this shit is unavoidable and therefore we should just take it. what i’m saying is that i hear a lot of people criticizing christians like cathy & others for being “choosy” regarding which aspects of the bible they are willing to incorporate into their daily lives, values, and belief systems. let’s not be hypocrites in doing the same by choosing to support certain companies because of their benefits to us, while disregarding their blatant social indecencies, and putting all of our energy into boycotting one company for right now. what i’m saying is that this chic-fil-a ordeal pisses me the fuck off. but i’m an idiot. i continue to shop at most of these aforementioned places and will more than likely re-visit that monster of a chic-fil-a that just opened up by my work one of these days, because i’m selfish and lazy. but i’m also not bashing chic-fil-a all over the internet. if you’re willing to publicly condemn a company and a man because of their beliefs, declaring yourself an advocate for human rights and human decency, then go and actually be that person. it’s great that this chic-fil-a thing has spread like wildfire, reaching every corner of the internet, but it’s also a little annoying that it apparently takes trending facebook statuses and twitter feeds to get people angry about corporate america. how about finding out shit about ALL of the companies / people that clothe and feed you. and if you care as much as you tweet you do, then act accordingly.
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