The Rude Pundit: The Chick-fil-A Thing Gets Even Stupider

[meegbear]

If you sat there slack-jawed, watching this whole Chick-fil-A debacle get stupider and stupider and you thought, "Huh, what could make everyone involved seem that much worse?" Well, you could say that your prayers have been answered.

Yes, you might have seen the lines of cars and people trying to get the tasty chicken sandwich that is dressed with a urine-tasting pickle slice and, in celebration of Mitt Romney's political positions, waffle fries on V Fil-A Day. That was on Wednesday, when Mike Huckabee, who once wrote a book on eating healthy and losing weight, encouraged everyone who hates gay marriage and loves free speech to gorge on deep-fried food. You might have seen last night's hilarious cock-filled take on the whole episode on The Daily Show. But you might not have seen the prayer circles:





In the restaurants and in the parking lots, all over this great nation of ours, people held hands and prayed, not for the souls of the many, many fallen chickens, but for, well, fuck, who cares?

But lest you think that the non-haters have clean hands, here's Adam Smith, who, when not writing economic treatises, harassed the fuck out of some poor low-wage fast food jockey at a Tucson, Arizona, Chick-fil-A. In a move that obvious dickbag Smith hilariously thought of as his effort to "Stand up" to a corporation, he harangues a woman for not confronting her employer about its stand on gay marriage. Smith does not leave his car to, you know, enter the restaurant. In another glorious twist on free speech, his employer fired him.

Look, the Rude Pundit has boycotted products because of who is associated with them. He has never bought a Snapple because, when it was a small company not owned by Dr. Pepper, it advertised extensively on Rush Limbaugh's radio colonoscopy. He won't buy gas at BP because it ruined the Gulf of Mexico.

But you know what? We lost this one because we did everything that the right often does to publicize something and make it more popular. Chick-fil-A and its homophobic, Christ-fellating CEO made a shit-ton of money and will continue to for a while. And you know what they might do with that shit-ton of money? Perhaps fund more anti-gay rights efforts?

No one is clean here. You like going to the Coachella Music Festival, good West Coast activist hippies? Fuck you. It's owned and promoted by the Anschutz Corporation, whose CEO and founder gives millions to anti-gay marriage forces, far more than Chick-fil-A.

Why waste an ounce of energy kissing and marching outside Chick-fil-A? It's been an ultra-Christian joint since before most of the protesters were born. Instead, worry about changing the laws. Make out in front of members of Congress and state legislatures. And fuck the chicken.

http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-chick-fil-thing-gets-even-stupider.html

[nichomachus]

1. One thing it did do

was expose the face of hate. Sometimes you win just by making the haters stand up and be counted. They're much safer when they can pretend to be loving and kind, but when you make them put their money where their hate is, you get a better picture of what we're up against.

[NightWatcher]

4. expose them? hell they were proud to expose themselves (ick)

I saw tons of family on FB posting pictures of themselves proudly standing in line for a dried chicken sandwich so that they could stick it to the gays (I guess). Its been days now and they still wont shut up about it. My FB has become nothing more than an ignorant sounding board for the freaks in my life. I guess they cant be proud of Rmoney, so they'll rallly round a hateful sandwich.

[MrDiaz]

6. the man

just had an opinion lol, we were telling everyone to boycott them on wednesday, and they had record profits instead... just leave it alone already we are the ones giving them the publicity.

[Fumesucker]

7. David Duke "just has an opinion"..

[MrDiaz]

8. EVERYBODY

has the right to free speech not just the ones who agree with us.

[Fumesucker]

10. Where did I say otherwise?

Has the government tried to silence Mr Cathy?

Because that's what "freedom of speech" means, it has nothing to do with agreeing or disagreeing but rather it bans the government from interfering with most private speech (death threats and some other well known examples excepted).

[FiveGoodMen]

18. Everybody has the right to respond to that free speech as well.

That's what people are doing here.

[MrDiaz]

31. I realize that

I just think that we are part of the reason they are getting so much attention. That is all i was pointing out.

[HangOnKids]

42. Thank God You Were Here To Point That Out

Shit, we might have missed it!

[frylock]

43. then why do you want us to STFU when we criticize this "man" for his "opinion?"

does his right to spew hateful remarks trump my right to tell him to fuck off?

[HangOnKids]

47. Oh Frylock You Are Just So Right

and

[cali]

2. another GREAT bit of rude punditry

that always has some interesting info as well as being hilarious and spot-on. In this case it was about Coachella. Didn't know that.

[onehandle]

3. This was a big mess. But as many have pointed out, in a few decades...

...these intolerant fucks will look worse.

I hope photos like these make it into the history books, along with photos of racists blocking black kids from school.

[zeemike]

26. you mean if we win.

If they win those pictures will be right along side the ones of MLK as examples of good protests.
But at this time they have won and will continue to win as long as we keep punking ourselves with shit like this.

[Blue Owl]

5. The chicken ain't the only thing that's fried at Chick-Fil-Fuckin-A

n/t

[RadiationTherapy]

9. The uncontextualized "fuck the children" ending does a lot to undo the other intelligent thoughts.

A poor finish to a well-written piece.

[Fumesucker]

11. That was "fuck the *chicken*", not children..

And it's the Rude Pundit, that sort of comment is kind of his trademark.

[RadiationTherapy]

12. Holy shit! Now I am bothered because I misread it! hahaha. Thanks.

[Raster]

13. I was gonna say.... that's not what I read.

C-H-I-C-K-E-N. Fuck the chicken.

[Raster]

14. Another dose of radiation?

I kid, I kid.

[RadiationTherapy]

27. Hahahaha.

[Raster]

28. Have an AWESOME Friday!

[NYC Liberal]

25. Isn't it "fuck the chicken"?

[Confusious]

15. Just out of curiosity

Has anyone seen these prayer circles to end war, end suffering, feed the poor?

Just wondering.

[FloridaJudy]

21. I've seen the Quakers hold them at anti-war rallies

Judging by the ones I've met, I doubt there were a whole lot of Quakers eating at Shit-Fil-A that day.

[Confusious]

24. I was more wondering about the jokers

at the chikafila.

[Raster]

29. no....christian prayer circles are akin to teenage circle jerks...

feels good for short amount of time, but basically only benefits you.

[Initech]

16. That whole display of Bigots On Parade was completely disgusting.

[Erose999]

17. Sheeit, if i'd have known it was gonna be that kind of party

I would'a stuck my dick in the mashed potatoes.

[AlbertCat]

19. How pitiful is it....

.... that Christianity's last stand is at a friggin' Chick-fil-a????

[Raster]

30. No shit! Could they have at least shot for Olive Garden?

[chervilant]

20. Re: this ridiculous red herring,

My roommate first said, "I don't care if gay people want to marry! Who cares what they do in their bedroom?" I replied, "You're right, people should be able to bump uglies with whomever they love, but everyone deserves the legal rights accorded by marriage, regardless of sexual orientation."

Later, my roommate said, "That man has the right to his opinion, just like everyone else!" I replied, "Just look at this deliberate distraction! We have dire economic distress, a do-nothing Congress, extreme drought over much of the nation, and countless other critical issues; yet, the M$M wants to distract us (ooh, look, it's a sparkly!) with this divisive, hate-mongering hot-button topic."

There's been no further discussion of Mr. Chick-fil-a in this house.

IMHO, Mr. Cathy will not reap any REAL benefits from his pitiable bigotry. And, those of us who will no longer support his business will continue to advocate for GLBT rights.

[Zoeisright]

41. Perfect responses.

You can also tell your roommate that everyone who disagrees with the disgusting Mr. Cathy has a right to voice their opinion too. And that hate is not a protected religion. People speak out against hate and hateful people because it's the right thing to do.

[chervilant]

48. Excellent point.

Just today, she self-identified as a Teabagger. She plans to wait and see what candidate they endorse. I am gobsmacked. I've never before known her to be anything but a Democrat.

[NYC Liberal]

22. I agree: "Worry about changing the laws"

Getting marriage equality on the law books is a much more worthy use of time than fighting a fast-food restaurant.

[southernyankeebelle]

23. I think people made martyrs out of them. I would of just said to my friends to boycott them.

I have never been in this chicken place and now I know for sure I will never go in. I think it will back fire with a kiss in today. I wish them well but all they will be doing is playing into Fox New's hand.

[valerief]

32. One thing I can't understand. Why, oh, why is the name spelled that way?

Is that what these prayer-groupies find clever? Is it some fundie slang I don't know? Is just because it's the ultimate in stupid and that's what these people do--elevate teh stoopid?

Anyone know why Filet isn't spelled correctly? Because it's French???

[FiveGoodMen]

33. Well... Dan Savage had a thought on that

http://www.avclub.com/articles/august-1-2012,83186/

Scroll down to the "Programming note:" at the end.

[valerief]

34. Bwahahahahahahaha!

Now THAT is clever!

[Confusious]

35. I thought it was southern before yesterday

For chicken filler.

[themaguffin]

36. Let's be clear, there's nothing Christian or Christ-like about Cathy or folks who support bigotry

[freshwest]

37. Note who's pushing Adam Smith's video:

u1oo

http://www.youtube.com/user/u1oo?feature=watch


If you look at the description of one of the video he likes:

Chick-Fil-A???

I'm so tired of people from the gay community telling where I can/should eat at. I'm so grown and do what I want when I want like eating at Chick-Fil-A hahahahahahahahahhahhahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

As well as this one:

How Obama steals elections one at a time

In 1996 Obama and a team of lawyers eliminated all his rivals from the ballot including incumbent Alice Palmer - allowing him to run unopposed.

Obama filed objections to all four of his Democratic rivals. He was the first one to ever do so.

Dirty tactics is what Obama is all about - race baiting, organized caucus intimidation, and lies about everything from Nafta to what he knows about his own church and his own close friends.

And the last one I'll take time to post:

Breitbart Takes Podium at Anthony Weiner Press

R.I.P. Andrew Breitbart (February 1, 1969 -- March 1, 2012).

I don't know if we've been played or not. But what the hell are we supposed to do to react effectively? Damn Kochroaches.

[doohnibor]

38. Cute little gay kid in the second pic

He has that "how long until I grow up and can ditch these stupid fuckers?" look on his face.

[Bluenorthwest]

39. What a bunch of tripe. As if the Coachella Music Festival (?) was attended by the same people

boycotting Chick Fil A. Rude sounds like one of those guys who just can't hang. We don't need that kind of hung up late 60's mindset at all.
The same people who are protesting this hate company ARE changing the laws, without much help from the community the author belongs to. How can anyone claim the GLBT movement does not constantly seek to change the laws and has in fact changed more laws than any set of straight grand standers like this author. The straights, who accomplish almost nothing in their own political activism, always feel they hold some standing to tell those who accomplish much how they ought to be doing it more to their liking.
I mean, why does this author himself not go make out in front of Members of Congress if that's a tactic he thinks is so good? I wonder if he joined Dan Choi and the others who were arrested at the White House and on the Hill during the fight to repeal DADT, a law that actually got changed? I wonder if the author remembers that? It was a long, long time ago. Yeah, those gays, they have not changed a law for months now, shame on them!

[99Forever]

44. HUH?

[Zoeisright]

40. I think this is the only time I've ever disagreed with the Rude Pundit.

I had no idea Chick-Fil-A was such a crappy, bigoted company. I'm sure many others didn't either. And the point is, that side is losing and will lose. Shining a light on these bigots is the right thing to do.

[99Forever]

45. A question I haven't heard...

... or heard answered is:


Just where is the push back from the "Christian" community that opposes these bigoted asshats?

The silence is deafening.

[just1voice]

46. Most of the U.S. is stupid bigots, look at the same sex marriage status in states

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_status_in_the_United_States_by_state

---Marriage is defined as the union of one man and one woman in at least 42 states. Currently, 31 states have added amendments banning same-sex unions to their constitutions. There are currently eight states that recognize or will soon recognize same-sex marriages, and a total of six (plus the District of Columbia) that recognize some form of same-sex civil unions or domestic partnerships.---


Heavily advertising for some fast food outlet is a complete misdirection of outrage at the lack of equal rights in the U.S.. Organized religion is the biggest culprit and the whores we call politicians who cater to status quo. Chick-fil-A can be put out of business tomorrow and it won't do a goddamn thing to advance equal rights in the U.S..

[Spitfire of ATJ]

49. Show em this...

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