idk who gets to determine what "acting Christian" means, does it just mean acting like the ideals? pretty sure people confuse "you are supposed to do this" with "you will act like this at all times because you are infallible"
― your native bacon (mh), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:04 (9 months ago) Permalink
there's a noticeable difference between "I try to live up to these ideals but sometimes I make mistakes" and "I pay lip service to these ideals but never follow them because I am a gigantic ass"
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:05 (9 months ago) Permalink
i think she just meant people were being dicks more than they had to be
― a hauntingly unemployed american (difficult listening hour), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:06 (9 months ago) Permalink
lol
― your native bacon (mh), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:09 (9 months ago) Permalink
Right, wot Dan said.
― Fiendish Doctor Wu (kingfish), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:12 (9 months ago) Permalink
Posted to my facebook today re Chik-Fil-A: Hey...let's eat water intensive meat during a drought to celebrate our homophobia....
― David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:26 (9 months ago) Permalink
Christianity = "Boy, I sure am a sinner. I should ask every day for forgiveness."
"Christianity" = "Boy, you sure are a sinner. You should ask every day for forgiveness. I, on the other hand, have a Jesus fish on my car."
― Marco YOLO (Phil D.), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:27 (9 months ago) Permalink
Hey...let's eat water intensive meat during a drought to celebrate our homophobia....
I think you mean "homophilia." At least that's my experience.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:28 (9 months ago) Permalink
Homo-Fil-A
― David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:30 (9 months ago) Permalink
this whole thing is really reminding me of the terry shiavo thing for some reason
― goole, Friday, 3 August 2012 17:38 (9 months ago) Permalink
because it's so fucking stupid, is the reason, probably.
Yes, and it's another skirmish for people desperately wanting to prove that they're not victims of modernity by bolstering themselves and loudly chanting their tribal affinity and righteousness to drown out any possible internal doubt or anxiety.
Check the Slacktivist link I posted a coupla days ago; American conservative/Republican/evangelical culture is _all_ about declaring the correct Stances, and ostracizing those who don't reaffirm some plank as zealously as others.
― Fiendish Doctor Wu (kingfish), Friday, 3 August 2012 17:47 (9 months ago) Permalink
Looks like from that picture gallery there is a competition about which congressman can prove they are the most "conservative" by having the most chick fil a bags on their desks.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Friday, 3 August 2012 17:52 (9 months ago) Permalink
Feel like this is the Stand with Chik-Fil-A standing in for Las Vegas.
― defriend the undefriendable (how's life), Friday, 3 August 2012 17:57 (9 months ago) Permalink
Here, this gawker bit is good:
All Meals Are Possible Through Christ: Hate-Bingeing on the Chicken
...People gathered to celebrate the wonder-working power of redemption through Christ—which, instead of what all those pipe-organ songs seem to suggest, is cause for intense, simmering resentment.[....]Indeed, you could be forgiven for assuming that this was solely a protest in favor of religion, but it was as much about Free Market Jesus as it was about the original version, with the poor people and the repudiation of material things. A large motivating factor for the Chick-Fil-A celebrants was aggrieved rhetoric from the far right that portrayed gay activist groups as violating or suppressing the First Amendment in two ways. One, that citizens boycotting a business constitutes active suppression of speech, and that Obama/The Gays/The Left were "criminalizing" pro-Christian speech. Two, that the original text of the First Amendment read, "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, unless that speech or assembly affects a corporation's bottom line."
[....]
Indeed, you could be forgiven for assuming that this was solely a protest in favor of religion, but it was as much about Free Market Jesus as it was about the original version, with the poor people and the repudiation of material things. A large motivating factor for the Chick-Fil-A celebrants was aggrieved rhetoric from the far right that portrayed gay activist groups as violating or suppressing the First Amendment in two ways. One, that citizens boycotting a business constitutes active suppression of speech, and that Obama/The Gays/The Left were "criminalizing" pro-Christian speech. Two, that the original text of the First Amendment read, "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, unless that speech or assembly affects a corporation's bottom line."
― Fiendish Doctor Wu (kingfish), Friday, 3 August 2012 18:04 (9 months ago) Permalink
i ate at CFA on wednesday but didnt find out until afterwards that it was hate-a-homo day. it wasnt any busier than it usually is at lunchtime on a weekday. i ate there the next day too
― WheatusVEVO (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 3 August 2012 18:07 (9 months ago) Permalink
I hope you introduced yourself.
― defriend the undefriendable (how's life), Friday, 3 August 2012 18:10 (9 months ago) Permalink
isn't it illegal to ingest CAF products more than once a week?
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 August 2012 18:12 (9 months ago) Permalink
Hungry4Ass&Chicken
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Friday, 3 August 2012 18:15 (9 months ago) Permalink
― joaquin haus-partizan (s1ocki), Friday, 3 August 2012 18:15 (9 months ago) Permalink
"hello my name is hungry4ass and I am hear to share chicken with you"
― your native bacon (mh), Friday, 3 August 2012 18:16 (9 months ago) Permalink
has this been posted yet
― protected by viper. stand back. (D-40), Saturday, 4 August 2012 08:12 (9 months ago) Permalink
argh typo
― your native bacon (mh), Saturday, 4 August 2012 14:50 (9 months ago) Permalink
wow xp
― k3vin k., Saturday, 4 August 2012 15:55 (9 months ago) Permalink
ugh
― electric point-electric counterpoint (m bison), Saturday, 4 August 2012 15:57 (9 months ago) Permalink
Yay tribalism
― Fiendish Doctor Wu (kingfish), Saturday, 4 August 2012 17:50 (9 months ago) Permalink
it'd be depressing if it weren't so hilarious
― mississippi joan hart (crüt), Saturday, 4 August 2012 18:24 (9 months ago) Permalink
A lot of Eagle Scouts have been sending their medals back in protest of Boy Scout policy. I suppose I'd do this, too, but I have no idea where my Eagle Scout medal is.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 4 August 2012 19:32 (9 months ago) Permalink
I might have my Second Class badge around somewhere...
― defriend the undefriendable (how's life), Saturday, 4 August 2012 21:06 (9 months ago) Permalink
https://sites.google.com/site/chickenoffset/
― goole, Thursday, 9 August 2012 17:03 (9 months ago) Permalink
Surprise!
http://chicagophoenix.com/2012/09/18/chick-fil-a-agrees-to-end-anti-gay-donations-mandates-equal-treatment-of-gays/
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 14:53 (8 months ago) Permalink