Board 8 > Chick-Fil-A's sales have DOUBLED since the LGBT community called for a Boycott

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https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/michael-foust/chick-fil-a-s-sales-have-doubled-since-lgbt-boycott-began-in-2012.html

Chick-fil-As annual sales have more than doubled since LGBT and liberal groups began calling for a boycott of the restaurant in 2012, according to a new analysis.

In 2012, when controversy arose over the CEOs comments about same-sex marriage, sales totaled $4.6 billion, up from $4.1 billion the year before.

In 2018, sales totaled $10.46 billion, making it the third-largest restaurant in the United States behind McDonalds and Starbucks.

The boycott may have driven a few customers away, although it apparently attracted far more. The chain also has opened nearly 700 new restaurants since the boycott began, according to the Journal & Courier newspaper, which reported the data in a Sept. 17 story and examined the effectiveness of the boycott.

The only ones who seem to have any kind of beef with the wildly popular chicken restaurant are a minivan-size group of squeaky extremists on the far left, Glenn T. Stanton, director of global family formation studies at Focus on the Family and the author of Myth of the Dying Church, told Christian Headlines. Theyve concluded that Chick-fil-A is bigoted without the slightest bit of evidence only that their founders believe in natural marriage. Their position sits very well with the rest of us.

The LGBT issue blog Towleroad in 2011 criticized Chick-fil-As ties to Christian and conservative organizations that opposed the legalization of same-sex marriage. The headline read, If youre eating Chick-fil-A, youre eating anti-gay, the Journal & Courier reported. The blog received moderate media attention that year, but the issue received far more attention in 2012 when Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy was asked about the companys support of the traditional family and replied, Well, guilty as charged.

We are very much supportive of the family the biblical definition of the family unit, he told the Biblical Recorder. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that.
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The chicken is worth funding bigotry
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I'm sorry. I support the LGBT community and feel for them, but I can't NOT also support my favorite fast food restaurant... I just wish it was run by better human beings.
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Chik-Fil-A chicken is garbage anyways so no need to boycott it.
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Its really the easiest thing in the world not to eat there tho. If there was an ISIS Burger people would still defend it if it made their mouth happy for two minutes.

PerfectChaosZ posted...

Its really the easiest thing in the world not to eat there tho. If there was an ISIS Burger people would still defend it if it made their mouth happy for two minutes.

...ok but the difference is theres no harm in supporting chik fil a
The American public clearly agrees with me here
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TheRock1525 posted...

Chik-Fil-A chicken is garbage anyways so no need to boycott it.

I'm boycotting you now
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I have honest-to-goodness never understood people going ga-ga for Chik-Fil-A. Any time I've had it it's been thoroughly unimpressive.

Publix chicken is 1000x better.
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never had and never will
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inb4 "wtf is Publix"

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Jakyl25 posted...

The chicken is worth funding bigotry

It's overrated imo.
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SaveEstelle posted...

inb4 "wtf is Publix"

Only good part of Florida.
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Sirfetchd posted...

...ok but the difference is theres no harm in supporting chik fil a
The American public clearly agrees with me here

...they literally funded programs and policies in Uganda that led to the resurgence of the kill all gays government program. Every dollar you spend there is fucking over a gay person in a foreign country. You just dont care about those people. The American public is stupid so if you agree with them so are you.

As someone who unfortunately had it about a month ago because a friend wanted to go for the first time and see how it was and there wasn't much else around and we hadn't eaten all day

it's FINE. But seriously nothing special and I'm happy I can at least say that when in this debate, like it's seriously not worth going out of your way for.
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PerfectChaosZ posted...

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Sirfetchd posted...

...ok but the difference is theres no harm in supporting chik fil a
The American public clearly agrees with me here

...they literally funded programs and policies in Uganda that led to the resurgence of the kill all gays government program. Every dollar you spend there is fucking over a gay person in a foreign country. You just dont care about those people. The American public is stupid so if you agree with them so are you.

They don't want to kill th gays they just dont want them to commit sin
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Yes they do want to kill gay people and have funded other people in government positions into doing it. Wtf?

They're bottom of the barrel for fast food chicken. Literally everyone else is better.

Real good milkshake, though.

Never even seen one in person

PerfectChaosZ posted...

Yes they do want to gay people. Wtf?

No they don't they are Christian. Are you telling me all Christians against gay marriage also want to "kill the gays"?
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No Im not. But Im telling you that chick fila does. What are you not understanding?

And kill all gays is literally what Uganda called it

You know he's a troll right, why are you wasting the energy arguing with him Chaos
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I didnt know lol

PerfectChaosZ posted...

No Im not. But Im telling you that chick fila does. What are you not understanding?

And kill all gays is literally what Uganda called it

If the public really did support the LGBT community and what you are saying is real then why have their sales doubled
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Coincidence.

Because misinformation has spread that says chick fila just doesnt like gay people which has led to stupid LGBT people and their allies to be like ah so what if they hate me and eat there anyway for whatever reason when the reality is they give that money to anti-gay foundations that literally kill lgbt folks in foreign countries. In addition to this, conservatives love death, violence, and owning the libs so the more violent and sadistic you are the better to them.

also "Fast Food Business grows in 7 years"

Wow, much surprise. Big shock.
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Bane_Of_Despair posted...

also "Fast Food Business grows in 7 years"

Wow, much surprise. Big shock.

Well if the American public stood with the LGBT community like everyone claims they do wouldn't thi growth not have taken place
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Whose alt is this?

Im glad you agree theres still a lot of work to do in assisting and supporting the LGBT community.

Sirfetchd posted...

Bane_Of_Despair posted...

also "Fast Food Business grows in 7 years"

Wow, much surprise. Big shock.

Well if the American public stood with the LGBT community like everyone claims they do wouldn't thi growth not have taken place

Conservatives decided to destroy their coffee makers after an advertiser left Hannity.

People "support" things for dumb reasons.
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PerfectChaosZ posted...

Im glad you agree theres still a lot of work to do in assisting and supporting the LGBT community.

Maybe trying to boycott fried chicken int the bet method to get their point across
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so uh

hypothetically, let's say a member of this modestly-sized internet community known as "board 8" successfully changed everyone's minds on something someday

somehow

in some fashion

what would happen next

it likely isn't happening in tonight's sirfetchd topic, no offense sirfetched just stating truths

but I'm curious if the world ends or what exactly

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1) the doubling of chick fil a sales doesn't really reflect the general attitude toward lgbt acceptance nationwide.

2) they're a popular fast food company and people like their food so that's why their sales have doubled. they keep opening more stores and they do well.

3) why am I bothering to do this

I guess Chik Fil A is the one thing cancel culture didn't influence

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Sirfetchd posted...

Maybe trying to boycott fried chicken int the bet method to get their point across

Maybe posting about it on some random gaming board isnt the bet method to get your point across whatever that may be.

To everyone else its simple; if you prefer moderately good chicken to doing whats right thats on you. Chick fila was one of the only fast food places I could eat without getting sick. I love how it wasnt too greasy. But it makes me more sick knowing exactly where my money is going and the CEO isnt shy about it either. If you care about your taste buds more than that youre just selfish and kind of a jerk, and if youre LGBT or call yourself an ally and eat there you dont have much in the way of convictions or integrity. You can get fried chicken anywhere. Youre just selfish.

not to come across as a conservative or an alt-righter or anything but "cancel culture" hasn't done much. it's just exaggerated online by trolls who want to paint themselves as victims of political correctness and liberal ideologies.

PerfectChaosZ posted...

Sirfetchd posted...

Maybe trying to boycott fried chicken int the bet method to get their point across

Maybe posting about it on some random gaming board isnt the bet method to get your point across whatever that may be.

To everyone else its simple; if you prefer moderately good chicken to doing whats right thats on you. Chick fila was one of the only places I could get without getting sick. I love how it wasnt too greasy. But it makes me more sick knowing exactly where my money is going and the CEO isnt shy about it either. If you care about your taste buds more than youre just selfish and kind of a jerk, and if youre LGBT or call yourself an ally and eat there you dont have much in the way of convictions or integrity. You can get fried chicken anywhere. Youre just selfish.

So by this metric then you're telling me the majority of the American people do not support LGBT communities then tho?
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whats the ethical fast food company you can eat at whose billionaire owners aren't total ghouls that fund treating the poors like cattle? hell, you could make the argument that by serving chicken instead of beef, chick fil a is more ethical to consume in regards to the impact on the third world due to the impact of beef consumption on climate change that will devastate communities across the globe.

like, sorry guys, no national company is run by a person who is good or does good things, they are people who produce pain and misery and suffering to enrich themselves and thats it

having said that, stop eating chick fil a and eat the rich

Its also the backlash against the idea of cancel culture (which never really happened) that doubled their sales.

PerfectChaosZ posted...

Its also the backlash against the idea of cancel culture (which never really happened) that doubled their sales.

As in people dont like being told that they cant eat somewhere cause it automatically tags them as some sort of LGBT hating bigot?
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Yes the truly ethical thing to do would be to stop supporting capitalism entirely but if people cant even boycott one food chain that doesnt even hide what they do than thats definitely unrealistic. We always knew that corporations were evil but we live in the nightmare where they dont even feel the need to hide it anymore. And no one cares.

colliding posted...

not to come across as a conservative or an alt-righter or anything but "cancel culture" hasn't done much. it's just exaggerated online by trolls who want to paint themselves as victims of political correctness and liberal ideologies.

It's odd you opened that up by saying "not to come across as conservative," because denying/downplaying the power of "cancel culture" is something usually done by the left.

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Sirfetchd posted...

As in people dont like being told that they cant eat somewhere cause it automatically tags them as some sort of LGBT hating bigot?

No if you eat there and support the LGBT community than youre just selfish and stupid and hurting people. If you eat there cause you like what theyre doing than yes you are.

Of course it's making a ton of money. A lot of Christians' idea of "Charity" is giving money to rich people in opposition to anything they disagree with. That's why they donate money to millionaire athletes who oppose gay marriage so they can fund their legal bills, when those same athletes could easily fund their own legal battles.
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thanks, that's what I thought

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Whats what you thought? If you eat at Chick Fila you are literally responsible for the past and now resurgence of the (what they literally call it) kill all gays bill in Uganda. That is your money theyre using.

yum
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PerfectChaosZ posted...

Whats what you thought? If you eat at Chick Fila you are literally responsible for the past and now resurgence of the (what they literally call it) kill all gays bill in Uganda. That is your money theyre using.

You cant blame the teenager eating a chicken sandwich for killing people in Uganda
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Chick Fil A is one of the restaurants in the cafeteria at the hospital I work at and its easily the most popular place there.
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ninkendo posted...

Chick Fil A is one of the restaurants in the cafeteria at the hospital I work at and its easily the most popular place there.

Have you put up posters in the cafeteria protesting them
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