Marriage Equality Day
August 4, 2012 8:09 AM Subscribe
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 -National Starbucks Appreciation Day. Starbucks is one of the companies supporting marriage equality.
This post was deleted for the following reason: There's a still-rather-busy thread about the whole CFA thing, maybe add this there. -- cortex
Good! I was just saying to myself, "What kind of consumable item can I purchase and upload to Facebook in order to irritate all my friends and relatives from Mississippi because of their bigotry-themed purchases and uploads last week?"
I know, I'm bringing the snark, and I don't mean to dump on the thread by doing it. I'm conflicted. Just because I feel it's unserious and infra dig to have public debates this way isn't going to stop people from doing it, so I suppose there ought to be some kind of equivalent that, unlike the kiss-in, does not require a same-sex partner or a willingness to be punched.
posted by Countess Elena at 8:18 AM on August 4, 2012
I know, I'm bringing the snark, and I don't mean to dump on the thread by doing it. I'm conflicted. Just because I feel it's unserious and infra dig to have public debates this way isn't going to stop people from doing it, so I suppose there ought to be some kind of equivalent that, unlike the kiss-in, does not require a same-sex partner or a willingness to be punched.
posted by Countess Elena at 8:18 AM on August 4, 2012
Where will you put all those deer?
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 8:18 AM on August 4, 2012
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 8:18 AM on August 4, 2012
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for marriage equality, gay rights, etc, but why does this "appreciation day" stuff feel like some steep, slippery slope of social media fueled, politically driven consumerism that we will regret some day?
I can understand not supporting a company that is evil, but does that mean that I'm obligated, on some designated day, to follow the crowd through the doors of every company that is simply "not evil"? I think I'm going to take that $5 we would have spent on a couple of overpriced drinks at Starbucks and send it to my local HIV/AIDS resource center non-profit.
posted by HuronBob at 8:19 AM on August 4, 2012 [2 favorites]
I can understand not supporting a company that is evil, but does that mean that I'm obligated, on some designated day, to follow the crowd through the doors of every company that is simply "not evil"? I think I'm going to take that $5 we would have spent on a couple of overpriced drinks at Starbucks and send it to my local HIV/AIDS resource center non-profit.
posted by HuronBob at 8:19 AM on August 4, 2012 [2 favorites]
I guess I never really imagined that fast food restaurants would become the new front in America's culture wars.
kind of makes one want to cry and vomit, really.
sigh...triple grande soy please...
posted by One Thousand and One at 8:20 AM on August 4, 2012
kind of makes one want to cry and vomit, really.
sigh...triple grande soy please...
posted by One Thousand and One at 8:20 AM on August 4, 2012
I hope Walmart decides to support marriage equality so we can see how "Walmart Appreciation Day" goes over.
posted by Egg Shen at 8:21 AM on August 4, 2012
posted by Egg Shen at 8:21 AM on August 4, 2012
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