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thenewgreen  ·  1757 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Twitter CEO shamed for eating Chick-fil-A during Pride Month

    “You’re right. Completely forgot about their background,” the Twitter honcho replied.
Seems he didn’t recall their background. Can you be sure he was malicious in his intentions?




OftenBen  ·  1756 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm certain he wasn't malicious in his intent.

I don't care.

I can choose to not eat Chick-fil-A and I can choose to tell other people not to as well because they directly support religious bigotry and intolerance when they do.

thenewgreen  ·  1756 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, I guess I'm just not cool with "shaming" anyone for something they didn't knowingly do. The ends don't justify the means.

fletcher  ·  1756 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think the only reason it rubs me the wrong way is that he owned up to the fact that he knew what they're about but then left the post up anyway.

If he actually cared or in any way felt bad about supporting Chick-fil-a, why didn't he do something about it?

thenewgreen  ·  1756 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have no idea. Do you think that by leaving it up more people are now aware of the fact that Chic Filet was/is founded by a bigot? That's worth something.

fletcher  ·  1756 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think by leaving it up it's possible more people are aware of the background. However, I also think leaving it up potentially allows a platform for people to spout bigotry - as so often appears to be the case with these types of social media posts.

It was terrible timing.

OftenBen  ·  1756 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What is 'knowingly' in this instance?

Because their political stance on this issue is not exactly a secret. It's not a matter of much moral calculus to say 'Nah, I'll get not bigoted chicken instead' and then decide to never eat Chick-fil-A again.

Jack will survive.

tacocat  ·  1757 days ago  ·  link  ·  
thenewgreen  ·  1756 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, I was referencing a person eating a chicken sandwich and then after the fact finding out that the place where he got the sandwich was founded by a bigot and then agreeing that he shouldn’t have eaten there.

This, to me, is not a story worth sharing or propagating.

However, Twitters effed up policy’s should be examined. I see the two as completely separate.