Let's have mechanically separated chicken for dinner tonight.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I like the double Filet-O-Fish.

Should be helpful for Lent (I'm giving up land based animals).

[Dinner]

It just occurred to me that I honestly can't remember the last time I ate at McDonald's. It's probably been more than ten years now. Just Chick-Fil-A for me.

I'll give this to Chick-Fil-A they don't use mechanically separated chicken and as far as I know never have. All of their sandwiches which I've had have been one solid piece of white breast meat so they do seem to be on the upper end of the fast food quality scale.

[Elok]

Yeah, after eating no fast food but them for a couple of years, I lost my taste for the likes of Burger King. Or maybe BK just plummeted in quality in the intervening years, who knows?

[Hauldren Collider]

I love BK. Can't stand McDonalds. Chik-fil-A is good, and awesome for trolling the many useless idiots around here who protest whatever it is currently popular to protest. At the moment it seems to be "boycott Chik-fil-A because the guy who owns it is a Southern Baptist".

[Elok]

Okay, what are they actually protesting? Are they members of American Atheists, or did he side with Susan B. Komen, or what?

[Hauldren Collider]

Okay, what are they actually protesting? Are they members of American Atheists, or did he side with Susan B. Komen, or what?

I think he at one point donated money to some anti-gay marriage foundation. (Note: AFAIK, he doesn't hate gay people, he just doesn't like gay marriage.) The point is that these people aren't protesting because they really fundamentally care about this stuff. They just think that "social conscience" means "agree with whatever vaguely liberal protest movement is in vogue right at this moment".

So I argue in class that fair trade is evil and murders third-world children, etc. Or that local food is just racism against Californians. It's kind of unfair actually, like kicking cripples or stealing candy from a baby.

The latest thing is that Port Authority, the Pittsburgh bus system, is cutting a couple routes that almost no one rides, and those who do ride it are almost all college students. So it should be fun arguing that they should insist that Pittsburgh raise taxes on college students, since a few years ago when they tried to do that, this same group protested furiously. Now the city can't afford buses...

[Dinner]

Okay, what are they actually protesting? Are they members of American Atheists, or did he side with Susan B. Komen, or what?

I believe what has upset some people is that the owner donates a lot of money to conservative causes (including funding anti-gay measures) so people who disagree with those causes try to deter customers from going to Chick-Fil-A because they want to pressure the guy to stop being so overtly political.

[giblets]

So I argue in class that fair trade is evil and murders third-world children, etc. Or that local food is just racism against Californians. It's kind of unfair actually, like kicking cripples or stealing candy from a baby.

I don't understand the connection between making stupid arguments and taking candy from a baby.

[Dinner]

Why is the local food movement "racist against Californians"? The whole local food movement started in California and there are a lot of small family businesses which survive mainly because of the localovore movement. California is one of the few places where it is actually still possible to eat only locally grown food and actually have a widely varied diet and I see nothing wrong with local people trying to support local businesses.

[Hauldren Collider]

Why is the local food movement "racist against Californians"? The whole local food movement started in California and there are a lot of small family businesses which survive mainly because of the localovore movement. California is one of the few places where it is actually still possible to eat only locally grown food and actually have a widely varied diet and I see nothing wrong with local people trying to support local businesses.

Yes...why do you suppose that is?

Ok, I'll give you a hint: it's also racist against Iowans and other residents of major agricultural states.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I think he at one point donated money to some anti-gay marriage foundation. (Note: AFAIK, he doesn't hate gay people, he just doesn't like gay marriage.) The point is that these people aren't protesting because they really fundamentally care about this stuff.

There are actually plenty of folk who care strongly about marriage equality who have boycotted Chick-Fil-A over it. This is no different that conservative Christians boycotting Starbucks for giving money for Washington State's marriage equality bill. There is nothing wrong with either - they are attempting to hit the offending company in the pocketbook for doing something they disagree with.

[Hauldren Collider]

I don't understand the connection between making stupid arguments and taking candy from a baby.

It's hyperbole, obviously, but this crowd of people can never even find a minimally cogent counterargument.

[Hauldren Collider]

There are actually plenty of folk who care strongly about marriage equality who have boycotted Chick-Fil-A over it. This is no different that conservative Christians boycotting Starbucks for giving money for Washington State's marriage equality bill. There is nothing wrong with either - they are attempting to hit the offending company in the pocketbook for doing something they disagree with.

That's not the point. These people are protesting because they think it's the cool thing to do. Once it's not the most recent random protest movement to materialize, they'll go back to eating there.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Why is the local food movement "racist against Californians"?

A) It isn't - Californians aren't a race
B) Because he lives no where near California. So when people around him are doing local food, he's making a dumb troll referencing that they aren't buying things from Californian farmers.

[Imran Siddiqui]

That's not the point. These people are protesting because they think it's the cool thing to do. Once it's not the most recent random protest movement to materialize, they'll go back to eating there.

I'm glad that you think you know exactly why each and every one of these people's motivations are. You just love to remind others that you are in your late teens, don't you?