Handling the fallout from a celebrity kerfuffle is supposed to be sort of predictable. A sportsball player has an affair or announces he's in favor of death camps, and all the product licensing deals vanish overnight. That's how the script is supposed to go. But the poor corporate overlords at Cracker Barrel badly misjudged just how much their clientele would respond to the homophobic, racist comments of Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson. Instead of being put off by his announcement that homosexuals are hellbound and the blacks were much happier under Jim Crow, they ate that shit up, and turned the guy into a bona fide Culture Wars martyr. Hickmerica therefore did not care for Cracker Barrel's decision Friday to remove some Duck Dynasty products from its stores, and so an instant
I guess Cracker Barrel <i>still</i> doesn&#039;t want black customers. Google &quot;cracker barrel discrimination&quot; for look at their corporate values.
It would help if businesses would identify their religious and social beliefs to inform consumers of where they dollars may end up. For example if I see the &#039;fish&#039; sign on an ad or on a business front I know to avoid it like the plague. However if I have no choice other than to eat at a Chick-fil-A I figure I can be forgiven. If I get the spicy chicken sandwich that is.
The Cracker Barrel Ann Coulter special - Scrawny yard bird, breaded with white bread, seasoned with a medley of certifiably racially pure herbs and spices. Accompanied by a heap of Huckabee lard-fried corn pone. .99c.
Oh come one. No one gets as big as he did eating fine food. People that big got that way from cheese doodles and their mom&#039;s one cream of mushroom soup and frito casserole recipe.
I was gonna say...
I guess Cracker Barrel <i>still</i> doesn&#039;t want black customers. Google &quot;cracker barrel discrimination&quot; for look at their corporate values.
Imagine how hungry you have to be to eat at Cracker Barrel.
It would help if businesses would identify their religious and social beliefs to inform consumers of where they dollars may end up. For example if I see the &#039;fish&#039; sign on an ad or on a business front I know to avoid it like the plague. However if I have no choice other than to eat at a Chick-fil-A I figure I can be forgiven. If I get the spicy chicken sandwich that is.
Seriously. There is a chatcave, why can&#039;t there be a eugenics program? or comments?
Stig Nasty died? Why didn&#039;t I see this in the NYT? Rutles libel!
And what&#039;s all this crap about ducks lately?
Cracker Barrel? I hardly knew her.
The Cracker Barrel Ann Coulter special - Scrawny yard bird, breaded with white bread, seasoned with a medley of certifiably racially pure herbs and spices. Accompanied by a heap of Huckabee lard-fried corn pone. .99c.
Ouch noted. Another sad victim of spontaneous human Obamabustion.
Oh come one. No one gets as big as he did eating fine food. People that big got that way from cheese doodles and their mom&#039;s one cream of mushroom soup and frito casserole recipe.