Holy Crap! Guardian said something controvercial!

[guardlion]

Before this issue grows way out of proportion, let me lay it all out.

Someone forwarded a tweet from someone else stating the following:

I'm amazed at how many furries eat chic-fil-a and don't care about their supporting of anti gay organizations because it's "soo tasty" #dieI got a wild hair up my ass and tweeted the replies "Not all furries are

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[guardlion]

Huh. Now that I look back at the original tweet, you're right. I thought it implied that every furry was gay, but I apparently misunderstood that bit. Who knows what frame of mind I was in at the time.

And you're also right about twitter being a poor medium for in-depth discussion b/c it certainly was *not* my intent to imply that non-gay furries shouldn't care. But, by the same turn, i know that not all of them will, either.

As for the reason I posted here, it was because a few folks somehow got the impression that I was saying 'screw gay people; I'm eating at Chic-Fil-a anyway'. I wanted to set that record straight in more detail than 140 chars at a time could provide.

Re: two things

[guardlion]

Oh I *like* Target. To me it's kinda like a better version of Walmart with LOTS OF RED EVERYWHERE (a good mood-lifter, if you're into that phychology stuff). The only real beef I have with them is some of their employee retention practices. For example, after their holiday hiring rush, they often they play the game of not actually laying off un-needed workers and instead only giving them three or less scheduled hour per week. In other words, they make it not worth the employees' time to work there, but don't give them a pink slip that they could claim unemployment with. Granted, it's a smart business decision, but it really sucks for those employees who get caught in that.

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[guardlion]

...and for the record, I'm fully aware that Target isn't the only employer that does this. It's fairly common practice, from what I understand.

And yes, Target's store brands are usually quite good. :-)

[wolfvanzandt]

The problem is that, for all I know, Cinemark is part of Chik

[wolfvanzandt]

Oh, and by the way, I've never liked Chik..'s food......except the waffle fries.

(mmmmm....waffle fries.....

[korakthesavage]

Yes, cultivate relationships in the context of mutual respect! As Aldo Leopold said (though he was speaking of environmentalism), "Like harmony with a friend, you cannot chop off his left hand and cherish his right." Totally, that's so what it's about!

The original poster has a poor choice in words.

[sky]

Is it sad that my distaste for anyone insisting action A) makes you an idiot just makes me want to do action A) to spite them?

I don't like the attitude of the original tweet that started all this. I find that I get annoyed and frustrated by most people who have the "I'm right and you are all idiots if you don't agree."

I usually will start probing them to find out if they really are zealots and unforgiving as they seem in their opinions. Which seems to make all my liberal friends think I'm an angry republican and all my conservative friends think I'm a pissy democrat. :p

In reality I think people should spend less time concerning themselves with what other people of their persuasion are doing and focusing more on displaying a strong and uplifting attitude towards what they support. When they fail to do this I feel they're simply failing to garner any new support and are just preaching to the choir or to hear themselves rant.

...For the record I feel it's the pickle that makes the chicken sandwich so magically tasty.

[robertfurry]

I do what I want to do. I careless about the ideas of other, it's all up to you. This is America and we have chose.