Appreciate This
The Jim Henson Muppet company recently pulled a promotional tie-in with Chick-fil-A over the fact that Chick-fil-A supports and contributes to anti-gay groups. Since then, it’s been a public relations nightmare for Chick-fil-A as they try to salvage their company image. They’ve even gone so far as to hire people to make fake Facebook accounts to try and counter the negative publicity they’ve been getting.
The most recent example of backlash came in the form of a letter from the mayor of Boston declaring that the city doesn’t want Chick-fil-A to do business there, since Boston and Massachusetts in general are such strong supporters of gay rights. In response, Arkansas Governor Mark Huckabee has suggested a “Chick-fil-A Appreciate Day” scheduled for August 1st to help clean Chick-fil-A’s image.
Wouldn't it be funny if all the people who showed up to the "appreciation day" were protestors? That would send a powerful message alright!
Personally I feel that Chick-fil-A is in serious trouble. As gay rights become more mainstream and popular, rallying against such initiatives is going to eventually become antiquated and outdated. Chick-fil-A needs to realize that supporting discriminatory groups is a bad long-term investment for a company centered around serving fast food.
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Sources:
Chicagoist.com - [link]
Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day Facebook page - [link]
27th July 2012
5 Comments:
10 months ago #8457622
@Teeroy766 I think it has more to do with how poorly Chick-fil-A has responded to the break off with The Muppets than anything else. They handled it pretty badly, and our web savvy culture saw right through their attempts to smooth it over.
@Teeroy766 I think it has more to do with how poorly Chick-fil-A has responded to the break off with The Muppets than anything else. They handled it pretty badly, and our web savvy culture saw right through their attempts to smooth it over.
10 months ago #8457552
I think this is the first time you had a bit of subtlety...bravo Dobson. Keep doing your political cartoons like this and you may actually get good at them.
Edit- So now it let's me post. Fun.
I think this is the first time you had a bit of subtlety...bravo Dobson. Keep doing your political cartoons like this and you may actually get good at them.
Edit- So now it let's me post. Fun.
10 months ago #8457484
I love how the news media and everyone is acting like Chik-fil-a being anti gay is news. They have been anti gay ever since they opened. They close on Sunday's and make it perfectly clear why they do it to. They have done it for years and personally I think people just got bored with the election so they dug up old reliable here for entertainment.
I love how the news media and everyone is acting like Chik-fil-a being anti gay is news. They have been anti gay ever since they opened. They close on Sunday's and make it perfectly clear why they do it to. They have done it for years and personally I think people just got bored with the election so they dug up old reliable here for entertainment.
10 months ago #8457451
I wouldn't be surprised at all if the day was full of protesters except for the fact that it's in Arkansas. I think the image these corporations need to get is the comparison to modern day anti-gay protesters to the anti-blacks protesters of the mid 1900s.
I wouldn't be surprised at all if the day was full of protesters except for the fact that it's in Arkansas. I think the image these corporations need to get is the comparison to modern day anti-gay protesters to the anti-blacks protesters of the mid 1900s.
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@Adobson Good point. Although I think the only good way to smooth it over is to keep your mouth shut in the first place, after that it is all just one political and social fowl after another. I do have to hand it to them for not backing down though. May not totally agree with them but at least they don't flip flop on their position.