# Chick Fil A chicken isn't anything special **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 30, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-chicken-isnt-anything-special/629805 "2012-07-30T01:26:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-chicken-isnt-anything-special/629805/81 "2012-07-30T17:35:01Z")
> [@XT](#): > > Then we have a fundamental disconnect. I think it’s ridiculous to compare what Chick-Fil-A is doing today with either the ACTUAL Civil Rights movement in the 60’s and what they went through OR (especially) with Hitler, which takes it to a whole 'nother level of extreme from even the Civil Rights Movement and the way blacks and minorities were treated in the US prior to that. So the fuck what? You’re only talking a matter of degrees. Look, I’m under no pretenses that Chick-Fil-A is singlehandedly trying to suppress all the gays. I’m under no pretenses that boycotting them will somehow win the day. My money constitutes an insignificant fraction of their revenue and the portion of my money that goes to anti-gay groups is likewise insignificant. At this point, we’re talking about principles. I choose to be principled about LGBT rights. I cannot in good conscience give my money to a company whose owner has, several times, publicly stated his opposition to SSM and uses corporate money to fund anti-SSM organizations. I can’t control what Cathy does. I can’t control people who are opposed to SSM, or don’t care about it and just want a fucking chicken sandwich. I wouldn’t _want_ to control them, they’ll do what they like. But I can control what relationships I have with businesses, and in this case I choose to not have one with CFA. And I’m getting pretty fucking irritated at the people who tell me I’m an idiot for it, especially when they themselves profess not to care. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-chicken-isnt-anything-special/629805/82 "2012-07-30T17:44:54Z")
The problem with all this fooraw is the use of religion. It’s just another example of how and why religion is dangerous. People can and do use it to pass the buck of responsibility over to the mythical sky fairy. You don’t like queers? Man up and say so, right up front. You do like queers? Man up and say so, right up front. You don’t give a rat’s ass one way or the other? Man up and say so, right up front. And while we’re at it, let’s quit with the namecalling bullshit. Just because someone does not jump on the homosexual agenda bandwagon does not mean they are (egads, I hate this lame-ass term) homophobic or a hater or cruel or any of the other things they are called. They might be in group number three above. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-chicken-isnt-anything-special/629805/83 "2012-07-30T17:56:57Z")
It’s not a bandwagon, it’s a parade float. And you’re not invited anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Condescending\_Robot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@Condescending\_Robot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Condescending_Robot)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-chicken-isnt-anything-special/629805/84 "2012-07-30T17:58:11Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > the homosexual agenda Worthless animal. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-chicken-isnt-anything-special/629805/85 "2012-07-30T18:25:32Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > So the fuck what? You’re only talking a matter of degrees. > > Look, I’m under no pretenses that Chick-Fil-A is singlehandedly trying to suppress all the gays. I’m under no pretenses that boycotting them will somehow win the day. My money constitutes an insignificant fraction of their revenue and the portion of my money that goes to anti-gay groups is likewise insignificant. > > At this point, we’re talking about principles. I choose to be principled about LGBT rights. I cannot in good conscience give my money to a company whose owner has, several times, publicly stated his opposition to SSM and uses corporate money to fund anti-SSM organizations. > > I can’t control what Cathy does. I can’t control people who are opposed to SSM, or don’t care about it and just want a fucking chicken sandwich. I wouldn’t _want_ to control them, they’ll do what they like. But I can control what relationships I have with businesses, and in this case I choose to not have one with CFA. And I’m getting pretty fucking irritated at the people who tell me I’m an idiot for it, especially when they themselves profess not to care. That’s the beauty of a market capitalist system…you vote with your wallet. And if enough people do that, it WILL have an effect, since you’ll be effecting their corporate bottom line. In retrospect, and thinking about this more fully (which, honestly I hadn’t done before), I may have to rethink my own patronage of Chick-Fil-A over this. I really don’t like their stance on this issue, and while they have the right and means to push through their own agenda using our system as it was intended, I don’t LIKE their stance, and, honestly that should make a difference in this case to my own purchasing patronage. I still think the chicken is good though. -XT ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-chicken-isnt-anything-special/629805/86 "2012-07-30T18:51:23Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > You don’t give a rat’s ass one way or the other? Man up and say so, right up front. > > And while we’re at it, let’s quit with the namecalling bullshit. Just because someone does not jump on the homosexual agenda bandwagon does not mean they are (egads, I hate this lame-ass term) homophobic or a hater or cruel or any of the other things they are called. They might be in group number three above. People who get in arguments about it do give a shit, by definition. People who actually don’t care don’t get called names. That said, **Condescending Robot** needs to calm the fuck down. ---
**Author:** ![Hbns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hbns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbns)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-chicken-isnt-anything-special/629805/87 "2012-07-30T19:03:58Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > “And that’s why I use **HITLER’S PRIDE®** easy oven cleaner! For a sparkling clean oven, you shouldn’t have to struggle!” Now you tell me. All these years I have been struggling to get the job done with **Idi Amin’s Ethnic Cleanser[sup]®[/sup]**. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-chicken-isnt-anything-special/629805/88 "2012-07-30T19:18:26Z")
> [@gamerunknown](#): > > If you agree with the “conservative” part of his post, you may want to give McDonalds a miss. They contribute to Planned Parenthood, afaik. Well, except that he is pro choice. And he is me and I am he and we are the eggman. Goo goo ga joob. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-chicken-isnt-anything-special/629805/89 "2012-07-30T21:11:28Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > The pickles are what makes it great!!! When I used to eat there I sometimes would order them with extra pickles. I always order extra pickles. Because of CFA I now order pickles/extra pickles on all my chicken sandwiches. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-chicken-isnt-anything-special/629805/90 "2012-07-30T21:34:54Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Just because someone does not jump on the homosexual agenda bandwagon does not mean they are (egads, I hate this lame-ass term) homophobic or a hater or cruel or any of the other things they are called. In the interests of fighting ignorance, could you name one or two tenets of the “homosexual agenda”, please? Regarding Chic-Fil-A, I don’t entirely boycott them, 'cause sometimes I get a craving for the spicy ckicken sandwich, but their CEO’s stance does affect me to the point where I doubt I buy anything there more than 3 or four times a year. Yes, I’m the poster boy for wishy-washyism. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-chicken-isnt-anything-special/629805/91 "2012-07-30T22:34:04Z")
> [@XT](#): > > _shrug_ I guess I’m kind of shitty then by your reckoning. I don’t care about other people’s politics, by and large. I’m a live and let live sort of guy. As for Chick-Fil-A, if they want to waste their money attempting to stand in the path of history, well, it’s their money. Now, if they were actually and actively persecuting homosexuals, instead of using the political process to try and push through their idiotic agenda, that would be something else. In your view, what is the difference between “actively and actually persecuting homosexuals,” and what Chik-Fil-A is doing? Because, with no snark or hyperbole intended, my problem with Dan Cathy and his company is that they are, in fact, actively and actually persecuting homosexuals. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-chicken-isnt-anything-special/629805/92 "2012-07-30T23:08:20Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > In the interests of fighting ignorance, could you name one or two tenets of the “homosexual agenda”, please? > > Regarding Chic-Fil-A, I don’t entirely boycott them, 'cause sometimes I get a craving for the spicy ckicken sandwich, but their CEO’s stance does affect me to the point where I doubt I buy anything there more than 3 or four times a year. > > Yes, I’m the poster boy for wishy-washyism. The homosexual agenda is out there for every one to see. They would like to be treated as normal members of society. It is referred to as the homosexual agenda because it sounds scary and you sound like a dick if you say you are against treating people like normal members of society. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-chicken-isnt-anything-special/629805/93 "2012-07-30T23:38:29Z")
It’d be easier if you guys and gals weren’t always shoving your simple wish to be treated equally in everybody’s FACE all the time. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-chicken-isnt-anything-special/629805/94 "2012-07-30T23:45:50Z")
You mean “down our throats”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-chicken-isnt-anything-special/629805/95 "2012-07-31T01:30:51Z")
I keep hearing that Chick-fil-A closes on Sundays. Is this fairly new? I admit I may be misremembering, but the one at the mall I used to frequent in West Texas I’m pretty sure was open 7 days. There was never any indication they were associated with fundies, but considering what a fundie everyone else was in the area, it may just have been a case of everyone (besides me) understood it and didn’t need to talk about it. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-chicken-isnt-anything-special/629805/96 "2012-07-31T01:31:47Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > In your view, what is the difference between “actively and actually persecuting homosexuals,” and what Chik-Fil-A is doing? Because, with no snark or hyperbole intended, my problem with Dan Cathy and his company is that they are, in fact, actively and actually persecuting homosexuals. Well, I’ve already changed my stance on this, but I suppose ‘actively and actually persecuting homosexuals’ would be something akin to trying to spy out homosexuals in their organization and persecuting them (probably by firing and possibly black listing them). AFAIK (and I admit, my knowledge of this is fairly limited) they aren’t doing that. Instead, again afaik, they are expending their money in fighting The Homosexual™ on the political front, which I find unsavory enough on reflection. However, if they are doing more then that feel free to fight my ignorance on this…it will only serve to up the anger factor. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-chicken-isnt-anything-special/629805/97 "2012-07-31T01:35:05Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > Yes! And…if you have never tried their seasonal banana shake, you’re really missing something. Tasty, cold and creamy with chunks of banana and nilla wafers. I can’t eat them often because they are way too sweet and too many calories (I don’t even want to know), but damn, they are good! I’m sure there were no banana shakes. This was back in the early to mid-1970s. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-chicken-isnt-anything-special/629805/98 "2012-07-31T01:35:40Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I keep hearing that Chick-fil-A closes on Sundays. Is this fairly new? I admit I may be misremembering, but the one at the mall I used to frequent in West Texas I’m pretty sure was open 7 days. I’m glad I’m not the only one who remembers this. I’m pretty sure I ate at a Chik-Fil-A at a mall in Houston one Sunday. I wonder if malls contractually force them to be open 7 days a week in order to keep the food court traffic at a critical mass. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-chicken-isnt-anything-special/629805/99 "2012-07-31T01:40:45Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I’m glad I’m not the only one who remembers this. I’m pretty sure I ate at a Chik-Fil-A at a mall in Houston one Sunday. I wonder if malls contractually force them to be open 7 days a week in order to keep the food court traffic at a critical mass. I was pretty sure I was not misremembering, because I used to work in the mall itself, in my friend’s dad’s KarmelKorn Shoppe back in in high school and immediately after. I don’t recall anything inside being closed on Sundays. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-chicken-isnt-anything-special/629805/100 "2012-07-31T01:45:19Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I’m glad I’m not the only one who remembers this. I’m pretty sure I ate at a Chik-Fil-A at a mall in Houston one Sunday. I wonder if malls contractually force them to be open 7 days a week in order to keep the food court traffic at a critical mass. Not the mall that has a Chick-fil-A that I frequent. Closed every Sunday. _shakes fist_ If only they realized that other people have to work on Sunday and heathens need to eat, too. :mad: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-chicken-isnt-anything-special/629805.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-chicken-isnt-anything-special/629805.md?page=6)