Public Sq.
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It seems like you might make more money going after groovy hep-cats with broadband.
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They lost me at the pitch.
Join thousands of freedom-loving Americans
Fuck you. We're in this mess because of shit like that. The left wants to talk about their freedoms. The right says yeah but what about my freedoms.
Y'know what kind of freedom absolutely sucks? The kind we constantly talk about: unlimited, absolute freedoms that require no responsibility whatsoever. Scratch a freedom, find an abandoned responsibility. I'm tired of it.
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Does this mean you're not getting the app?
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@Jolly said in Public Sq.:
Does this mean you're not getting the app?
Bro I already downloaded, why do you think I could complain so much already?
I can see it helping figure out who's who in the zoo, politically speaking. I agree with LD but we're waaaaay past that, Jerry. Very hard to find apolitical businesses, big or small.
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Are the businesses on the app apolitical or “the right type of political”?
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You don’t get businesses out of politics by shopping at businesses involved with politics.
@LuFins-Dad said in Public Sq.:
You don’t get businesses out of politics by shopping at businesses involved with politics.
This. Business should be a DMZ. I don’t want to live in a world with red and blue companies.
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@LuFins-Dad said in Public Sq.:
You don’t get businesses out of politics by shopping at businesses involved with politics.
This. Business should be a DMZ. I don’t want to live in a world with red and blue companies.
@Jon said in Public Sq.:
@LuFins-Dad said in Public Sq.:
You don’t get businesses out of politics by shopping at businesses involved with politics.
This. Business should be a DMZ. I don’t want to live in a world with red and blue companies.
"Shut up and sell."
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@LuFins-Dad said in Public Sq.:
You don’t get businesses out of politics by shopping at businesses involved with politics.
This. Business should be a DMZ. I don’t want to live in a world with red and blue companies.
@Jon said in Public Sq.:
@LuFins-Dad said in Public Sq.:
You don’t get businesses out of politics by shopping at businesses involved with politics.
This. Business should be a DMZ. I don’t want to live in a world with red and blue companies.
You already do, to some extent. REI/Cabela's. Walmart/Target. Chik-Fil-A/McDonald's. And look at the Matt Walsh stuff. Everybody's virtue signaling.
Although I agree, and I think customers are more to blame than businesses.
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Chik-Fil-A is different. Their marketing, sales etc really promote nothing other than...chicken. They support Christian causes, but you'd never know it by going into one of their restaurants.
There's a distinction to be made between "supporting" and "promoting."
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Chik-Fil-A is different. Their marketing, sales etc really promote nothing other than...chicken. They support Christian causes, but you'd never know it by going into one of their restaurants.
There's a distinction to be made between "supporting" and "promoting."
@George-K said in Public Sq.:
Chik-Fil-A is different. Their marketing, sales etc really promote nothing other than...chicken. They support Christian causes, but you'd never know it by going into one of their restaurants.
There's a distinction to be made between "supporting" and "promoting."
When it comes to discussing whether red and blue companies exist, what's the difference? Customers have more say about this than businesses do. The red/blue isn't their doing, it's ours.
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Chik-Fil-A is different. Their marketing, sales etc really promote nothing other than...chicken. They support Christian causes, but you'd never know it by going into one of their restaurants.
There's a distinction to be made between "supporting" and "promoting."
@George-K said in Public Sq.:
Chik-Fil-A is different. Their marketing, sales etc really promote nothing other than...chicken. They support Christian causes, but you'd never know it by going into one of their restaurants.
There's a distinction to be made between "supporting" and "promoting."
There IS a difference between promoting and supporting… And in general, Chik-Fil-A does more supporting, but the playing Christian Contemporary Music in the stores does cross the line.
The Brad
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@George-K said in Public Sq.:
Chik-Fil-A is different. Their marketing, sales etc really promote nothing other than...chicken. They support Christian causes, but you'd never know it by going into one of their restaurants.
There's a distinction to be made between "supporting" and "promoting."
There IS a difference between promoting and supporting… And in general, Chik-Fil-A does more supporting, but the playing Christian Contemporary Music in the stores does cross the line.
@LuFins-Dad said in Public Sq.:
@George-K said in Public Sq.:
Chik-Fil-A is different. Their marketing, sales etc really promote nothing other than...chicken. They support Christian causes, but you'd never know it by going into one of their restaurants.
There's a distinction to be made between "supporting" and "promoting."
There IS a difference between promoting and supporting…
Tell that to the scads of liberals who refuse to go there and judge everyone who does. I appreciate that you see the difference as significant, but that has no influence over what customers consider a red vs blue business.
Please love yourself.
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@George-K said in Public Sq.:
Chik-Fil-A is different. Their marketing, sales etc really promote nothing other than...chicken. They support Christian causes, but you'd never know it by going into one of their restaurants.
There's a distinction to be made between "supporting" and "promoting."
There IS a difference between promoting and supporting… And in general, Chik-Fil-A does more supporting, but the playing Christian Contemporary Music in the stores does cross the line.
@LuFins-Dad said in Public Sq.:
playing Christian Contemporary Music in the stores does cross the line.
I was not aware of that. You're right.
Googling around, I see that supposedly, Hobby Lobby does the same thing.
Having only done DoorDash for CFA, I was ignorant of that.
EDIT: Apparently not all Chik-Fil-A's do that, and there are no lyrics. I found a playlist, and it sounds like bland elevator music to me.
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@George-K said in Public Sq.:
Chik-Fil-A is different. Their marketing, sales etc really promote nothing other than...chicken. They support Christian causes, but you'd never know it by going into one of their restaurants.
There's a distinction to be made between "supporting" and "promoting."
There IS a difference between promoting and supporting… And in general, Chik-Fil-A does more supporting, but the playing Christian Contemporary Music in the stores does cross the line.
@LuFins-Dad I wasn’t aware of that and for good reason. The one I eat at (every time I go to Duke) is part of a hospital food court, so no music.
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@LuFins-Dad said in Public Sq.:
@George-K said in Public Sq.:
Chik-Fil-A is different. Their marketing, sales etc really promote nothing other than...chicken. They support Christian causes, but you'd never know it by going into one of their restaurants.
There's a distinction to be made between "supporting" and "promoting."
There IS a difference between promoting and supporting…
Tell that to the scads of liberals who refuse to go there and judge everyone who does. I appreciate that you see the difference as significant, but that has no influence over what customers consider a red vs blue business.
@Aqua-Letifer said in Public Sq.:
@LuFins-Dad said in Public Sq.:
@George-K said in Public Sq.:
Chik-Fil-A is different. Their marketing, sales etc really promote nothing other than...chicken. They support Christian causes, but you'd never know it by going into one of their restaurants.
There's a distinction to be made between "supporting" and "promoting."
There IS a difference between promoting and supporting…
Tell that to the scads of liberals who refuse to go there and judge everyone who does. I appreciate that you see the difference as significant, but that has no influence over what customers consider a red vs blue business.
Well...You're right.
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@LuFins-Dad said in Public Sq.:
@George-K said in Public Sq.:
Chik-Fil-A is different. Their marketing, sales etc really promote nothing other than...chicken. They support Christian causes, but you'd never know it by going into one of their restaurants.
There's a distinction to be made between "supporting" and "promoting."
There IS a difference between promoting and supporting…
Tell that to the scads of liberals who refuse to go there and judge everyone who does. I appreciate that you see the difference as significant, but that has no influence over what customers consider a red vs blue business.
@Aqua-Letifer said in Public Sq.:
@LuFins-Dad said in Public Sq.:
@George-K said in Public Sq.:
Chik-Fil-A is different. Their marketing, sales etc really promote nothing other than...chicken. They support Christian causes, but you'd never know it by going into one of their restaurants.
There's a distinction to be made between "supporting" and "promoting."
There IS a difference between promoting and supporting…
Tell that to the scads of liberals who refuse to go there and judge everyone who does. I appreciate that you see the difference as significant, but that has no influence over what customers consider a red vs blue business.
Agreed, and I don’t think there’s ever going to be a perfect answer in a free market and free speech environment. There’s always going to be some catering to some sides on both sides. What’s happening now is completely different.
This is a challenge that I have to face every single frigging day at work. I manage the largest Yamaha/Bösendorfer piano showroom in Washington, DC and I aLao manage the Institutional Relations department for the company. We have faced criticism for providing pianos for the Trump inaugural events, and we have faced criticism for providing pianos for the Biden administration. We work daily with Churches of all faiths and denominations and treat them all with respect. We also rent pianos on a regular basis to the Washington Gay Men’s Choir. Our pianos have been rented for performances by the Gaithers and at theaters putting on drag shows. I have personally sold pianos to famous political figures that I have absolutely positively disagreed with and some to figures that I have absolutely agreed with and support. Both sides get equivalent service. That’s just the way it is. I don’t get to judge their worthiness as clients and students and it would be stupid of me to do so.
The Brad
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So pogroms like Public Square attempt to put me in a very bad place. They are trying to force me into putting my business, my bosses, and my employees into a side. One or the other. Fuck that.
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Basically, they're doing what people slag the liberals off for doing, and saying it's ok because we love America and freedom and shit, just as long as your freedom isn't something we don't approve of.
And playing contemporary Christian music crosses a number of lines.
