Crossposted at dKos and My Left Wing
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but paper cups will never hurt me… (well, maybe the words on them will).
Seems that Starbucks has been brewing up some controversy with those extra-hot, pumpkin spice lattes. The coffee company has produced a series of paper cups titled “The Way I See It”, featuring quotes from a variety of noteworthy contributors, and some conservatives have whipped themselves up into a froth about it…
Christian wingnuts are also steamed about a cup featuring a quote from author Armistead Maupin, about his experiences growing up gay. They have even convinced Texas’ Baylor University to pull the cup from the on-campus Starbucks…
Maupin’s quote — one of several dozen in “The Way I See It” promotion — says his only regret about being gay is that he repressed it for so long.
“I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don’t make that mistake yourself. Life’s too damn short.”
Concerned Women for America, which promotes itself as the antithesis of the National Organization for Women and boasts 8,700 supporters in Washington, says most of those quoted on the coffee cups are liberal.
Hell, if they were going to get bent over something that they consider “promotes a homosexual agenda”, you’d think that a large percentage of Starbuck’s baristas would be among their first targets. That and the skinny, no-whip frappuccinos.
I guess the cup is mightier than the espresso.
how conservative groups are so petrified of mere ideas. A gay-pride quote on a coffee cup on a college campus is cast as harmful and dangerous, while actual instances of homophobia-fueled murders are spun as insignificant or meaningless. Priorities, people!
I’m sorry to hear that Starbucks caved at Baylor.
Well, then, I guess if they don’t like the cups, they should just go somewhere lese for their coffee. Homophobic tyrants.
They couldn’t argue with a daily dose of Jesus with their Java:
from Matthew chapter 25:
35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him and say, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?
39 When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?’ 40 And the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.’
Or maybe Matthew chapter 5?
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land. 6 Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied. 7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. 8 Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. 10 Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Or maybe even Revelation chapter 3 (they do so love the Book of Revelation):
17You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.
Perhaps they should boycott the publisher of Tales Of The City too! Let the wingnuts waste their resources on this. We, on the other hand, can concentrate on the bigger picture.
to have to side with Starbucks on anything.