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.
