Albert wrote:Starbucks should be boycotted and punished for its stupidity.
The weird thing is that they are losing business by their own choice. I think the notion of "unconscious bias" is as comical as "organic foods." The left doesn't understand the meaning of basic terms. For example, if a food uses an anti-biotic, it can't be labelled "organic," even though antibiotics are generally derived from organic chemistry. How can you train people to be aware of something that they claim is "unconscious"? It's obviously absurd, but precisely the sort of financial shakedown offered by social justice charlatans. It makes Trump University seem like a much better investment by comparison.
Albert wrote:It baffles me how can the people that run the company be so dense as to take these accusations against them seriously.
What's stranger still is that all the manager did was to follow the corporate directive on how to handle that situation. They don't take responsibility for their own actions.
Albert wrote:Future generations are going to read about these times in history books bewildered.
Well, it certainly will make them wonder why the left ever thought a multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural society was a good idea. If people within the society are "unconscious" of their own bias, then it is wrongful to find them at fault given basic legal theory since there is no malicious intent. Asking people to be part of a society that is going to implicitly discriminate against them or see them charged with something they have no control over by definition is its own form of cruelty.
Sivad wrote:Regardless of how anyone feels about loitering, their loitering was what brought the cops, not some racial animus the Starbucks employees were harboring.
It was the loiterers who injected race into the conversation as well.
One Degree wrote:I chose ‘other’ because I have no idea what Peet’s is.
It's higher quality than Starbucks for more or less the same price. If you're not into coffee, you wouldn't like it either. Peet's is totally commie too. They're celebrating "Earth Day" with 10% off.
Albert wrote:At the same time Starbucks is white libercuck establishment.
Well, that's what makes it so humorous. The left are firing on themselves, which is fine with me.
Rancid wrote:Starbucks has to go with the popular opinion, which is why they are shutting down. That's how business works.
Bwahahha. But it is only for a day. Why not for a month? It must take more than a day to address an "unconscious" problem.
Rancid wrote:I see both sides at fault here.
I don't see any problem here, other than the weirdness of the political left.
Rancid wrote:At the same time, maybe this kind of shit needs to happen, so white people can stop getting all weird all the time and calling the cops for every little thing.
Well, it was the loitering guys who created a racial issue out of it.
Libertarian353 wrote:Oh leave it to the most inverted anti-Black poster in the sub to make a post about things related to Black misery.
What does "inverted" mean in this context? Generally, my views are anti-leftist. Politically speaking, most blacks in the United States are tools of the political left. So who's upset about this? Blacks and leftists. What is the political distinction? None. So Starbucks is going to lose a whole day of business by kow towing to a bunch of leftists who are their customers anyway. If you can afford to pay $3 for a cup of coffee, I'm guessing your misery is some sort of "victim" mentality.
When trolling the left, I usually have to go to much more absurd lengths. For example:
Coffee is black. Cream and sugar are white. Is adding cream and sugar to coffee to make it less black a racist act?
See? That's how you troll stupid leftists.
Sivad wrote:Unfortunately certain demographics are subconsciously associated with trouble, but that's due almost entirely to the dysfunctional behavior prevalent within those demographics, not some deep rooted bigotry.
Well, that's why I would argue it isn't subconscious. The black men in this case were told the reason why they weren't getting the restroom key. It was perfectly lawful and perfectly reasonable. They, in conjunction with the media, have raised their issue to a level where an international chain is going to shut down for a day--almost suggesting that the whole thing was probably a rigged stunt to begin with.
colliric wrote:Fact is that McDonald's serves better coffee through their McCafe brand than Starbucks does in Australia.
That's probably true.
Zamuel wrote:Vagrancy and loitering laws are obsolete in this day of homeless people and shopping malls.
Maybe in a major metropolitan area run by Democrats, that's the case. Since poverty and social problems are endemic in places run by Democrats, there doesn't seem to be a real distinction between vagrancy and loitering and the rest of the general population. For the leftists who live in those places, they consider it "economic diversity."
Zamuel wrote:This was just a small tyranny, perpetrated by a manager with some personal issues.
A lesbian with an authority complex? That's a rich vein. Let's explore that further...
Zamuel wrote:Police or no police, it is not wrong to do so. it is the only acceptable solution.
Well, couldn't the lesbian barista--a profession Hillary Clinton derided on the campaign trail--be said to be preventing the tyranny of adverse possession of private property? It certainly seems to be the case.
Zamuel wrote:You do realize you just said bigotry is the - black, brown, yellow, red, - peoples own fault?
They are collectively guilty of "dysfunctional behavior."
Sivad said "certain demographics." You read what you wanted to read into that statement.
Zamuel wrote:That's straight out of the Klu Klux Clan's handbook. ?
You are familiar with the Ku Klux Klan's handbook are you? Tell us more...
Godstud wrote:Good job, Blackjack21. Keep up the good work on making conservatives awesome, with your awesomely childish poll.
Thanks! Unfortunately, most conservatives don't go to Starbucks. So we don't get to enjoy the freak show up close. Have a Bai Miang tea with sweetened condensed milk for me. If the cream rises to the top, is it racism?
Zamuel wrote:So? you figure it was ok when the Gestapo were doing the same things ... ?
I rather doubt they were enforcing vagrancy and loitering laws.
Zamuel wrote:In the light of these decisions few arrests on Vagrancy or Loitering are made these days ... It's to costly for municipalities to pursue such cases such cases ... especially when they know they will lose them.
It's not costly if they lose the cases. It's costly, because if they win they will have to jail people and the jails are already full. The state prosecutes people and defends them simultaneously. It's an absurd reality, but that is how it works.
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