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SpottedMenace
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I don't go 'viral' often and one of the rare times I did it was about Chik Fil A (heretofore known as "Bigot Chick'n") and how the conversation surrounding the willful consumption of Bigot Chick'n never started at "You buy the Bigot Chick'n and you're a homophobe"; it was a lot of bargaining and compromise and education until, finally, a straw broke and the only thing people remember is the clarion call that "If you buy the Bigot Chick'n, you're a homophobe" and that's the only takeaway people had.


The fact of the matter is, there were waves to the discourse that almost mirrored the Five Stages of Grief.

We had Education:

Here's what the Bigot Chickn' franchise is doing with your money, how it harms people in this country and others, and why you should probably find an alternative lest you, in some way, aid in the harm by putting money in their pockets.

Acquiescence/Bargaining

Look, we're not saying you're a homophobe or a bigot for eating at Bigot Chick'n; we're trying to tell you that doing so can cause real world harm. Here are some alternatives to eat at and, hey, here's a recipe if you're dying for their pickle brined chicken. You can make it at home!

Anger

Alright look you fucks. The chicken ain't even that good to be making it your whole ass personality. It's not even that you guys are eating there; it's that you guys are making it a point to do so in defiance of just a simple gotdamn request that maybe, just maybe, you think beyond yourselves.

and, finally, Fuck It.

You know what? No cap? Maybe y'all are just a bunch of pieces of shit. To the point that, if you DO eat there, maybe you ARE one. I'm done!

The cycle is continuing again with the HP Midcraft Wizard Game to the point that your allies are right wingers who:

  1. Never read Harry Potter
  2. Never cared about the game before they were aware of the harm it might cause by lining Just Kidding, Right's? pockets
  3. Would be the same people in the late 90s/early 2000s that would pan the series for some puritanical, satanist witch hunt.

It's just baffling to me. And the funny part? If you'd have just picked up the game, kept your mouth shut, and moved on? No one would've really... cared, you know? Forgetting that all on the path to the Fuck It line, the road was paved with people making it a POINT to be as in your face about defying even the simplest, non-necessity-ass boundary as a call to solidarity.

You could've bought this game, played it, enjoyed yourself, and kept it pushing. You might've lost a friend or two - namely trans friends who spoke to you about this personally but, then again, if they were friends, maybe you wouldn't have disregarded their concerns so easily to shell out seventy bucks for something you didn't even fucking need. But it would've blown over. Now? I have NO compassion for whatever consequences comes from the slightest of social pressures of a community looking at your actions and deciding not to fuck with you no more. Reap what you sow, I guess. 🤷🏾‍♂️


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