Official Chick-fil-A Thread

[Phony Moderate]

I believe in their right to free speech, and I also believe in the rights of city governments to deny them planning permission.

[Phony Moderate]

Actively helping a business by buying it's products is really not the same thing as supporting it's right to free speech.

Let's say you have a neighbor who runs a lemonade stand. You have never bought any lemonade from the stand. One day, this neighbor decides to go on a protest against high taxes. He is arrested, despite not having done anything wrong other than voicing his opinion. You may not agree with him, but you believe that he has the right to voice that opinion. So you decide to buy some lemonade from him.

Doesn't make much sense does it?

I realise that the libertarians (and perhaps even liberals?) who participate in "Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day" have good intentions, but there are more effective ways to support free speech, such as writing to your representative or local government, or perhaps running for office.

[Phony Moderate]

Heh. Reminds me of this:

[Phony Moderate]

And all of those people use Twitter, so they actually support gay rights.

[Phony Moderate]

Surely you don't seriously believe that a company's freedom of speech is stifled if some people choose not to buy it's products.