Chick-Fil-A Not welcome at College campuses

[Big Red Rick]

Agree.

If it was a conservative group of college students protesting Starbucks in Washington state, the conservatives on this board would be all aglow with pride and posts about how great America is.

Conservatives don't picket things. They protest with their closed wallets.

[Big Red Rick]

I think this shows just how little you know about conservatives. Why would a conservative group waste time protesting Starbucks? Their products are overrated and overpriced, but I can't stop the Occupy-types from spending their unemployment checks there.

LOL Awesome.

[cm husker]

Conservatives don't picket things. They protest with their closed wallets.

Yeah, no conservative has ever picketed a planned parenthood...

And plenty of conservatives participated in the Civil Rights movement.

[CornfieldCounty]

Yeah, no conservative has ever picketed a planned parenthood...

And plenty of conservatives participated in the Civil Rights movement.

Broad brush painting again I see. Conservative HAS to mean Right wing, right?

[SealBeachHusker]

This actually brings up an interesting question...does tolerance mean tolerating what one perceives as intolerance?

Tolerate perceived intolerance, and you (perhaps rightly) are accused of not standing for any principles.

Don't tolerate it and you (perhaps rightly) are accused of being a hypocrite.

Or is there another, more potentially transformative way of coming at it?

Honest question...I have no preconceived end conclusion that I'm trying to drive toward.

Problem here is many or most "progressives" view even mainstream Christians as "intolerant". So, they have a blanket excuse for excluding Christians and the Christian voice from community involvement, education and government. Scary thing is how blatant and acceptable it has become.

[cm husker]

Broad brush painting again I see. Conservative HAS to mean Right wing, right?

Right wingers are a subset of conservatives, no?

[CornfieldCounty]

Right wingers are a subset of conservatives, no?

Um, no.

[ColoREDo]

Um, no.

For someone who frequently throws out the term "liberal" very liberally, its funny that you don't care for this comparison.

[CornfieldCounty]

For someone who frequently throws out the term "liberal" very liberally, its funny that you don't care for this comparison.

I don't remember the last time I used "Liberal = leftwing" reference, want to point that out to me?

Difference is, I am proud for being conservative.

[ColoREDo]

I don't remember the last time I used "Liberal = leftwing" reference, want to point that out to me?

Difference is, I am proud for being conservative.

The point is, you seem upset when people equate right wing with conservative yet have no issue calling people who are not liberals...liberals.

[huskrthill]

This may end up being one of the best semantics debates ever.

A square is also a rectangle. A rectangle is also a quadrilateral. But not all quadrilaterals and rectangles are squares.

But a fish is still a fish.

[Cardinal]

This may end up being one of the best semantics debates ever.

A square is also a rectangle. A rectangle is also a quadrilateral. But not all quadrilaterals and rectangles are squares.

But a fish is still a fish.

Unless it is a dolphin.

[Prairie Sage1]

But a fish is still a fish.

There's only two things that smell like fish, one of them's fish.

The problem with Chik-Fil-A is that the chicken biscuit is one of the best hangover cures going but the Family Values company is closed on Sunday, thus leaving many without their medicine after a Saturday night binge.

[huskrthill]

Unless it is a dolphin.

Right. A dolphin is not a fish. It's dinner.

[CornfieldCounty]

The point is, you seem upset when people equate right wing with conservative yet have no issue calling people who are not liberals...liberals.

First off, I am not upset, but it seems to be something you think you need to push home.

[Big Red Rick]

Luth, I'd say Lakewood nailed it, with respect to the proper answer. If Ms. Dworkoski feels that the owners of Chick-Fil-A are doing something she perceives as intolerant, I'm absolutely supportive of her right to not patronize that business, and even to lobby others who may agree with her to not patronize it. When, in this case, she goes beyond that and attempts (in direct contradiction to what the Student Senate has already stated) to have that business removed and therefore made not available to others who may support its views, or simply who enjoy its product and don't find its views significant enough to make a fuss about; that's when she strays very firmly into intolerance herself.

I may disagree with the homosexual lifestyle (although I'm not saying I do, and do have good friends who are gay) and that's certainly my right. When I attempt to banish those individuals from my neighborhood, school or workplace; then I'll submit that's when I've strayed firmly into the "intolerant" camp.

"And those beastly man-haters, tell those chicks to shave their pits then call me! And those ************** whiny crybaby minorities, you can keep them all!" - David Spade's character from PCU

[Big Red Rick]

Klan-fil-a and Chik-fil-a are two separate, unrelated examples...

See above.

See also Cardinals post.

Of course, they both deal with clucks... Too damn weird for me. I think I'm in the Twilight Zone. Look at all the girly vampires with shiny skin...

[Big Red Rick]

Yeah, no conservative has ever picketed a planned parenthood...

And plenty of conservatives participated in the Civil Rights movement.

Fair enough. Killing babies is certainly more of a cause to picket then, let's say, a Christian company which serves delicious sammiches. Can we agree on that?

[Big Red Rick]

There's only two things that smell like fish, one of them's fish.

The problem with Chik-Fil-A is that the chicken biscuit is one of the best hangover cures going but the Family Values company is closed on Sunday, thus leaving many without their medicine after a Saturday night binge.

Both excellent points!

[Big Red Rick]

I don't remember the last time I used "Liberal = leftwing" reference, want to point that out to me?

Difference is, I am proud for being conservative.

The point is, you seem upset when people equate right wing with conservative yet have no issue calling people who are not liberals...liberals.

I've really tried to be a centrist on the board since I've joined, just to keep you all guessing. I suppose now is as good a time as any to declare that I am in fact a proud conservative.