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Of course, they're not going to ask you to leave until some moonbat complains.
what to do now with my Avitar...........
2 min's prior to seeing this thread, I went thru the comm2a link to amazon and purchased an I love Guns and Coffee hoodie. Shit. I go to Starbucks 3-5 times a week. I really wish they would have not went this direction. Cancelled my order BTW.
Not going to read through this entire thread but here is a link to an online article which includes the CEO's open letter: Starbucks CEO Asks Customers to Stop Bringing Guns ?Into Our Stores or Outdoor Seating Areas? | TheBlaze.com
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Why cancel the order? Still a great shirt. Not like the proceeds from the shirt goes to Starbucks, amirite? It would now then be an even more great play on their Starbucks logo
^^^ THISWhen you think about it, moonbats seem to make up a large percentage of the Starbucks demographic, with all the fancy-pants blends, flavors and types of coffee offered
Starbucks warned people to leave them out of this. If people keep doing this sh!t more and more stores will say fvck gun owners and ban guns.
So, again just words on paper
They were never really for or against us. They only said they would go along with whatever the local laws said. By having these Starbucks appreciation days, they were forced to make a decision. It says in their letter, they are not pro or anti gun. I don't think they wanted to be involved in the first place. If I want a coffee and they are close, I will get one there. I will carry concealed like I always do. I will no longer go out of my way to support them, but I will not boycott them either, unless they take a harder stance against us.
There are plenty of other companies that are actually actively against us that never get any press for it.
I still can't wrap my brain around spending so much money for water some ground pits soaked in, so neither *$s nor DD will be getting my business. If I want coffee, I'll make it at home.
it looks more like a toothless policy to appease the moonbats while remaining neutral. They will not enforce anything unless a person becomes disruptive, gun or no gun.
For whatever reason people ( 2a ) rallied around Starbucks and made them a focal point.... they NEVER supported that or wanted any part of it, period. They didn't cave as they never actually "supported" it anyway
Jesus fvcking Christ.... Starbucks has issued a toothless policy to make the moonbats happy. Now leave Starbucks alone before they AND other stores tell gun owners to fvck off.
Grow up and stop poking sleeping bears that mean you no harm before you fvck all of us.
We were welcome, so long as we didn't make them the focus of the gun debate. You know, like they repeatedly asked both sides over and over and over again?
Gun owners are more to blame for this BS than the antis. Stupid is, as stupid does.
If they don't plan on enforcing it, I say carry on as usual.
Two weeks ago:
Today:
They never "supported" anything, they were just neutral. Then you had to go and force them into it, and this is what happens. I am sure they won't miss your 2 dollar bills.
Technically you are correct. SB had a neutral position--we comply with all state and local laws. However, PAG successfully portrayed SB as being pro-gun and successfully equated pro-gun with unsafe for the children. The gun restrictionists control both the narrative and the language ("gun violence," "assault weapons," "military-style," "reasonable," "common sense," etc.) of the "debate." We will continue to lose the PR campaign until that changes.To me personally, their stance is no longer neutral.
Vandalism:So what has changed exactly?
They are NOT going to put up signs. They are NOT going to enforce it. They are NOT going to ask you to leave if you are carrying. And concealed means concealed. All they did was throw a bone to the anti's to keep them quite. I am sure they are sick of the emotion based complaining they get from the anti's.
So, what has really changed here?
Technically you are correct. SB had a neutral position--we comply with all state and local laws. However, PAG successfully portrayed SB as being pro-gun and successfully equated pro-gun with unsafe for the children. The gun restrictionists control both the narrative and the language ("gun violence," "assault weapons," "military-style," "reasonable," "common sense," etc.) of the "debate." We will continue to lose the PR campaign until that changes.
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Besides, coffee tastes like toilet water.
Yup. Hopefully we have learned our ****ing lesson.
I can't see the big deal here. Starbucks is not anti-gun. If you like their coffee, buy it. I never liked it.
There is no big deal. It's just the weekly "BAN EVERYTHING!!" on NES. Boycott or die!
Technically you are correct. SB had a neutral position--we comply with all state and local laws. However, PAG successfully portrayed SB as being pro-gun and successfully equated pro-gun with unsafe for the children. The gun restrictionists control both the narrative and the language ("gun violence," "assault weapons," "military-style," "reasonable," "common sense," etc.) of the "debate." We will continue to lose the PR campaign until that changes.
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You're still going to Dick's Sporting Goods... ARENT YOU
I bet NH free air doesn't hurt the recipe none.
You guys didn't see this coming after the whole I'm gonna wear my gun to starbucks day?
So tired of reading this shit over and over again
My eyes have glazed over for the day. THANKS NES
To be fair, MDAGSA used Starbucks too, and having achieved what they are calling a victory, will move on to the next battleground business. I would never suggest that this was entirely the fault of OC activists, who provided the wrong response to MDAGSA's Starbucks campaign in the first place. Rather than give MDAGSA free PR throughout the entire episode, gun owners should have ignored them.right. from the way i see it, pro 2A people used starbucks to their own devices and starbucks has finally said "wtf? enough"