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“I face too many consequences for my bigotry, and it’s much more difficult to exploit laborers here. Therefore, I will go somewhere more friendly to fascist billionaire profiteers.”
I don't understand why people shun Chick-fil-A for being homophobic, but will happily jerk off to in-and-out all day long. They're the same. "Oh but they're both corporations so whatever." Yeah, but some corporations are worse than others. Stop being a hypocrite.
I think the controversy around In-N-Out Burger is far less well-known because they’re not a national chain and they didn’t generate over a decade of ill, Will through their very loud and very visible activism. In fact, I only found out about it recently myself, even though I’ve been aware of the brand for decades. A lot of their customers would probably stop going there if they knew. The problem is that they don’t know.
Of course, there are the hypocrites, although some are not as ill meaning as others. For example, I recently discovered that my favorite coffee brand. Pete is not quite so ethical as they claim in their business practices. But it took me a couple of weeks of continuing to buy their coffee before I could find a suitable alternative. Although… I am willing to take responsibility for that. I guess that’s the difference.
I've tried to educate people. Even other queer people don't care about in-and-out being a bigoted company. I don't get it.
OK, well, now that’s different.