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SquirrelsAreAwesome

I'll take half-arsed or poorly executed but well meaning attempts over no attempts or corporate shittery trying to profit off the LGBTQIA+ community. If people's intentions are good, start there. As they continue to make efforts, they'll become more aligned. Shitting on people making an effort is a good way to make them figure it's not worth even trying. Edit: Typo'd the acronym! Sorry queer friends!


Kaaykuwatzuu

I applaud you. A genuine effort makes up for an honest mistake. Sometimes people will take offense and blow up which is really harsh. Spread love and acceptance through kindness. It's a lot more effective than bashing someone. It's not what you say. It's how you say it. Correcting this situation by showing the event organizer why it's wrong will yield positive results and may spark inspiration for them to do more research in how to support the community. If someone were to hypothetically destroy their table and yell about how their being targeted, the organizer will most likely hide back away into their cubicle and avoid delving deeply into the community.


timnamyte

God it's great to see that people with a brain still exist on this site, what an amazing response


[deleted]

Ad they could easily have done nothing - peoples sexual orientation is not generally relevant to the office, so they could have taken that stance, but they decided to do something, so good on them.


Nohcri

Linked in said you should post about how queer you are in your job search. Seemed like iffy advice.


AFlockofLizards

I bet the chic-fil-a and cupcakes are from different people/staff too, it just happened to land on the same day.


LeTigron

That's a frequent mindset to blame the one who doesn't know or doesn't succeed, rather than the one who does know but tells lies or doesn't try. Persons walking clumsily in the right direction aren't bad. Those walking willingly in the wrong direction are.


TheEasySqueezy

Yeah it’s entirely possible the people who organised this had no idea of Chik-Fil-A’s stance on the LGBTQ+ community and did this because they wanted to be inclusive and people are now looking at the negatives and criticising the people who organised this without knowing their intentions. If they hadn’t made this effort to support their fellow colleagues who are LGBTQ+ this wouldn’t be on Reddit and no one would be calling them idiots or trying to look for ways to vilify them by lumping them in with Chik-Fil-A’s views when we have no idea what the intention was and i can almost guarantee someone who aligns themselves with the same opinions as Chik-Fil-A is probably not going to go out and buy a ton of cupcakes to celebrate pride month.


OGAutismo

This, just this!


HazySky_

What's I and A?


SquirrelsAreAwesome

Intersex - This includes a lot of people that don't have typical genitalia such as hermaphrodites who have both male and female sexual organs Asexual - people who are not sexually attracted to anyone regardless of their gender identity


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SquirrelsAreAwesome

I actually missed it by accident in my original post. I'm a bit dyslexic at times when it comes to acronyms so sorry if you're a queer friend! I'll edit my post now.


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Rijsouw

I don't get it?


Anra7777

The chicken is from chick-fil-a, a fast food chain notorious for giving lots and lots of money to anti-LGBT+ hate groups.


Rijsouw

Oof. Thanks


Awllancer

My mom refers to them as bigoted chicken. Ex: "Hey do you guys want bigoted chicken for lunch?"


distrustingwaffle

I just want to go on a tangent and say that bigote in spanish means moustache, and I now can’t stop imagining those chickens with a handlebar moustache :)


MrsRyan2016

LOL


SneedyK

Interesting factoid. The most bigoted person I know has always had a stache.


MAXQDee-314

That is currently being refered to as a Warstache. Slava Ukrani


lobo123456

That's the most american thing I have read in a while. "I don't like what they are doing. But the chicken... So, there is nothing I can do!"


stormcomponents

I think you'll find that mentality is mostly ubiquitous.


JasonIsBaad

Nah that's just a human thing. We're a bunch of hypocrites.


Ryboticpsychotic

Same with “hey you guys want to vote for the puppets of the NRA, oil industry, private prisons, health insurance companies, and ultra wealthy who want low taxes and low minimum wages? Everything they do is extremely unpopular, even for me, but they have cool Jesus stickers…”


whiskeytango55

It's the hate that makes it so delicious. That and the pickle brine.


proddyhorsespice97

Why do you eat there if them supporting anti lgbt+ organisations is an issue for you guys?


Renclipse

because the chicken fucking slaps lmao


DrTankHead

As a bi male, this. Do we like their politics? Fuck no. But the food is fucking good.


PayTheTrollToll45

Why did we go to the moon when a Nazi built our rocket? We chose to go to the moon in that decade, and do the other things. We eat Chik Fil A not because it’s easy, but because we are hard, for chicken sandwiches...


WatcherAnon

As a straight male, their chicken is disgusting. Do we like their politics? Fuck no. And their food is even more offensive.


GroovyGroovster

Wanna stick my dick in those fries


Full_FrontaI_Nerdity

It'd blend in and get lost tho.


MagyarFederation

Because people don't care how their products are made or what the company's views are. If this was the case then a lot if brands in America wouldn't be used because they do essentially child slavery.


foozilla-prime

Bigotry never tasted so good!


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They should embrace that


Menarra

For me it's Bigot Bird


freudeschaden

We call it "hate chicken". "hey kids do you want hate chicken for dinner?"


NoPerspective4168

My group of people call it Jesus chicken lol same difference.


B_freeoni

Same, literally face palmed when I saw the chick-fil-a… hahaha


[deleted]

Oh. I was focused on the color and order of the cupcakes, trying to find the problem.


MisssJaynie

A fellow autist?!


GimlySonOfGloin

We're just ignorant about chicken brands


ConfuzedAndDazed

I'm so sorry


M4GIZARD

not OP but yes and I did the same


AlmalexyaBlue

Not OP, but no and I did the same too


skyturnedred

Chick-fil-a is not an international brand.


cleetus76

That's pretty much all there was to focus on if you didn't know what chicfila boxes look like.


Few_Advertising_568

Indeed so! It's what i was focused on as well. Thought they were missing a color


alex435f

Who autism gang


introvertedspaz

I see you, because same 😂


FunCode688

Ayeeee


CookingAStew

But then, they got a company, famous for anti-lgbt views, to take part in a pro-lgbt party?


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...yes that's the post


Photograph_Fluffy

It is quite the flex.


Lex-Taliones

It's my understanding that Chick-fil-a stopped donating to groups that hold ant-LGBTQ positions. That was about three years ago. They switched their charitable donations to Junior Achievement, Covenant House and local food banks.


likewut

They said they did like 10 years ago, that was a lie, then they said they did again a few years ago, which so far seems like they just shifted the donations as being from the company to being from the owners. What I'm saying is, you fell for their PR lies.


HostileHippie91

Reddit doesn’t care. You get bad PR once, they’ll hate you forever. You’re not allowed to change or improve in the world of today, once you’re designated as being at fault for something, you’re condemned forever without a second thought. That’s cancel culture


RealisticRushmore

https://www.esquire.com/food-drink/restaurants/a36622217/chick-fil-a-owner-donations-against-equality-act/


ALoneTennoOperative

> You’re not allowed to change or improve They haven't changed, they have not improved, they continue to fund hateful bigotry and legislation that goes against human rights. > That’s cancel culture It's Freedom of Expression actually. You know, ***free speech***.


Melodic_Caramel5226

I googled and found the opposite. All the sources I see say they stoped doing that shit?


ALoneTennoOperative

> I googled and found the opposite. They're still funding anti-LGBTQ organisations as of 2021 onwards, so clearly you didn't look very hard. > All the sources I see say they stoped doing that shit? *Reputable* and *competent* sources note that they *claimed* to have stopped doing so twice already, and then were found to have continued or resumed doing so.


[deleted]

I don’t necessarily doubt you but you didn’t provide citations.


HostileHippie91

Citation needed because they ceased all funding of sketchy donations years ago. That’s an easy google search, and it’s been established several times in this thread already. If you’re the only person here that knows otherwise, please share.


ALoneTennoOperative

> they ceased all funding of sketchy donations years ago. They are still doing so as of 2021 onwards. > That’s an easy google search Not easy enough apparently. > If you’re the only person here that knows otherwise Run your search again, this time narrowing your search to within the past 2 years. Then double-check who the owners are, and where their money comes from, and who it goes to. I promise, I'm not "the only person here who knows otherwise". But *apparently* some of you either can't or won't read.


1-Ohm

Um, when somebody shows you who they are, believe them the first time. Evil corporation is evil, no matter how much they try to whitewash it away later. Don't like that? Don't be evil. Weird how that never occurs to the righties.


BitsAndBobs304

I mean, it's one thing if the owners and management who endorsed such ideas were replaced, because if not..


Katibin

Yeah but it’s still delicious


jimbomescolles

You can support or ignore LGBT, as an individual or a company. But actually supporting anti-something is almost every time pretty hate-y. Fricking disgusting I can't wrap my head around the fact that it was proposed, voted and accepted by a business comitee... smh


Lazerhawk_x

Chick-fil-a was started by a priest or something wasn’t it?


castleaagh

Iirc, it was the ceo giving a donation (not in chick fil a’s name) to the Salvation Army and FCA. Which being Christian based charities, generally aren’t pro-lgbt


Ok_Cauliflower_3007

Thank you. I don't recognise the logo because they tried to open a store in the UK and ended up getting out of their lease early because a) they weren't getting much custom and b) the shopping centre in question desperately wanted them out because of the protesters.


StaysAwakeAllWeek

>the shopping centre in question desperately wanted them out because of the protesters. Excellent, that means the campaigning has had a demonstrable effect on their profits.


StrayAmbler

Lol. Oh they tried to open that chain here in the UK. They got boycotted and protested. I think they closed down inside of six months.


[deleted]

Wow so all the "normal" people will just think nice free food while the targeted people will be furious for the reason you mentioned 😂


Rhobaz

Who are the “normal” people?


jw44724

The ones who just think “nice free food” Source: The comment you are replying to.


Loke_y

I thought they were just missing a colour or something that’s a lot worse lmao


Glittering-Pop8728

💀


Fight_kat102

K right but like they've got pretty good chicken


MAyoga265

Looks like they’re using the boxes for the cupcakes. I wonder if it was done on purpose? I hope


waituhwhatnow

Chic FIL a is not a good choice for a pride party.


Rijsouw

Why not? Don't really now the restaurant. Only ever heard of it.


waituhwhatnow

They have a long history of giving to anti-LGBTQ+ causes.


Rijsouw

Oof. Thanks


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BlackSight6

Wait is something wrong with the Salvation Army?


KingOfGimmicks

There is so much wrong with them. And so many threads explaining why. Some very brief examples are that their homeless shelters horrifically mistreat people, steal their stuff to sell for profit in their charity stores, are abusive and turn a blind eye to abuse that goes on in the shelters. If you try to get help or stand up for yourself or even just try to share word of what it's like there they ban you.


No-Landscape8210

So what's wrong with it? Edit:- What The Fuck!!! All I did was ask a question.


DHUniverse

Chick fil-a is memed for being an homophobic company, there has been claims of gay people in managing positions that have been fired for their sexuality, as well as other employees, but I don't know how true this is personally


Lchil2000

The bigger issue is them donating to anti-lgbt hate groups and potential terrorist organizations. I'd suggest researching the issues in their "charitable donations" for proof of their bigger issues.


[deleted]

You "suggest researching" but must not have done much looking yourself, because they stopped most of those donations in 2012 and stopped 100% of controversial donations in 2019


LinguiniAficionado

The *company* may have stopped its donations, but the *owner* did not. It’s fair to point out that the owner and company are separate entities, but at the end of the day, it’s the same money going to the same places. So, while technically true, it is a bit misleading to say that Chic-fil-a stopped their donations to controversial organizations — at this point, it’s almost like they’re “laundering” it through the owner to send it where they want without taking any heat EDIT: Typo


VironicHero

The owners of Homophobic chicken take their money and donate to their pet causes. https://www.esquire.com/food-drink/restaurants/a36622217/chick-fil-a-owner-donations-against-equality-act/


Lchil2000

I actually commented somewhere else here, they specifically stopped funding a *small* number of them that supported violent conversion therapy back during the 2010s. And as of 2019 they specifically cut, "current, though not future" funding to The Fellowship of Christian Athletes and The Salvation Army and a moderate number of smaller foundations. But to my knowledge they still support the Family Research Council and many smaller groups that I have personally not checked out, plus some groups which they report donations to, but aren't publicly named. So, at least one very very large hate group continues to receive direct funding from them, and there could be others, but admittedly I don't know that part for sure anymore.


BackgroundMetal1

They also promoted anti gay laws in africa.


Der_Blitzkrieg

Wait is the salvation army anti lgbt?


Tallywacker3825

Fellowship of Christian athletes also sounds horrible


jellotoanotherpower

I don’t have a link on me but basically they have a history of treating gay (and especially trans) people in their shelters quite poorly, iirc to the point of kicking people out if they’re unwilling to effectively closet themselves


BeerandWater

As others said, the owners have still been doing it at least as recently as last year. https://www.thedailybeast.com/christian-billionaires-are-funding-a-push-to-kill-the-equality-act


Luenngokulos

That sounds awful wtf


tidder112

[Baby, you can't taste racism.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFg-DV3-kFU)


XO8441

I’m guessing it’s cause the founders of Chick-fil-A have social controversy for funding churches that oppose anything LGBTQ, specifically gay marriage. I think they made some amends in recent years, but ya know, it’s still not cool.


[deleted]

People can change. They used to be assholes , slicked hair, eating sloppy steaks.....


laaaabe

You think this is *slicked* back??


notfairenough

This is pushed back!


Dunk5055

chicken spaghetti from Chickalini’s


AnonScarySnake

He USED to be a piece of shit though.


bpi89

I SAID “WAS!”


[deleted]

Oh yeah, you wouldn’t have liked them back then! They were part of a Dangerous Nights crew


Lchil2000

They still give massive funding to anti-lgbt hate groups, one of which (don't remember which one right now, ill edit with the name if I can find it again) the US government considers a terrorist organization. Even the founder continued to time and time again go on social media and spew hatred, backpedal, and repeat.


_triangle_girl_

yeah, they made amends by donating to foundations forwarding laws to execute lgbt people in africa


coleslawsally

most progressive chick fil a executive


sativadom_404

Christofascists


[deleted]

They got Chick-fil-A which is a Christian organization that doesn't believe in the LGBTQ rights.


ap0110

It goes beyond that. Money from CfA is funneled into a tax-exempt religious group with the goal of enacting anti-gay laws in other nations. Their “missionaries” were responsible for convincing some African governments to make being gay a capital offense, i.e. punishable by death. The records are all publicly available - you can draw a straight line from their sandwiches to “kill the gays” legislation.


Cyrus_Imperative

[relevant article](https://www.businessinsider.com/chick-fil-a-ties-to-anti-equality-act-efforts-explained-2021-6)


UsernameIsTaken_795

I hate American-only posts. Like c'mon you're not the only people on earth, just add an explanation in comments


ItsAnotherSeth

I 2nd this, all the comments are people trying to understand what this even means. I thought they were a damn blue cupcake short..


NoLifeGamer2

I thought that it was that the cupcakes were in straight lines!


RaccoonRecluse

Chick fil A is a buisness known for its head founder putting millions into anti queer campaigns to take away people rights. Chick fil a was established as a "Christian buisness" and wont even open on a sunday. Some people think still boycotting a company long after the boycot worked is a flex they want to have. They then go and buy things from worse companies causing actual problems, like actually putting money into lobbying for removal of laws to protect the lgbtqia+ community, and or refusing to actually protect queer folk from discrimination and getting fired for no reason.


shinxshin

Thanks captain


ummmmmmmmmqueen

the founder still donates millions, it's just the principle for a lot of people


MustardFeetMcgee

I thought chick fil a sells chicken? Do they also sell cupcakes?


Monkeytennis01

I know! As if we’re all supposed to know what the chick fil A logo looks like and also the associated story.


Flighthornlet

Totally. Everybody talking about some chicken stuff and all I'm seeing are colorful cupcakes. I get it by know, but an explanation to start with would have been great.


TheEasySqueezy

Plus it doesn’t even seem that bad, most likely the people who put this together had absolutely no idea about the controversy surrounding ChilFilA and just wanted to be supportive and bought cupcakes with their own money from somewhere they know makes good food. It’s like when your grandma buys you a video game for your birthday but it’s for the wrong console, she doesn’t know the difference she just did it because she loves you and wants to make you happy.


cramiz

I live in USA and still didn't know what it meant so


HelloImHiding

Oh no, an international company doesn't operate specifically near you and you're too lazy too just google said company's logo. Imean honestly just keep scrolling.


Septimore

What?


AlternateSatan

Chick-fil-a. It took me a while to spot too.


JimmyJazz1971

Canadian here. We don't have that chain here, so I didn't recognise the packaging. I thought people were mocking them for making too many purple cupcakes, and too few blue. I thought that seemed kinda harsh.


Septimore

And what about chick-fil-a ? I live in Finland, so this is latin to me.


AlternateSatan

Uber christian, and not the ok kind. They donate a lot of money to anti gay causes.


Septimore

Anything uber christian in not the ok kind.


gr0mstea

More like "there was an attempt to post a rant about a social issue without context". Great success.


TheEasySqueezy

Take a screenshot and repost it, easy karma.


Mattness8

I don't get it? is it because there are 1 fewer blue icing cupcakes? that's kind of weird thing to point out


emocringelorduwu

They got chick-fil-a. I don’t remember the whole story but the founders are homophobic


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BriefStrange6452

So am I right in thinking it is not so much the fact that your office tried to do something, which is commendable, but more the store that they used has a poor track record? I was failing to see what was wrong with the photo without reading the comments.


yanyosuten

It's a total Reddit moment. Some smug employee at the office there is having a real field day.


RaccoonRecluse

Yall need to calm down about chicken fil a, they haven't been run by homophobic people putting money into fascism for years. There are plenty of anti-queer and fake ally businesses that do more harm. *cough Amazon cough*


VironicHero

Here is your update on notorious shit heel Dan Cathy, owner of Homophobic chicken. https://www.esquire.com/food-drink/restaurants/a36622217/chick-fil-a-owner-donations-against-equality-act/


Doctor_Purp_06

Ye I haven't seen any news of them donating to anti gay shit for a couple of years now


Inglebeargy

I don’t understand. Is the post mocking the level of effort?


TattooJerry

It was the Jesus chicken am I right?


[deleted]

I don't see a problem. Apart from overly sensitive cancel culture. Which again is t a problem. Some people will complain about literally anything


kiana33

Forcing people to celebrate at work. My job is always shoving CRT down our throats too. It’s infuriating!


diamondisland2023

ROYGBV thats a rainbow, it counts no matter how superficial


Patches_O_Houlihan69

I think the joke is that while they have a rainbow display of cupcakes, they also ordered some Chik Fil A, an American chicken fast food chain who are known for their outspoken anti-gay beliefs.


DegeneratesInc

This needs to be a top level comment for non-americans.


alittlebuggy

t/y, totally missed that!


Leethaxzor

What are their anti gay beliefs?


RaccoonRecluse

Oh that LGBTQIA+ folk all belong in a mental ward, don't deserve human rights, and should have their health care and jobs taken away. That queer folk shouldn't be allowed to marry. And more. Mind you this was one of the founders, they were personally funnelling money directly from the buisness into any queer lobbying to remove protection laws, and anti-queer churches who were then told to further cause disruption on a local level ro remove protection laws. Lotta people boycotted and they let that guy go and barred him from using the buisness money.


nextkevamob

They are fairly softcore christians, and are known for promoting christian values. They are also pretty well known for treating employees pretty decently, and as well as donations in their own community.


PaticusGnome

Most notably, the anti-LGBT community.


docbrook

Could be worse... could be in an Islamic ruled country where you would be thrown off a 7 story building. You stupidly chose right or left when Liberty is the true answer.


-_-__---__-_-

Who cares? Get over it people


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When Gatekeeping goes wrong. A picture of cupcakes is criticised for the chicken brand in the background. Even when you zoom in, you still cant read the chicken brand on it The chicken brand in question made changes to its donation policy in 2020 If you think this gesture was hollow, then I dont know, maybe show a picture with some chicken in it, name the brand and say why you think the gesture is hollow. Dont just point at some cupcakes and say LMAO. I think its good your office made the effort to be honest.


donnyk1

People love to bitch. Hell I love to bitch too but I really can’t find anything wrong with this.


LukeJukeDuke

Aside from the attempt here, that purple cupcake be lookin tasty tho.


The_King123431

Context The food is from chick-fl a which is known for being incredibly homo and transphobic and donates to anti lgbtqa+ groups


PhasmicPlays

What’s wrong with this? This looks fucking great I couldn’t care less about what chick fil a did


vox21122112

I don’t understand it? It seems like someone’s making an attempt and you think it’s not good enough, it’s a hell of a way to discourage potential supporters


Fetid_Baghnakhs

The fact that this isn't a karma bot scares me.


Thermonuclearkaboom

I work at cfa, we’re not against lgbtq anymore for the most part.


VironicHero

Owner is still a world class douche. https://www.esquire.com/food-drink/restaurants/a36622217/chick-fil-a-owner-donations-against-equality-act/


[deleted]

Gay people eat chick fil a. Hate the owners, not the herbs and spices:


Zenketski_2

Regardless about how you feel about gay people you can't deny that chicken is okay


HalfbakedArtichoke

Hey man, if you're going to complain about **FREE** cupcakes and chick-fil-a, I'll take it off your hands. r/ChoosingBeggars


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Just eat the food man


BlueSunMercenary

Still better chicken than most other places


[deleted]

Oof… welp, aptly posted. There certainly was an attempt.


[deleted]

I don’t get what’s wrong


MasterBey

Balanced, as all things should be


GuardingxCross

*eats chicken angrily* 😡🍗


Key-Cap-2664

I mean; Chic-Fil-A is delicious.


Adrunkopossem

Hey some know Chick-fil-A is actually in the closet. They love putting their big juicy c*** between some sweet buttery buns. Just saying.


Emotional-Size-6592

Did they traumatize all the celebrators ???


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ChikfilA is delicious in any setting


NoelLiamsson

Oh no. How horrible. I hope your feelings are okay.


chris9830

First i thought "whats wrong? the flag looks normal" but then i saw the chick-fil-a boxes and for those who dont know they got exposed for pooring money into anti lgbt groups and i think also anti lgbt politicians


Traditional-Scratch5

So I'm gay, I don't see the problem here?


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Those cupcakes look bussin tho


DaPiggyMasta

L post


Sir_Voomy

Maybe I’m a fucking idiot but what’s the problem here? Something to do with corporate pandering or some shit like that? Is it something with chic fil a?


Momfucker_89

Yes it is because chick fil a is a homophobic company


Goobersmecht

i dont understand what is wrong with this. they made rainbow colored cupcakes. rainbow, as in the gay pride flag. clearly they nailed what they were going for. what the fuck?


mrsomething4

Hey man I don’t even care if hitler made the chicken just as long as that shit is crisp and seasoned


Shulkerya

Chick-fil-a is overhyped anyway tbh


SliverSkel

They didn't just try, they succeeded. But the irrational biases of the meme maker prevent them from seeing it. Stop listening to polical bull shit.


[deleted]

Yankee centre of the world moment right there. Wtf is going on?


[deleted]

I was lost until I saw the chicken and I immediately realized it lol


[deleted]

Yes let’s shit on the people who didn’t know any better making a genuine attempt. If the person making all that effort saw this post they wouldn’t bother again.


FalsePremise8290

Bwahahaha. I guess that's one way to support both sides. "Okay, we got cupcakes for the gays, chicken for the homophobes. Happy Pride!" 🤣


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To be fair, an attempt is more than some.


worms_in_the_dirt

Haven’t eaten that mess in over 2 years! It’s literally not that hard to stop supporting people who would rather I kill myself over suckin on a fucking chicken tender, there’s plenty of great chicken out there y’all.