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In reply to the discussion: Cracker Barrel changes course, returns 'Duck Dynasty' products to shelves [View all]Moostache
(9,897 posts)They want to stay in business with right wing lunatics and hate mongers, they are welcome to be my guest....they can do so without my patronage. I am sorry to not give partial credit for failed attempts to do the right thing. You remove something offensive BECAUSE it is offensive, not because the reaction is either positive or negative. If the symbol were something more in-your-face like little plastic nooses or swastikas or tiny burning rainbow flags, ask yourself if you'd still give a goddamn about that business's "need to stay in business"?
They were right to move the crap (even if it was for obviously wrong reasons - they had no principled stand, only a miscalculated opinion poll I guess), caving on it is simply appeasing a belief system and a type of socially sanctioned hatred that needs to be erradicated, not countenanced.
Good day to you sir...and please enjoy your meals wherever you choose to spend your money. I personally like it when these businesses go out of their way to show me their true colors and make the decisions very much black and white in my eyes. If you see the appropriate shades of gray to support your own moral compass, then more power to you and your more nuanced perceptions.