FWIW, my guess is that the number of Christians offended by Starbucks cups is far, far smaller than the number of leftists who were outraged because a fictional character raped another fictional character on a TV show whose trademark is sex and violence. In fact, it looks like a single attention whore is behind whatever controversy there may be.
This story is very little more than hype, driven by the secular media and left-wing websites like Buzzfeed so they can say, “Oh, look how crazy and thin-skinned Christians are.” It also helps trivialize legitimate assaults on religious freedom.
Also, Starbucks coffee is mediocre and overpriced. And the cups look like the Solo cups they play beer pong with at frat parties.
They’ll drink numerous sordid and dubious drinks from a red Solo at a party without a thought, but they’re offended to drink coffee from the same da*n’d cup…with a Starbucks logo applied.
I noted just this morning that we have all been successfully trolled by Feuerstein. Although I may personally find him distasteful, I have to give him credit for one of the greatest faux-outrage trolls I have seen in a long time.
This is an absolute falsehood.
Starbucks coffee is undrinkable swill at any price. I can hardly be bothered to boycott a company whose product I wouldn’t consume even if the alternative is to be dragged off to one of Hillary’s Fun Camps(tm).
From what I’ve seen, it isn’t the cup that has some people upset. It’s the reason why they decided to make it unadorned red–so as not to offend anyone.
Same with the glacier instead of a Christmas tree. It’s the reason why (and a silly one, if you’re still going to include Santa).
See, in their effort not to offend, they end up offending. This is called irony.
There are certain folks – we’ll call them “journalists” for lack of a better word – who search Twitter and Facebook and such for any hint of what they view as an injustice (or, lacking that, make something up) and then make an issue of it. My bet is that this was entirely fabricated. But the source is certainly one individual.
In fairness, I don’t drink coffee. I am relying on the opinion of a close, personal addict whom I know to never drink Starbucks unless he’s on the Ohio Turnpike and desperate.
The irony is that SJW should be complaining people still get cups at Starbucks and don’t bring their own thermos/drink holder to begin with.
I’m guessing he’s also one of those people who thinks 7-Eleven makes perfectly great coffee, even when it’s the same carafe that’s been on the warmer or in an air pot for the past five hours. Or that the coffee one finds at your average auto service/repair facility “isn’t that bad”, even if its in a pot or maker that hasn’t been cleaned since it left the factory.
Those types and the evil-corporation-that-can’t-be-bothered-with-fair-trade-or-fair-wages types are usually the only ones who have a real problem with Starbucks coffee; for most of the rest of java-consuming America, it’s either perfectly fine or not that bad.
Nope, although he does like 7-11’s hot chocolate. He likes Tim Horton’s, Sheetz, and Biggby.
I’m sure only 0.00004% of the population felt this way.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/11/05/maryland-family-faces-harsh-criticism-after-adopted-daughter-featured-in-american-girl-magazine/
I don’t like Starbucks coffee.
I didn’t even know about the red cup controversy until the liberals in my newsfeed started posting memes making fun of the anti plain red cup Christians.
I still don’t personally know a Christian in real life or online that is mad about the plain red cup. Basically we don’t care. It’s a cup with bad coffee in it.