a reply to:
CptGreenTea
20 years ago your post would have carried a lot more weight than it does today.
However, today we have gay marriage, with that threat of being forced onto churches, we have openly sexual classes in public schools teaching about
"alternate sexual lifestyles" to little kids well before puberty, we have a large movement of some parents and doctors actually trying to change
children's gender before the kids even know what it is for, and even one school in Birmingham Alabama that openly promotes and caters to children who
think they want to change genders. It is almost impossible to watch a TV show or movie today without the gratuitous gay character, as though there are
supposed to be openly gay people everywhere one turns.
You say you don't mind Christian activities, and that's a good thing. However, I would daresay if it was taught in a public school, you would be up in
arms. I daresay if a Christian school received public funding, you would be upset. I think if you heard that a restaurant was going to have a preacher
come in and deliver a sermon every day, you wouldn't eat there.
But the same thing is happening with transgender.
Someone pointed out that drag queens are not necessarily gender-confused. That's actually true... the concept of cross dressing in public for
entertainment is pretty old and certainly not limited to those who are actually trying to change their gender. It even goes back to early times when
women were not allowed to work, even in entertainment. If a play called for a woman, it had to be a man dressed up as a woman! And there were some men
who made their career doing that... while still apparently being straight. However, I daresay if anyone who played female roles back then were to
openly parade around constantly in drag off the stage, they would have had a much less successful career.
Here's the deal: I don't give a crap about what Tacky Bell does with cross=dressers. I say go for it if that's what you want. But... there will be
consequences. If I want something to eat, I am not going to any restaurant where my values are dismissed so easily. Hell, I wouldn't go to a
restaurant with a Christian preacher either... I can get that in a church; I can't get nasty food in a church.
The only reason I posted in this thread is because some of the responses were hilarious. And it's Tacky Bell, home to some of the worst Americanized,
Mexican-wanna-be, not-quite-food out there. I happen to love authentic Mexican food, so that irritates me a bit when Tacky Bell uses that tagline
"South of the Border." Which border? Canadian? They're about as "Mexican" as home-made apple pie.
Now, if Tacky bell wanted to sponsor some event outside their restaurant... OK, not enough of a deal to even bother reading about it. But as I
understand it, this is in some of the restaurants. That is a poor business decision, because it is designed to offend some of the customers. And with
the current political climate surrounding transsexuals, it's going to hurt business in restaurants that aren't even involved, because of name
recognition and public sentiment.
I dropped the NFL... used to love it, but I haven't watched a game in years. Not going to. If I wanted politics I could turn on CNN or Fox and get my
fill. If I watch the NFL I want to see football. I refuse to watch NASCAR; used to love it too, but like the NFL it has gotten too political. Been a
while since I was in Burger King... used to love me a good Double Whopper, but they convinced me to try an Impossible Burger instead by putting it on
sale. Guess what? It's apparently so named because it is impossible to mistake it for actual meat! That experience left a bad taste in my mouth (pun
intended) that I have yet to make myself forget. Before I started home-rolling, I refused to buy cigarettes anywhere that was (to my eyes) "going
overboard" with the anti-smoking rhetoric. I have walked out of several local stores, ready and willing to buy what I went in for, because of social
statements and politics. I'll just buy what I need somewhere else. Not in the mood to see that kind of stuff.
In short, if someone wants me to frequent their establishment or use their product, give me what I expect without all the extra social engineering
mumbo-jumbo. Try to force it on me and I'll go somewhere else.
That's just how it is. You can get all riled up over some people speaking out, and I'll even agree that it's making a mountain out of a molehill. But
the truth is that any problems Tacky Bell has over this is because of Tacky Bell trying to force their politically acceptable opinions onto others.
Their right? Yep! Smart move? Nope.
TheRedneck