The War on...Starbucks?

[Standing Wolf]

Starbucks Is Criticized for Its Holiday Cups. Yes, Again

Thanksgiving is right around the corner, which means it is time to embark on a modern American holiday tradition: over-analyzing seasonally available Starbucks cups for signs of liberal nefariousness.

Starbucks has produced holiday cups for 20 years. Some have come and gone with little commotion, but others have drawn the ire of conservatives for what some have seen as a secular design scheme that failed to show proper respect for Christianity.

This year’s cup features nods to Christmas tradition, including a decorated Christmas tree, and was introduced by an online video that proclaimed “the holidays mean something different to everyone.”

But that big-tent approach wasn’t enough to avoid controversy. This year, critics wonder if Starbucks is using its holiday cups to promote homosexuality.

What is going on here, you may ask? Read on.

The online video that introduced the 2017 holiday cup on Nov. 1 featured a diverse cast of Starbucks customers, including a pair of cartoon women who were shown holding hands.

The nature of their relationship was not specified, but some viewers saw them as a nod toward the inclusion of gay and transgender customers.

The video itself did not attract negative attention. The latest controversy has focused instead on a pair of gender-neutral hands holding each other on the side of the cup itself.

Those linked hands came to wider public attention after BuzzFeed published an article about them on Wednesday.

It suggested the cup was “totally gay.”



https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/st...D=ansmsnnews11

[rcfieldz]

Yup that's a kweer bird if ever I saw one.

[Nicole]

Just goes to show ya, some people are never satisfied and seek to be offended by Starbucks no matter what they do. I'm sure it's no sweat off their backs because anyone who'd be offended probably doesn't go there anyway.

I've been to Starbucks a few times since they started using the cup and can honestly say I never once considered those hands to be portraying a same-sex couple. I don't think that way nor do I look for secret gay messages or portrayals on mundane items.

[Trish]

In many cultures heterosexual women hold hands. Mothers and daughters or just friends. They also may dance together.

I'm not sure what this fascination from Christians who are taught that we are All God's Children have against homosexuals.

I can only conclude that the Christians are not Christian at all.

Starbucks would do well to remember that when you try to please all the people you please none of the people. They have already been dubbed anti Christian by the extreme so there's nothing they will be able to do to satisfy this faction of people.

[Standing Wolf]

I think I may have told the story elsewhere about attending a Conservative Baptist church service in northern California in the late '70s, where the speaker claimed to be a former Satanist high priest. Among the many claims he made during his presentation that night was that Avon, purveyors of cosmetics and cheap jewelry, was owned and run by Satanists, and he called the stars incorporated into some of their jewelry "symbols of witchcraft".

There may be some folks who are sincere and serious about these silly interpretations of the illustrations on Starbucks cups, but I'm beginning to think it has just become a game for others.

[Green Arrow]

Folks must lead some pretty miserable lives if they have time to be offended by a cup.

[Dr. Who]

Some people just seem to need a reason to complain or stir the pot and politicize everything. If you put a picture of the three wise men on the cup they'd probably call them gay as well because they were bringing gold, frankincense and myrrh and wore flamboyant dresses.

[nathanbforrest45]

What a funny bunch you all are.

[Trish]

What a funny bunch you all are.

What are you implying...... (smirk)

[Safety]

Seems like one arm is the sleeve of a sweater, and the other arm is wearing bracelets with a charm hanging down. FFS.

Snowflakes.