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Earlier today (maybe last night even), Collin Hansen let us know what he thinks about the Chic-fil-A social carnage:
Now, think about this for a second. What InstaPundit is saying is this: Conservative politicians on the local level lead by example and don't try to go die on hills that don't matter. An Apple Store or a plethora of Starbucks shacks are probably good for the local economy, and letting one open someplace properly zoned is a good ideaer.
What Collin is saying is that the SBC had a good ideaer by boycotting Disney and the world persecuted them for it -- and now the world is using the same tactics. "Go Figure."
What Collin seems to miss, it seems to me, is that the SBC chose a hill to die on which didn't work at all and made them look utterly petty and stupid -- and now that the World is imitating these tactics, and is now looking petty and stupid. And our response to them looks, at best, staged when we say that this boycott is bad but our boycott is good.
You know: if only Christians had something to teach the rest of the world when it comes to finding a solution to culture. Then we would really have something worth getting worked up about.
Earlier today (maybe last night even), Collin Hansen let us know what he thinks about the Chic-fil-A social carnage:
The world gave the SBC grief over boycotting Disney. Then decided to imitate these intimidation tactics. Go figure.Which, of course, is just barely right. A little laters this morning, Glenn Reynolds of InstaPundit fame instead blogged this:
— Collin Hansen (@collinhansen) July 26, 2012
JULY 26, 2012
BOSTON GLOBE: Stop Picking On Chik-Fil-A. “If the mayor of a conservative town tried to keep out gay-friendly Starbucks or Apple, it would be an outrage.” Except that doesn’t seem to happen, does it? What I think is funny is that if you have the same view on gay marriage that Obama had when he was elected, now you’re an enemy of humanity or something. It’s some sort of, I don’t know, Liberal Fascism or something. . . .Posted by Glenn Reynolds at 8:43 am
Now, think about this for a second. What InstaPundit is saying is this: Conservative politicians on the local level lead by example and don't try to go die on hills that don't matter. An Apple Store or a plethora of Starbucks shacks are probably good for the local economy, and letting one open someplace properly zoned is a good ideaer.
What Collin is saying is that the SBC had a good ideaer by boycotting Disney and the world persecuted them for it -- and now the world is using the same tactics. "Go Figure."
What Collin seems to miss, it seems to me, is that the SBC chose a hill to die on which didn't work at all and made them look utterly petty and stupid -- and now that the World is imitating these tactics, and is now looking petty and stupid. And our response to them looks, at best, staged when we say that this boycott is bad but our boycott is good.
You know: if only Christians had something to teach the rest of the world when it comes to finding a solution to culture. Then we would really have something worth getting worked up about.
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