Great News!!! Chick Fil A in Reading Mall.

Great News!!! Chick Fil A in Reading Mall.

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Gameface

16,565 posts

76 months

Sunday 20th October 2019
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I don't give a st about religion. I don't give a st about LGBT activism. I like chicken sandwiches though.

Truckosaurus

11,183 posts

283 months

Monday 21st October 2019
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Are they actually any good, or do the Yanks get excited by them because their KFC didn't do burgers until recently, so Chick-Fil-it (sic) seemed exotic?

stinkyspanner

701 posts

76 months

Monday 21st October 2019
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This is all great publicity for chick fil a, I wouldn't have known it was in Reading otherwise.

Nexus Icon

535 posts

60 months

Monday 21st October 2019
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Thesprucegoose said:
What about all the muslim owned shops that see LGBT incompatiable with there relgion. Yet one store is picked out just seems farcical.
"I don't have time to sort all the problems in the world therefore I'm not sorting this one out."

Strange attitude when you think of it like that.

liner33

10,642 posts

201 months

Monday 21st October 2019
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Truckosaurus said:
Are they actually any good, or do the Yanks get excited by them because their KFC didn't do burgers until recently, so Chick-Fil-it (sic) seemed exotic?
Much better than KFC in my experience, hateful owners but great chicken

f1restarter

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44 posts

136 months

Monday 21st October 2019
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Truckosaurus said:
Are they actually any good, or do the Yanks get excited by them because their KFC didn't do burgers until recently, so Chick-Fil-it (sic) seemed exotic?
Far better than the KFC which is even worse tasting in the UK. At least in the USA Chick fil a's customer service was stellar and a pleasure being served by their staff, unlike the indifferent servers at KFC here.


ZedLeg

12,278 posts

107 months

Monday 21st October 2019
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It's the multi billionaire bigots I really feel for here. How are they supposed to expand their chain of cheap chicken shops in the face of this kind of menace frown.


Mafffew

2,149 posts

110 months

Monday 21st October 2019
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Imagine getting this riled up about a bang average chicken shop closing hehe

The last thing Reading needed was another average fast food joint. Sadly, due to the rent The Oracle charge, it will just be replaced with another.

Shakermaker

11,317 posts

99 months

Monday 21st October 2019
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Thesprucegoose said:
What about all the muslim owned shops that see LGBT incompatiable with there relgion. Yet one store is picked out just seems farcical.
the difference must be that the owner of the Kebab shop maybe keeps his views to himself, or, doesn't even agree with them. The guy who runs my local kebab shop, I have absolutely no idea of his personal beliefs, what he spends his money on or what he does with the profit from his business, it remains speculation only that he might want to see all the gay people stoned to death, or maybe he isn't even a strict practicing Muslim at all, he is just "muslim in name only" like quite a lot of people.

The owners of Chick Fil-A decided to make a public statement about their beliefs and people are calling them out on that.

which as someone else said, is a bit of a shame. They make some excellent chicken compared to KFC et al, but yeah, we *know* what the owner believes and chooses to do with his money/has done in the past.

But yeah, now I know they are in Reading I might have to go and buy some.

Davos123

5,966 posts

211 months

Monday 21st October 2019
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Thesprucegoose said:
The Islamic faith is against LGBT rights, so I would call that nonsense. The issue is why are they are targeting one brand when many others are not targeted what so ever, smacks of double standards.
Because that brand directly funds anti-LGBT groups. Not difficult to understand.

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 21st October 2019
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Shakermaker said:

The owners of Chick Fil-A decided to make a public statement about their beliefs and people are calling them out on that.
From what i can see that was 7 years ago.

As i said a few comments is pretty small fry in comparison to being sentenced to death, and I'm not gay so don't really understand the logic behind protesting against old comments, over protesting against a billion pound buiness venture, funded by a totalitarian state, who punish homosexulity by death.

R Mutt

5,882 posts

71 months

Monday 21st October 2019
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Bill said:
Thesprucegoose said:
What about all the muslim owned shops that see LGBT incompatiable with there relgion. Yet one store is picked out just seems farcical.
How many of those stores campaign against LGBT rights?
There was a kebab shop owner that allegedly jeered a couple of females kissing.

gregs656

10,818 posts

180 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2019
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Thesprucegoose said:
From what i can see that was 7 years ago.

As i said a few comments is pretty small fry in comparison to being sentenced to death, and I'm not gay so don't really understand the logic behind protesting against old comments, over protesting against a billion pound buiness venture, funded by a totalitarian state, who punish homosexulity by death.
They donated $1.8m to organisations with anti LGBT values in 2017.

Chick Fil A made them selves an easy target.

I would gladly see more pressure put on businesses who take money from countries with crap human rights records.

liner33

10,642 posts

201 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2019
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I choose not to support businesses or buy products from companies or countries if I dont agree with their policies or ethics , I guess that's just a generation divide millennials seem to prefer to actively protest and attack.

f1restarter

Original Poster:

44 posts

136 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2019
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liner33 said:
I choose not to support businesses or buy products from companies or countries if I dont agree with their policies or ethics , I guess that's just a generation divide millennials seem to prefer to actively protest and attack.
rofl

irocfan

40,152 posts

189 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2019
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gregs656 said:
They donated $1.8m to organisations with anti LGBT values in 2017.

Chick Fil A made them selves an easy target.

I would gladly see more pressure put on businesses who take money from countries with crap human rights records.
AIUI the donation was a very small proportion of their charitable outlay (that could be misreporting though). Funny how the lgbt+-*/w community chooses to ignore all the good stuff the Chick Fil A does

21TonyK

11,494 posts

208 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2019
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I've not noticed any protests outside Sally Army charity shops. Why not just go direct, miss out the "chicken in the middle"?

ZedLeg

12,278 posts

107 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2019
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irocfan said:
gregs656 said:
They donated $1.8m to organisations with anti LGBT values in 2017.

Chick Fil A made them selves an easy target.

I would gladly see more pressure put on businesses who take money from countries with crap human rights records.
AIUI the donation was a very small proportion of their charitable outlay (that could be misreporting though). Funny how the lgbt+-*/w community chooses to ignore all the good stuff the Chick Fil A does
How much "good stuff" counteracts funding groups that are trying to erase your existence?

irocfan

40,152 posts

189 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2019
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ZedLeg said:
How much "good stuff" counteracts funding groups that are trying to erase your existence?
they're not trying to 'erase your existence', they are (very misguidedly) trying to help - if you want erasure from existence you'll need to look to certain other countries where being lgbt+-*/ is actually a death sentence.

Petrus1983

8,521 posts

161 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2019
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Chick Fil A got me through living in Texas - something I properly looked forwards to and always seemed to turn up on a Sunday furiouslaugh

Their advertising on the giant billboards used to make me chuckle too -





I get why the LGBT people would boycott the restaurant- but stopping other people from enjoying it sucks.

Edited by Petrus1983 on Wednesday 23 October 12:02