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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
Thanks for asking instead of just assuming that I'd lost my mind. 
No, I guess what I'm really asking is have their been any boycotts that anybody cared about? [ETA: okay, I expressed that really badly. I know the people involved in the boycotts care, but I can't think of any that clogged up my facebook feed.] |
Yeah ... if this is the (even de facto) standard you're using, we're going to be at a loss to respond, because ... well, it's sort of nonsense to use "your facebook feed" or whatever, but it's also beyond subjective, and isn't really something to respond to.
And again - if this one is so different ... why? Is it really because a mayor blustered, or because it's [perceived as] an attack on traditional Christian values that took major root (particularly in social media), leading to a backlash from traditional sources (Huckabee)? Which one really makes more sense? Clearly the latter, right?
This thread leads you to the answer - even those trying to couch their reasons for going to "CFA Day" in anything but Christian values can't help but come back to those values!
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If the issue is all about religion, then those other boycotts should have blown up as well, but they didn't. [EATA: I'm just trying to think about why this was different. Is it that everyone loves a culture war in an election year?]
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I think you have this EXACTLY reversed - this blew up in part BECAUSE it's a perceived attack on Christian values (and, of course, because it's an election year, among dozens of other effects) - that's why there was a "second date" set. I think you're mistaking causes and effects.
Sometimes a pipe is indeed just a pipe - even if your Facebook feed claims otherwise.