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DonP

(6,185 posts)
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 12:23 PM Nov 2015

OK, what are we supposed to do about Starbuck's now?

"Trump calls for Starbuck's Boycott"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027330494

OK, Trump is a pompous a-hole, no discussion needed there.

But, didn't all our friends in gun control demand that we all boycott Starbuck's because they wouldn't ban open or concealed carriers last year?

In fact, I seem to recall one (now banned) member posting their family pictures of just the rear ends of people with guns sitting in Starbuck's and demanding that they be confronted and physically detained for the police by citizens.

Starbuck's said they would go by local laws and that really pissed off the gun control minded people like Mom's Demand Action et. al.

I don't recall anyone saying that the anti gun owner Starbuck's boycott was over.

So, is a Starbuck's boycott now still a good thing if you do it to protest gun owners, but a stupid thing of your do it to boycott their coffee cups? How will Starbuck's know which is which?

Or should we just all buy Starbuck's to piss off Trump?

I need a scorecard.

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OK, what are we supposed to do about Starbuck's now? (Original Post) DonP Nov 2015 OP
If you don't like red coffee cups buy your coffee upaloopa Nov 2015 #1
So fill us in, how much damage has that "no guns" boycott done so far? DonP Nov 2015 #2
I don't like people with guns around me upaloopa Nov 2015 #5
"I think I am like most people." DonP Nov 2015 #11
That sums up the anti-gun movement quite nicely. beevul Nov 2015 #16
You seem to like having a choice, red cup or not. oneshooter Nov 2015 #3
I don't want people to carry guns around me upaloopa Nov 2015 #6
If you can not see it, then how could it make you nervous? oneshooter Nov 2015 #7
We've been around and around on this upaloopa Nov 2015 #10
Mine are secured in a holster on my belt, oneshooter Nov 2015 #28
12 million people carrying concealed now DonP Nov 2015 #29
Most people don't want your guns around? GGJohn Nov 2015 #24
How about an armed victim? Human101948 Nov 2015 #9
Can't answer the question, huh? DonP Nov 2015 #12
Post removed Post removed Nov 2015 #13
The response you got was disgusting. Agschmid Nov 2015 #15
Just wow beevul Nov 2015 #17
Another fine example of gun control's "moral superiority" ... DonP Nov 2015 #20
No explanations except Juror #2 who said... discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #21
Unless things have changed, MIRT only has an hour after the hide to act, if a DUer petronius Nov 2015 #22
Yep, that is what I would say too Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #23
Human's response was absolutely disgusting GGJohn Nov 2015 #25
It was gone before I even saw it, lunch hour post DonP Nov 2015 #27
In other fora & groups, those remarks would get you MIRTed. But not in Ammosexual land. Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #30
Just because it's legal doesn't mean we should do it. beardown Nov 2015 #18
I share Massad Ayoob's opinion gejohnston Nov 2015 #19
I don't like their coffee. That is the only scorecard I need. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #4
You don't like eau de seized fanbelt? Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #31
It tastes and bad, and dark roast coffer has less cafien. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #33
I worked with a coffee roaster that showed me why it smells and tastes that way DonP Nov 2015 #34
Good coffee: when it's ground it smells like a can of salmon cracked open... Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #35
I'll do what I have always done gejohnston Nov 2015 #8
For a months supply of SB coffee I could buy a nice pistol. ileus Nov 2015 #14
I went to Starbucks today and told them I was there because that a--hole Trump said doc03 Nov 2015 #26
Yep. Have to visit them again. Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #32

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
1. If you don't like red coffee cups buy your coffee
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 12:28 PM
Nov 2015

somewhere else. If you like red cups go to Starbucks. Leave the guns at home.

 

DonP

(6,185 posts)
2. So fill us in, how much damage has that "no guns" boycott done so far?
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 12:38 PM
Nov 2015

I expect with all that "90% support" you must have closed down some stores by now, right?

Has their management capitulated to your demands yet?

I haven't seen any "No Guns Allowed" signs at any yet.

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
5. I don't like people with guns around me
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 12:49 PM
Nov 2015

I think I am like most people.
I think out if caring about other people you would leave the guns at home.

 

DonP

(6,185 posts)
11. "I think I am like most people."
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 01:16 PM
Nov 2015

That's what the psychologists refer to as Egocentric based thinking. Assuming everyone, or even most people, think exactly like you do.

Like the legendary Paulene Kael comments after the election of Richard Nixon; "He can't have won, I don't know anyone who voted for him".

It shows a definite limited world view when you can't accept that the people around you don't think, act or always vote like you do.

If they really did, you'd have at least some gun control to show for all that "support".

"I don't like people with guns around me" That's too bad, because there really isn't anything you can do about it and with concealed carry you'll never know.

But the good news violent crime continues to drop to record lows.

 

beevul

(12,194 posts)
16. That sums up the anti-gun movement quite nicely.
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 01:51 PM
Nov 2015

"I think I am like most people."

That sums up the anti-gun movement quite nicely.

They have no idea just how wrong they are.

oneshooter

(8,614 posts)
3. You seem to like having a choice, red cup or not.
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 12:39 PM
Nov 2015

Why not extend that choice to others? Legal concealed carry, or unarmed victim. It is a choice you know.

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
6. I don't want people to carry guns around me
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 12:51 PM
Nov 2015

Most people don't want your guns around.
I would think out of concern for others feelings you would not carry guns around.

oneshooter

(8,614 posts)
7. If you can not see it, then how could it make you nervous?
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 12:55 PM
Nov 2015

You must also get nervous when a LE Officer is around, do you ban them from your home?

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
10. We've been around and around on this
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 01:00 PM
Nov 2015

Guns fall people get hurt
Some folks think they can shoot a bad guy in a crowed store or parking lot.

 

DonP

(6,185 posts)
29. 12 million people carrying concealed now
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 12:29 PM
Nov 2015

"Some folks think they can shoot a bad guy in a crowed store or parking lot. "

Still waiting for that flood of stories of the innocent bystander being gunned down? Or the cops not being able to tell the criminal from the law abiding carrier?

Seems to be more urban myth than reality or we'd be hearing about a lot of that happening.

GGJohn

(9,951 posts)
24. Most people don't want your guns around?
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 08:04 PM
Nov 2015

How, pray tell, do you know that?

You think most people think like you do?

 

Human101948

(3,457 posts)
9. How about an armed victim?
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 12:59 PM
Nov 2015
Man caught urinating on Brooklyn street shoots himself in the groin while trying to ditch gun: police
A strapped 26-year-old man caught by cops taking a leak on a Brooklyn street early Saturday tried to toss his gun away but accidentally blasted himself in the groin, officials said.

Police patrolling E. 93rd St. near Clarkson Ave. in East Flatbush spotted Javier Thomas, urinating about 1:15 a.m., officials said. When Thomas saw the cops approach he tried to discard his 9-mm. Glock — but accidentally pulled the trigger and shot himself in the privates, cops said

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/public-urinator-shoots-groin-police-article-1.2375336

Man apparently accidentally shoots his leg during movie at Salina theater

A man was transported to Salina Regional Health Center on Friday night after he apparently accidentally shot himself in the leg midway through a movie at Central Mall.

Salina Police Department watch commander Sean Furbeck said the incident remains under investigation, but the gunshot wound likely was self-inflicted. He said police were not seeking anyone else in connection with the incident, which occurred at about 8:30 p.m. in one of the small theaters behind the ticket sales area.

...She said a man yelled, “Oh, my God! I just shot myself! I just got my concealed carry.”

http://www.salina.com/news/man-apparently-accidentally-shoots-his-leg-during-movie-at-salina/article_219a6e3a-0d92-5992-bbee-8a6353e7420f.html
...

Revolver Falls Out Of Waistband, Kills Gun Owner — Lessons Need To Be Learned From This

KASILOF, ALASKA — A man accidentally killed himself when his revolver slipped from his waistband while he was working on his truck. According to KTUU 2, the victim died on the scene before medical personnel could treat him for a critical gunshot wound. While tragic, it definitely highlights a reality many gun owners are faced with — how to handle a firearm while working.

http://concealednation.org/2015/10/revolver-falls-out-of-waistband-kills-gun-owner-lessons-need-to-be-learned-from-this/

Man 'shoots himself in penis and tries to blame black guy'

After the 43-year-old took himself to hospital suffering from a gun shot wound in a place that was particularly painful, he told police that he had been the victim of an attempted hold-up by a “black guy”.

And so officers went to his flat in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, looking for evidence of the attack.

Instead they discovered a witness who told officers he heard screams of pain coming from Mr Watson’s apartment about 1am that morning, according to the Argus Leader.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/man-shoots-himself-in-penis-and-tries-to-blame-black-guy-a6671031.html


 

DonP

(6,185 posts)
12. Can't answer the question, huh?
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 01:20 PM
Nov 2015

Just post more irrelevant blather?

Is the Starbuck's anti gun owner boycott still on, or did gun control give up again on it?

Or are you supporting the Trump call for a Starbuck's boycott and how do they tell the difference?

If it's still on what are the results?

And you really need to talk to someone about that penis fixation you seem to have.

Response to DonP (Reply #12)

 

DonP

(6,185 posts)
20. Another fine example of gun control's "moral superiority" ...
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 03:03 PM
Nov 2015

... and utter lack of communications ability.

Wow, 7 - 0 that's a surprising shut down for one of our ethical "betters" in the Gungeon.

It's tough when you draw a fair, unbiased jury like that. Doesn't fit the narrative.

In all fairness, I did suggest that based on the multiple references re: genitalia, they talk to someone about that penis fixation.

Ooh, that put them over the 5 count and out and I think that a 7-0 gets MIRT attention as well.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,578 posts)
21. No explanations except Juror #2 who said...
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 03:23 PM
Nov 2015
..."Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Pretty much, yeah."


Yeah, wow!

petronius

(26,662 posts)
22. Unless things have changed, MIRT only has an hour after the hide to act, if a DUer
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 03:31 PM
Nov 2015

with >100 posts gets a 7-0 hide. I would guess there was some discussion in the MIRT forum this morning (although as with hosting, sometimes people just aren't around)...

 

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)
23. Yep, that is what I would say too
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 07:53 PM
Nov 2015

Seems to be how some controllers think. I am surprised it got a 7-0 hide, lol

GGJohn

(9,951 posts)
25. Human's response was absolutely disgusting
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 08:08 PM
Nov 2015

and he should, at the very least, be banned from this group if not banned from DU altogether.

 

DonP

(6,185 posts)
27. It was gone before I even saw it, lunch hour post
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 08:36 PM
Nov 2015

They have 5 and out now and they have been flagged for review by MIRT.

I'd like to say maybe they learned a lesson, but that never seems to work out that way.

They usually come back even angrier that they got bounced and try to "prove something" with even more vile posts.

beardown

(363 posts)
18. Just because it's legal doesn't mean we should do it.
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 01:59 PM
Nov 2015

Open carry at Starbucks. Fat guys wearing speedos at Starbucks. Both legal. Both should not be done without reasonable cause.

gejohnston

(17,502 posts)
19. I share Massad Ayoob's opinion
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 02:32 PM
Nov 2015

suburbanites open carrying to hipster chic reminds me of yuppies who drive Jeeps without going off the road, pretending to be outdoorsey but wouldn't be caught dead in a tent.

To the general public, that image instantly calls to mind Columbine, Virginia Tech, and Newtown. When an otherwise obviously smart and articulate poster says the officer confronting such a person with hand on service pistol is the one being provocative, I can only say “Wow…just…wow.” . . .

Doing things that alarm those people in the middle will do nothing to help the pro-gun side. Fear is the key ingredient that creates hatred. Doing things that put the general public in fear will cause more people to hate us, and anyone who seriously thinks flaunting rifles around schools in cities and suburbs will somehow acclimate the public to an acceptance of armed citizens is simply delusional.

Please, don’t compare the heavily armed guy who video-records himself confronting police to Rosa Parks on a segregated bus. Ms. Parks did not put anyone in fear of their lives. Don’t tell me that “a right not exercised is a right denied,” when we’ve seen confrontational open carry result in stricter laws in California, and hamper the responsible open carry movement in Texas much more recently.
 

DonP

(6,185 posts)
34. I worked with a coffee roaster that showed me why it smells and tastes that way
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 06:28 PM
Nov 2015

Any coffee chain like Starbuck's that has national volume has to buy their beans from a handful of importers and roasters. There are only 4 or 5 that can handle the massive volume they need.

Each chain, Dunkin Donuts, Intelligentsia, Starbuck's, Peets etc., has their own standards and measurements for which blend of beans they will use and how long and at what temperature they roast them. When you go into the warehouse there are big rows of burlap bags with green coffee beans stacked up and labeled; McDonald's, Dunkin, Starbuck's etc.

Starbuck's tends to buy a slightly lower grade of free trade green coffee bean than the other big players and they consciously over roast them slightly. But now they have America's tastes adjusted to that slightly "burnt" flavor,so most younger people think that's normal and the way premium coffee is supposed to taste.

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
35. Good coffee: when it's ground it smells like a can of salmon cracked open...
Thu Nov 12, 2015, 11:37 AM
Nov 2015

A major trade mag aimed at coffee houses says that if you open a tin of plain old salmon, the smell is very close to high-grade coffee. A local Austin shop, Once Over, grinds their stuff and I get hungry, but not for coffee! Even the barristas doubted the counter-intuitive smell comparison, so I showed them the article in their own trade publication.

gejohnston

(17,502 posts)
8. I'll do what I have always done
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 12:56 PM
Nov 2015

make my own coffee, go to the one locally owned shop downtown, or get coffee from a gas station where I use my insulated reusable cup.
I don't care about their policy on guns or stupid cups. I can not bring myself to pay that much money for coffee and hipster chic.

doc03

(36,711 posts)
26. I went to Starbucks today and told them I was there because that a--hole Trump said
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 08:17 PM
Nov 2015

to boycott them.

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