Chick-fil-A stores are popping up in Manhattan and one of the uppity liberals who writes for The New Yorker isnt happy. Dan Piepenbring has written a vicious piece denouncing the popular chain for everything from its Christian ownership to its adorable cow ads. In Chick-fil-As Creepy Infiltration of New York City" he gripes that the fast-food giant is replacing mom-and-pop restaurants in NYC. But where was he when McDonalds and Starbucks started replacing them?
The truth is Piepenbring wouldnt be attacking Chick-fil-A if its WinShape Foundation hadnt donated to causes dedicated to the sanctity of marriage. He uses it as a ruse to attack all kinds of things about the chain absurd things. He exaggerates the Christian aspects of Chick-fil-A portraying them as annoying in-your-face features of the chain.
He refers to this derisively as pervasive Christian traditionalism." He cannot hide his contempt for Christians. But for the average person eating at Chick-fil-A they likely wouldnt notice much of a difference between the chain and a McDonalds.
He is disgusted that Chick-fil-As headquarters in Atlanta is adorned with Bible verses and a statue of Jesus washing a disciples feet." But again the average person eating at the chain would not see this.
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Chick-fil-A stores are popping up in Manhattan and one of the uppity liberals who writes for The New Yorker isnt happy. Dan Piepenbring has written a vicious piece denouncing the popular chain for everything from its Christian ownership to its adorable cow ads. In Chick-fil-As Creepy Infiltration of New York City" he gripes that the fast-food giant is replacing mom-and-pop restaurants in NYC. But where was he when McDonalds and Starbucks started replacing them?
The truth is Piepenbring wouldnt be attacking Chick-fil-A if its WinShape Foundation hadnt donated to causes dedicated to the sanctity of marriage. He uses it as a ruse to attack all kinds of things about the chain absurd things. He exaggerates the Christian aspects of Chick-fil-A portraying them as annoying in-your-face features of the chain.
He refers to this derisively as pervasive Christian traditionalism." He cannot hide his contempt for Christians. But for the average person eating at Chick-fil-A they likely wouldnt notice much of a difference between the chain and a McDonalds.
He is disgusted that Chick-fil-As headquarters in Atlanta is adorned with Bible verses and a statue of Jesus washing a disciples feet." But again the average person eating at the chain would not see this.
Read the rest of the article at The Stream