Starbucks Red Holiday Cup Controversy Brews

[IsaacNewton]

I love the sound of whiners in the morning. It smells like, victory.

 

[BlueGin]

How cute that liberals need to draw on their own red cups to feel nurtured and validated.

Maybe Barney can come to their house and tuck them in at night too.

You have no values. Your whole schtick is 'us vs them'. So solly buckwheat, you and your clan fail again, and again, and again. ..

Solly buckwheat? Is that a racist jab? Starbucks would frown upon that.

 

[Clementine]

They also put quotes from a stupid creationist on their cups. Are you Christian? If so, do you know lying is a sin?

So, sounds like others have a beef with them for another reason. It's kinda funny how many people on FB and other places jumped on this without knowing the full story.

And, no, I am not into religion. I just support those who do as long as they are nice.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Notice no 'christmas' decorations on the kettle either but you know kristians, they are sooo persecuted. Its almost like they are being fed to the lions. lol

I love it when Muslims are beheaded.

 

[Nosmo King]

I personally don't care. Starbucks had the right to not sell anything Christmas the same way a baker has a right to not make fag cakes.

Their loss. Starbucks is usually on my Christmas shopping list, but if they're going to join the War on Christmas, I'll cross them off the list.

How, precisely, is a red coffee cup involved in a "War on Christmas"?

Lol, no kidding! What about red ornaments? Why are people making an issue over this?

Culture, like science, is a sticky wicket for social Conservatives. Their outlook is shared with the old man on the corner who keeps your ball if it lands in his yard.

Motivated primarily by fear and suspicion, social Consertvatives will always embrace a boogeyman before joy. There must ALWAYS be something to be upset about. They have never lead popular culture and societal evolution. And their poor sence of history ensures the culture they want most never actually existed.

But this skirmish in the annual social Conservative contrived "War on Ghristmas' signals the end of the line for them.

No immorality to see here, folks! Just a paper cup.

 

[idb]

I personally don't care. Starbucks had the right to not sell anything Christmas the same way a baker has a right to not make fag cakes.

Their loss. Starbucks is usually on my Christmas shopping list, but if they're going to join the War on Christmas, I'll cross them off the list.

How, precisely, is a red coffee cup involved in a "War on Christmas"?

Lol, no kidding! What about red ornaments? Why are people making an issue over this?

Culture, like science, is a sticky wicket for social Conservatives. Their outlook is shared with the old man on the corner who keeps your ball if it lands in his yard.

Motivated primarily by fear and suspicion, social Consertvatives will always embrace a boogeyman before joy. There must ALWAYS be something to be upset about. They have never lead popular culture and societal evolution. And their poor sence of history ensures the culture they want most never actually existed.

But this skirmish in the annual social Conservative contrived "War on Ghristmas' signals the end of the line for them.

No immorality to see here, folks! Just a paper cup.

No immorality to see here, folks! Just a paper cup.

But...what you clearly fail to appreciate is that...it's a red paper cup...with no snowflake!!!

 

[Dana7360]

While I am not a religious man, I have understood the complaints of some conservatives over the past few years of department stores and other business bending over to political correctness by saying Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas. After all, it is the Christmas season that gives all of these retailers their end of year push so the way I look at it, don't bite the hand that feeds you. However, this year's "War on Christmas" has reached a new level of insanity.

The sight of red cups being handed out at Starbucks usually signifies the “most wonderful time of the year” is underway, but this year’s holiday season at Starbucks is already being marred by a red cup controversy.

While red cups of Starbucks past have featured holiday symbols like reindeer and ornaments, this year’s cup is plain.

When the cup was unveiled earlier this month, the coffee chain described it as having a, “two-toned ombré design, with a bright poppy color on top that shades into a darker cranberry below.”

“Starbucks has become a place of sanctuary during the holidays,” Jeffrey Fields, Starbucks vice president of design and content, said in a news release announcing the cup. “We’re embracing the simplicity and the quietness of it. It’s a more open way to usher in the holiday.”

Ever since the 2015 cup was released in U.S. and Canada stores Nov. 1, Starbucks customers have taken to the Internet to say they do not like the cup's “purity of design,” as Fields called it.

Joshua Feuerstein, who identifies himself as an “American evangelist, Internet and social media personality” on his website, posted a video on Facebook about the Starbucks cup that has been shared nearly 500,000 times.

In the video, the Arizona-based Feuerstein says he told baristas in a Starbucks that his name was Merry Christmas so they would write Merry Christmas on the red cup.

“I think in the age of political correctness we’ve become so open minded our brains have literally fallen out of our head,” Feuerstein says in the video. “I decided instead of simply boycotting, well why don’t we just start a movement.”

Starbucks Red Holiday Cup Controversy Brews

Joshua Feuerstein is the Christian extremists' version of Alex Jones. I would hope that most conservative Christians aren't buying into his nonsense. What do snowflakes and reindeer have to do with the birth of the Christ child anyway? I think sometimes westerners, particularly Americans, forget that Christmas is celebrated all over different parts of the world, many places where it's summer time in December. No snow, folks. It's got dick to do with the holiday. Their new cup design, however, is certainly indicative of the holiday. If you can't deal with that, well, don't go to Starbucks then.

As an agnostic I don't have a problem in general with people having their religious beliefs, but when Christians start whining about how atheists, agnostics, and others have a problem with them, well, look no further than asshats like Feuerstein to understand why.

I don't drink coffee and I really don't care about Starbucks but aren't the colors of the christian holiday red and green?

I just want to know how far these extremists are going to go. I mean they talk about freedom but they sure don't want anyone else to have it.

Isn't Starbucks a private company and can't they do whatever they want within our laws?

And what does a cup have to do with the christian holiday? I mean really, if you christians are going to be upset because products aren't christian enough for you then you people seriously need to get a life.

Oh and HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE TO EVERYONE!

May the Mother Goddess bless you all and all you love.

 

[IsaacNewton]

Besides, anyone claiming to be a 'Christian' doesn't possess any special powers to force anyone else to do anything. Yet their whole being is consumed with forcing others to do things.

Bad combination.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Anyone ever stop to consider that maybe they were trying to save money this year on the cups? Plain cups with only 2 colors are much cheaper than multi colored cups with designs on them.

 

[Arianrhod]

They live in fear. They are so afraid that someone might somehow get their feelings hurt, that it guides their entire thought structure.

It sure does. Anyone who can't live without the Jesus Snowflakes must be afraid to leave the house. How do you cope?

Look at this past weeks events at Yale. You see in that story what happens when kids are raised and taught by liberal academia to believe they have a right to never be offended.

So what's the excuse of these Christian Martyrs who can't survive without their Jesus Snowflakes? Who's teaching them to be perpetually outraged?

Well first of all, you know very well I am referring to liberals.
Second, I'm not a Christian.

Lastly, even after explaining it to you, you still miss the point completely (insert "swing-and-a-miss" smiley here) .

You've yet to explain who teaches Snowflake Christians how to be perpetually outraged. If you don't know, just say so. Since you're not a Christian, you can't be faulted for their thinskinnedness, just your own.

 

[Zander]

While I am not a religious man, I have understood the complaints of some conservatives over the past few years of department stores and other business bending over to political correctness by saying Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas. After all, it is the Christmas season that gives all of these retailers their end of year push so the way I look at it, don't bite the hand that feeds you. However, this year's "War on Christmas" has reached a new level of insanity.

The sight of red cups being handed out at Starbucks usually signifies the “most wonderful time of the year” is underway, but this year’s holiday season at Starbucks is already being marred by a red cup controversy.

While red cups of Starbucks past have featured holiday symbols like reindeer and ornaments, this year’s cup is plain.

When the cup was unveiled earlier this month, the coffee chain described it as having a, “two-toned ombré design, with a bright poppy color on top that shades into a darker cranberry below.”

“Starbucks has become a place of sanctuary during the holidays,” Jeffrey Fields, Starbucks vice president of design and content, said in a news release announcing the cup. “We’re embracing the simplicity and the quietness of it. It’s a more open way to usher in the holiday.”

Ever since the 2015 cup was released in U.S. and Canada stores Nov. 1, Starbucks customers have taken to the Internet to say they do not like the cup's “purity of design,” as Fields called it.

Joshua Feuerstein, who identifies himself as an “American evangelist, Internet and social media personality” on his website, posted a video on Facebook about the Starbucks cup that has been shared nearly 500,000 times.

In the video, the Arizona-based Feuerstein says he told baristas in a Starbucks that his name was Merry Christmas so they would write Merry Christmas on the red cup.

“I think in the age of political correctness we’ve become so open minded our brains have literally fallen out of our head,” Feuerstein says in the video. “I decided instead of simply boycotting, well why don’t we just start a movement.”

Starbucks Red Holiday Cup Controversy Brews

Joshua Feuerstein is the Christian extremists' version of Alex Jones. I would hope that most conservative Christians aren't buying into his nonsense. What do snowflakes and reindeer have to do with the birth of the Christ child anyway? I think sometimes westerners, particularly Americans, forget that Christmas is celebrated all over different parts of the world, many places where it's summer time in December. No snow, folks. It's got dick to do with the holiday. Their new cup design, however, is certainly indicative of the holiday. If you can't deal with that, well, don't go to Starbucks then.

As an agnostic I don't have a problem in general with people having their religious beliefs, but when Christians start whining about how atheists, agnostics, and others have a problem with them, well, look no further than asshats like Feuerstein to understand why.

Why do you assume that Christians are conservative?

 

[idb]

Anyone ever stop to consider that maybe they were trying to save money this year on the cups? Plain cups with only 2 colors are much cheaper than multi colored cups with designs on them.

That's the least likely explanation.

The most likely one is that they hate Christians...obviously.

 

[Pogo]

Let's face it, this is all the contrivance of a gadfly attention whore frothing at the mouth trying to brew a grande pseudo-issue where none existed, since Starbucks has never festooned their cups with Christianist symbols anyway. And he completely made up the bit about the baristas not being allowed to espress "Merry Christmas". It's groundless.

In other words he's a liar, not to mention a drip and a basket case. Why anyone would take this ugly mug seriously and allow it to percolate as if it's an actual issue makes the cup of one's incredulity runneth over. What Sumatra with these people? It doesn't amount to a hill of ..... what is the word....

 

[idb]

Let's face it, this is all the contrivance of a gadfly attention whore frothing at the mouth trying to brew a grande pseudo-issue where none existed, since Starbucks has never festooned their cups with Christianist symbols anyway. And he completely made up the bit about the baristas not being allowed to espress "Merry Christmas". It's groundless.

In other words he's a liar, not to mention a drip and a basket case. Why anyone would take this ugly mug seriously and allow it to percolate as if it's an actual issue makes the cup of one's incredulity runneth over. What Sumatra with these people? It doesn't amount to a hill of ..... what is the word....

**Phew**...you deserve a badge for effort alone.

 

[Pogo]

Let's face it, this is all the contrivance of a gadfly attention whore frothing at the mouth trying to brew a grande pseudo-issue where none existed, since Starbucks has never festooned their cups with Christianist symbols anyway. And he completely made up the bit about the baristas not being allowed to espress "Merry Christmas". It's groundless.

In other words he's a liar, not to mention a drip and a basket case. Why anyone would take this ugly mug seriously and allow it to percolate as if it's an actual issue makes the cup of one's incredulity runneth over. What Sumatra with these people? It doesn't amount to a hill of ..... what is the word....

**Phew**...you deserve a badge for effort alone.

Just wanted to ... vente.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Why do you assume that Christians are conservative?

The liberal ones wouldn't be whining about this.

 

[BlueGin]

Besides, anyone claiming to be a 'Christian' doesn't possess any special powers to force anyone else to do anything. Yet their whole being is consumed with forcing others to do things.

Bad combination.

Sounds more like liberals.

 

[BlueGin]

Let's face it, this is all the contrivance of a gadfly attention whore frothing at the mouth trying to brew a grande pseudo-issue where none existed, since Starbucks has never festooned their cups with Christianist symbols anyway. And he completely made up the bit about the baristas not being allowed to espress "Merry Christmas". It's groundless.

In other words he's a liar, not to mention a drip and a basket case. Why anyone would take this ugly mug seriously and allow it to percolate as if it's an actual issue makes the cup of one's incredulity runneth over. What Sumatra with these people? It doesn't amount to a hill of ..... what is the word....

Festooned?

 

[Arianrhod]

Besides, anyone claiming to be a 'Christian' doesn't possess any special powers to force anyone else to do anything. Yet their whole being is consumed with forcing others to do things.

Bad combination.

Sounds more like liberals.

From inside an echo chamber.

 

[BlueGin]

Besides, anyone claiming to be a 'Christian' doesn't possess any special powers to force anyone else to do anything. Yet their whole being is consumed with forcing others to do things.

Bad combination.

Sounds more like liberals.

From inside an echo chamber.

Make me a cake or I will sue you. Make me a pizza or we will send you death threats. Stop talking about hypothetical halloween costumes or we will pee our pants and revolt.....