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People are often taken in by my MSM spoof reporter Todd Unctuous, then whenever he appears, sure enough, some MSM smart aleck comes along and almost makes Todd look smart.<\/p>\n

This time it\u2019s Michael Hiltzick writing in the LA Times here<\/a> about Chick-Fil-A\u2019s Dan Cathy \u2018getting involved in politics\u2019 when he expressed his opinion about gay marriage. I think Hiltzick must have gone to the same journalism course as Todd. He says Cathy was involved in politics?? Dan Cathy\u2019s comments were in a religious journal and on a religious radio show and the man never mentioned a politician, a political party, who to vote for or any particular legislation or political body. Neither is it shown that Chick-Fil-A or the Cathy family support any particular candidates or party or have ever interfered in politics in any way.<\/p>\n

Is this man and his company to be blamed for interfering in politics simply for being opposed to gay marriage? If so, then anyone who speaks publicly against this measure may be blamed for interfering in politics, and even if Mr Cathy was involved in politics why on earth would there be anything wrong in that? The whole political system in this country is run by businessmen who get involved in politics in one way or another. They\u2019re openly involved in funding candidates, backing political parties, funding lobbyists etc. Why should the owner of a restaurant chain not have the freedom to get involved in politics if he wants to, and why should he not get involved in an issue like gay marriage if he wants to?<\/p>\n

Where was the outcry when Ben and Jerry\u2019s named an ice cream<\/a> in support of gay marriage or Starbucks declared their corporate policy<\/a> (not just one executive\u2019s opinion) to be in favor of specific legislation supporting gay marriage. Why is Starbucks and Ben and Jerry\u2019s allowed to support specific legislation in support of gay marriage with corporate policies, public marketing decisions and explicit information and public relations exercises, but Mr Cathy and Chick-Fil-A must remain silent? Who was really getting involved in politics? Starbucks, Ben and Jerry\u2019s, Nike, Microsoft and other companies. They did so with public policy statements, \u2018values\u2019 statements and well funded propaganda.<\/p>\n

The equivalent of Starbuck\u2019s move would be for Chick-Fil-A to issue a public corporate policy statement in formal opposition to gay marriage and to fund measures to repeal it. An equivalent action by Chick-Fil-A to Ben and Jerry\u2019s marketing and publicity blitz would be for Chick-Fil-A to name a new sandwich \u2018The Mom and Dad Traditional Chicken Sandwich\u2019 with a marketing campaign saying, \u201cIf you support Mom and Dad not Dad and Dad\u2013then buy this sandwich, along with a media blitz to convince people to be against gay marriage.<\/p>\n

The hypocrisy, lying and mendacity of the current propaganda in this country is shocking. I\u2019m not the paranoid conspiracy theory type, but when you see such blatant lying and manipulation of the truth you can\u2019t help but fear for the future.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Meanwhile, in NYC the speaker of the city council sent a letter on official stationery urging a local college to kick Chick-Fil-A off campus. The story\u2019s here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"