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HAMMER: On Chick-Fil-A, Political Tribalism, And The Need For National Solidarity

Josh Hammer
HAMMER: On Chick-Fil-A, Political Tribalism, And The Need For National Solidarity
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Earlier this week, erstwhile culinary icon of Southern-inspired cultural conservatism Chick-fil-A kowtowed to the hectoring bullies of radical LGBT activism and announced that it would henceforth refrain from donating to such deeply polarizing and horrifyingly conservative Christian organizations as … the Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Apparently, a mere organizational affiliation with Christianity in the year 2019 suffices to incite “homophobic” or “transphobic” smears from the secularist outrage mob.

Far be it from me to tell a private company that it has made a poor business decision, but the reality is that Chick-fil-A has all but assuredly made a poor business decision. As many in the commentariat class have pointed out, Chick-fil-A’s business model has only increasingly flourished as the Left’s attacks against it have contemporaneously amplified. The predictable result of Chick-fil-A’s corporate cowardice will only be the alienation of the company’s core supporters and the failure to appease its insatiable foes on the Left.

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