From Tumblr, accompanied by a photo of a fat person sitting in a Chik-Fil-A char:
Chick-fil-A now has a white trash reputation that rivals Walmart
Congratulations, Dan Cathy
Chik-Fil-A is low-dollar, high calorie food. A basic chicken sandwich with medium fries, a carrot salad and an iced tea is north of 1300 calories. It don't cost much. And it's pretty much instantly available at the counter.
Chik-Fil-A fills a niche for working people who don't have much time, need to be careful with their money, and want to pick up some comforting, filling food in an environment that's a touch more attractive than your average fast food outlet.
If you're a physical laborer, you can come by in your truck on a lunch break and get a high-fat, high-carb, high-protein meal that will get you through the rest of the day.
If you're a senior who is counting pennies, this is a good place to go once a week.
If you're a single mom on your way to pick up the kids from your sister's place after working a shift on one of your two part time, modest pay jobs ... you can swing by Chik-Fil-A and get something that fits your budget and the kids' appetites.
Don Cathy knows his market:
He's not just selling "mor chikin."
He's selling comfort, dependability, even security to a population that is tired, harried, stressed out about money and fearful of change ...
Because for the last three decades, every time change has rolled along, it has brought them more pressure, less money and a generally less secure situation and lifestyle.
And people flock to it.
So, Chik Fil-A ain't open on Sundays.
Gays ain't welcome -- we're not that kind of place. We're your kind of place.
You aren't going to encounter any challenging menu items, challenging people, or challenging anything really. Chik Fil-A is here to comfort you, not challenge you.
The funny thing is that there was a time when the Left -- our activists, our institutions, our politicians -- were the ones who broadcast an appealing message to people who were harried, stressed out about money, who were tired or poor.
We once had a message:
"We're your kind of place. We're here to comfort you. We're gonna help you."
We kind of stopped doing that.
And ceded that whole message.
To the religious right.
To the Republican Party.
Now we're the party of Larry Summers, Robert Rubin, Erskine Bowles -- of Wall St. bankers, corporate CEOs, captains of industry, "savvy businessmen" ... I wonder what happened to our interest in regular people.
We really strayed