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Is it possible for Chic-fil-a to ever redeem itself in your eyes?
If they fired everyone involved with every controversy and started donating every cent of profit to LGBT charity groups, would you say they were a good company, or is it once tainted always tainted.
Chic-fil-a has made a lot of changes in the past decade and a half, and I'm of the opinion that, if no amount of self reflection and change can ever make us reconsider our condemnation, then there's no reason for anything to try and change, as it won't stop the hate.
Not that Chic-fil-a is perfect, but I would argue they are now as good or better than any other fast food chain we're not actively hating on. They actually pay their employees more than minimum wage and give them one guaranteed weekend day off if nothing else.
So why continue to put them down now that it's "mission accomplished?" If the goal was for them to change, and they have, it seems that we should bring them back into the fold, no?
For me it would either take a reversal of all the bullshit deregulation of campaign finance laws, or for all the bigots in the Cathy family to be ousted entirely.
I honestly haven't been following them.
Did they ever admit fault? That's big for me. An explicit "we were wrong"
That's the big thing for me. To be forgiven, you must first apologize. Then you must make amends.
And yes, for some harms, there are no amends great enough.
I think redemption is possible, but I'm skeptical. Will definitely look into this more.
A very important point that we should all remember. It's critical to continue a no-tolerance policy of intolerance, but to accept those who want to change.
I'm not running to Chick-fil-A anytime soon but the point remains.