'If gays don't like it, they can choose another pasta': Barilla pasta faces global boycott after chairman says brand would never feature a homosexual

[mark_a]

They tried to boycott Chick-fil-a, and it didn’t work. There are a lot of people who have never heard of Barilla pasta but will now buy it.

I’ve heard of it, but until now have always bought what is on sale.

Three cheers for Barilla!!!

 

[SaintAugustine]

Google search “progressive pope” and see what you get. 20,600 hits

I didn’t ask you if people are calling him progressive. Is he pro-fife? Pro-gay “marriage?” Pro Socialism? How do you figure he is a progressive?

 

[Jeanne_S]

Google search “progressive pope” and see what you get. 20,600 hits

You are either poorly cathetized in your faith or you are intentionally stirring the pot! Either way as a Catholic,I don’t understand your comments.

 

[Jeffrey_David]

It seems that ppl that have Traditional Catholic beliefs are vilified… we/I i’m tired of of it… I hate the sin… not the sinner. I want eceryone to go to Heaven… but you cannot do that if you are a practicing homosexual… this accepting ‘gays’ so much so that the sin is accepted… is wrong… and needs to stop… I wish more businesses and ppl in general would do this. We’d have a much btter world IMO.

Its offensive to hold to the same belief that the Catholic Church teaches?

Its not offensive to me. If everybody had taken the same stand years ago then this whole gay marriage perversity would have never gotten as far as it has.

I applaud their action.

You say you won’t use it now only because of their incredible stupidity and that it has nothing to do with being PC. Then tell me this: Do you boycott every business that makes dumb decisions?

In fact, your decision has EVERYTHING to do with being PC because you do NOT boycott every business that makes dumb decisions

 

[pnewton]

I never used Barilla and definitely won’t now …

You can choose a different pasta. That is the market.

 

[pnewton]

Google search “progressive pope” and see what you get. 20,600 hits

This is the funniest thing I have read in a long time. It reminds me of that State Farm commercial. “They can’t put anything on the internet if it isn’t true.”

Bon jour!

When one keeps jumping off topic with points devoid of meaning and logic, it doesn’t speak well for the argument. Eat the pasta, or don’t.

 

[SaintAugustine]

This is the funniest thing I have read in a long time. It reminds me of that State Farm commercial. “They can’t put anything on the internet if it isn’t true.”

Bon jour!

When one keeps jumping off topic with points devoid of meaning and logic, it doesn’t speak well for the argument. Eat the pasta, or don’t.

 

[pnewton]

Quite frankly, I have no idea why anyone would make a point about not having any type of advertisement. I do not shop Penney’s because I do not want to expose my son to their ads, but I do the same for Victoria Secret and any sensual ads.

 

[99th_Monkey]

I didn’t ask you if people are calling him progressive. Is he pro-fife? Pro-gay “marriage?” Pro Socialism? How do you figure he is a progressive?

Spadaro asks Francis how his experience as a Jesuit superior affected him. Francis tells him, “My authoritarian and quick manner of making decisions led me to have serious problems and to be accused of being ultraconservative.” The pope insists, “I have never been a right-winger. It was my authoritarian way of making decisions that created problems.”
You can argue about the translation here, but no matter which term you use—ultraconservative, right-wing, authoritarian—it’s pretty obvious what kind of attitude Francis is rejecting.

 

[99th_Monkey]

You are either poorly cathetized in your faith or you are intentionally stirring the pot! Either way as a Catholic,I don’t understand your comments.

I don’t consider being progressive a bad thing. In fact, I would go so far as to say it is a good thing.

pro·gres·sive

adjective
1.
favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
making progress toward better conditions; employing or advocating more enlightened or liberal ideas, new or experimental methods, etc.: a progressive community.
characterized by such progress, or by continuous improvement.
( initial capital letter ) of or pertaining to any of the Progressive parties in politics.
going forward or onward; passing successively from one member of a series to the next; proceeding step by step.

 

[Jeffrey_David]

Ultraconservative is better then ultraliberal.

Spadaro asks Francis how his experience as a Jesuit superior affected him. Francis tells him, “My authoritarian and quick manner of making decisions led me to have serious problems and to be accused of being ultraconservative.” The pope insists, “I have never been a right-winger. It was my authoritarian way of making decisions that created problems.”
You can argue about the translation here, but no matter which term you use—ultraconservative, right-wing, authoritarian—it’s pretty obvious what kind of attitude Francis is rejecting.

 

[ishii]

I don’t consider being progressive a bad thing. In fact, I would go so far as to say it is a good thing.

pro·gres·sive

adjective
1.
favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
making progress toward better conditions; employing or advocating more enlightened or liberal ideas, new or experimental methods, etc.: a progressive community.
characterized by such progress, or by continuous improvement.
( initial capital letter ) of or pertaining to any of the Progressive parties in politics.
going forward or onward; passing successively from one member of a series to the next; proceeding step by step.

If you take a wrong turn and find yourself going in the wrong direction, true progress means going back and taking the right turn.

Funny how the word progressive is used to describe the stubborn reactionaries who oppose any reforms that might improve things. Such as those in charge of inner cities, those who insist our entitlements are not broken, bloated, and encourage dependency. Those who oppose reforms suggested by enlightened conservatives because they are afraid of losing the source of their power. I would not call them progressive at all.

Ishii

 

[bluerose]

Didn’t the CEO of Starbucks basically tell their anti-gay marriage customers that he didn’t want their business if they didn’t support gay marriage?

So what’s the big deal with Barilla saying the opposite?

 

[ishii]

Didn’t the CEO of Starbucks basically tell their anti-gay marriage customers that he didn’t want their business if they didn’t support gay marriage?

So what’s the big deal with Barilla saying the opposite?

There is a double standard among liberals. Deep down they are not tolerant of other views.

Ishii

 

[SaintAugustine]

Spadaro asks Francis how his experience as a Jesuit superior affected him. Francis tells him, “My authoritarian and quick manner of making decisions led me to have serious problems and to be accused of being ultraconservative.” The pope insists, “I have never been a right-winger. It was my authoritarian way of making decisions that created problems.”
You can argue about the translation here, but no matter which term you use—ultraconservative, right-wing, authoritarian—it’s pretty obvious what kind of attitude Francis is rejecting.

Nope. Nice try, though… And, you didn’t answer any part of my question. “Progressive” Catholics, in the popular use of the term, are pro-women’s ordination, pro-gay “marriage,” pro-choice, and generally prefer Socialism or at least a more expansive government than the Church teaches. I don’t see any evidence that Francis is any of these.

 

[99th_Monkey]

Didn’t the CEO of Starbucks basically tell their anti-gay marriage customers that he didn’t want their business if they didn’t support gay marriage?

So what’s the big deal with Barilla saying the opposite?

That’s what the right wing noise machine said. But he was responding to a shareholder:

In response to a shareholder’s question, Starbucks’ CEO responded:
“If you feel, respectfully, that you can get a higher return than the 38% you got last year, it’s a free country. You can sell your shares in Starbucks and buy shares in another company. Thank you very much.”
Here are the facts of the matter:

christianpost.com/news/did-starbucks-ceo-really-say-we-dont-want-your-business-92588/

 

[Jeffrey_David]

Because it doesn’t fit their agenda.

Didn’t the CEO of Starbucks basically tell their anti-gay marriage customers that he didn’t want their business if they didn’t support gay marriage?

So what’s the big deal with Barilla saying the opposite?

 

[99th_Monkey]

Nope. Nice try, though… And, you didn’t answer any part of my question. “Progressive” Catholics, in the popular use of the term, are pro-women’s ordination, pro-gay “marriage,” pro-choice, and generally prefer Socialism or at least a more expansive government than the Church teaches. I don’t see any evidence that Francis is any of these.

This may be the way “progressive” is understood in your circles, but I assure you that those who consider themselves such are not in lock step with your litany. Please don’t try and fit the pope into your narrow definition. It appears he’s trying to get past all the rhetoric and concentrate on the corporal and spiritual works of mercy.

 

[SaintAugustine]

This may be the way “progressive” is understood in your circles, but I assure you that those who consider themselves such are not in lock step with your litany. Please don’t try and fit the pope into your narrow definition. It appears he’s trying to get past all the rhetoric and concentrate on the corporal and spiritual works of mercy.

Uh huh… I don’t know how rhetoric has anything to do with being “progressive,” but I’m fine with leaving this where it is. You’ve given nothing to prove your point.

 

[pnewton]

Please don’t try and fit the pope into your narrow definition.

You don’t say! But didn’t you post…

No real Catholic can be a “progressive”.

Pot, meet kettle.

Maybe no one needs to be telling the Pope what his classification is. He is the chief to our indians.