Trump Fans Are Making A “Statement” To Starbucks By Ordering With Trump’s Name

[GMDino]

And liberals are whiny?

https://www.buzzfeed.com/juliareinstein/trump-cup?bffbmain&ref=bffbmain&utm_term=.jvLGGg0Wa#.tpdaagrjd

Quote:Trump supporters are ordering Starbucks under Trump’s name to make a “statement” to the coffee company.

 

The trend was apparently started by Twitter user @bakedalaska on Thursday. Since then, many supporters have ordered “Trump cups” and shared them online.


@bakedalaska, a former BuzzFeed employee, told his supporters to “1) Go to Starbucks & tell them your name is Trump and 2) If they refuse take video.”

As the #TrumpCup hashtag spread on Twitter, many right-wing accounts began circulating a video claiming one Starbucks location called the cops on a man who ordered with Trump’s name.

BuzzFeed News could not verify the source of the video or details of the event.

This alleged incident only sparked more cups. “If we want Trump written on our cups don’t call the cops! Feel free to boycott Starbucks after this,” one woman wrote.
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Quote:[/url]Irma Hinojosa ?? @latinaafortrump
If we want Trump written on our cups don't call the cops! Feel free to boycott Starbucks after this. Even Kanye wants to #MAGA!#TrumpCup
11:46 AM - 18 Nov 2016

A spokesperson for Starbucks told BuzzFeed News they do not require baristas to write or call out customer names.

“Over the years, writing customer names on cups and calling out their names has been a fun ritual in our stores,” the spokesperson said. “Rarely has it been abused or taken advantage of. We hope and trust that our customers will continue to honor that tradition.”

This isn’t the first time Trump supporters have spoken out against the coffee giant.


Earlier this month, Starbucks released limited-edition green cups meant to “celebrate community” “during a divisive time in our country.”

Many people, thinking it was a replacement for the company’s red holiday cups, got really offended.

The actual holiday cups — which, yes, are red — were released a week later.

On the other hand, many people are pointing out that buying Starbucks coffee to protest Starbucks doesn’t seem like the most well-thought-out protest.

Quote:Erin Burr, sir @erinscafe
Ah yes, the rarely seen protest strategy of giving a company your money to show you don't support them.
12:43 PM - 18 Nov 2016

Quote:Philip Lewis 

@Phil_Lewis_
Y'all are protesting Starbucks...by buying Starbucks?

Y'all are new to this protest thing, huh https://twitter.com/bakedalaska/status/799487115621007360 …
2:36 PM - 18 Nov 2016 · Detroit, MI

Quote:Patrick Monahan 

@pattymo
Attention #TrumpCup crew - wearing a diaper to Starbucks owns the Libs even harder!!!! And buy like 10 coffees, to really show em!!!!!
1:44 PM - 18 Nov 2016

Quote:ssica Valenti 

@JessicaValenti
Buying lots of Starbucks will sure show Starbucks https://twitter.com/CNN/status/799667238089424896 …
1:34 PM - 18 Nov 2016

The creator of the trend later wrote on Twitter that he didn’t consider the movement a “protest,” but a statement.

“America loves Starbucks and we used [Starbucks] as an example as how we want to make America great again and show respect for our president and our country,” he wrote in part.

And, of course, some people are just trolling now.
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Quote:
good opinion haver @pharmasean
Told barista to write "Trump", got this instead. I'm gonna boycott Starbucks & go back every day & try this again til they stop! #TrumpCup
9:36 AM - 18 Nov 2016

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Quote:
NotReadytoMakeNice @womanontheleft
The only rule was Trump had to be on it, right? My #Trumpcup
8:12 AM - 18 Nov 2016

This isn’t the first time this week Trump supporters have made headlines in Starbucks. A Florida man went viral on Wednesday after he berated a black Starbucks employee for what he called “anti-white discrimination.”

Quote:[url=https://twitter.com/Jbdcl]orge dc @Jbdcl
#trump supporter in #miami @Starbucks attacks & threatens patrons & staff bc coffee took too long, blames anti-white "discrimination"
5:05 PM - 16 Nov 2016

A witness said the man was angry that his order took too long.

The man told the Miami Herald he had “had a bad day” and has since apologized to the employee, though he later said he was “racially discriminated against” and may sue Starbucks.

[JustWinBaby]

(11-19-2016, 09:03 PM)GMDino Wrote: And liberals are whiny?

Were you expecting someone to disagree with you?

[fredtoast]

Lots of trump supporters drinking barista spit and other nasty stuff.

[JustWinBaby]

Wouldn't "anti-white discrimination" mean someone opposes discriminating against whites?

I guess it must be sorta like "reverse racism" doesn't mean the opposite of racism.

[JustWinBaby]

(11-20-2016, 11:52 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Lots of trump supporters drinking barista spit and other nasty stuff.

Well, they're drinking Starbucks coffee...that's already pretty nasty stuff

[BmorePat87]

First "Happy Holidays" and now the theater kids are picking on them. Do Trump and his supporters need safe spaces?

Seriously, though, if it bothers you that a company doesn't focus on only one holiday out of the many celebrated in a short period of time, you may need to reevaluate somethings in your life. It's a damn cup, not a law.

[BmorePat87]

(11-20-2016, 07:38 PM)JustWinBaby Wrote: Wouldn't "anti-white discrimination" mean someone opposes discriminating against whites?

I guess it must be sorta like "reverse racism" doesn't mean the opposite of racism.

"anti-white" hyphenated reads (to me) as discrimination against anyone who isn't white.

"anti white discrimination" reads (to me) as someone opposes discriminating against whites. 

I think the guy should have said "white discrimination" or just said the guy was "anti-white". This is Florida, though, so we're not working with the sharpest tools in the shed. 

[Mike M (the other one)]

Beats Rioting... :)