{"id":3755,"date":"2023-06-09T12:59:58","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T17:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=3755"},"modified":"2023-06-09T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T18:00:00","slug":"cracker-barrel-touts-rainbow-rockers-and-pride-message-a-middle-finger-to-customer-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=3755","title":{"rendered":"Cracker Barrel touts rainbow rockers and Pride message, a middle finger to customer base"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

First Chick-fil-A and now Cracker Barrel? The country store and restaurant chain has apparently learned nothing about knowing your customer base from the Bud Light fiasco in celebrating Pride Month, but it doesn\u2019t stop there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cracker Barrell shared a photo on Facebook of one of the rockers that traditionally sit in front of its stores with rainbow-colored slats, along with the message: \u201cWe are excited to celebrate Pride Month with our employees and guests. Everyone is always welcome at our table.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While a noble thought, the company does not recognize every demographic in America in a similar fashion. Actress Colette Harrington shared a photo of the pro-LGBTQ+ display asking what\u2019s going on with our government that\u2019s causing companies to surrender to the woke left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cracker Barrel has no idea who their costumer base is. They\u2019ve gone crackers, that\u2019s for sure! What is the government up to that\u2019s making all these companies give the middle finger to their costumers? CB this Bud\u2019s for you. Go woke go broke! pic.twitter.com\/P7NChs5VyA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Colette Harrington (@sweetcarolinatv) June 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

But it\u2019s not the government, it\u2019s corporate cowardice. Companies fearing the outcome of disappointing the intolerant left more than they do upsetting satisfied customers. The radical left cleverly instituted a woke scoring system<\/em> that may explain the madness. The social credit score on diversity and inclusion \u2014 Corporate Equality Index \u2014 is overseen by the pro-LGBTQ+ advocacy group Human Rights Campaign and is considered all-important by many companies that fear what a bad score might bring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On that note, HuffPost boasted of Cracker Barrell, \u201cThe company now has a diversity, equity and inclusion policy in place, scores an 80 on the Human Rights Campaign\u2019s corporate equality index.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe take no pleasure in reporting that @CrackerBarrel has fallen. A once family friendly establishment has caved to the mob,\u201d Texas Family Project tweeted, sharing screen grabs from the company\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We take no pleasure in reporting that @CrackerBarrel<\/a> has fallen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A once family friendly establishment has caved to the mob. pic.twitter.com\/IM0p1NT20S<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Texas Family Project (@FamilyProjectTX) June 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Cracker Barrel has indeed fully embraced left-wing diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, just as the Christian-based Chick-fil-A fast food chain has done<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under a subtitle labeled Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging at Cracker Barrel, the company\u2019s website states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We have a responsibility to live up to our mission of Pleasing People each day, ensuring that every member of our team and every guest feels at home, feels cared for like family, and feels like they belong. Also guiding our way is the sense of belonging we strive to deliver as part of our People Promise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our teams work hard to create a culture of hospitality that\u2019s welcoming, respectful and inclusive to everyone who walks through our doors. Our food and d\u00e9cor celebrate warm memories of the past, and our inclusive culture and beliefs help us make way for an even brighter future, together. Discrimination, overt or through unconscious bias, has no place at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The left took to Twitter en force to mock those who take exception to the wokeness<\/em> that\u2019s sweeping America today, undermining the traditional values that have always defined the country:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After the great gay purge of 1991, the gays have slowly infiltrated and taken over Cracker Barrel. We play the long game. pic.twitter.com\/kQhhbSrROm<\/a><\/p>— Alejandra Caraballo (@Esqueer_) June 9, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>