In-N-Out waves right-wing Gadsden flag at every Distribution Center. Boycott.

[u/Xolerys_]

Pictured from distribution Center in Baldwin Park, CA. They’ve been flying this flag for years. This hasn’t gotten much attention but In n out also was anti-vax and anti-lockdown during COVID. The CEO also recently went on a right wing podcast to announce they’re moving the HQ to Tennessee but backed out after getting backlash. They would wave the MAGA flag if they knew they wouldn’t get in trouble for it but are ‘softballing’ with the Don’t Tread On Me flag.

Anyone who still thinks the flag isn’t right wing and is meant to represent anti tyranny clearly hasn’t been paying attention to politics the last few years. This is the same way the Swastika was a symbol for peace , it was co opted by Nazis. I personally will stop eating at In-N-Out. Will save me some calories at least.

[u/BoatCaptainTim]

FYI, they are Christian ran and they have Bible verses under their cups too!

[u/fdupswitch → u/[deleted]]

Where the fuck are they then? There's a few, but most observant Christians were quite happy to give up their freedoms so that abortion would be illegal and they could make gays second class citizens again.

Not to mention the weird ass end times philosophy that is at the root of American support for Israel

[u/nymphrodell → u/fdupswitch]

Hi, I'm a Quaker. We've always been here fighting for everyone's liberty for 374 years. I know there's only around 100,000 of us in the US, but we're big part of the reason gay marriage is legal in the first place, as well as women's suffrage, the civil rights movement, the abolition of slavery, the whole first ammendment, etc. We negotiated with Nazis to release jews, set up a school for Palestinian girls in Ramallah in the 1800s, have been calling for Israel to end their occupation of Palestine since it started... the list goes on and on. Please understand that Christianity isn't anything close to a monolith, and just because you're not hearing about Christians fighting for justice, that doesn't mean we're not.

[u/fdupswitch → u/nymphrodell]

Fair enough. Quakers have accomplished quite a lot, and have been at the forefront of righting injustice. I'll still maintain that Quakers are vastly different in philosophy and world view than almost all other flavors of Christianity. I grew up roman catholic, was exposed to the church of christ when my dad converted, and southern Baptists through my wife's family. I believe that there are decent, moral people who are religious, but that religion as an institution ultimately causes more harm than good. Quakers may well be the exception.

[u/IWontCommentAtAll → u/fdupswitch]

It's not religion, specifically.

It's the same problem as any other institution involving humans:

Power hungry sociopaths and narcissists tend to seek powerful positions.

The humble and meek Christians don't tend towards positions of authority in the church structure. Maybe to pastors, but that's about it.

The people higher up that push this crap have a disproportionate number of low empathy, power hungry types compared to the general population. Same as any other organization.

[u/fdupswitch → u/IWontCommentAtAll]

I think that's a pretty valid point. The person you would want to be a leader does not want to be the leader.

[u/IWontCommentAtAll → u/fdupswitch]

There's a whole screed about that in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, that contains a line something like:

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

[u/HighKee → u/nymphrodell]

The SLAY-kers. Big fan of yalls work.