Katoi was pretty much Detroit’s hottest, new restaurant when there was a fire one evening, shutting it down for a few months. As it prepared to open again, the restaurant owners came under fire (who/what *isn’t* under fire for something nowadays), and there came a tide of hate from the LGBT community with all of the vicious political agendists claiming the name “Katoi” is offensive because it apparently sounds like something that means something ‘offensive’ in some other part of the world. So the restaurant now takes the name “Takoi.” And folks keep letting these bullies win. To quote:
The name change comes after owners were approached by some in the community who felt the word “Katoi,” which comes from the Thai word “Kathoey” was an offensive term for transgender women.
Restaurant co-owner Courtney Henriette said the word means “ladyboy,” which is commonly referred to in Thailand as a transgender woman or an effeminate male.
I am told by someone who immigrated from that part of the world that the term referred to gays in the Thai community, a usage that preceded any reference to a “transgender” male. I did chuckle when I noted that the restaurant’s website still points to “katoi.“
#1: Hank Rearden To: Deckard (#0)
Poopushers uber alles, right?
Hank Rearden posted on 2017-08-27 14:01:26 Reply Private Reply
#2: Deckard To: Hank Rearden (#1)
Deckard posted on 2017-08-27 15:14:36 Reply Private Reply
#3: Vicomte13 To: Deckard (#2)
Businesses have decided that it is better for business to not get into a fight about this. They want to sell meals and make money, and they are not willing to sacrifice their profits to "take a stand" - an unrewarding stand - over some feature of American politics.
If social conservatives who hate the "gay bullies" were willing to give money to the businesses that stand against them they would start to win. That bakery that has hundreds of thousands in legal bills and fines for refusing to the make the gay wedding cake. There are, supposedly, millions of conservatives who oppose the gay agenda. Well, if every time one of these stories emerged, three million conservatives sent a dollar apiece to the besieged company, it would cost conservatives maybe 300 dollars a year, and it would make EACH of these targets of the gays into overnight millionaires, essentially EMPOWERING EVERYBODY who stood up to the gays, and ENCOURAGE the fight.
People would take the provocative anti-gay agenda stance because they would be rewarded with a payout. There would be more and more of it.
This is obvious. So, why hasn't it happened.
Ah - MONEY. The first principles of the conservative right - for all of its pious intonations about morality - is money. If you want people to fight, you have to make it lucrative for them to do so. Otherwise they will choose the easier course.
It's simple and it's sane.
Vicomte13 posted on 2017-08-28 11:15:46 Reply Private Reply