British chain Costa Coffee faces boycott calls over transgender illustration

[Social Media]

 

Costa Coffee is the United Kingdom’s largest coffee chain and the world’s second largest coffee chain after Starbucks.

 

Anti-LGBTQ social media users are threatening to boycott the world’s second-largest coffee chain after a photo of one of its mobile cafe vans, which bore an illustration of a transgender person, began to circulate online Monday.

The hashtag #BoycottCostaCoffee garnered traction after outspoken critics took issue with the illustration, which shows a trans person with scars from a double mastectomy, also known as top surgery. Others tweeted in support of the illustration, saying it brought visibility to trans people. It was not immediately clear when the illustration was first displayed or how many cafe vans it was printed on.  

 

James Esses, co-founder of the anti-trans group Thoughtful Therapists, told NBC News he learned of the cafe van mural when one of his followers sent him a photo of it through X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Esses posted the photo to his account Monday, writing to Costa Coffee, “Could you kindly explain why you are glorifying irreversible surgery,” among other comments.

 

 

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[JonnyF]

Scars from a double mastectomy to advertise coffee? Ridiculous. What's next? A set of gonads lying on a surgeon's table to advertise their scones?

 

Hopefully Costa Coffee go the same way as Bud Light. 

 

Go Woke, Go Broke.

 

https://nypost.com/2023/07/31/bud-light-distributors-no-longer-expect-sales-to-recover-from-dylan-mulvaney-disaster/

 

[Ralf001]

Costa Thailand... they vanished seemingly overnight a few years back didn't they ?

[jak2002003]

Seems like this anti trans society guy and his followers are the woke ones.  Getting so upset about an image on a van. ????

 

What next...nake a fuss about a picture of a man with long hair or a woman wearing trousers?

 

I hope they stay true to their word and stay out od the coffee shops. Other customers don't want to have people like that sitting next sitting next to them whole they enjoy their coffee.. 

 

These people should not get any support.  If they are anti trans you can bet they are anti gay, anti immigrant, anti Muslim and racist to boot. 

 

 

[JonnyF]

11 minutes ago, jak2002003 said:

Seems like this anti trans society guy and his followers are the woke ones.  Getting so upset about an image on a van. ????

 

What next...nake a fuss about a picture of a man with long hair or a woman wearing trousers?

 

I hope they stay true to their word and stay out od the coffee shops. Other customers don't want to have people like that sitting next sitting next to them whole they enjoy their coffee.. 

 

These people should not get any support.  If they are anti trans you can bet they are anti gay, anti immigrant, anti Muslim and racist to boot. 

 

 

Strawman.

 

Objecting to this is not anti trans at all. I just don't want cartoons of someone with scars from double mastectomy surgery staring me in the face when I drink a coffee.

 

I wouldn't want a cartoon of someone with scars from a liver transplant either, that doesn't make me anti alcohol. I wouldn't want a cartoon of someone with scars from breast enhancement surgery, that doesn't make me anti large baps. There's just no place for it in that environment, it's inappropriate. 

[jak2002003]

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

Strawman.

 

Objecting to this is not anti trans at all. I just don't want cartoons of someone with scars from double mastectomy surgery staring me in the face when I drink a coffee.

 

I wouldn't want a cartoon of someone with scars from a liver transplant either, that doesn't make me anti alcohol. I wouldn't want a cartoon of someone with scars from breast enhancement surgery, that doesn't make me anti large baps. There's just no place for it in that environment, it's inappropriate. 

Don't be such a snowflake...to be upset about a picture on the side of a van.  Do you really consider that picture with scars  graffic? ????

 

Anti trans group and anti LGBQ social media  is not about being anti trans?  

 

 

[Myran]

Naw, does the brigade need their safe space? Talk about being a snowflake, throwing a hissy-fit over an image.

[KhunLA]

What marketing genius thought of that ????

 

I await the aborted fetus on a soda pop can ????

[chickenslegs]

The original Tranny Van ...

[Jingthing]

Idiotic and dangerous bigotry.

They start with scapegoating trans people and even refusing to acknowledge even their existence. They intend and indeed are succeeding in making the lives of trans people as difficult as possible in many countries with a plethora of petty new tranparently vindictive laws. This is true EVIL.  Tip of the iceberg for who these bigots want to erase. They're obviously also after all LGBTQ people, racial minorities, etc.
Learn from history. 

Edited August 2, 2023 by Jingthing

[Jingthing]

4 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Scars from a double mastectomy to advertise coffee? Ridiculous. What's next? A set of gonads lying on a surgeon's table to advertise their scones?

 

Hopefully Costa Coffee go the same way as Bud Light. 

 

Go Woke, Go Broke.

 

https://nypost.com/2023/07/31/bud-light-distributors-no-longer-expect-sales-to-recover-from-dylan-mulvaney-disaster/

 

Go bigotry. Be a horrible person. 

No rhyme offered.

Edited August 2, 2023 by Jingthing

[JonnyF]

31 minutes ago, jak2002003 said:

Don't be such a snowflake...to be upset about a picture on the side of a van.  Do you really consider that picture with scars  graffic? ????

 

Anti trans group and anti LGBQ social media  is not about being anti trans?  

 

 

I'm not upset - I just don't think that having your breasts sliced off needs to be promoted by a company that sells coffee.

[Jingthing]

Just now, JonnyF said:

I'm not upset - I just don't think that having your breasts sliced off needs to be promoted by a company that sells coffee.

Doesn't need but doesn't matter either. Boycotting them over this is bigotry. Simple as that.

[JonnyF]

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

Doesn't need but doesn't matter either. Boycotting them over this is bigotry. Simple as that.

No it isn't.

 

Simple as that.

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, JonnyF said:

You missed Nazi and Fascist again ????.

 

I just prefer not to be reminded of surgery to remove body parts while having a cappuccino. 

Then look away. No need to boycott.

[Jingthing]

2 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

No it isn't.

 

Simple as that.

It definitely is. 

Let's say they showed a Jew.

And people supporting boycotting them because they showed a Jew.

According to you, that wouldn't be bigotry? I CALL B.S.

 

Yes, people do have the right to boycott whatever they want.

But not without consequences.

Not without exposing themselves as vile bigots if they are boycotting because they don't like a marketing depiction of a minority group that they hate.

Edited August 2, 2023 by Jingthing

[JonnyF]

Just now, Jingthing said:

It definitely is. 

Let's say they showed a Jew.

And people supporting boycotting them because they showed a Jew.

According to you, that wouldn't be bigotry? I CALL B.S.

Totally different. 

 

I have nothing against people who have breast enhancements. Actually I like them a lot. But I do not want to be reminded of breast enhancement surgery when having a coffee. Nothing to do with bigotry. It's inappropriate in that environment. All for the ego of some virtue signalling marketing pleb. 

 

I also dislike companies forcing their ideologies on their customers. Whether I agree with that ideology or not. I am a Catholic, but I would not support companies forcing Catholocism ideology down the throats of their customers. I guess that makes me a Catholic hater, even though I am Catholic... 

[JonnyF]

8 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Then look away. No need to boycott.

Why do I need to look away from images of breast removal when I enjoy a morning coffee? 

 

I'll just go somewhere else.

[Smokey and the Bandit]

The example of Bud Light that Johnny F made illustrates this perfectly. Just keep your customers happy, don't antagonize them with things that have nothing to do with the product you are manufacturing or selling;

The Bud Light disaster started with just one can with the face of Mulvaney on it? We all know what happened?

AB have lost $27 billions in market value. Why risk upsetting your customers?

[Jingthing]

12 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Totally different. 

 

I have nothing against people who have breast enhancements. Actually I like them a lot. But I do not want to be reminded of breast enhancement surgery when having a coffee. Nothing to do with bigotry. It's inappropriate in that environment. All for the ego of some virtue signalling marketing pleb. 

 

I also dislike companies forcing their ideologies on their customers. Whether I agree with that ideology or not. I am a Catholic, but I would not support companies forcing Catholocism ideology down the throats of their customers. I guess that makes me a Catholic hater, even though I am Catholic... 

It's not different. It's exactly the same.

It's "interesting" that you view depiction of a Jew as promoting Jewish "ideology" as if that's even a thing and boycotting because of a depiction of a Jew as a religious matter when it's obviously a racist matter.

Edited August 2, 2023 by Jingthing

[Jingthing]

8 minutes ago, Smokey and the Bandit said:

The example of Bud Light that Johnny F made illustrates this perfectly. Just keep your customers happy, don't antagonize them with things that have nothing to do with the product you are manufacturing or selling;

The Bud Light disaster started with just one can with the face of Mulvaney on it? We all know what happened?

AB have lost $27 billions in market value. Why risk upsetting your customers?

That's the fault of bigots not the company. 

[Jingthing]

12 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Why do I need to look away from images of breast removal when I enjoy a morning coffee? 

 

I'll just go somewhere else.

Irrational if you like their coffee but you're free to be irrational and you're also free to be a bigot.

[JonnyF]

Just now, Jingthing said:

Irrational if you like their coffee but you're free to be irrational and you're also free to be a bigot.

Just as you are free to be an angry, bitter individual who resorts to hurling insults around when they have clearly lost the debate. 

 

Not saying you are of course. Just that you are free to be, should you choose such a path. ????

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, JonnyF said:

Just as you are free to be an angry, bitter individual who resorts to hurling insults around when they have clearly lost the debate. 

 

Not saying you are of course. Just that you are free to be, should you choose such a path. ????

You're free to be a piece of work. 

[JonnyF]

6 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

That's the fault of bigots not the company. 

Actually it is the fault of the marketing VP for not understanding that their customer base does not wish to have trans ideology forced  upon them when they just want a refreshing drink. 

 

Go Woke, Go Broke.

[Kwaibill]

6 hours ago, Social Media said:

 

Costa Coffee is the United Kingdom’s largest coffee chain and the world’s second largest coffee chain after Starbucks.

 

Anti-LGBTQ social media users are threatening to boycott the world’s second-largest coffee chain after a photo of one of its mobile cafe vans, which bore an illustration of a transgender person, began to circulate online Monday.

The hashtag #BoycottCostaCoffee garnered traction after outspoken critics took issue with the illustration, which shows a trans person with scars from a double mastectomy, also known as top surgery. Others tweeted in support of the illustration, saying it brought visibility to trans people. It was not immediately clear when the illustration was first displayed or how many cafe vans it was printed on.  

 

James Esses, co-founder of the anti-trans group Thoughtful Therapists, told NBC News he learned of the cafe van mural when one of his followers sent him a photo of it through X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Esses posted the photo to his account Monday, writing to Costa Coffee, “Could you kindly explain why you are glorifying irreversible surgery,” among other comments.

 

 

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It could arguably be a cancer survivor after a double mastectomy. I doubt the “ boycott” will gain much traction.

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, JonnyF said:

Actually it is the fault of the marketing VP for not understanding that their customer base does not wish to have trans ideology forced  upon them when they just want a refreshing drink. 

 

Go Woke, Go Broke.

I call B.S.

It's not as if all their products had that imagery. 

 

[JonnyF]

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

You're free to be a piece of work. 

OOhhhhhhh. You really hurt my feelings ????. I'm a bit disappointed you didn't call me a Nazi though. Go on, you know you want to ????.

 

Meanwhile I maintain my position that companies should focus on selling a good product at a good price, and not pushing their own ideologies onto their customer base, no matter what that ideology is. 

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, Kwaibill said:

It could arguably be a cancer survivor after a double mastectomy. I doubt the “ boycott” will gain much traction.

It could. But the bigots will jump on the trans thing because that's the fashionable group to scapegoat and demonize these days. Sick sick hateful people.

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, JonnyF said:

OOhhhhhhh. You really hurt my feelings ????. I'm a bit disappointed you didn't call me a Nazi though. Go on, you know you want to ????.

 

Meanwhile I maintain my position that companies should focus on selling a good product at a good price, and not pushing their own ideologies onto their customer base, no matter what that ideology is. 

In other words -- white wash, straight wash, Christian wash, cis wash everything. The perfect dystopian world for the bigot brigade.