So my little innocent guilty road side pleasure apparently is also mired with all sorts of political-y mess. First, it's very well known that C&B had some major issues with racism in the early 2000's. Though one of my friends puts it - It's the side of racism that makes the food taste soo good. They are also consistently ranked one of the worst places for anyone in the LGBT community to work in. In fact until the early millennium - they were very upfront on their preferred hiring practices of heterosexuals.
I am a total free market-ist, even after the recent financial tumbles. Everyone is an adult - act like it and be personally responsible for your actions. If you don't like something the company does - don't buy it. Vote with your dollars. One thing that my roommate and I actively did on this trip was buy gas from BP. While they did screw up royally with that oil well, compared to what past oil companies have done BP is at least attempting to show some corporate responsibility. So we voted with our dollars and drove a little further to buy gas from BP and not those evil commies from CITGO.
But how far am I willing to vote with my dollars ... am I willing to give up that clean restrooms, random candies from my childhood, and country fried steaks for something that C&B are sorta working on? That's something that I am going to chew on.