Pointing out bigots does not create them. They were being bigots and doing bigoted things before they were exposed to the public eye. I’m very liberal and touchy-feely, but even I don’t buy into what you are asking people to believe. Bigots grow where they are not called out. Bigots multiply if we are silent and never speak out against them. It’s how they teach it to the next generation. If you think the freedom and equality we do enjoy in this country today came about through silent mediation, you need to read some history books. Money is power, and “power cedes nothing without demand”.
Daneyul can imagine busses of homophobes stopping at Chik-fil-a on their way to the movie in some kind of backlash, but that doesn’t prove it actually happening on a regular basis, or in any substantial numbers. Regardless of how badly the mayor of Boston handled it, Chik-fil-a will have a far harder time opening new stores above the bible belt/mason-dixon line due to the negative publicity they got.
