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Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« on: April 19, 2016, 11:19:29 PM »
Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
http://www.kvue.com/news/local/whole-foods-the-cake-is-a-fake/143150082

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AUSTIN - Whole Foods, Inc. is fighting back with legal action and security video it says contradicts an Austin pastor’s claim that he received a cake from the company's flagship store Downtown that had a gay slur on it.

"For me, it was humiliating," Jordan Brown said Monday in a news conference as he held back tears.

The openly gay pastor said he ordered a cake with the phrase "Love Wins" on it last Thursday and instead got a cake with the message and an additional slur.

This sounds like a hoax about the Jordan Brown's claim.
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Re: Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2016, 11:25:06 PM »
Quote from: Ptarmigan on April 19, 2016, 11:19:29 PM
Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
http://www.kvue.com/news/local/whole-foods-the-cake-is-a-fake/143150082

I smelled a rat with this one.

One only has to look at the cake to tell. The word fag is not as perfect as the wording on the top. He only checked the cake "much later". I've ordered cakes and have always been asked to check before taking it to the register. Also the letter is situated nicely along the top giving him a perfect blank space to write in fag after the fact.

My guess is he is just another queer trying to cause a stink where there is none or he was looking for a payday.
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Re: Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2016, 06:48:52 AM »
From the linked article:

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Whole Foods released the following statement Tuesday:
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We stand behind our bakery team member, who is part of the LGBTQ, and we appreciate the team members and shoppers who recognize that this claim is completely false and directly contradicts Whole Foods Market’s inclusive culture, which celebrates diversity.

To be honest, I'm kind of glad this was tried on a Prog pop-culture icon, and that the employee who worked on the cake is a member of the relevant PC "community". I loath false accusers, but the irony in this is delicious, and may have the salutary effect of making Libs & Progs more careful about reflexively believing hate-crime stories.

Has this been posted/discussed on DU yet. It could yield some really entertaining ideological tap-dancing.
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Re: Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2016, 08:54:41 AM »
Getting that Johnnie Cochran vibe.

"The cake is a fake, which Whole Foods did not make."
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Re: Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2016, 02:24:19 PM »
Are there any pictures of the cake where it isn't blurred out?
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Re: Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2016, 03:06:08 PM »
Quote from: Duke Nukum on April 20, 2016, 02:24:19 PM
Are there any pictures of the cake where it isn't blurred out?

Both breitbart and thr blaze have images of it
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Re: Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2016, 12:10:25 PM »
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Re: Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2016, 02:21:07 PM »
Quote from: Big Dog on April 20, 2016, 08:54:41 AM
Getting that Johnnie Cochran vibe.

"The cake is a fake, which Whole Foods did not make."

Thats sounds more like Dr. Seuss than Johnnie Cochran.
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Re: Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2016, 03:37:42 PM »
Quote from: FlaGator on April 21, 2016, 02:21:07 PM
Thats sounds more like Dr. Seuss than Johnnie Cochran.

I see what you mean, and I prefer Dr. Seuss.

Would you, could you, with a cake?
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Re: Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2016, 03:46:50 PM »
Quote from: Big Dog on April 21, 2016, 03:37:42 PM
I see what you mean, and I prefer Dr. Seuss.

Would you, could you, with a cake?

With a Cake I could not bake, but a pie, I could try.  :-)
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Re: Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2016, 04:50:57 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on April 21, 2016, 03:46:50 PM
With a Cake I could not bake, but a pie, I could try.  :-)

But why a pie?
Why a pie, ask I?
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Re: Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2016, 05:14:05 PM »
Quote from: Big Dog on April 21, 2016, 04:50:57 PM
But why a pie?
Why a pie, ask I?

Yours is not to question why. Yours is but to eat said pie.
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Re: Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« Reply #12 on: April 25, 2016, 07:21:25 PM »
Pastor in Whole Foods cake fight sued over student debt, records show
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/pastor-in-whole-foods-cake-fight-sued-over-student/nq8RJ/

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The pastor at the center ofa legal fight with Whole Foodsover a cake with an anti-gay slur written on it is already embroiled in a separate lawsuit that accuses Jordan Brown of defaulting on about $27,000 in student loans.

Brown, a gay pastor at the Church of Open Doors in Austin,filed a lawsuit on Monday against Whole Foods, accusing the Austin-based grocery chain of writing an anti-gay slur on a cake he ordered from the flagship store on Lamar Boulevard earlier this month. The suit, filed by Brown’s attorney Austin Kaplan, requests a jury trial and seeks unspecified damages and monetary relief for mental anguish, court costs and other expenses.

Whole Foods on Tuesday filed a countersuit against Brown, saying store officials investigated Brown’s allegation and determined that he made fraudulent claims.

An attempted shakedown.

Looks more like a flake every day.
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Re: Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« Reply #13 on: April 25, 2016, 10:59:29 PM »
Quote from: Ptarmigan on April 25, 2016, 07:21:25 PM
An attempted shakedown.

I am glad to see Wholefoods not lying down and taking it with the counter-suit they filed. Thanks for the update Ptarmigan !
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Re: Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« Reply #14 on: April 26, 2016, 06:26:31 AM »
Going by the timings indicated in the OP article, it looks like the lavender "pastor" filed suit on Monday. I'm guessing his thought was, they're a big corporation, they can afford it, and they'll just pay me a couple $100K to buy legal peace. Easy $$, student loan paid, with several months' rent (and :stoner: ?) to spare. Then Whole Paycheck didn't play the game as he planned it for them ...
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Re: Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« Reply #15 on: April 26, 2016, 02:49:59 PM »
Quote from: Big Dog on April 21, 2016, 04:50:57 PM
But why a pie?
Why a pie, ask I?

You ask why a pie? The cake is a lie, that's why.
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Re: Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« Reply #16 on: April 26, 2016, 03:47:46 PM »
Quote from: dutch508 on April 21, 2016, 05:14:05 PM
Yours is not to question why. Yours is but to eat said pie.

 :cheersmate:
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Re: Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« Reply #17 on: April 26, 2016, 03:48:15 PM »
Quote from: Zathras on April 26, 2016, 02:49:59 PM
You ask why a pie? The cake is a lie, that's why.

 :cheersmate:
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Re: Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« Reply #18 on: April 26, 2016, 03:58:15 PM »
Quote from: FlaGator on April 21, 2016, 02:21:07 PM
Thats sounds more like Dr. Seuss than Johnnie Cochran.

How about "If the icing does not fit, you must acquit!"
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Re: Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« Reply #19 on: May 16, 2016, 06:14:58 PM »
Texas pastor who accused Whole Foods of gay slur on cake drops suit, apologizes
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/05/16/texas-pastor-who-accused-whole-foods-gay-slur-on-cake-drops-suit-apologizes.html

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The Texas pastor who sued Whole Foods in April for allegedly writing a gay slur on a cake he bought withdrew his lawsuit on Monday and apologized to the supermarket chain for perpetrating a hoax, KVUE reported.

"The company did nothing wrong," openly gay pastor Jordan Brown wrote in a Monday statement. "I was wrong to pursue this matter and use the media to perpetuate this story."

Brown said in April that he requested a cake from Whole Foods with the phrase “Love Wins” written on it, but when he received his cake there was a homophobic remark added. Brown made the accusation in an Internet video and launched a lawsuit shortly thereafter.

I knew it all along. It was a hoax! BUSTED!
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Re: Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« Reply #20 on: May 16, 2016, 06:16:58 PM »
Quote from: Ptarmigan on May 16, 2016, 06:14:58 PM
Texas pastor who accused Whole Foods of gay slur on cake drops suit, apologizes
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/05/16/texas-pastor-who-accused-whole-foods-gay-slur-on-cake-drops-suit-apologizes.html

I knew it all along. It was a hoax! BUSTED!

Of course it was a hoax, just like 99.99% of the alleged hate crimes are. He only apologizes because he is hoping Whole Foods will drop their countersuit.
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Re: Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« Reply #21 on: May 16, 2016, 06:17:55 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on May 16, 2016, 06:16:58 PM
Of course it was a hoax, just like 99.99% of the alleged hate crimes are. He only apologizes because he is hoping Whole Foods will drop their countersuit.

Whole Foods should sue.
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Re: Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« Reply #22 on: May 16, 2016, 06:41:29 PM »
Quote from: Ptarmigan on May 16, 2016, 06:17:55 PM
Whole Foods should sue.

Um, they had already filed their countersuit shortly after the ass lied .
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Re: Whole Foods: The cake is a fake
« Reply #23 on: May 17, 2016, 09:02:53 AM »
Quote from: thundley4 on May 16, 2016, 06:41:29 PM
Um, they had already filed their countersuit shortly after the ass lied .

This is pretty much an admission of guilt, then.
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