Sweaty faces of the coffee-nitpickers

Oh, conservatives! Why must you be so batshit-insane?

...The Seattle coffee chain has raised some eyebrows over its "The Way I See It" campaign, which prints quotes from thinkers, authors, athletes and entertainers on the side of your morning machiatto. The goal, according to the company, is to foster philosophical debate in its 9,000-plus coffeehouses...

...The problem, critics say, is the company's list of overwhelmingly liberal contributors, including Al Franken, Melissa Etheridge, Quincy Jones, Chuck D. Of the 31 contributors listed on Starbucks' Web site, only one, National Review editor Jonah Goldberg, offers a conservative viewpoint...

Clearly caffeine trumps good ol' conservative values:

...Seth Hoffman, president of the Tampa Bay Young Republicans and an occasional Starbucks drinker, said he tries to avoid buying some "liberal" products, like Ben & Jerry's ice cream. He said Starbucks should consider using more conservative voices, but if they don't, he's unlikely to stay away...

In other words, "I would personally boycott your product, but I have a jones, so I'm going to call for coffee-cup affirmative action instead." How intellectually honest!

[Via Boing-Boing]