Why All the Hating on Starbucks?

[wolf]

I mean, I know they make crappy overpriced coffee and all that. But what it is about Starbucks that makes protesters destroy and loot their stores? Everytime there's a protest that turns into a riot, you're guaranteed to see a newsbox or a trash can go through the front window of a Starbucks?

Doesn't matter what the riot's about ... global warming, economics, sports team victories ... Starbucks takes the brunt. You almost don't want to be in or near a Starbucks for fear that a riot will break out in the vicinity and the store will get trashed while you're waiting for your Venti Mocha Half-Caf Skim Latte Frappacino with a little hint of cinnamon.

Starbucks is even run by the kind of West Coast Hippies that would support whatever it is that the protesters are protesting, I mean, shouldn't they be trashing things like Gucci stores, or someplace that sells sneakers made by half-blind, crippled, Indonesian, orphaned toddlers?