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Posted: 2023-06-09T08:57:16Z | Updated: 2023-06-09T12:35:30Z

Conservatives are having a kitten over Cracker Barrels embrace of Pride Month and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

The outrage adds the country store and restaurant chain to the string of companies and products being canceled by the right for being too woke, joining the likes of Chick-fil-A , Bud Light , Target , Kohls , The North Face , Lego and more.

One conservative group declared that Cracker Barrel has fallen because of the companys fairly conventional nod to inclusion and diversity:

We take no pleasure in reporting that @CrackerBarrel has fallen.

A once family friendly establishment has caved to the mob. pic.twitter.com/IM0p1NT20S

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We take no pleasure in reporting that @CrackerBarrel has fallen.

A once family friendly establishment has caved to the mob. pic.twitter.com/IM0p1NT20S

Texas Family Project (@FamilyProjectTX) June 8, 2023

Right-wingers were also triggered by an image the company posted on its social media channels showing its porch full of rocking chairs, with one featuring a rainbow pattern in the slats: