I just want to start by saying this question is admittedly rather dumb, and half of it is based on anecdotal evidence, however, it's just honestly been confusing me why Starbucks appears in more political messaging/news than other corporations.

On the one hand, looking at the more local/individual level, Starbucks has always felt very liberal. By this I mean Conservatives hate or mock Starbucks seemingly way more than any other chain, and in my own experience, there is a large number of LGBT+ baristas working at Starbucks compared to other shops I have gone to in the past. Feel like I am wording this very poorly and I hope this isn't misconstrued, just to be clear I am not saying this because I have a problem with it, but when there is a high concentration of a small minority population in a certain area, it seems like there would be some reason/other factor accounting for this. And I also mean workers blatantly wearing pins or other clothing promoting BLM or LGBT+ inclusion.

That said I also feel like the corporation itself is hated by liberals more than other chains. There have been plenty of news stories recently about workers trying to Unionize stores and the corporation thwarting all efforts to do so. Reasonable for liberals to be against this, but there aren't the same type of outrage or news stories for places like Dunkin or Mcdonald's.

Okay so basically my question is, can anyone explain why Starbucks seems to attract more activist-type employees than other chains? Based solely on my personal anecdotal evidence, I hypothesize that the more liberal employee workforce is more willing and driven to unionize and make changes compared to others, so that's why there is more news coverage of them unionizing (or attempting to). I am just confused why the brand itself seems to attract a more liberal/activist individual.

Again this is a dumb question I know, please don't mock me.