Who still supports BLM after this?
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Who still supports BLM after this?
"'BLM Now': Man arrested after photo of kneeling on White toddler's neck goes viral"
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The city of Safety Harbor which is the next city over from me on the shores of Tampa Bay just put up a BLM sign in front of city hall. It's kind of an artsy community with concerts in the park and street festivals all the time so I'm not surprised by the virtue signalling.
On the NextDoor website for our neighborhood which I subscribe to someone posted about how proud they were of the city council for posting the sign and you wouldn't believe the vitriol going back and forth with lots of name calling ("racist", "karen", etc). I posted myself and asked when we should expect to start hearing about SHOT (Safety Harbor Occupied Territory).
Funny thing is, I'll bet there aren't even 10 black people living in that city.
On the NextDoor website for our neighborhood which I subscribe to someone posted about how proud they were of the city council for posting the sign and you wouldn't believe the vitriol going back and forth with lots of name calling ("racist", "karen", etc). I posted myself and asked when we should expect to start hearing about SHOT (Safety Harbor Occupied Territory).
Funny thing is, I'll bet there aren't even 10 black people living in that city.
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You don't need any black people to have BLM riots.pp4me wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 2:25 pmThe city of Safety Harbor which is the next city over from me on the shores of Tampa Bay just put up a BLM sign in front of city hall. It's kind of an artsy community with concerts in the park and street festivals all the time so I'm not surprised by the virtue signalling.
On the NextDoor website for our neighborhood which I subscribe to someone posted about how proud they were of the city council for posting the sign and you wouldn't believe the vitriol going back and forth with lots of name calling ("racist", "karen", etc). I posted myself and asked when we should expect to start hearing about SHOT (Safety Harbor Occupied Territory).
Funny thing is, I'll bet there aren't even 10 black people living in that city.
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Most people who support black lives matter are supporting a movement and not an organization, or rather conflating the two. Whenever I see a black lives matter sign I want to pull out a Sharpie and amend it:
"Don't sign on till you have read their mission statement."
"Don't sign on till you have read their mission statement."
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Equality, yes. The BLM movement, no.
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I wouldn't recommend doing that. While it is good advice to readers, it could get you killed.sweetbthescrivener wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 3:29 pmMost people who support black lives matter are supporting a movement and not an organization, or rather conflating the two. Whenever I see a black lives matter sign I want to pull out a Sharpie and amend it:
"Don't sign on till you have read their mission statement."
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> All you need is Soros funding
Source? And what are his alleged motives
Source? And what are his alleged motives
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So true.tomfoolery wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 5:14 amThen when we point out the problems with their protest, they shrug and say “oh the looters and arsonists don’t represent us, they’re just a small group that happens to coincidentally be here alongside us”
Meanwhile the exact same BLM people go to Charlottesville and say “everyone who supports the second amendment is a Nazi because look, 1% of the rally is white supremacists”
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Somebody more brave than me should go to city hall in Safety Harbor and put an "It's Okay to be White" sign beside the BLM sign.
The way things are going you would probably see white people fighting each other in the streets over it.
This article asks the interesting question of why, if the U.S.A. is a white supremacist nation, would a sign like that get you in so much trouble?
https://www.unz.com/article/its-okay-to-be-white/
The way things are going you would probably see white people fighting each other in the streets over it.
This article asks the interesting question of why, if the U.S.A. is a white supremacist nation, would a sign like that get you in so much trouble?
https://www.unz.com/article/its-okay-to-be-white/
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NATIONAL POLL: Will You Boycott Starbucks Since They're Printing 250,000 BLM Shirts For Employees To Wear? This question is required. *
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Partly because I'm not a coffee drinker (major reason) but also because I'm super frugal and I view places like Starbucks catering to the anti-frugal (minor reason) I don't think I have ever been in one.Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 5:00 pmI certainly will, and I'm not alone. BLM is a Marxist organization devoted to insurrection.vnatale wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 3:54 pmNATIONAL POLL: Will You Boycott Starbucks Since They're Printing 250,000 BLM Shirts For Employees To Wear? This question is required. *
https://trump.typeform.com/to/eadtEP?fb ... EcLsZfD5FM
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I hope someone creates a web site listing all companies that publicly stated their support of BLM during this mess so that I can avoid doing business with all of them going forward.
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That's a tough standard to which to remain observant.
Someone asked me how I could remain a Yankees fan given that some in the Yankees organization / family support Trump.
That type of thing is not going to affect my support or non-support for my teams.
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I always feel slighted when I go to Starbucks.
I pay a premium there and I have to add my own milk and sugar.
I pay less at Tim Horton's and they do it for me. Grrrr.
I pay a premium there and I have to add my own milk and sugar.
I pay less at Tim Horton's and they do it for me. Grrrr.
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If I were a coffee drinker I'd seek out the place that only charges $1 as a loss leader.
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McDonald's is the bomb for cheap coffee!
I've watched the movie "Founder" a few times and I always get Mcdonald's afterwards lol.
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That will depend on the how many companies are on the list, and what the companies are.
Also, people within an organization having a certain political position (your Yankees example) is very different from the organization itself publicly stating its support of that political position.
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I find it odd that companies promote ideologies...vnatale wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 3:54 pmNATIONAL POLL: Will You Boycott Starbucks Since They're Printing 250,000 BLM Shirts For Employees To Wear? This question is required. *
https://trump.typeform.com/to/eadtEP?fb ... EcLsZfD5FM
We had a similar thing in Australia where a bank was promoting homosexual marriage.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... riage.html
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Not to be naive, but I always wonder if these companies are openly supporting these liberal causes because they actually believe in them, fear a loss of revenue if they don't, or both? I guess it really doesn't matter to me personally because I always make a mental note and do business elsewhere.
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This thread needs to be retitled:
Who still supports Starbucks after this?
Who still supports Starbucks after this?
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Loss of revenue and fear of being firebombed is my guess.Lonestar wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:17 pmNot to be naive, but I always wonder if these companies are openly supporting these liberal causes because they actually believe in them, fear a loss of revenue if they don't, or both? I guess it really doesn't matter to me personally because I always make a mental note and do business elsewhere.
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I think it depends on the company. Ben & Jerry’s are all in (those idiots). Howard Schultz, former CEO of Starbucks, obviously.Lonestar wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:17 pmNot to be naive, but I always wonder if these companies are openly supporting these liberal causes because they actually believe in them, fear a loss of revenue if they don't, or both? I guess it really doesn't matter to me personally because I always make a mental note and do business elsewhere.
Nike, you know. But, I’m sure some other huge companies are playing it safe. I would, if I thought it would keep my windows from being smashed.
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I stopped by the Ben and Jerry's factory in Waterbury, VT this afternoon. They had the mandatory paean to BLM, but mostly they were pushing prison reform. And while I'm onboard with prison reform, (I assume that means straight to execution instead of lockup?) I don't know what that has to do with coconut and chocolate ice cream.
At least with Ben and Jerry's, social causes have been their brand from day one - so I admire their consistency. Too bad they're wrong so often
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I visited their factory (I believe it's actually a creamery) a few years back. Their cause du jour at that time (mostly via posters in the lobby) was that corporations have too much influence, and shouldn't be allowed to have political opinions.Mark Leavy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 2:38 pmI stopped by the Ben and Jerry's factory in Waterbury, VT this afternoon. They had the mandatory paean to BLM, but mostly they were pushing prison reform. And while I'm onboard with prison reform, (I assume that means straight to execution instead of lockup?) I don't know what that has to do with coconut and chocolate ice cream.
At least with Ben and Jerry's, social causes have been their brand from day one - so I admire their consistency. Too bad they're wrong so often
Actually that's something I /maybe/ could get behind, depending who's enforcing the "shouldn't". But two things come to mind:
a) I really doubt they hold that opinion anymore, now that all the big corporations are on board with left-wing-everything, and
b) this might be the best example of irony I've ever seen
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I always say that "money makes the world go round" therefore I'd say corporations are always going to take actions which maximize their profits.Lonestar wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:17 pmNot to be naive, but I always wonder if these companies are openly supporting these liberal causes because they actually believe in them, fear a loss of revenue if they don't, or both? I guess it really doesn't matter to me personally because I always make a mental note and do business elsewhere.
And, how does anyone explain the "liberal" media when they are all owned by conservative, profit making corporations?
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