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Hate to give Nike my business but want to support the Panthers. Tough decision. Vowed to never buy Nike again when they gave Colan Kaspernick that big endorsement deal.
I was going to boycott Starbucks because they refused service to police and asked them to leave the facility. My protest lasted two hours when my thumb ordered through the mobile app. I told my police friends I owe them a donut and coffee.
I am ex military and should boycott Nike for supporting an individual that kneels during the anthem. The new Nike gear is hot so I will quickly end that protest
I need something to protest where I can truly make a stand. Any suggestions???
I am ex military and should boycott Nike for supporting an individual that kneels during the anthem. The new Nike gear is hot so I will quickly end that protest
I need something to protest where I can truly make a stand. Any suggestions???
I honestly understand how it feels to have a problem with the company’s social stance on an issue, but you continue to support them anyway because of the quality of their product.
Personally, I feel that way about Chick-fil-A. They are financing of all kinds of insane anti-LGBTQ initiatives that are ludicrously backwards. Why anyone would hate anyone else based on who they love has never made any sense to me?
However, those chicken sandwiches are just so damn delicious...
Personally, I feel that way about Chick-fil-A. They are financing of all kinds of insane anti-LGBTQ initiatives that are ludicrously backwards. Why anyone would hate anyone else based on who they love has never made any sense to me?
However, those chicken sandwiches are just so damn delicious...
I protest Smoky Bones BBQ in Robinson because they had a couple Penn State pictures on the wall. Penn State is NOT a home team in Pittsburgh, at least in my opinion so I never at their again. I actually remember the last time I ate their. It was the afternoon of the 2003 Big East Tournament Final that we won.
I protest any chain bbq place because it’s garbage
I'm a sucker for their large, icy diet lemonade. Perfect on a hot summer day.
Literally 99% of the entertainment industry is operated and executed by producers and talent that hold views I disagree with, often vehemently, and they personally conduct themselves in distasteful if not outright vile ways. But unless I never want to watch a sporting event, never listen to nearly any music, never watch a movie or tv show, or (for all but one network) never watch a freaking newscast, I have to reconcile myself to that reality.
So i don't particularly sympathize with those who are disturbed that there might be a fried chicken franchise here or there that they have to pass on the highway whose ownership may, gasp, not be in step with the likes of geniuses like Joy Behar or Katie Perry. Those types can easily take a different route or go to Jamba Juice instead for avocado toast or Impossible Burgers or whatever instead of to Chickfila. But where the hell am I gonna turn to to get entertained, without the knowledge that I'm considered "deplorable" because I don't share the views of those producing the entertainment? Answer, of course, is I'm pretty easily able to disregard it and realize that it's not that much of a chasm between them and me anyway, in the end. And guess what, Chik-fil-a ownership aren't despicable burn-all-fags homophobes either.
So i don't particularly sympathize with those who are disturbed that there might be a fried chicken franchise here or there that they have to pass on the highway whose ownership may, gasp, not be in step with the likes of geniuses like Joy Behar or Katie Perry. Those types can easily take a different route or go to Jamba Juice instead for avocado toast or Impossible Burgers or whatever instead of to Chickfila. But where the hell am I gonna turn to to get entertained, without the knowledge that I'm considered "deplorable" because I don't share the views of those producing the entertainment? Answer, of course, is I'm pretty easily able to disregard it and realize that it's not that much of a chasm between them and me anyway, in the end. And guess what, Chik-fil-a ownership aren't despicable burn-all-fags homophobes either.
Oh yeah, a really quality product. They just have some really strong views that I completely disagree with.
However, I’m not willing to deprive myself of a tasty chicken sandwich and a delicious sweet tea just because I disagree with how they feel about some social issues.
Honestly, Hobby Lobby is basically the same thing. They too have spent a lot of money on what I consider to be very backwards and hateful initiatives all in the name of phony Christianity.
Just my opinion. Others are free to disagree. I think these guys, Franklin Graham, so many of them, are the “phonies in the temples” that Jesus warned us about in the Bible.
However, my sister bought me a really nice table from HL a few years ago and I never once thought about taking it back. I just really like that table and I’ll have to deal with it morally.
So, I say by the Pitt hat and live with your political or moral conflicts.
I know a few good people who have decided to boycott Nike because of politics. I don’t like Nike politics either, but I haven’t reached that point. It’s kind of hard to. I feel the same with Hollywood and big tech as well. Hard to live life without the Avengers, google and twitter.
For the record, if it’s any consolation, I agree that we should all stand for the national anthem and we should pay as much respect to our veterans as possible.
They have sacrificed a hell of a lot for us. The very least we can do is show our appreciation to them. BTW, that also goes for the veterans’ medical care – which has been horrifically underfunded over the years due to inaction of both parties.
It’s one thing to show your patriotism when times are good and everyone waves the flag and has parades. However, when someone comes back with a sickness incurred from their service or wounds or emotional scars, that’s when we should really be there for them and their families.
Also, I agree that what Nike did with Kaepernick was a cynical political stunt meant to use existing cultural divisions for the sake of lining their pockets. However, in fairness to Nike, isn’t that exactly what Trump did as well? He just conned one gullible side of the aisle, while they picked the pockets of the other equally susceptible side of the aisle.
Personally, I see them as two sides of the same cynical, opportunistic coin.
They have sacrificed a hell of a lot for us. The very least we can do is show our appreciation to them. BTW, that also goes for the veterans’ medical care – which has been horrifically underfunded over the years due to inaction of both parties.
It’s one thing to show your patriotism when times are good and everyone waves the flag and has parades. However, when someone comes back with a sickness incurred from their service or wounds or emotional scars, that’s when we should really be there for them and their families.
Also, I agree that what Nike did with Kaepernick was a cynical political stunt meant to use existing cultural divisions for the sake of lining their pockets. However, in fairness to Nike, isn’t that exactly what Trump did as well? He just conned one gullible side of the aisle, while they picked the pockets of the other equally susceptible side of the aisle.
Personally, I see them as two sides of the same cynical, opportunistic coin.
How did this phenomenon take place? I remember Chick Fil A at mall food courts in my youth. The sandwiches were always just as good. But there were never lines. Now today, the chick Fil A drive-thrus are always two lines of 20 cars deep with workers standing in the lines taking orders on iPads. It’s unbelievable.
But if anyone refuses to support them, I had an OT thread here about this in the past...just go to sams club, get a bag of their frozen southern style chicken bites, a jar of pickles and a bag of King’s Hawaiian rolls...and you have knock off chickfilA sandwiches that 95% taste like the real thing.
The new Nike gear is hot ...seriously, sounds less like ex-military and some to the 12 year old girls from my youth talking about the latest Bay City Rollers 45...
Chick Fil A was just voted best fast food restaurant in the US, passing In and Out Burgers.
I’m not sure we need to do that. They only publish the paper twice a month. Maybe it’s three times a month
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