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Thread: So, it was the flag
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07-02-2019, 06:18 PM #13
Re: So, it was the flag
Minority opinion is treated as majority somehow. Because 7 people on Twitter get offended companies change their entire message or back track. One reason why I love/respect Jimmy's and chick Fila is because they stand by their beliefs. Fuck... I've never even ate at Jimmy's
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Re: So, it was the flag
Wonder where all the people who said it wasn’t about the flag are now.
Nike blows anyway
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07-02-2019, 06:48 PM #18
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07-02-2019, 07:37 PM #19
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Re: So, it was the flag
I can honestly say I haven’t owned a pair of Nike’s since I was in high school. Not due to any political thing...I just don’t find their shoes very comfortable.
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07-02-2019, 07:52 PM #22
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07-02-2019, 07:54 PM #23Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: So, it was the flag
I bought a pair of Skechers even though I was more than happy with the Nike I had been wearing. It was solely (pun intended) due to Nike's support of CK.
The blessing and curse of capitalism is that you don't have to care about who makes the product. You only have to care about the value. The curse: it can lead to a kind of alienation. The blessing: it can lead to cooperation between people who might not otherwise have cooperated.
I hate that Nike put me in a position to inject my politics into their product. What's next: Pepsi for Democrats, Coke for Republicans; Duracell for Democrats, Energizer for Republicans; Burger King for Democrats, McDonald's for Republicans?
Obey the law. Make a great product. Maximize shareholder value. Give the shareholders more money to support their own politics rather than coerce them into a mismatched alignment with the company's favored politics.
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07-02-2019, 07:59 PM #24Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: So, it was the flag
Of course it was about the flag; it was about America.
You don't protest a symbol of the whole if your problem is with a part. You protest the part. You show up at the police station, at district attorney's office, at the courthouse, at the prison, at the parole hearing. You don't show up at a football game while the bombs are bursting in mid air.
At the worst, he hates America.
At the best, he leveraged a moment of broad-based goodwill and unity to generate publicity for his own special interest.
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