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This kind of thing is why I have a knee jerk negative reaction to all the corporations tweeting their support to the protests and BLM this week. They'll talk ab
by Trasmatta 6y ago
This kind of thing is why I have a knee jerk negative reaction to all the corporations tweeting their support to the protests and BLM this week. They'll talk about how supportive they are, donate some money, and pat themselves on the back. But in a couple months it'll be forgotten and they'll continue doing stuff like this.
- mc32 6y agoThe sad thing is it’s become a popularity contest. It’s mostly insincere and lip service. And my guess is the target audience aren’t actually the people affected the most, but others participating in this concept. Now, I don’t agree with all the demands people have but I do agree with reform, oversight, (deescalation) training, demilitarization, recruiting more people local to where they serve, etc. But these companies ... all they have to do to be “woke” is tweet out some empty words they don’t believe in. I mean, what business owner thinks “yeah, I don’t mind the looting”. It’s vastly thin PR.
- Trasmatta 6y agoExactly. Corporations don't care about BLM. The individuals in the company might. The people writing the tweets or the press releases very well might care deeply as well. But the corporation as a whole will only care for as long as it's the popular thing to do. They won't do anything that might hurt the bottom line -- like, for instance, voicing support for Hong Kong.
- maga20yes 6y agoWhat do you suggest then?