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Do you have real examples of this? Any time I see someone complaining of political blow-back, it’s because they chose to air their thoughts on social media or d
by lc9er 6y ago
Do you have real examples of this? Any time I see someone complaining of political blow-back, it’s because they chose to air their thoughts on social media or donate to specific causes publicly.
The one person I know that felt put in this position, due to his lifestyle business, felt pressured by competitors to aim his thoughts, not by his customers. He only faced pushback when his thoughts, that his customers hadn’t asked for, came off as selfish and tone deaf. He shot himself in the foot.
- Consultant32452 6y agoProbably the largest incident in memory is when someone tried to use the customer-only restroom at Starbucks without making a purchase, refused to leave, and then was arrested. This was a national scandal that resulted in Starbucks closing its 8,000 stores for racial bias training. Do you remember when Chic-Fil-A was getting boycotted and harassed for the owner's donations to evil homophobic charities? Those charities were The Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Seriously, that's who it was. The Salvation Army and youth sports. Not exactly top of anyone sane's list of "problematic" charities. Chic-Fil-A caved. Every few weeks I see blue check Twitter going after some nobody to get them banned, but I don't keep track of those things.
- rodgerd 6y ago> Not exactly top of anyone sane's list of "problematic" charities. The Salvation Army have a long history of homophobia. If you consider that anyone objecting to homophobia "insane" that say a lot about you, and none of it good.
- Consultant32452 6y agoIf you think you've presented an accurate framing of what I said, it says a lot about you, and none of it good.
- useragent86 6y agoThe Salvation Army has a long history of feeding and clothing people in need, including homosexual people.
- joshuamorton 6y agoActually yes, salvation army is considered pretty bad due to a number of homophobic and anti-homeless tendencies.
- lawnchair_larry 6y agoYou’re right, we are net positive if they don’t help anyone at all. (Also, they are neither homophobic nor anti-homeless)
- crooked-v 6y ago> Probably the largest incident in memory is when someone tried to use the customer-only restroom at Starbucks without making a purchase, refused to leave, and then was arrested. This was a national scandal that resulted in Starbucks closing its 8,000 stores for racial bias training. It's worth noting that the company's official policy was and is to allow people to stay as long as they like without making a purchase, and that witnesses to the event described white people in the store doing exactly that at the same time the black man was arrested.
- Consultant32452 6y agoA reasonable response would have looked like firing the at-fault employee, compensating the victims, issuing an apology, and sending a memo to other employees clarifying policy. This would have been an appropriate apolitical response to such an event. Instead they closed 8,000 stores and put their employees through critical race theory inspired implicit bias training.