Bud, Target and now Chick-fil-a

[Aloha_Shooter]

The crazy in the 60s faded out and this will too. The pendulum always swings back to center at least on the surface. The crazy will fade. The worry is the communist undertones in our country; the subversiveness is infecting everything; it is very much a cancer. Good to see that some people are calling out EDI for what it is.

The problem is that it never swings back to fully center. The crazy of the 60s swung back to left of center, the crazy of the 90s swung back further to the left of center. I think the crazy of the 20s is going to center on what would have been viewed as extreme leftist just 20 years ago.

[hollohas]

Wow. That's ^ actually surprising.

Maybe we're reaching a turnaround point?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...taskforce.html

The University of?North Carolina's medical school has disbanded its?diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) taskforce and will not implement any of its recommendations.

The institution had previously banned DEI statements for admissions, hiring, promotions, and tenures.?Before this, the medical school required applicants to submit a statement detailing their commitment to DEI.?

The task force's recommendations included that students understand concepts such as 'Understanding that America's medical system is structurally racist' and 'Understanding and Responding to Microaggressions.'

UNC's decision comes after the activist group Color Us United, which advocates for a 'race blind America,' campaigned for the university to axe its DEI policies for medical school staff and students.?

Kenny Xu, the organization's president, told DailyMail on Thursday the decision is significant because UNC is the first medical school to revoke a DEI taskforce

'UNC was the first to publicly see the harms of the diversity equity and inclusion movement that claims that America is a racist country,' he said.

'Mandatory unconscious bias trainings, racially discriminatory admissions all lowered the standards for high quality doctors. And we we found it important that they make a public pronouncement against it.'

[OldFogey]

Whatever. Ultimately, vote with your wallet. It is the only vote that truly matters anymore.

[Fentonite]

Whatever. Ultimately, vote with your wallet. It is the only vote that truly matters anymore.

One has to prioritize conviction over convenience for that to occur. When we prioritize the easy path over the conviction of our beliefs, evil wins.

[funkymonkey1111]

https://babylonbee.com/news/chick-fi...y-my-privilege

"my privilege!"

[hollohas]

Their clothing sales were so successful they completely shut it down already. Didn't even make it 1 month.

[rondog]

I just some of you investing fellers were able to take a righteous short position on BUD stock and are on your way to a killer profit.....

[hollohas]

Responding to an earlier comment that non clothing companies sell clothes all the time, the example being Harley, so it must be a valid business model...

Harley is a motorcycle company, but they are selling a lifestyle more than just motorcycles. They are selling a BRAND.

How many people who don't own a Harley have a Harley t-shirt or mug? TONS of people. You can buy Harley branded EVERYTHING. A HUGE portion of their business comes from all the swag they sell. Swag IS their business.

So it's not a motorcycle company selling clothes. It's a lifestyle company selling motorcycles. Very bad comparison to Chick-fil-A selling clothes.

Here's the test:

Do people who don't buy your main product love your brand?

If yes, sell other shit too.
If no, sell what you do best.

Harley = yes
Chick-fil-A = no

Chick-fil-A is attempting to market to a demographic who is not interested in their sandwiches or their clothes but are interested in DEI. And people who are interested in their sandwiches are turned off by corporate DEI bullshit. Justified or not, that's a fact.

Their 3rd party clothing line company was selected 100% because of their social credit message. And that's why I tied in the clothing piece. Not because of the bright colors, but because it's obvious they were quietly trying to change their image. Chick-fil-A was trying to promote a new image using clothes and lifestyle stuff as the mechanism, to a customer base who liked their old image.

If they wanted to create brand recognition with a new lifestyle line, why not pick a clothing company that also promotes the tried and true Chick-fil-A image? There are plenty out there. But nope.

They purposely picked a commie clothing company, promoted that fact and proudly expanded their DEI mission at the same time. They have literally zero business to win by doing either.

They did it despite the easily seen fact it wouldn't increase their sales. They did it only to show they will play the social credit game.

[eddiememphis]

And people who are interested in their sandwiches are turned off by corporate DEI bullshit. Justified or not, that's a fact.

That is an assumption, not a fact. Everyone buying a chicken sandwich is not monolithic in their thinking.

There are plenty of people that support DEI nonsense that also enjoy tasty chicken.