Kaepernick's influence over Betsy Ross flag sends Nike stock...up.

[LesDesirable]

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[SgtSpiderMan]

No idiot, that is not what I said. I said you do not know how stock works. That needs no cite, as your post indicating that you think Nike made 3 billion because their company is worth 3 billion more proves the point.

No one said you said anything, I asked a simple question which you dodged.

 

[phrodeau]

They are no longer evil capitalist exploiters - they are righteous warriors for social justice. When California offers huge tax incentives to build in that state, I wonder if the SJWs will cheer the job creation, or be angry over the misuse of government money and lost revenues to tax coffers.

Maybe they’re just continuing Obama-era policies, and since Trump’s in office it doesn’t matter.

 

[LesDesirable]

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[icanhelp1]

There certainly are, but thankfully Colin and Nike supporters love their country.

Colin likes Colin!

 

[icanhelp1]

A company decides to mark the 4th of July by making a pair of shoes with the original American flag on the heels.

The fact that anybody was pissed off by that illustrates exactly what is wrong with modern Western political discourse. Let alone so pissed off that they had to pull the shoes.

Exactly!!! Colin couldn't give two shits about a Betsy Ross colonial flag. Colin was exercising his mouth and his patsy was to much of a fucking coward to stand by their original product. Neither party give's two shits about America. Colin is pissed off no NFL team would hire him, this is about revenge and vindictiveness. He's too self centered to be engaged in a team sport.

 

[BotanyBoy]

That's a whole lot of ascription.

Only if you're in denial about the political values of the "woke" ethno-socialist left.

 

[BotanyBoy]

aaand this is where context and critical thought matters in one's basic intelligence as a functioning adult American citizen because

https://i.ibb.co/LxT6PZv/File-Jul-05-2-00-18-AM.png

these assholes use that flag because it represents that age.

When you use/appropriate/pimp a dated flag or an old symbol, you're not actually being cute or fashionably current, you're pretty much endorsing its era.

https://static-secure.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Books/Pix/pictures/2009/01/23/obama460.gif

OMG....Obama was flying a symbol of white supremacy during his inauguration!!!

He was endorsing that era right Zumi??

By your own rules, the Obama family must all be a white supremacist.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Only if you're in denial about the political values of the "woke" ethno-socialist left.

Which is probably why you went with ascription instead of what people actually say or did.

 

[Not Normal]

A company decides to mark the 4th of July by making a pair of shoes with the original American flag on the heels.

The fact that anybody was pissed off by that illustrates exactly what is wrong with modern Western political discourse. Let alone so pissed off that they had to pull the shoes.

Nike didn't HAVE to do anything. They CHOSE to listen to one of their endorsers respectfully. They saw merit in what he said, and agreed. Kaepernick intelligently spoke to intelligent people, who then made a rational decision.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Which is probably why you went with ascription instead of what people actually say or did.

I didn't go with ascription.

I've linked all this shit numerous times.

Everything from being anti-free speech to open borders to being ashamed of our flag and any other symbol of the USA.

You're just in denial.

 

[BigTopBedlam]

Nike didn't HAVE to do anything. They CHOSE to listen to one of their endorsers respectfully. They saw merit in what he said, and agreed. Kaepernick intelligently spoke to intelligent people, who then made a rational decision.

I mean, sure, they're a private company they can do what they like, but they at least believe they're under the cosh of the PC brigade and when they say jump Nike asks how high.

TBH the whole thing was probably a PR stunt aimed at getting that sweet, sweet outrage dollar. People hating on their own country is at a premium right now.

 

[BotanyBoy]

I mean, sure, they're a private company they can do what they like, but they at least believe they're under the cosh of the PC brigade and when they say jump Nike asks how high.

No, they think it's the norm....and maybe it is because....

TBH the whole thing was probably a PR stunt aimed at getting that sweet, sweet outrage dollar. People hating on their own country is at a premium right now.

Exactly, the west has gone suicidal on a cultural level.

Hating your culture, wanting to destroy and forget the history of your people, feeling guilty about your skin color but only if you're one of those fuckin' white males.... it's all very "in" right now and even questioning the narrative that whiteness and western culture is truly the most evil and horrible thing that's ever happened in all of human history is tantamount to Nazism.

 

[CandiCame]

I mean, sure, they're a private company they can do what they like, but they at least believe they're under the cosh of the PC brigade and when they say jump Nike asks how high.

TBH the whole thing was probably a PR stunt aimed at getting that sweet, sweet outrage dollar. People hating on their own country is at a premium right now.

People hating their country by... wanting shoes with the flag of their country on them...

Like I think I've proven that I don't like nike but what you just said made no sense.

This is just capitalism. More people like the new flag, because it represents more people. So they changed the design to one that would sell to more people. It's not rocket science.

I feel like some people really want shit to get pissed about. I wish I had so few problems I had to manufacture bullshit because an already shitty company changed the design of a pair of shoes from one America theme to another America theme.

 

[Not Normal]

I feel like some people really want shit to get pissed about.

Ain't that the truth!?!

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

I didn't go with ascription.

I've linked all this shit numerous times.

Everything from being anti-free speech to open borders to being ashamed of our flag and any other symbol of the USA.

You're just in denial.

You haven't which is why you're in denial and projecting.

 

[Tigersman]

Nike's stock may be going up now but when the profits start taking a nosedive and the dividends to stockholders go down the maybe Nike's CEO will wise up and ditch Kaepernick.