Woke Corporations

[throbster]

MLB, Coke, and Delta management are woke idiots. Liberalism is a mental disorder.

[deadheadskier]

Parroted like the Fox News shill you are.

Mitch Mcconnell and the GOP: "Corporations should stay out of politics"

Also Mitch and the GOP: "Please give us campaign donations. We will cut your taxes."

[XtremeJibber2001]

McConnell knows better and his tweet is a surprise. Biting the hand that feeds you ... worked really well when GOP tried to boycott the NFL. A few days ago it was banning Coke and Trump stopped drinking Coke for maybe an hour or two?

Wasn't it the GOP that said corporations have 1st Amendment rights? Corporations are "people". I don't see this "If you're not with us, you're against us" approach working for the GOP.

https://twitter.com/LeaderMcConnell/sta ... 55330?s=20

Our private sector must stop taking cues from the Outrage-Industrial Complex. Americans do not need or want big business to amplify disinformation or react to every manufactured controversy with frantic left-wing signaling. My full statement:https://t.co/3Ck3qW4Mbe?amp=1

[FingerPicker]

These woke corporations are only trying to help Biden unify the country. Conformity of thought will be mandated or you will be punished. If everyone conforms to the beliefs of the left, then voila! You have unity!

[deadheadskier]

Fun fact

Many of Biden's proposals and policy positions are actually to the right of Reagan.

But, yes, keep on believing Faux News BS that Biden is a radically left socialist.

[deadheadskier]

A few days ago it was banning Coke and Trump stopped drinking Coke for maybe an hour or two?

Hey, at least Trump tried to hide his beloved favorite beverage behind his phone yesterday.

[easyrider16]

These woke corporations are only trying to help Biden unify the country. Conformity of thought will be mandated or you will be punished. If everyone conforms to the beliefs of the left, then voila! You have unity!

We used to have conformity about a few key issues. One of them was that everyone deserves the right to vote regardless of race, creed or religious affiliation. If you supported Trump after his bogus claims of election fraud, you no longer conform to that key issue regarding our right to vote. And the Georgia voting law is clearly an attempt to make it harder (albeit only slightly harder) for people to cast those votes. The bill is also clearly in response to Trump's loss there, not any systemic problem with the election or any evidence of fraud.

I find it amazing just how much moral leadership is coming out of corporate America these days. It was private entities that were on the forefront of the battle against Covid, with the NBA and other private companies being the first to shut down to stop the spread despite zero leadership from government. It was also a private company that accepted no funding from the government that produced the first and most successful vaccine. And now it's private companies standing up for our right to vote.

It's interesting that Republicans used to be considered the party of big business. Now it seems Republicans only support those businesses that conform to its belief structure, and they condemn any that might speak out against them politically. Ironically, that's the exact thing for which you are criticizing "the left."

[FingerPicker]

It's interesting that Republicans used to be considered the party of big business. Now it seems Republicans only support those businesses that conform to its belief structure, and they condemn any that might speak out against them politically. Ironically, that's the exact thing for which you are criticizing "the left."

What I find interesting is that you claim Republicans only support businesses that conform to their belief structure, but don't acknowledge that this is exactly what the left does, and to a much larger degree in my estimation. Pulling the MLB All Star game out of GA over the new law seems to be an extreme over reaction. From what I know, it seems to be a perfectly reasonable law. So perhaps someone could educate me on specifically what is so offensive about this law. Record voter turnout in the last election sure doesn't sound like voter suppression to me. Likewise requiring an ID to vote is not voter suppression. That's just common sense.

Moral leadership from these corporations? Seriously? The same corporations that lecture us about democracy but then go on to defend and make deals with China, a country with no democracy and that run concentration camps for Uighers. In my view these corporations are only frightened by the woke mob.

[XtremeJibber2001]

It's interesting that Republicans used to be considered the party of big business. Now it seems Republicans only support those businesses that conform to its belief structure, and they condemn any that might speak out against them politically. Ironically, that's the exact thing for which you are criticizing "the left."

What I find interesting is that you claim Republicans only support businesses that conform to their belief structure, but don't acknowledge that this is exactly what the left does, and to a much larger degree in my estimation.

What Democrat POTUS has called for the boycotting of an American company? How about a Democrat Senator calling for a boycott of an American company?

Pulling the MLB All Star game out of GA over the new law seems to be an extreme over reaction.

As a private company they can do as they wish. Should they be punished for it by the government? That's a slippery slope.

From what I know, it seems to be a perfectly reasonable law. So perhaps someone could educate me on specifically what is so offensive about this law. Record voter turnout in the last election sure doesn't sound like voter suppression to me. Likewise requiring an ID to vote is not voter suppression. That's just common sense.

You said it yourself ... we witnessed record voter turnout in 2020 and no material fraud ... so what benefit does GA obtain by making it harder to vote?

Moral leadership from these corporations? Seriously? The same corporations that lecture us about democracy but then go on to defend and make deals with China, a country with no democracy and that run concentration camps for Uighers. In my view these corporations are only frightened by the woke mob.

Has MLB inked a deal with China? I think MLB has a lot of minority players and minority fans so they're taking a stand against laws that make it harder to vote (especially minorities).

Corporations are fearful of a US Government that penalizes them for their beliefs and a POTUS that might call for a boycott if they don't do what he says. Corporations are fearful of an authoritarian / fascist gov't.

[easyrider16]

What I find interesting is that you claim Republicans only support businesses that conform to their belief structure, but don't acknowledge that this is exactly what the left does, and to a much larger degree in my estimation.

Actually, I acknowledge that both Republicans and Democrats do it. I'm not sure which does it more, but the Republicans seem to be doing it a lot lately. See e.g. Trump's attacks on Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, the NFL, Coke, etc.

Pulling the MLB All Star game out of GA over the new law seems to be an extreme over reaction.

*shrug* a private company has the right to conduct its business where ever it wants. If you don't like it, don't watch.

From what I know, it seems to be a perfectly reasonable law. So perhaps someone could educate me on specifically what is so offensive about this law. Record voter turnout in the last election sure doesn't sound like voter suppression to me. Likewise requiring an ID to vote is not voter suppression. That's just common sense.

There's another thread on it where I stated my opinions on this law, but basically the gist is that it makes it harder for people to vote, particularly by absentee ballot, albeit by a marginal degree. Republicans feel they do better when there's lower voter turnout. Record voter turnout, as you point out, occurred in the last election, and Republicans lost a state they haven't lost in a long time. It's pretty clear from all the surrounding circumstances here that this law was passed by Republicans in reaction to their recent losses as a way to boost themselves in the next election. I'm not saying this is an exclusively Republican thing. Democrats try to stack the deck in their favor when they're in power. But when either party does this, we should condemn it, and right now Republicans are in the spotlight.

Moral leadership from these corporations? Seriously? The same corporations that lecture us about democracy but then go on to defend and make deals with China, a country with no democracy and that run concentration camps for Uighers. In my view these corporations are only frightened by the woke mob.

I'm calling it like I see it. I do admit that there's a marketing angle to this. Sticking it to the man is something that could resonate with a younger crowd and boost sales. But despite that ulterior motive, some of these corporations seem to be exhibiting a lot more moral leadership than today's Republican party.

[ANGUS]

I don't need coca cola . I'm too white for them. Not racist for owning a soda stream . I will not comply.

[easyrider16]

You will not comply with Trump's direction to boycott? Because he's the only one demanding compliance for anything. Corporations speaking out about a perceived wrong is an exercise of First Amendment rights, not a demand for compliance.

The right wing media constantly pushes this narrative that "the left" is some kind of monolithic entity with conformity of thought. That's total bunk. There are many disparate views on that side (see e.g. Pelosi vs AOC). Apart from that, many of these corporate entities that are criticizing the law are hardly leftists. Take Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan's CEO, for example. He's not a staunch conservative, but he's definitely a pro-business, fiscal conservative.

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