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Post by johnofgwent on Apr 27, 2023 10:36:09 GMT
I chose my news source with consideration that ‘the usuals’ will be along to accuse me of all sorts soon enough and the lefter the source the better The former bastion of all things left of centre The Daily Mirror repirts a most amusing instance of the maxim ‘go woke, go broke’ www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/inside-dylan-mulvaney-bud-light-29809721.ampTwo sales executives at the company responsible for the tinned gnat’s piss known as ‘Bud Light’ are on special leave after a consumer backlash saw sales plummet faster than an October 1929 Wall Street stockbroker… The problem ? The arseholes thought it would be a good idea to get a trans activist influencer who’s been charting their progress in transitioning on various podcasts to endorse the product. Kid Rock’s response seems a little extreme, but hey ho. I note with amusement sales of rival ‘lite’ “beers” have gone up at the same time sales of this have tanked. Oh dear. Well, like the maxim says, go woke, go broke
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Post by Orac on Apr 27, 2023 11:09:50 GMT
Particulars are important in this case. I feel the backlash isn't about any principle regarding trans people.
Dylan identifies as a 'little girl' and has a young audience. His output mostly consists of video montages of him being scared by spiders and, in other ways, depicting a caricature of a nine year old young lady who is playing a mum's heels.
Two questions here - why would any alcoholic beverage company want their product associated with a such a person, and why, after that mistake was made and sales were devastated, would the marketing team responsible for the decision not be terminated for gross incompetence?
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