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The cliche about rent free is overused at times, but that doesn't make it less true.

You guys are funny. No-one does Cancel Culture like Trump does Cancel Culture. But easier to try and deflect and belittle than accept or tackle a relevant comment about a topic another poster introduced.

And acting like as if Trump isn't relevant and the overwhelming favorite to be the nominee for the Republicans in T-minus 17 months..... disingenuous.

https://www.oddschecker.com/us/poli...ntial-election-2024/republican-candidate

Oh that is the purest irony. Thank you.

Lol I guess being grouped into this or that basket of deplorable’s who actually do spread hate stings in these forums when folks around here defend those deplorable acts.

Companies use spokespeople to attract people to their product. Not being attracted to the product because of the spokesperson isn't spreading hate or being deplorable. But you do you and drink all that horrible Bud Light up so you can virtue signal and everyone will know how enlightened you are, regardless of the reality.

Prejudice is deplorable and spreading hate. But you do you as well bro.

We're deflecting from Trump in a thread about transexuals and pig-swill-beer?

Reality bites. Trying to squirm your way out of it by attacking the messenger is precious and nothing but deflection.

Uganda leader signs law imposing life sentence for same-sex acts and death for "aggravated homosexuality

Johannesburg — Uganda's president signed one of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ bills into law Monday morning. The law signed by President Yoweri Museveni calls for life imprisonment for anyone found to have engaged in same-sex sexual acts.

Anyone convicted of something labeled "aggravated homosexuality," defined as same-sex sexual acts with children, disabled individuals or anyone else deemed under threat, can now face the death penalty.

"His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Uganda, General Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has executed his constitutional mandate prescribed by Article 91 (3) (a) of the Constitution. He has assented to the Anti-Homosexuality Act," announced Anita Among, speaker of the Ugandan Parliament, adding call for Uganda's law enforcement agencies to "enforce the law in a fair, steadfast and firm manner."

Uganda's parliament passed legislation outlawing same sex relations in March, making it a criminal offence to even identify as LGBTQ, with a possible life jail sentence.

Last week, Deputy President of South Africa, Paul Mashatile, said his country's government did not agree with Uganda's anti-LGBTQ stance and promised to try to persuade Museveni's administration to back down from the new legislation.

Mashatile joined a chorus of voices from Western countries and the United Nations imploring Museveni not to sign the bill, all of which the Ugandan leader and military commander appeared to have brushed off.

Homosexual acts are illegal in more than 30 other African nations and LGBTQ activists fear the new law in Uganda will embolden neighboring countries such as Kenya to consider stricter legislation.

Uganda holds "thanksgiving" event for anti-gay laws

Same sex relations were already banned in Uganda before Museveni signed the new law, but opponents say it goes further in targeting LGBTQ people. The law has instilled fear across the gay community in Uganda, prompting many to flee to neighboring countries or go underground.

The international organization Trans Rescue, which helps transgender people and others escape dangerous situations immediately tweeted a plea for financial support upon the bill's passage, urging anyone to help save the lives of vulnerable Ugandans and warning that it was preparing for an "onslaught of requests" for help.

The group said it has been fundraising to secure warehouse space to store the personal items of people fleeing the country.

Museveni, who's been Uganda's president for 37 years, ignored the calls from around the world to reject the new legislation and said in a televised address on state media in April that his "country had rejected the pressure from the imperials."

Ugandan authorities have acknowledged that the new law could hurt the Ugandan economy, which receives billions of dollars in foreign aid every year.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uganda-lgbtq-law-homosexuality-museveni-life-sentence-death-penalty/

Coming to a red state near you?

Someone started talking about cancel culture ... That's directly relevant to Trump. He's called for more boycotts than anyone, ever, and from a supremely influential platform.

It would be like someone bringing up secure email servers, and not expecting Hilary to be mentioned.

Selective memory isn't a good look. The left has been trying to cancel anyone that doesn't agree with them, on just about every single topic. Make a joke 20 years ago, you must go!

The old whatabout? "Yeah but the left did it too." And of course you hate us talking about trump. But you see, he is currently the front runner for the GOP to get the presidential nomination in 2024. So for as much as you hate it, he's still the GOP party leader and quite relevant. Don't blame us for that. We certainly didn't do it. But as long as he's still relevant he's still fair game and making it sound like it's someone elses fault for bringing him up is an issue of you and some others, not us.

The Long List of Things President Trump Wants to Boycott

President Donald Trump has long embraced the act of boycotting major companies that he feels have disrespected him, his administration, American values, or all three.

From CNN to Oreo cookies to Scotch whiskey, the MAGA president has urged his supporters to cancel a long list of products or institutions, usually launching his rallying cry on Twitter. On Wednesday, he added to the ever growing list, discouraging Americans from buying Goodyear tires after the company apparently told Kansas employees in a presentation slide that attire promoting MAGA (or any other political causes) were not allowed, while Black Lives Matter and LGBT causes were.

“Don’t buy GOODYEAR TIRES - They announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS. Get better tires for far less!” Trump tweeted Wednesday. He added in parentheses, “This is what the Radical Left Democrats do. Two can play the same game, and we have to start playing it now!”

And while Goodyear issued a vague statement stating that the slide wasn’t “created or distributed by Goodyear corporate, nor was it part of a diversity training class”—Trump already declared the American company canceled. Never mind the fact the presidential limo, known as The Beast, exclusively uses Goodyear tires.

Along with Goodyear, here are all the things Trump has urged his supporters to boycott, because he said so.
HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLES

In mid-2018, Trump encouraged his supporters to boycott the Wisconsin motorcycle company after it said it would move some of its production overseas to avoid new tariffs imposed by the European Union.

Although the motorcycle brand was one of several companies that vowed to move production overseas after the EU retaliated against Trump’s steep tariffs on steel and aluminum, Trump only hit at Harley-Davidson. The Hill reported that the company suffered a 13 percent sales loss over a two month period—the steepest decrease in eight years—even after CEO Matt Levatich reportedly told staff and dealers that motorcycles sold in the U.S. would be built in the U.S.

APPLE

In February 2016, Trump called for his Twitter followers to “boycott all Apple products” until the company agreed to a government request to unlock the cell phone of the mass shooter involved in the 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attack that killed 14 people.

Apple didn’t fold—but that hasn’t stopped Trump from using an iPhone for years. In 2019, he even complained that his iPhone no longer had a home button.

After investigators tried for months to break into the San Bernardino shooter’s phone, a magistrate ordered Apple to provide software that would allow authorities to unlock it. CEO Tim Cook called the demand “chilling” and said it would “undermine the very freedoms and liberty our government is meant to protect.”

CNN

CNN is a frequent target of Trump’s ire for its liberal-leaning coverage and frequent criticism of his administration. “Great, and we should boycott Fake News CNN. Dealing with them is a total waste of time!” the president tweeted in November 2017.

He doubled down in 2019, urging supporters to stop “using or subscribing” to the news organization’s parent company AT&T because of what he felt was biased coverage.

But The New York Times reported in April that he can’t stop hate-watching the network.

MEGYN KELLY’S FOX NEWS SHOW

The president is infamous for attacking news organizations and anchors who are critical of him and his administration. But in March 2016, he took it a step further, proposing a boycott of Megyn Kelly’s Fox News show amid a spat between the then-candidate and the news host. The feud began in 2015 when Kelly asked Trump in a presidential debate about his derogatory comments on women, and Trump later told CNN that “blood was coming out of her eyes, blood coming of her whatever.” Trump eventually admitted to Kelly in an interview that he understood why she asked the “unfair” question.

MACY’S

The Trump family has had a complicated relationship with the department store chain. Macy’s once carried Trump’s clothing line but cut ties in 2015 after he called Mexicans “rapists” in his speech announcing his presidential campaign.

“Macy’s is a company that stands for diversity and inclusion,” the store said at the time. “We are disappointed and distressed by recent remarks about immigrants from Mexico... who have made so many valuable contributions to the success of our nation.”

In response, Trump, naturally, called for a boycott. He neglected to mention that his daughter Ivanka’s clothing line was still sold in Macy’s. It was nearly dropped after a viral online petition.

UNIVISION

At the start of Trump’s 2016 campaign, the New York real estate mogul called for a boycott of the Spanish-language network Univision after it announced it would end its relationship with the Trump Organization over comments the then-candidate made about Mexican immigrants.

“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best,” Trump said in June 2015. “They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”

Univision also said it would no longer air the Miss USA pageant and would sever ties with the Miss Universe Organization, which Trump was a part-owner of. In response, Trump did what he did best. He tweeted.

ROLLING STONE

In July 2013, Donald Trump urged Americans to “boycott & cancel subscriptions” to Rolling Stone magazine after the publication featured Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on its cover. Trump’s outrage matched others’ criticism. The Boston mayor said the story “rewards a terrorist with celebrity treatment”—prompting the magazine to defend their interview and stress their “commitment to stories and thoughtful coverage.”

HBO

In 2013, HBO talk-show host Bill Maher mocked Trump for spreading baseless conspiracy theories about Barack Obama’s birthplace. He offered to donate $5 million to charity if Trump could produce a birth certificate proving he is not the “spawn of his mother having sex with an orangutan.”

A year later, when Trump was still just a real estate tycoon and reality TV star, he again instructed his millions of followers to boycott HBO for continuing to air Maher’s show Real Time With Bill Maher.

MEXICO

Trump’s relationship with Mexico has long been contentious. Years before he announced his candidacy for president, Trump tweeted that his supporters should “Boycott Mexico” amid news that a Marine reservist was imprisoned for crossing the borders with guns. Sgt. Andrew Paul Tahmooressi was arrested in Tijuana, Mexico on March 32, 2014, after customs agents found three firearms in his truck in violation of the country’s federal gun laws.

Tahmooressi was released in November 2014, after spending seven months in a Mexican jail.

ITALY

In 2011, Trump chimed in about the Amanda Knox scandal. Knox, an American who spent almost four years in an Italian prison for the 2007 murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher, was fighting a prolonged legal battle to return to the U.S.

“Everyone should boycott Italy if Amanda Knox is not freed—she is totally innocent,” Trump tweeted on September 30, 2011. A month later, Knox and her former boyfriend, who was also implicated in the gruesome murder, were found not guilty.

Eight years later, President Trump hosted the president of Italy and his family at a White House functioning celebrating the Italian republic.

GLENFIDDICH SCOTCH WHISKEY

Trump has a long, contentious, relationship with Glenfiddich whiskey. After the brand selected Michael Forbes, a farmer who refused to sell his land to Trump for a controversial golf course, as “Top Scot” of 2012, Trump immediately hit back.

Business Insider reported that Trump then banned every brand of whiskey sold by Glenfiddich’s parent company, Williams Grant & Sons, from his resorts and hotels. In a statement, the future president said that the whiskey brand was jealous of his own in-house single malt brand and called for a boycott because there was no way the “Top Scot” results were “made by the Scottish people.”

It’s not clear if any Trump-brand restaurants and bars serve Glenfiddich now.

OREOS

No brand is safe in Trump’s world— even milk’s favorite cookie.

Trump declared in 2017 that he would not be “eating any more Oreos” after Mondelez International, the parent of Nabisco, which produces Oreos, announced it would move some of its Chicago operations to Mexico.

Trump claimed the move would cost 2,000 American jobs; the actual number was closer to 600. Accuracy aside, the president’s supporters obliged, even joining in on an impassioned chant of “no more Oreos” at the president’s behest during a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-l...eos-to-goodyear-tires-and-apple-products

Maybe if people wish to stop hearing about trump hey should stop acting like trump or supporting and making excuses for the people that do act like trump.

But Frankz "news" sources have told him it's only the lefties .... the truth be damned !

Well, let's just change the title of the thread and you and your boys can go at it.

Trump! Trump! Trump!!

You mean the leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination for 2024? Yeah, no need to keep talking about him.

You just don't get it. Talk about Trump in a thread about Trump all you want. What people are sick of is you and your ilk derailing EVERY thread into Trump Trump Trump. After all the threads the liberals have hijacked, now they are in this thread telling people stay on topic. Priceless.

The topic, since it seems you missed it, is about Republicans boycotting things. Then we have people making excuses why targeting businesses who make products for and market products to the gay and trans communities is fine. So you and some others don't like the fact that we post when and where this type of thing became so popular with the GOP. It became popular under trump. Before trump they accused the left of being the party of cancel culture. Now that they've adopted the ways of trump they claim we shouldn't bring that up. It's so precious! I think you and your ilk are the ones who just don't get it.

Things that aren't Trump's fault:

Are you kidding? Trump caused global warming. Tumbleweeds in Antarctica is all about Trump.

Careful, the would be moderator around here likes to chastise people for posting memes and pictures.

You don't want him wiping the floor with you ya know.

You know how it is. Snowflakes gonna snowflake. I mean how dare anyone bring up that this all started in the GOP with their orange God. Let's have a thread about it and then ignore what started it all. In their world that makes perfect sense. They're so offended and have to defend trump while claiming they don't support him.

Often times the best way to attempt to communicate with people is in the manner they seem to best understand no matter how empty and void of substance that manner may be.

You think cancel culture started with Trump?

Another selective memory with time starting at an arbitrary point.

No one is deflecting anything, Wonder Woman. We're all just pointing out how every thread turns into a Trump b*tchfest. Have at it. Talk about him all you want. That's why every thread is filled with 90% posts from your Libtard League of Justice... talking about Trump.

"Companies going woke!" -- Trump's fault.
"Time for more boycotts!" -- Trump's fault.
Cancel culture -- Trump's fault.

Like I said, there's really nothing that isn't his fault.

Go on with the narrow-minded talking points, Trump it up!

Within the GOP it certainly became far more popular than it ever was before. The GOP used to point out how wrong it was. But it seems they only did that when the other side did it. Since trump they have adopted it as one of their own and fail to see the irony in that. But that's okay, keep pretending that isn't true.

The entire GOP boycott movement is all on trump. Before him they pointed the finger at the other side, claimed it was wrong and called it cancel culture. Now they use it just like the very people they hurled insults at for doing the exact same thing. The fact you're trying to deflect away from that reality won't change it. Instead you try to place the blame on those who point it out.

No surprise there. When you don't have an actual rebuttal to legitimate points being made, muddy the water and shift the blame.

You truly live in a world of make believe.

You mean like trying to blame people who point out why the whole boycott thing became so popular within the GOP in a thread about the GOP boycotts? I can see why that would bother you and you would like to dismiss it or make it sound like somebody else has a problem for pointing that out.

Nope, nope, nope. I've seen the light and I confess. This is definitely all Trump's fault.

He just led the way. Nobody forced anyone else to follow in his footsteps. But as we've seen, many did.

Ummm - not sure who you're referring to. But all the Kewl Kids just post meme's and no words. I am just trying to fit in.

As for Trump and cancel culture. He didn't invent it. He didn't create it. I don't know how much more popular he has made it within our culture .... but he has, more than any individual I know - and with an astronomical amount of influence - called on more things to be cancelled and boycotted than anyone I know. Your claim that it's a leftie thing is way off the mark. Like nearly all things in life - both sides do it.

As I said - funny how some folks complain about cancel culture when they want to and then champion individuals freedom of choice when someone wants to boycott something they don't like.

I don't know much else about the other posts here - this isn't an important topic. But you brought cancel culture into the conversation - the overwhelming favorite to be the Rep candidate in 2024 wears this hat proudly for king of cancel culture. It was a relevant observation despite your attempts to deflect and cry whaddabout. You can accept it or you can keep on keeping on like Wonder-woman. I don't care other than to call you out on it.

You'd make a lot more sense if you posted more Linda Carter, she made a lot of sense for me back in the day.

Now that I have slowed down a bit.

I pointed out that the Bud Light thing isn't just about irrational fear of homosexual, it is about every single thing being politicized.

You deflect with your "you didn't make the argument I think you should" nonsense. Blame yourself, not me.

The only argument that you and some others have made is that if a company markets to people that the GOP are offended by, hold great disdain or hatred toward, boycotting those companies are fine. But when the other side did it it's labeled it as cancel culture. That targeting companies that market to a group or groups the GOP has decided to rail against it's about freedom and when the other side does it it's about politics. Maybe it's time you pay attention to to the GOP politicians that are supporting this be done then explain how it's not politics.

History is full of instances where "those people" have been targeted. It's just that who "those people" are changes depending on who the hate is geared towards at the time.

That's nit the argument I made. That's the argument you are trying to make up I made.

I can understand why the trump brigade doesn’t want to talk about trump. They hate defending him. But they must.

Uh oh! They found out Chick-Fil-A is "inclusive". Now even their beloved Christian symbol of what a business is supposed to be is under attack......

Chick-Fil-A Branded 'Woke' After Right-Wingers Find Old Diversity Statement

Fast food franchise Chick-fil-A is under fire for being “woke” after conservatives caught wind of a seemingly innocuous statement about diversity that the company made months ago.

What appeared to be a tepid corporate nod to diversity, equity and inclusion provoked massive outrage this week with right-wingers opposed to any social justice efforts.

“Chick-fil-A restaurants have long been recognized as a place where people know they will be treated well,” Erick McReynolds, Chick-fil-A’s Vice President and Executive Director of diversity, equity and inclusion wrote in an online statement that dates back to at least last fall.

“Modeling care for others starts in the restaurant, and we are committed to ensuring mutual respect, understanding and dignity everywhere we do business,” he continued. “These tenets are good business practice and crucial to fulfilling our Corporate Purpose.”

Chick-fil-A is closed on Sundays in a nod to its Christian roots.

Though the months-old statement seemed uncontroversial, right-wingers took to Twitter to air their grievances.

“Chick-fil-A has gone woke,” whined commentator Ian Miles Cheong.

Turning Point USA’s Jon Root incorrectly complained, “Chick Fil-A just hired a VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion… Is this just checking off a corporate box or do they believe in this Marxist nonsense?”

In fact, McReynolds became Chick-fil-A’s vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion in November 2021 after being the executive director of diversity, equity and inclusion since July 2020, according to his LinkedIn. He has worked at Chick-fil-A for more than a decade.

Wade Miller, executive director of Citizens for Renewing America, tweeted, “Everything good must come to an end. Here @ChickfilA is stating [its] commitment to systemic racism, sexism, and discrimination. I cannot support such a thing.”

The right-wing criticism is strange considering Chick-fil-A’s strong ties to the conservative world.

Chick-fil-A is famously closed on Sundays and promotes its fish sandwiches in spring during Lent, when many Christians abstain from red meat and poultry.

Founder S. Truett Cathy, a devout Southern Baptist, said he based his business on Biblical principles and the company’s website says its mission is “to glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us [and] to have a positive influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A.”

In a 2012 interview, Chick-fil-A chairman Dan Cathy said he believes in “the biblical definition of the family unit,” prompting people to take a closer look at his company’s charitable contributions.

That same year, Forbes reported Chick-fil-A’s charitable endeavor, the WinShape Foundation, donated $5 million to anti-LGBTQ organizations from 2003 to 2012.

Following extended criticism, the company ceased donations to the Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, both of which have advocated for so-called “traditional marriage,” in 2019.

The Chick-fil-A controversy comes amid a tense time for corporate inclusion efforts. In recent months, brands Bud Light and Target have both received backlash for their attempts to connect with LGBTQ customers.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/chick-fil-branded-woke-wingers-202312242.html

"They wanna treat the queers fair too and we can't have that! Murica!"

Staying silent when groups of people are being wronged is pretty much the same thing. And not only haven't you been silent, you've made excuses for such actions by others.

First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me

Target’s stock loses $12.7B, sinks to lowest level since 2020 over boycotts
https://nypost.com/2023/05/31/targets-stock-loses-12-7-billion-hits-lowest-level-since-2020/