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Trump supporters want to boycott these businesses after the Super Bowl

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Kaladin

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Anheuser-Busch (Budweiser)
Airbnb
Coca-Cola
It's a 10 (haircare)
Tiffany & Co.
Pepsi
Starbucks
Nordstrom
NFL
Lady Gaga

All because they aparently promoted some Anti-Trump message through commercials or backing Lady Gaga's half time show.

CNN has more including sample tweets and company responses:

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/06/new...r-bowl-boycott0915PMStoryLink&linkId=34187721

Boycott me if old.

The worst IMO is Coca Cola. That ad has been running since 2014 and they want to boycott it because it features people singing "America the Beautiful" in different languages? GTFO.
 
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Aeana

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Have they figured out how to boycott without purchasing from the business they're boycotting yet?
 
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Bobby Roberts

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The sentiment that's been getting stated, quoted, repeated and paraphrased since the Super Bowl has been something along the lines of

"It says something about how terrible Trump's reign has been when commercials promoting the most basic of American values are now seen as being radical left-wing anti-American propaganda."
 
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JdFoX187

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Spend enough time searching Twitter and you'll find enough tweets to write a news story about any group's reaction to anything. Such lazy journalism. Do these outlets have interns whose sole job is just to search Twitter for these remarks?
 
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Armaros

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Do any of them realize how many companies are under Coke and Pepsi? So they basiclly wont go to the supermarket ever then.
 
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minor effort

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Bobby Roberts said:
The sentiment that's been getting stated, quoted, repeated and paraphrased since the Super Bowl has been something along the lines of

"It says something about how terrible Trump's reign has been when commercials promoting the most basic of American values are now seen as being radical left-wing anti-American propaganda."
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Also it says something that expressing basic human decency towards others is seen as a repudiation of this president.
 
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Biske

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Stay strong businesses.

I know its a blow losing dozens of customers. But you can get through this.
 
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rjinaz

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They'll continue to use the products they like and continue to not use the products they don't use, and call it a boycott.
 
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Twio

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The visual of a Trump Supporter protesting Tiffany & Co, something they can't even afford makes me fucking howl
 
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StopMakingSense

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I'm sure their idea of 'boycotting Budweiser' will involve them just buying a different AB/InBev brand.

They would basically need to boycott beer itself.
 
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Brannon

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Nah they're not boycotting Anheuser-Busch; that company has their hands in all kinds of beverages, even ones you don't even think are theirs. They are prolific.
 
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R10Neymarfan

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Armaros said:
Do any of them realize how many companies are under Coke and Pepsi? So they basiclly wont go to the supermarket ever then.
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So they go more whole foods and support local farmers. For majority of rural american and pro-american peeps there are. This could actually be a good thing?....
 
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Xe4

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SMH, being a decent person is now a liberal ideology. God forbid we be inclusive in a country built by immigrants. How could we?
 
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Bobby Roberts

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JdFoX187 said:
Do these outlets have interns whose sole job is just to search Twitter for these remarks?
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It's usually the reporters themselves. A lot of news outlets don't have interns anymore. Especially since in a lot of cases you have to pay them.

The other thing: In many cases, the turnaround on a Super Bowl spot isn't the fastest. Meaning a lot of these commercials were likely pitched, produced, and post-produced when Trump was still just a candidate, not the actual President.

The Coke ad is from 2014, but I'd be a lot of these ads were also concieved before the election was held. Meaning not only are Trump supporters reacting poorly to basic human decency in their advertising, they're misidentifying it as a specific attack.
 
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Armaros said:
Do any of them realize how many companies are under Coke and Pepsi? So they basiclly wont go to the supermarket ever then.
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twitter doesn't mean anything.

do you think these people will actually boycott anything? It's like when gamers say 'ohhh boycott this game rage rage' then you check the steam 'who's playing' when it releases and everyones playing.

idiots will just say things.
 
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EatinOlives

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Lol @ "BOYCOTT EVERYTHING!!!!!"

These people should just go and start their own country if they hate everything about this one.
 
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antonz

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OriginofHysteria said:
Lol boycotting Budweiser? Because it shows that immigrants contribute? Loll.
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Browsing comments and getting 3 forms of cancer. The complaint seems to be comparing hard working German immigrants to muslims who have "contributed nothing" to the world while germans have bmw, rocket tech etc.etc.
 
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chaobreaker

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Patton Oswalt is right: Trumpets and the alt-right only feel threatened and scream for boycott when someone spreads a positive message rather than when they're directly told to fuck off.
 
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Deleted member 17706

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A country of immigrants enraged at messages celebrating immigrants and diversity.

It really just boggles the mind, doesn't it?

chaobreaker said:
Patton Oswalt is right: Trumpets and the alt-right only feel threatened and scream for boycott when someone spreads a positive message rather than tell them directly to fuck off.
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Indeed. It's becoming increasingly clear that positivity is what truly enrages them.
 
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Violence Jack

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Good luck getting GA (a red state) to boycott Coke products. Even the most hardcore GOP supporters down there have more loyalty to Coca-Coca than they ever will to any president.

I'll bet they're just all talk, and won't boycott a damn thing.
 
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