Oh those silly conservatives. Vice reported, “Right-wingers across North America are harassing a [transvestite] and threatening to boycott Hershey after the chocolate company included [him] in a PR campaign to ‘celebrate women changing the future.’ “The vitriol aimed at 27-year-old Fae Johnstone is just the latest attempt by the right to paint massive corporations as ‘woke’ over the issue of visibility for minority groups, particularly [transvestites]. And it comes as right-wing legislators and commentators not only attempt to further restrict access to healthcare for trans adults as well as children but aggressively attack the idea of [transvestite] existence entirely.”
The people in positions of power and influence in this country have gone stark raving, 100% certifiably insane.
What the hell happened? They decide to cut off the main sources that provide all of energy that run virtually everything and think that’s a good thing.
The airlines don’t hire people because they can actually fly an airplane but rather people who look and act a certain way instead.
They decide, after nearly 200 years of working to abolish racism, that now racism is a good thing and want more of it.
They convince themselves that there’s no such thing as a man or a woman, and hunt down children to mutilate to prove it.
They decide there’s no such thing as a criminal anymore, just bad people who want to put them in jail. And the list goes on!
I mean, seriously, what the ever-loving rich hell is going on?! People have lost their freaking minds. And what the hell is going to take to STOP it - like NOW?!
I actively boycott all that I know are hostile to my conservative values, as much as I can.
When I lived in Chicago, I shopped at Meijer instead of Target. I shopped the local convenience store, fruit stand, and butcher instead of Safeway. My now ex-wife (and radical racial and social justice warrior) thought I was nuts.
It likely had zero impact - except to me - at the very least, I knew who was NOT getting my $ - not directly, anyway.
Threw sway my Hershey kisses. Lady friend did as well. No more Hershey stuff here. Have no use for any company endorsing and supporting the destruction of Beautiful America’s culture and morals.
"Vice reported, 'Right-wingers across North America are harassing a [transvestite] and threatening to boycott Hershey...'"
"...the latest attempt by the right..."
"...as right-wing legislators..."
Who the hell is, "the right," and, the "right-wing?" Similar to how so many on the left use the word, 'fascist,' it has no meaning other than, "people we don't like because they believe differently than us."
I even object to including those who either identify as conservatives, or hold largely conservative views, only because there those (albeit very few) who consider themselves to be conservative but are no less authoritarian than the left because if this small number of folks had their way, they'd impose a Christian theocracy in a hearbeat.
This nation needs to return to God in a serious way, and fast, through each individual, not via governmental dictate.
Hershey's tasted like chocolate-flavored wax to me for years. The old Hershey bars were much better because they really were milk chocolate. Lots of much better candies out there. Boycott? That's easy. There are other items I can eat. M&M's are another matter altogether, at least their plain and peanut versions. Boycott Hershey? Yes. Thanks for the column, Don. God bless you and yours every day. And all your readers.
I am having a hard time deciding Kathy or Red China. Decisions, decisions, decisions. Glad I don't really have to choose. If I find any real M&Ms I may buy them. No way in Hot-Place will I buy a bag of Ma&Ya's
Hershey's has figured out the old pro wrestling gambit. Develop competing fanbases for competing characters. Each fanbase will boycott its "bad"character, and each fanbase will compensate for its boycott by paying more to support its "good" character. Net result is more income.
The M&M kerfuffle reminds me of the old corporate adage: "Stick to the knitting"
They had a unique, very successful business formula and some (not so) bright MBA wokester probably told them about other markets they could reach using other ad pitches.
Hershey's trying to masquerade a man as a woman is bad enough but to do it on the first day of women's history month? That's just marketing stupidity at its finest. You don't have to boycott Hershey's - they'll be gone before long.
About that CEO of Mozilla (Firefox), your sentence read "They forced (him) to resign" over that $1,000 donation. I remember when that happened, and actually they didn't force him to resign, he resigned of his own free will. I was upset that he caved like that. He should have stayed and forced them to fire him.
Everyone the cancel culture comes after should stop folding and stand their ground. Enough already.
I’ve been making my own chocolate for years using ethically sourced cocoa powder. I started when my favourite chocolate manufacturer here in NZ went halal.
The people in positions of power and influence in this country have gone stark raving, 100% certifiably insane.
What the hell happened? They decide to cut off the main sources that provide all of energy that run virtually everything and think that’s a good thing.
The airlines don’t hire people because they can actually fly an airplane but rather people who look and act a certain way instead.
They decide, after nearly 200 years of working to abolish racism, that now racism is a good thing and want more of it.
They convince themselves that there’s no such thing as a man or a woman, and hunt down children to mutilate to prove it.
They decide there’s no such thing as a criminal anymore, just bad people who want to put them in jail. And the list goes on!
I mean, seriously, what the ever-loving rich hell is going on?! People have lost their freaking minds. And what the hell is going to take to STOP it - like NOW?!
Another one bites the dust.
Besides it doesn’t help my waistline.
Here are some more ideas for Hershey as they transition to wokeism. They might as well go all in.
Will 5th Avenue Bar be renamed The Hershey Highway Bar?
Will Mr. Goodbar become Mrs. Goodbar? Will they remove the nuts from the candy during the transition?
Will the York Peppermint Pattie become the York Peppermint Patrick? Will they add nuts to the transitioned candy?
Andrew Carnegie is quoted as saying: “ shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations.” Guess that happens even to corporations run by idiots.
It's all about cheap labor aka "The bottom line".
As far as trans is concerned for 1% to be dictating to 99% is absurd.
It is all about divide and conquer.
I actively boycott all that I know are hostile to my conservative values, as much as I can.
When I lived in Chicago, I shopped at Meijer instead of Target. I shopped the local convenience store, fruit stand, and butcher instead of Safeway. My now ex-wife (and radical racial and social justice warrior) thought I was nuts.
It likely had zero impact - except to me - at the very least, I knew who was NOT getting my $ - not directly, anyway.
Threw sway my Hershey kisses. Lady friend did as well. No more Hershey stuff here. Have no use for any company endorsing and supporting the destruction of Beautiful America’s culture and morals.
"Vice reported, 'Right-wingers across North America are harassing a [transvestite] and threatening to boycott Hershey...'"
"...the latest attempt by the right..."
"...as right-wing legislators..."
Who the hell is, "the right," and, the "right-wing?" Similar to how so many on the left use the word, 'fascist,' it has no meaning other than, "people we don't like because they believe differently than us."
I even object to including those who either identify as conservatives, or hold largely conservative views, only because there those (albeit very few) who consider themselves to be conservative but are no less authoritarian than the left because if this small number of folks had their way, they'd impose a Christian theocracy in a hearbeat.
This nation needs to return to God in a serious way, and fast, through each individual, not via governmental dictate.
Hershey's tasted like chocolate-flavored wax to me for years. The old Hershey bars were much better because they really were milk chocolate. Lots of much better candies out there. Boycott? That's easy. There are other items I can eat. M&M's are another matter altogether, at least their plain and peanut versions. Boycott Hershey? Yes. Thanks for the column, Don. God bless you and yours every day. And all your readers.
I am having a hard time deciding Kathy or Red China. Decisions, decisions, decisions. Glad I don't really have to choose. If I find any real M&Ms I may buy them. No way in Hot-Place will I buy a bag of Ma&Ya's
Hershey's has figured out the old pro wrestling gambit. Develop competing fanbases for competing characters. Each fanbase will boycott its "bad"character, and each fanbase will compensate for its boycott by paying more to support its "good" character. Net result is more income.
The M&M kerfuffle reminds me of the old corporate adage: "Stick to the knitting"
They had a unique, very successful business formula and some (not so) bright MBA wokester probably told them about other markets they could reach using other ad pitches.
Hershey's trying to masquerade a man as a woman is bad enough but to do it on the first day of women's history month? That's just marketing stupidity at its finest. You don't have to boycott Hershey's - they'll be gone before long.
Just remember that trans secretary Pete's only qualifications involve the Hershey highway. Nuff said.
There is a new line called Jeremy's, they offer a He/him version and a Sh/her one without nuts.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/jeremys-chocolate-sells-more-than-200000-chocolate-bars-in-under-36-hours
About that CEO of Mozilla (Firefox), your sentence read "They forced (him) to resign" over that $1,000 donation. I remember when that happened, and actually they didn't force him to resign, he resigned of his own free will. I was upset that he caved like that. He should have stayed and forced them to fire him.
Everyone the cancel culture comes after should stop folding and stand their ground. Enough already.
I’ve been making my own chocolate for years using ethically sourced cocoa powder. I started when my favourite chocolate manufacturer here in NZ went halal.
Trust nobody, check everything.