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Goodyear Tires Permits Black Lives Matter T-Shirts But Has "Zero Tolerance" for MAGA and Blue Lives Matter T-Shirts;
Trump Asks for Boycott
There is no other way. I'm so tired of squish Republicans refusing to boycott anything just because they didn't like the religious conservatives' boycotts in the eighties.
These corporations are using every ounce of their influence to push leftwing politics and even put targets on conservatives. Is it not okay to boycott your enemies? As was said in the aughts: You might not be interested in terrorism, but terrorism is interested in you. And a lot of conservatives -- who prefer things As They Used to Be -- may not be interested in the culture war, but the culture war is definitely interested in you. Conservatives may strongly prefer things when corporations were not constantly aligning with the hard left, and may not want to take part in any counteraction (such as a boycott), but the only way to stop the endless recruitment of corporations into the culture war is to teach a few of them that there will be severe economic consequences for doing so. And a big loss of sales will mean the loss of jobs of executives who allowed/pushed the shift of the company from an economic actor to primarily a political one. And that will stop the culture war -- not endless whining that we preferred non-political corporations, but we're too dainty to ever use our economic muscle to rough up a culture warrior corporation. Conservatives will never be free of constant bullying until they understand and accept that bullies will continue bullying until they are met with the sharp shock of resistance, preferably into the soft cartilage of their noses. Or, alternately, we can continue to just be pussies, sissies, and c*cks who encourage bullies through our weakness.An absolute absurdity. If businesses are going to deliberately enter the political realm at the behest of the wokest clientele, then everyone else will have to loudly boycott in response to establish mutually assured destruction. https://t.co/mK0DbVdzHU
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 19, 2020
According to @goodyear tires, a MAGA shirt is a zero tolerance hate symbol. But Black Lives Matter is allowed. pic.twitter.com/1kWRqSDFQa
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) August 18, 2020
Don’t buy GOODYEAR TIRES - They announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS. Get better tires for far less! (This is what the Radical Left Democrats do. Two can play the same game, and we have to start playing it now!).
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 19, 2020
This is outrageous and we conservatives need to get over our aversion to boycotting (which I share). Goodyear shouldn't get another dime of business from us. https://t.co/4Ibw1SjJSG
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) August 19, 2020
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Posted by: CN at August 19, 2020 12:11 PM (ONvIw)
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But I do agree with clobbering the woke economically
Posted by: CN at August 19, 2020 12:11 PM (ONvIw)
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Three?
Posted by: CN at August 19, 2020 12:12 PM (ONvIw)
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Kill all the things!
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at August 19, 2020 12:12 PM (3wrCP)
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Fuck them. War.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 19, 2020 12:12 PM (SgjGX)
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How is BLM not "political"? Tell me that you goodyear pricks?
Posted by: CN at August 19, 2020 12:12 PM (ONvIw)
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>>A friend commented: So Goodyear is aligning itself with urban, and largely poor, guerrilla terrorists who do not own cars, and is taking a position against the suburban and rural voters who own all the cars?
Excellent point.
Excellent point.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2020 12:13 PM (ZLI7S)
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The blimp is racist.
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 12:14 PM (8B6Ng)
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A friend commented: So Goodyear is aligning itself with urban, and largely poor, guerrilla terrorists who do not own cars, and is taking a position against the suburban and rural voters who own all the cars?
Excellent point.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2020
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"We have this to be thankful for: that our enemies are so rarely super-geniuses."
And good for Trump to call Goodyear out!
Excellent point.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2020
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"We have this to be thankful for: that our enemies are so rarely super-geniuses."
And good for Trump to call Goodyear out!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 19, 2020 12:15 PM (Ejm1K)
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Makes me wonder - the Goodyear blimp is a frequent flyer in the bay area (or was), wonder if they're going to start putting propaganda on the lighted text display as it flies around?
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 12:15 PM (8B6Ng)
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A friend commented: So Goodyear is aligning itself with urban, and largely poor, guerrilla terrorists who do not own cars, and is taking a position against the suburban and rural voters who own all the cars?
This.
Not the best business move.
This.
Not the best business move.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 19, 2020 12:15 PM (axyOa)
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Lol Goodyear getting blown up over this
Posted by: the Butcher at August 19, 2020 12:15 PM (DIosY)
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The Goodyear blimp is sizeist.
Posted by: Northernlurker, don't pay me no mind at August 19, 2020 12:15 PM (lgiXo)
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9.38 -0.34 (3.55%)
GT(NASDAQ)
GT(NASDAQ)
Posted by: Guam tipper at August 19, 2020 12:15 PM (FsgBK)
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not first
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 19, 2020 12:15 PM (UWqZJ)
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Willowed:
I'm all-in on the Goodyear boycott. Now: which tire company DOES NOT have the same anti-free-speech diversity guidelines? Does not _every_ corporation in America do the same thing now?
The leftist horsesh!t will NOT stop until employees sack up, and refuse to be force-indoctrinated with woke dogma.
I'm all-in on the Goodyear boycott. Now: which tire company DOES NOT have the same anti-free-speech diversity guidelines? Does not _every_ corporation in America do the same thing now?
The leftist horsesh!t will NOT stop until employees sack up, and refuse to be force-indoctrinated with woke dogma.
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:15 PM (qpX6U)
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The corps will eventually see the light and fire all the SJW diversity hires. It's not like those useless people add to the bottom line anyway.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 19, 2020 12:15 PM (1ISKN)
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Heeere Mr. Blimpy Blimp
Posted by: attila the reasonable at August 19, 2020 12:16 PM (w7KSn)
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Goodbye Goodyear.
Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2020 12:16 PM (88xKn)
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Whatever - it's a solid position to be in. When these people come to power and ban automobiles, they'll still need tires for the necklacings, and they'll buy Goodyear.
Whatever - it's a solid position to be in. When these people come to power and ban automobiles, they'll still need tires for the necklacings, and they'll buy Goodyear.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2020 12:16 PM (xkm5f)
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I have been told that it is silly to push back against corporate-mandated clothing requirements.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at August 19, 2020 12:16 PM (luzVb)
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FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 19, 2020 12:16 PM (vf0Uk)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2020 12:16 PM (5CJXD)
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I just switched out my order for Goodyear tires with Coopers for my truck.
It's that easy. I'm so sick of this garbage.
It's that easy. I'm so sick of this garbage.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 19, 2020 12:16 PM (VpIIl)
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 19, 2020 12:16 PM (vf0Uk)
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WTF wait so Little Ben is getting on Board? F Him. He would have rather of had Hillary as Pres. I rewatched his 2016 election and you could see he hated Trump and was upset by it. He told of the guys to Calm down, when talking about how Hillary was taking this and how Historic the election was.
again F HIM
again F HIM
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 19, 2020 12:17 PM (wz2dl)
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This is so weird. I could understand NO political statements at all, but to approve of some and not others is really stupid.
Every company I ever worked for basically went by the rule that you didn't talk or demonstrate politics in the work place.
That is, in essence, THEIR time and you should be doing YOUR JOB.
Goodyear deserves what is going to happen to them. Good and hard.
What idiots.
Every company I ever worked for basically went by the rule that you didn't talk or demonstrate politics in the work place.
That is, in essence, THEIR time and you should be doing YOUR JOB.
Goodyear deserves what is going to happen to them. Good and hard.
What idiots.
Posted by: charlotte the sailor at August 19, 2020 12:17 PM (/rsCS)
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When will the left start banning aggressive, over-sized tires for pickup trucks?
Posted by: Northernlurker, don't pay me no mind at August 19, 2020 12:17 PM (lgiXo)
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Just to note - the country would be in a hell of a lot better shape today if the squish republicans would have gotten behind some of those boycott attempts in the 80's. When those failed, that gave license to all of the corporate bullshit that we have seen progress from there.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2020 12:17 PM (Kpl3J)
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When a company explicitly promotes the interest of one group and denigrates another, they are telling me they don't want the business of the latter. Give them what they want.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 19, 2020 12:17 PM (kA3Cp)
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Most times people would say to be polite. But not me. Be as rude as you want about this.
Goodyear U.S. Customer Assistance:
1-800-321-2136
Goodyear global headquarters phone:
(330) 796-2121
Goodyear U.S. Customer Assistance:
1-800-321-2136
Goodyear global headquarters phone:
(330) 796-2121
Posted by: Gman at August 19, 2020 12:17 PM (GfWuY)
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Hey, Urban Guerrillas need tires too, to burn.
Posted by: Dr Spank at August 19, 2020 12:18 PM (UqUSH)
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26 WTF wait so Little Ben is getting on Board? F Him. He would have rather of had Hillary as Pres. I rewatched his 2016 election and you could see he hated Trump and was upset by it. He told of the guys to Calm down, when talking about how Hillary was taking this and how Historic the election was.
again F HIM
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 19, 2020 12:17 PM (wz2dl)
Same sentiments here. He is just upset he is an adult in a child's body.
again F HIM
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 19, 2020 12:17 PM (wz2dl)
Same sentiments here. He is just upset he is an adult in a child's body.
Posted by: charlotte the sailor at August 19, 2020 12:18 PM (/rsCS)
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I have a lot of affection for Goodyear, having spent the first five years of my professional career working for them all over North and South America. I still have a lot of good friends there.
That said, I'll never buy another tire from them if this is what they've become.
That said, I'll never buy another tire from them if this is what they've become.
Posted by: Jeffersonian at August 19, 2020 12:18 PM (yX3gx)
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Yea, pain in ass factor of 'cant buy from x' now far outweighed by ... potential loss of all personal freedoms if the marxists seize power. (!!!!)
Posted by: Buckaroo at August 19, 2020 12:18 PM (6egPo)
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https://twitter.com/goodyear/status/1296111292827283462
Disowning the slide... but I'm not convinced.
Disowning the slide... but I'm not convinced.
Posted by: GuttenYear at August 19, 2020 12:18 PM (7CyhL)
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Same thing with Chick Fil A when they decided that the Salvation Army was too hate filled to support anymore but a trans support group was a worthy cause.
Posted by: MAGA at August 19, 2020 12:18 PM (qccB/)
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I don't like boycotts, but I do like Buycotts, where people pick and support a company for its righteous policies. And in the process, you effectively "boycott" all their rivals.
But in this case, its super easy to skip over Goodyear. Its not like they are Nabisco or Beatrice with 800 subsidiary companies that makes it extremely hard to keep track and avoid.
Just don't get their crap. They're gonna feel this.
But in this case, its super easy to skip over Goodyear. Its not like they are Nabisco or Beatrice with 800 subsidiary companies that makes it extremely hard to keep track and avoid.
Just don't get their crap. They're gonna feel this.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:18 PM (KZzsI)
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A friend commented: So Goodyear is aligning itself with urban, and
largely poor, guerrilla terrorists who do not own cars, and is taking a
position against the suburban and rural voters who own all the cars?
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Given the fact that BLM is already demanding white people give up their property (because property is bad), specifically their homes, so blacks can take them (because property, um, er....), I won't be terribly surprised when they start using tires the same way the South African commies did.
largely poor, guerrilla terrorists who do not own cars, and is taking a
position against the suburban and rural voters who own all the cars?
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Given the fact that BLM is already demanding white people give up their property (because property is bad), specifically their homes, so blacks can take them (because property, um, er....), I won't be terribly surprised when they start using tires the same way the South African commies did.
Posted by: Methos at August 19, 2020 12:18 PM (kOpft)
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17 The corps will eventually see the light and fire all the SJW diversity hires. It's not like those useless people add to the bottom line anyway.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 19, 2020 12:15 PM (1ISKN)
One of the most recent big name hires at Wells Fargo is Clinton/Obama loyalist and Democrat mover and shaker Bill Daley.
Make of that what you will.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 19, 2020 12:15 PM (1ISKN)
One of the most recent big name hires at Wells Fargo is Clinton/Obama loyalist and Democrat mover and shaker Bill Daley.
Make of that what you will.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 19, 2020 12:18 PM (PiwSw)
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Buy Korean or Japanese tires. Hankook, Sumitomo, Yokahama all make excellent tires. I've been doing Hankook and Sumitomo for nearly 20 years, probably more. They always come out on top in competitions. I mentioned below my new car has different tire sizes front/rear, so maybe 5 companies make sets for it. I can definitely count Goodyear out.
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 12:18 PM (8B6Ng)
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Just called and their phones are down for servicing
Lmao
I filled out their online survey.
5 alarm fire at their HQ.
Lmao
I filled out their online survey.
5 alarm fire at their HQ.
Posted by: Ha at August 19, 2020 12:18 PM (X8Oz/)
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When the civil war starts, when there's nothing left to lose, I'm going after diversity trainers first.
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:19 PM (qpX6U)
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Most times people would say to be polite. But not me. Be as rude as you want about this.
Goodyear U.S. Customer Assistance:
1-800-321-2136
Goodyear global headquarters phone:
(330) 796-2121
Posted by: Gman at August 19, 2020
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I emailed them and told them in no uncertain terms that they've lost my business. (I may have *implied* that I am a business owner with a fleet of vehicles that need tires on a regular basis. . . .)
Goodyear U.S. Customer Assistance:
1-800-321-2136
Goodyear global headquarters phone:
(330) 796-2121
Posted by: Gman at August 19, 2020
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I emailed them and told them in no uncertain terms that they've lost my business. (I may have *implied* that I am a business owner with a fleet of vehicles that need tires on a regular basis. . . .)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 19, 2020 12:19 PM (Ejm1K)
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Same thing with Chick Fil A when they decided that the Salvation Army was too hate filled to support anymore but a trans support group was a worthy cause.
Exactly. Being closed on Sunday and training your employees to not be jerks does not make up for this. And again, its super easy to avoid. Just don't eat there. They're easy to not go to.
Exactly. Being closed on Sunday and training your employees to not be jerks does not make up for this. And again, its super easy to avoid. Just don't eat there. They're easy to not go to.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:19 PM (KZzsI)
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28 When will the left start banning aggressive, over-sized tires for pickup trucks?
Posted by: Northernlurker, don't pay me no mind at August 19, 2020 12:17 PM (lgiXo)
They do need to enforce against these tires that stick out 4 inches from the fender. I'm tired of getting cracked windshields from these jackholes.
Posted by: Northernlurker, don't pay me no mind at August 19, 2020 12:17 PM (lgiXo)
They do need to enforce against these tires that stick out 4 inches from the fender. I'm tired of getting cracked windshields from these jackholes.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 19, 2020 12:19 PM (1ISKN)
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Maybe they can fly the Goodyear Blimp over Portland to show their support and give us a nice aerial shot of the "mostly peaceful" rioters they support burning down the city. Perhaps some play-by-play of the pedestrian beatings.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 19, 2020 12:19 PM (VpIIl)
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Don't buy GOODYEAR TIRES - They announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS. Get better tires for far less! (This is what the Radical Left Democrats do. Two can play the same game, and we have to start playing it now!).
YEEAAAASSSSS KIIIINNNNGGGG!!!!!!!!
I've turned enough cheeks.
YEEAAAASSSSS KIIIINNNNGGGG!!!!!!!!
I've turned enough cheeks.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 19, 2020 12:19 PM (vf0Uk)
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Well I guess we know that Ben Shapiro's benefactor doesn't own stock in Goodyear.
Posted by: Buzzion at August 19, 2020 12:19 PM (FiGAS)
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"Is it not okay to boycott your enemies?"
When a business gets to choose between
"We won't buy your products!"
and
"We'll come to your business and your employees homes, burn them down, assault and kill your customers, and the local government will protect us from prosecution."
WHICH WOULD GET YOU TO ADOPT WHAT THEY WANT????
When a business gets to choose between
"We won't buy your products!"
and
"We'll come to your business and your employees homes, burn them down, assault and kill your customers, and the local government will protect us from prosecution."
WHICH WOULD GET YOU TO ADOPT WHAT THEY WANT????
Posted by: SDN at August 19, 2020 12:19 PM (K9d/B)
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So...why am I suddenly thinking about all those WW 1 movies where they go after the enemy blimps?
Posted by: Diogenes at August 19, 2020 12:19 PM (axyOa)
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So Goodyear is aligning itself with urban, and largely poor, guerrilla terrorists who do not own cars, and is taking a position against the suburban and rural voters who own all the cars?
Excellent point.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2020 12:13 PM (ZLI7S)
What! Those 22's with the spinners on the 88 grand national aren't gonna buy themselves!
Excellent point.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2020 12:13 PM (ZLI7S)
What! Those 22's with the spinners on the 88 grand national aren't gonna buy themselves!
Posted by: A dude in MI at August 19, 2020 12:19 PM (/6GbT)
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"One Team"? So, If my mindset doesn't align with the left column, does that mean I'm off the team?
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at August 19, 2020 12:19 PM (ch6++)
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But what about the Blessings of Liberty
Posted by: JoeF. at August 19, 2020 12:19 PM (7ixfo)
Posted by: Guam tipper at August 19, 2020 12:19 PM (FsgBK)
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This happened with 3M selling N95 masks overseas. Trump slammed them at a presser. 3M folded. Trump was their best friend again. Trump is pretty good at getting what he wants, and it's not rocket surgery.
Posted by: itsatax at August 19, 2020 12:19 PM (G0PUA)
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A friend commented: So Goodyear is aligning itself with urban, and largely poor, guerrilla terrorists who do not own cars
They do barbecue them, however.
They do barbecue them, however.
Posted by: t-bird at August 19, 2020 12:19 PM (vOGqy)
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At the behest of a small, angry subset of the population Goodyear takes a political position unpopular with the vast majority. That takes some marketing genius right there.
Posted by: Mikey NTH -Convention Specials! Scalp Weasel Grooming Products 25% at The Outrage Outlet! at August 19, 2020 12:20 PM (RgoC/)
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How stupid does a marketing rep in a major company have to be to automatically insult probably more than half of their potential customers? In fact, I'd wager than their customer base leans heavier towards supporters of the police and Trump than it does towards the contrary.
Liberals dominate the urban centers where public transportation is predominate. They don't f*cking buy most of the tires in this country. Rural America and sub-urban America is their demo.
What's up with this suicidal marketing strategy?
Liberals dominate the urban centers where public transportation is predominate. They don't f*cking buy most of the tires in this country. Rural America and sub-urban America is their demo.
What's up with this suicidal marketing strategy?
Posted by: Orson at August 19, 2020 12:20 PM (Bisvv)
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President Trump is the master troll.
He is taking control of the political correctness apparatus the marxist domestic left spent the last half century assembling, upgrading, and honing, and he is jamming it straight up their asses. Sideways.
This is the only path back to normalcy.
President Trump is the master troll.
He is taking control of the political correctness apparatus the marxist domestic left spent the last half century assembling, upgrading, and honing, and he is jamming it straight up their asses. Sideways.
This is the only path back to normalcy.
Posted by: fktheleft at August 19, 2020 12:20 PM (lvXKd)
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Next up BLM will will boycott gas stations because gasoline for cars is racist or something.
Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2020 12:20 PM (88xKn)
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I feel sorry for some of the smaller tire outlets that make Goodyear their house brand. That's going to hurt them - but in this day and age you cannot put all your eggs into one molotov cocktail.
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 12:20 PM (8B6Ng)
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Black Tires Matter.
Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2020 12:20 PM (/0RAQ)
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Some Goodyear junior diversity executive is rubbing her hands together at all of the money the unemployed, non-car owning twenty-somethings will be spending on Goodyear tires now.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 19, 2020 12:20 PM (kA3Cp)
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Every company I ever worked for basically went by the rule that you didn't talk or demonstrate politics in the work place.
That is, in essence, THEIR time and you should be doing YOUR JOB.
Goodyear deserves what is going to happen to them. Good and hard.
What idiots.
Posted by: charlotte the sailor at August 19, 2020 12:17 PM (/rsCS)
What's happened is that the most radical SJW's from university are taking over the HR departments at most major corps, and they are using HR to take control of all Corporate Policy. Unless there is senior management in place which understands what is happening and has the will to withstand it (and that is VERY rare these days), they are going to have their way.
that is why so many big corps are becoming so ideological, and care so little for profits anymore.
That is, in essence, THEIR time and you should be doing YOUR JOB.
Goodyear deserves what is going to happen to them. Good and hard.
What idiots.
Posted by: charlotte the sailor at August 19, 2020 12:17 PM (/rsCS)
What's happened is that the most radical SJW's from university are taking over the HR departments at most major corps, and they are using HR to take control of all Corporate Policy. Unless there is senior management in place which understands what is happening and has the will to withstand it (and that is VERY rare these days), they are going to have their way.
that is why so many big corps are becoming so ideological, and care so little for profits anymore.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2020 12:20 PM (Kpl3J)
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41 Buy Korean or Japanese tires. Hankook, Sumitomo, Yokahama all make excellent tires. I've been doing Hankook and Sumitomo for nearly 20 years, probably more. They always come out on top in competitions. I mentioned below my new car has different tire sizes front/rear, so maybe 5 companies make sets for it. I can definitely count Goodyear out.
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 12:18 PM (8B6Ng)
Don't for get Bridgestone. Very good high performance tires.
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 12:18 PM (8B6Ng)
Don't for get Bridgestone. Very good high performance tires.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 19, 2020 12:20 PM (1ISKN)
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Oh, the humanity!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2020 12:20 PM (aKsyK)
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Makes me wonder - the Goodyear blimp is a frequent flyer in the bay area (or was), wonder if they're going to start putting propaganda on the lighted text display as it flies around?
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 12:15 PM (8B6Ng)
They don't need the blimp. The high school and middle school a few blocks from were I am in the East Bay have 'black lives matter" in lighted text on their signs in front of the buildings.
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 12:15 PM (8B6Ng)
They don't need the blimp. The high school and middle school a few blocks from were I am in the East Bay have 'black lives matter" in lighted text on their signs in front of the buildings.
Posted by: Pine Barrens at August 19, 2020 12:20 PM (oh+79)
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A friend commented: So Goodyear is aligning itself with urban, and largely poor, guerrilla terrorists who do not own cars, and is taking a position against the suburban and rural voters who own all the cars?
It does seem lke a very strange position to put your business in, I agree. But I think they are betting on the election. If they win the bet, they benefit enormously. If not, well... people have short memories.
Does anyone remember why they were so pissed at Nabisco last year? And without scrolling up, how Chick-Fil-A crapped the bed?
It does seem lke a very strange position to put your business in, I agree. But I think they are betting on the election. If they win the bet, they benefit enormously. If not, well... people have short memories.
Does anyone remember why they were so pissed at Nabisco last year? And without scrolling up, how Chick-Fil-A crapped the bed?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:21 PM (KZzsI)
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Maybe they can fly the Goodyear Blimp over Portland to show their support and give us a nice aerial shot of the "mostly peaceful" rioters they support burning down the city. Perhaps some play-by-play of the pedestrian beatings.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 19, 2020 12:19 PM (VpIIl)
The name "Goodyear Blimp" is fatphobic.
It should be the "Goodyear Healthy-At-Any-Weight"!
Posted by: Marcus T at August 19, 2020 12:19 PM (VpIIl)
The name "Goodyear Blimp" is fatphobic.
It should be the "Goodyear Healthy-At-Any-Weight"!
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 19, 2020 12:21 PM (SgjGX)
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Goodyear also makes
Dunlop tires
Kelly tires
No boycott is complete without them
Posted by: Guam tipper at August 19, 2020 12:19 PM (FsgBK)
Thanks, I was going to check and see who else gets dragged into the fray. Dunlop in particular makes me sad, that's 2 of the 5 brands making tires for my car.
Dunlop tires
Kelly tires
No boycott is complete without them
Posted by: Guam tipper at August 19, 2020 12:19 PM (FsgBK)
Thanks, I was going to check and see who else gets dragged into the fray. Dunlop in particular makes me sad, that's 2 of the 5 brands making tires for my car.
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 12:21 PM (8B6Ng)
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IIRC the car dealership I worked for sold Goodrich tires as standard on new vehicles. Michelin was the number one alternative.
Posted by: Northernlurker, don't pay me no mind at August 19, 2020 12:22 PM (lgiXo)
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Willowed from last post:
Hankook is a good tire in my experience, and their winter tires are
*extremely* good - second only to the Nokians, and superior to the
Yokohamas, on par with the Goodyears.
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Ex-Mainer here
completely on board with the Nokian and Hankook shoutouts -- very good
all-season tires to begin with, excellent winter rubber.
Hankook is a good tire in my experience, and their winter tires are
*extremely* good - second only to the Nokians, and superior to the
Yokohamas, on par with the Goodyears.
----
Ex-Mainer here
completely on board with the Nokian and Hankook shoutouts -- very good
all-season tires to begin with, excellent winter rubber.
Posted by: sharksauce at August 19, 2020 12:22 PM (DFZnL)
74
Their tires suck anyway, so I'm happy to continue not buying them.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 19, 2020 12:22 PM (k4dH2)
75
Good luck storming the castle.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at August 19, 2020 12:22 PM (luzVb)
76
Bridgestone? Ahem:
"To qualify as a diversity supplier of Bridgestone Americas, your business must be certified as one or more of the following:
Minority-owned Business enterprise (MBE)
Non-Minority Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE)
Registered with the Small Business Administration (SBA) as a Small Business Certified, Small Disadvantaged Business, Hub-Zone Small Business, Veteran-owned Small Business, or Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business"
"To qualify as a diversity supplier of Bridgestone Americas, your business must be certified as one or more of the following:
Minority-owned Business enterprise (MBE)
Non-Minority Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE)
Registered with the Small Business Administration (SBA) as a Small Business Certified, Small Disadvantaged Business, Hub-Zone Small Business, Veteran-owned Small Business, or Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business"
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:22 PM (qpX6U)
77
Glad I went with bf Goodrich last time. Don't tell me they're doing something stupid too.
Posted by: brak at August 19, 2020 12:22 PM (cG+eD)
78
It's a shame Ford threw Firestone under the bus a few decades back. Poor Firestone is still struggling to come back.
Posted by: creeper at August 19, 2020 12:22 PM (XxJt1)
79
Don't for get Bridgestone. Very good high performance tires.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 19, 2020 12:20 PM (1ISKN)
I've got BF Goodrich on my new car (came with them) and since I'm down to 3 brands that make front/rear sets for it, might just stick with it.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 19, 2020 12:20 PM (1ISKN)
I've got BF Goodrich on my new car (came with them) and since I'm down to 3 brands that make front/rear sets for it, might just stick with it.
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 12:23 PM (8B6Ng)
Posted by: BLM / Antifa Terrorist at August 19, 2020 12:23 PM (vf0Uk)
81
Don't buy their off road condoms.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at August 19, 2020 12:23 PM (pB6Gt)
82
Goodyear is focused on expanding business in China.
Posted by: exdemocrat at August 19, 2020 12:23 PM (GmndG)
83
Don't for get Bridgestone. Very good high performance tires.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 19, 2020 12:20 PM (1ISKN)
Bridgestone (Japanese) owns Firestone. B'stone does have some US plants.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 19, 2020 12:20 PM (1ISKN)
Bridgestone (Japanese) owns Firestone. B'stone does have some US plants.
Posted by: BignJames at August 19, 2020 12:23 PM (X/Pw5)
84
I was a Goodyear fan 50 years ago, but they started selling an inferior product. Enough reason to not buy. Now it's guaranteed.
Posted by: A lotta nerve at August 19, 2020 12:23 PM (JdcHc)
Posted by: Roland THTG at August 19, 2020 12:23 PM (88+cf)
86
Goodrich? Ahem:
"Our diversity and inclusion strategy focuses on ensuring our workforce reflects the communities and customers we serve. To ensure our diversity and inclusion initiatives remain a focus, our senior leadership team reviews information about diversity within the workforce and reports our progress to our Board of Directors. Through our efforts we have seen year-over-year increases in the number of female and minority executives as well as the number of salaried females globally and minorities in the U.S."
"Our diversity and inclusion strategy focuses on ensuring our workforce reflects the communities and customers we serve. To ensure our diversity and inclusion initiatives remain a focus, our senior leadership team reviews information about diversity within the workforce and reports our progress to our Board of Directors. Through our efforts we have seen year-over-year increases in the number of female and minority executives as well as the number of salaried females globally and minorities in the U.S."
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:23 PM (qpX6U)
87
What's happened is that the most radical SJW's from university are taking over the HR departments at most major corps, and they are using HR to take control of all Corporate Policy. Unless there is senior management in place which understands what is happening and has the will to withstand it (and that is VERY rare these days), they are going to have their way.
that is why so many big corps are becoming so ideological, and care so little for profits anymore.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2020 12:20 PM (Kpl3J)
Don't forget their overseas income streams. Disney gets away with the shit it pulls because of money from China.
that is why so many big corps are becoming so ideological, and care so little for profits anymore.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2020 12:20 PM (Kpl3J)
Don't forget their overseas income streams. Disney gets away with the shit it pulls because of money from China.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 19, 2020 12:23 PM (SgjGX)
88
What's happened is that the most radical SJW's from university are taking over the HR departments at most major corps, and they are using HR to take control of all Corporate Policy.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2020 12:20 PM (Kpl3J)
Just in case you were unaware, check out shrm.org sometime. They are and have been *the* HR guild in the US at least since the early 1990s.
This is a centrally coordinated effort.
What's happened is that the most radical SJW's from university are taking over the HR departments at most major corps, and they are using HR to take control of all Corporate Policy.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2020 12:20 PM (Kpl3J)
Just in case you were unaware, check out shrm.org sometime. They are and have been *the* HR guild in the US at least since the early 1990s.
This is a centrally coordinated effort.
Posted by: fktheleft at August 19, 2020 12:23 PM (lvXKd)
89
Goodyear issued a statement, which basically said "Corporate didn't do it, and we tell all our employees not to be political... Except when it comes to 'racial justice and equity issues' because those aren't political "
So, basically, a denial/non apology that highlights they are for BLM because they don't judge BLM to be political.
https://twitter.com/goodyear/status/1296111292827283462/photo/1
So, basically, a denial/non apology that highlights they are for BLM because they don't judge BLM to be political.
https://twitter.com/goodyear/status/1296111292827283462/photo/1
Posted by: Joseph Dickerson at August 19, 2020 12:23 PM (KTq2u)
90
I work for Georgia Pacific. According to our CEO, "As an Atlanta-Based Company...." we will support Marxist organizations in.order to keep Keisha Lance-Bottom's handlers happy. This is a Koch owned company. Supah-conservative KOCHPAC, right? No, they don't miss it, but I don't buy GP products either.
Posted by: ErikInTexas at August 19, 2020 12:24 PM (Kz9dH)
91
It's not just enough to boycott, IMO.
If Goodyear really is getting yuge blowback over this, then it's a coin toss as to whether they will apologize, walk back, say they were misinterpreted, blame the slide on a disposable underling or claim it's all a fake.
The key here - and the left knows this - is persistence[/i[.
Let us presume, for a moment, that this slide is real and that Goodyear, facing a massive drop in sales, walks it back.
They should be FORCED to live with the consequences of their original decision. Returning to them after being spit in the face tells the suits that you can insult the deplorables, but as long as you say "whoops! Our bad!" the deplorables will come running back.
Whether Goodyear apologizes or not, no-one on the right should EVER buy a tire from them again.
Drive the nickelfuckers into bankruptcy.
If Goodyear really is getting yuge blowback over this, then it's a coin toss as to whether they will apologize, walk back, say they were misinterpreted, blame the slide on a disposable underling or claim it's all a fake.
The key here - and the left knows this - is persistence[/i[.
Let us presume, for a moment, that this slide is real and that Goodyear, facing a massive drop in sales, walks it back.
They should be FORCED to live with the consequences of their original decision. Returning to them after being spit in the face tells the suits that you can insult the deplorables, but as long as you say "whoops! Our bad!" the deplorables will come running back.
Whether Goodyear apologizes or not, no-one on the right should EVER buy a tire from them again.
Drive the nickelfuckers into bankruptcy.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 19, 2020 12:24 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2020 12:24 PM (ZLI7S)
93
General Tires is owned by Continental, not Goodyear. Good to hear.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 19, 2020 12:24 PM (Ejm1K)
94
36 https://twitter.com/goodyear/status/1296111292827283462
Disowning the slide... but I'm not convinced.
Posted by: GuttenYear at August 19, 2020 12:18 PM (7CyhL)
Goodyear is disavowing this. Are we being trolled here?
Honest question.
Disowning the slide... but I'm not convinced.
Posted by: GuttenYear at August 19, 2020 12:18 PM (7CyhL)
Goodyear is disavowing this. Are we being trolled here?
Honest question.
Posted by: charlotte the sailor at August 19, 2020 12:24 PM (/rsCS)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 19, 2020 12:24 PM (SgjGX)
96
It does seem lke a very strange position to put your business in, I agree. But I think they are betting on the election. If they win the bet, they benefit enormously. If not, well... people have short memories.
Does anyone remember why they were so pissed at Nabisco last year? And without scrolling up, how Chick-Fil-A crapped the bed?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:21 PM (KZzsI)
Do they really think this will all end 'if' the Dems win?
Do they really think people will forget THEY chose sides?
I certainly won't.
Does anyone remember why they were so pissed at Nabisco last year? And without scrolling up, how Chick-Fil-A crapped the bed?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:21 PM (KZzsI)
Do they really think this will all end 'if' the Dems win?
Do they really think people will forget THEY chose sides?
I certainly won't.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2020 12:24 PM (NgKpN)
97
Do they make their tires overwhelmingly in China?
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM (oVJmc)
98
I bet the person who wrote this rule looks exactly like you would expect xher to look. Danger hair and all.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM (j3jZX)
99
Cooper Tire? Ahem:
"At Cooper, we strive to attract, engage and retain the most talented and high-performing employees. We provide an environment where the most outstanding people in the world feel welcome, respected and valued for who they are and for their contributions. We are passionate about helping to raise the level of respect and inclusion in our communities. We are an equal employment opportunity employer. We embrace our employees' differences in age, sex, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status and other characteristics that make each of them unique."
"At Cooper, we strive to attract, engage and retain the most talented and high-performing employees. We provide an environment where the most outstanding people in the world feel welcome, respected and valued for who they are and for their contributions. We are passionate about helping to raise the level of respect and inclusion in our communities. We are an equal employment opportunity employer. We embrace our employees' differences in age, sex, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status and other characteristics that make each of them unique."
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM (qpX6U)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM (M/9m0)
101
I've bought my last Goodyear product. I'll even pay more for the competitor's tire if I need to.
This isn't capitalism, it is fascism when companies align with a certain political faction. Remember Schindler's List? Oskar Schindler owned his company but he made only products that were approved by the government, WHICH WAS FASCIST NAZI.
I hate to have to use a movie as an example but since history isn't being taught anymore, it seems the only possible touchstones we may have culturally with the other side is the movies. For crying out loud.
And yes, I realize that most millenials probably haven't seen the movie so I'm still probably wasting my time.
This isn't capitalism, it is fascism when companies align with a certain political faction. Remember Schindler's List? Oskar Schindler owned his company but he made only products that were approved by the government, WHICH WAS FASCIST NAZI.
I hate to have to use a movie as an example but since history isn't being taught anymore, it seems the only possible touchstones we may have culturally with the other side is the movies. For crying out loud.
And yes, I realize that most millenials probably haven't seen the movie so I'm still probably wasting my time.
Posted by: LGoPs at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM (7k/uO)
102
Good... and I don't mean year
Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM (Zmnko)
103
NASCAR runs on Goodyear. I doubt they will raise their voice.
Posted by: Guam tipper at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM (FsgBK)
104
OT.... but still related.
Mrs VIA showed me a facebook post of Baltimore's quarterback, Lamar Jackson holding up a ' Stand for the flag, kneel for the cross' tee shirt
This would be an in your face moment, if true
Mrs VIA showed me a facebook post of Baltimore's quarterback, Lamar Jackson holding up a ' Stand for the flag, kneel for the cross' tee shirt
This would be an in your face moment, if true
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM (3D/fK)
105
That's the tough part, the HR and diversity heads in almost every company has them signing on to this crap. Its very difficult to find one that ISN'T stuck on stupid.
Don't forget their overseas income streams. Disney gets away with the shit it pulls because of money from China.
Yeah a full 15% of their total profits in film last year came from China alone, worldwide. Take them out of the picture and you don't get a billion dollars a film any longer.
Don't forget their overseas income streams. Disney gets away with the shit it pulls because of money from China.
Yeah a full 15% of their total profits in film last year came from China alone, worldwide. Take them out of the picture and you don't get a billion dollars a film any longer.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM (KZzsI)
106
How many BLM activists in deep blue cities are buying tires for their rig? I'm thinking zero.
How many red state Trump supporters are buying tires? I'm thinking 100%
Good for Trump, win or lose, I want someone willing to at least throw a punch back.
Corporations have figured out only the Left can bring them pain, so they have thrown their lot in with them. If the Right can hurt them, they'll suddenly decide not to be so political.
How many red state Trump supporters are buying tires? I'm thinking 100%
Good for Trump, win or lose, I want someone willing to at least throw a punch back.
Corporations have figured out only the Left can bring them pain, so they have thrown their lot in with them. If the Right can hurt them, they'll suddenly decide not to be so political.
Posted by: Blago at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM (gkdnV)
107
I think you're right, Tom Servo...this is not companies bowing to pressure but being subverted from within. Someone with the power to enact these idiocies is taking advantage of it.
Posted by: creeper at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM (XxJt1)
108
"To qualify as a diversity supplier of Bridgestone Americas, your business must be certified as one or more of the following:
Minority-owned Business enterprise (MBE)
Non-Minority Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE)
Registered with the Small Business Administration (SBA) as a Small Business Certified, Small Disadvantaged Business, Hub-Zone Small Business, Veteran-owned Small Business, or Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business"
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:22 PM (qpX6U)
What if I don't want to qualify as a "diversity supplier"? What if I just want to sell your fucking tires? Man oh man, I've got to wonder what shareholders are thinking of these upper management diversity hires?
I'll check this out more - then I'm down to 2 brands!
Minority-owned Business enterprise (MBE)
Non-Minority Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE)
Registered with the Small Business Administration (SBA) as a Small Business Certified, Small Disadvantaged Business, Hub-Zone Small Business, Veteran-owned Small Business, or Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business"
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:22 PM (qpX6U)
What if I don't want to qualify as a "diversity supplier"? What if I just want to sell your fucking tires? Man oh man, I've got to wonder what shareholders are thinking of these upper management diversity hires?
I'll check this out more - then I'm down to 2 brands!
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM (8B6Ng)
109
Kurt Shlicter tweeted that this may be actionable in CA?
I like lawsuits AND boycotts.
The lawsuits seem to hurt more.
This stuff if running roughshod over decades of basic HR practices to avoid lawsuits: keep politics and all of the identity stuff OUT of the office space.
I like lawsuits AND boycotts.
The lawsuits seem to hurt more.
This stuff if running roughshod over decades of basic HR practices to avoid lawsuits: keep politics and all of the identity stuff OUT of the office space.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM (bDqIh)
110
What's happened is that the most radical SJW's from university are
taking over the HR departments at most major corps, and they are using
HR to take control of all Corporate Policy.
Very true. There is almost no action that can be taken by management without a Karen from HR being present.
taking over the HR departments at most major corps, and they are using
HR to take control of all Corporate Policy.
Very true. There is almost no action that can be taken by management without a Karen from HR being present.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM (luzVb)
111
Also, Goodyear is the official tire of NASCAR. Keep that in mind.
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 19, 2020 12:26 PM (xPl2J)
112
Willowed. on the Christiansen video about better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6. I will defend myself and I am not going to jail. All you are doing is trading one mob for another.
Posted by: Heart of Darkness at August 19, 2020 12:26 PM (nFRLh)
113
Damn, I just bought a Goodyear tire a couple weeks ago.
Posted by: kallisto at August 19, 2020 12:26 PM (DJFLF)
114
I haven't bought Goodyear tires since back in the 80's. They wore out too fast.
Posted by: Case at August 19, 2020 12:26 PM (Yl7xR)
115
That said, Equal Opportunity Employer statements are just good business and saves them from lawsuits. I'd hire anyone who can do the job well no matter what as well.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:26 PM (KZzsI)
116
Goodyear is disavowing this. Are we being trolled here?
Honest question.
Posted by: charlotte the sailor at August 19, 2020 12:24 PM (/rsCS)
If that's their actual apology/non-apology above, they can STILL go fuck themselves.
There's nothing non-political about BLM. NOTHING.
Get woke, go fuck yourself.
Goodyear is disavowing this. Are we being trolled here?
Honest question.
Posted by: charlotte the sailor at August 19, 2020 12:24 PM (/rsCS)
If that's their actual apology/non-apology above, they can STILL go fuck themselves.
There's nothing non-political about BLM. NOTHING.
Get woke, go fuck yourself.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 19, 2020 12:26 PM (vf0Uk)
Posted by: 11B40 at August 19, 2020 12:26 PM (evgyj)
118
Do they make their tires overwhelmingly in China?
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM
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Goodyear has tire plants all over the World. Looks like less than half of their tires are made in North America.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM
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Goodyear has tire plants all over the World. Looks like less than half of their tires are made in North America.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 19, 2020 12:27 PM (JUOKG)
119
Pirellis or Michelins.
Posted by: Donker at August 19, 2020 12:27 PM (/XEyA)
120
So Goodyear's answer was basically "because screw you that's why".
Well Goodyear, fuck around and find out. It's 2020, the Year of Finding Out.
Well Goodyear, fuck around and find out. It's 2020, the Year of Finding Out.
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2020 12:27 PM (SBWzG)
121
Some US tire maker with relatively small market share would do well to announce Trump support, or at least announce that they are an America First company, supporting American workers and Americana Lifestyle.
Same with all competitors of the Woke Korpse giants ... a company with a 5% market share (in their field, like MyPillow, or ChikFilet till they screwed the pooch) ... could easily get a boost if they come out strong against the terror of BLM (could even include support for the MLK dream, as opposed to the BurnLootMurder terrorism)
WokeKorp has chosen the China side ... commie force, versus liberty for all. The sovereign individual (Bill of Rights) as opposed to GroupThink forced mask/vaccine.
Same with all competitors of the Woke Korpse giants ... a company with a 5% market share (in their field, like MyPillow, or ChikFilet till they screwed the pooch) ... could easily get a boost if they come out strong against the terror of BLM (could even include support for the MLK dream, as opposed to the BurnLootMurder terrorism)
WokeKorp has chosen the China side ... commie force, versus liberty for all. The sovereign individual (Bill of Rights) as opposed to GroupThink forced mask/vaccine.
Posted by: illiniwek at August 19, 2020 12:27 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2020 12:27 PM (Zmnko)
123
I've got BF Goodrich on my new car (came with them) and since I'm down to 3 brands that make front/rear sets for it, might just stick with it.
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 12:23 PM (8B6Ng)
Goodrich is owned by Michelin since early '90s.
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 12:23 PM (8B6Ng)
Goodrich is owned by Michelin since early '90s.
Posted by: BignJames at August 19, 2020 12:27 PM (X/Pw5)
124
What if I don't want to qualify as a "diversity supplier"?
Diversity Suppliers probably get better deals, would be my guess. Anyone can be a supplier that signs on with them but some are more equal than others.
Diversity Suppliers probably get better deals, would be my guess. Anyone can be a supplier that signs on with them but some are more equal than others.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:27 PM (KZzsI)
125
And without scrolling up, how Chick-Fil-A crapped the bed?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:21 PM (KZzsI)
I do. They called the Salvation Army a hate group.
And their CEO demanded whites shine blacks' shoes.
Fuck them and fuck him. DIAF.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:21 PM (KZzsI)
I do. They called the Salvation Army a hate group.
And their CEO demanded whites shine blacks' shoes.
Fuck them and fuck him. DIAF.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 19, 2020 12:27 PM (2JVJo)
126
Hankook? Ahem:
"Expanding Human Rights Training
Our human rights management aims to reinforce
the fulfillment of our responsibility in respecting
human rights, preventing any human rights infringements that may occur in our business conduct, and implementing remediation if any such violations occur. In 2015, we developed our human
rights management system in conformity with
the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human
Rights (UNGPs) and declared our global commitment to human rights management."
"Expanding Human Rights Training
Our human rights management aims to reinforce
the fulfillment of our responsibility in respecting
human rights, preventing any human rights infringements that may occur in our business conduct, and implementing remediation if any such violations occur. In 2015, we developed our human
rights management system in conformity with
the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human
Rights (UNGPs) and declared our global commitment to human rights management."
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:28 PM (qpX6U)
127
Also, Goodyear is the official tire of NASCAR. Keep that in mind.
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 19, 2020 12:26 PM (xPl2J)
I posted this in the last thread.
NASCAR does tell GoodYear how they want the tires to perform, yes, but there isn't ONE RACE where they don't have tire issues. Not one.
When GoodYear started the ad campaign "What we learn here, goes into every tire we make."
Really? You expect me to put that shit on MY car? Fuck off.
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 19, 2020 12:26 PM (xPl2J)
I posted this in the last thread.
NASCAR does tell GoodYear how they want the tires to perform, yes, but there isn't ONE RACE where they don't have tire issues. Not one.
When GoodYear started the ad campaign "What we learn here, goes into every tire we make."
Really? You expect me to put that shit on MY car? Fuck off.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 19, 2020 12:28 PM (vf0Uk)
128
No Goodyear for me ever again. Too many good alternatives. Hancook baby!
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 19, 2020 12:28 PM (o2MD2)
129
Love my Pirelli Scorpion tires. I don't like funding people who hate me.
Posted by: Iasonas at August 19, 2020 12:28 PM (IVj0Y)
130
I think you're right, Tom Servo...this is not companies bowing to pressure but being subverted from within. Someone with the power to enact these idiocies is taking advantage of it.
Posted by: creeper at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM (XxJt1)
Exactly. Like Apple having top management diversity and LGBTQ types making corporate edict.
When the hell did this start? I know, frog, pot of water, stove, some assembly required.
As I just said, I'd think at some point shareholders might take issue, but who knows. This ain't the 80's. I'd sure love to see a hostile takeover or 30.
Posted by: creeper at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM (XxJt1)
Exactly. Like Apple having top management diversity and LGBTQ types making corporate edict.
When the hell did this start? I know, frog, pot of water, stove, some assembly required.
As I just said, I'd think at some point shareholders might take issue, but who knows. This ain't the 80's. I'd sure love to see a hostile takeover or 30.
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 12:28 PM (8B6Ng)
131
My dil has been hospitalized due to stress. She had what we think is a mental breakdown yesterday. She has had a lot of stress in the last year. Injury at work. Basically losing her job which was a huge part of who she is. Surgery for the injury and lots of chronic pain. Having to postpone the second surgery. Then all the isolation with covid. So I am asking for a prayer that she heals and becomes mentally spiritually and physically healthy again. I do strongly believe in the power of prayer. I know there are so many of you that carry much worse burdens. But any bit of help in the form of praying is very welcome. Thank you all.
Posted by: Floridachick at August 19, 2020 12:28 PM (EGalh)
132
Not to be a prig, but the person(s) involved with disseminating this 'slide' have not yet received a response from Goodyear about its authenticity.
While their slow response is no surprise, shouldn't we wait for an affirmative* excuse before screaming boycott?
*Satan's greasy barbed cock awaits, with my approval*
While their slow response is no surprise, shouldn't we wait for an affirmative* excuse before screaming boycott?
*Satan's greasy barbed cock awaits, with my approval*
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 19, 2020 12:28 PM (Z4rgH)
133
I think Goodyear is actually claiming that BLM is not political.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 19, 2020 12:28 PM (oVJmc)
134
If Goodyear disavowed the slide, who got fired at the plant for showing it? Same rules folks.
Posted by: Heart of Darkness at August 19, 2020 12:28 PM (nFRLh)
135
And to echo 88 above, Charles Koch sent out a bit of digital vomit with Johnny Taylor, CEO of SHRM last week or week before. Yeah, supah-conservative, the billionaire who pretends to channel Friedrich Hayek. He needs to spend his twilght days re-reading The Road to Serfdom. This time for comprehension.
Posted by: ErikInTexas at August 19, 2020 12:28 PM (Kz9dH)
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If you want to buy American tires buy Cooper tires. They are better than Goodyear tires anyway. I have been using them for years and they last longer and give a better ride.
Posted by: BigDaddyt62 at August 19, 2020 12:28 PM (d8GaD)
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GY fucked up. I will delight in their pain.
Posted by: Cheri at August 19, 2020 12:29 PM (IB1Pj)
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My wife's car will need new tires this fall, Goodyear is off the list of choices.
Posted by: Guzalot at August 19, 2020 12:29 PM (Rz36l)
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Michelin? Ahem:
"Inclusivity isn't just a word we use; it goes to the heart of how we operate. In order to be effective, our ideas need to be put into practice in an impactful way. This culture that we're continually improving on, ripples throughout the company, into the community, and onto the next generation. Michelin's emphasis on diversity and inclusion unlocks a more dynamic environment where new and different ideas can be shared to spark innovation and drive business results. This is the value of diversity."
"Inclusivity isn't just a word we use; it goes to the heart of how we operate. In order to be effective, our ideas need to be put into practice in an impactful way. This culture that we're continually improving on, ripples throughout the company, into the community, and onto the next generation. Michelin's emphasis on diversity and inclusion unlocks a more dynamic environment where new and different ideas can be shared to spark innovation and drive business results. This is the value of diversity."
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:29 PM (qpX6U)
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Or, alternately, we can continue to just be pussies, sissies, and c*cks who encourage bullies through our weakness.
That's really what it comes down to. This is a street fight. You either use all means at hand to win, or you fight fair and get your ass handed to you.
That's really what it comes down to. This is a street fight. You either use all means at hand to win, or you fight fair and get your ass handed to you.
Posted by: How Things Are at August 19, 2020 12:29 PM (h+FFJ)
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I filled out their online survey.
5 alarm fire at their HQ.
Posted by: Ha at August 19, 2020 12:18 PM (X8Oz/)
Me too. It was fun to make "suggestions"!
I filled out their online survey.
5 alarm fire at their HQ.
Posted by: Ha at August 19, 2020 12:18 PM (X8Oz/)
Me too. It was fun to make "suggestions"!
Posted by: CN at August 19, 2020 12:29 PM (ONvIw)
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Also, Goodyear is the official tire of NASCAR. Keep that in mind.
I'm sure the're happy with it
Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2020 12:27 PM (Zmnko)
The only reason the drivers stopped pissing about how shitty the tires were is because NASCAR threatened to fine them with each negative comment.
I'm sure the're happy with it
Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2020 12:27 PM (Zmnko)
The only reason the drivers stopped pissing about how shitty the tires were is because NASCAR threatened to fine them with each negative comment.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 19, 2020 12:29 PM (vf0Uk)
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Goodyear is disavowing this. Are we being trolled here?
Honest question.
Posted by: charlotte the sailor at August 19, 2020 12:24 PM (/rsCS)
Well when the controversy first broke, a company PR bint put out a statement defending the slide.
So somebody's lying.
Honest question.
Posted by: charlotte the sailor at August 19, 2020 12:24 PM (/rsCS)
Well when the controversy first broke, a company PR bint put out a statement defending the slide.
So somebody's lying.
Posted by: kallisto at August 19, 2020 12:29 PM (DJFLF)
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I emailed Goodyear this morning. Simple, blunt.
These companies have a profound obligation to America, free enterprise and the First Amendment and are pissing on it and all of us.
These companies have a profound obligation to America, free enterprise and the First Amendment and are pissing on it and all of us.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 19, 2020 12:29 PM (H8QX8)
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Wikipedia page for Goodyear has this in its "Controversies" section.
I'm guessing it will be edited back out within the hour.
I'm guessing it will be edited back out within the hour.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist at August 19, 2020 12:29 PM (j3jZX)
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107 I think you're right, Tom Servo...this is not companies bowing to pressure but being subverted from within. Someone with the power to enact these idiocies is taking advantage of it.
Posted by: creeper at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM (XxJt1)
The clue was in how fast it all happened. Within two weeks during an election year psy op? No Uncle Ben, no Aunt Jemima, Stay Safe commercials transmogrifying into Stop Being White commercials?
Nothing rolls that fast in Corporate. NOTHING.
Posted by: creeper at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM (XxJt1)
The clue was in how fast it all happened. Within two weeks during an election year psy op? No Uncle Ben, no Aunt Jemima, Stay Safe commercials transmogrifying into Stop Being White commercials?
Nothing rolls that fast in Corporate. NOTHING.
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2020 12:29 PM (SBWzG)
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Love my Pirelli Scorpion tires. I don't like funding people who hate me.
Posted by: Iasonas at August 19, 2020 12:28 PM (IVj0Y)
Good to hear, I think I'm down to Pirelli and Michelin for tires for my car now. Not a lot of companies making performance tires in matched front/rear sets.
Posted by: Iasonas at August 19, 2020 12:28 PM (IVj0Y)
Good to hear, I think I'm down to Pirelli and Michelin for tires for my car now. Not a lot of companies making performance tires in matched front/rear sets.
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 12:29 PM (8B6Ng)
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Sooner or later, you'll own Generals.
Posted by: Lebron Horowitz at August 19, 2020 12:30 PM (UFgOG)
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133 I think Goodyear is actually claiming that BLM is not political.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 19, 2020 12:28 PM (oVJmc)
I know. They can GF as far as I'm concerned. And I set them straight on their survey.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 19, 2020 12:28 PM (oVJmc)
I know. They can GF as far as I'm concerned. And I set them straight on their survey.
Posted by: CN at August 19, 2020 12:30 PM (ONvIw)
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Speaking of the Goodyear Blimp, we haven't heard much from Meghan McCain lately.
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2020 12:30 PM (SBWzG)
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94 36 https://twitter.com/goodyear/status/1296111292827283462
Disowning the slide... but I'm not convinced.
Posted by: GuttenYear at August 19, 2020 12:18 PM (7CyhL)
Goodyear is disavowing this. Are we being trolled here?
Honest question.
Posted by: charlotte the sailor at August 19, 2020 12:24 PM (/rsCS)
I read through that statement, it's typical corporate mumblespeak, they're trying to say they dindu nuffin, they didn't know anything about it, but they won't say anything to specifically deny it either. That statement is not going to do them any good, it's clearly drafted by their legal team and like most good legal documents, it'll make a normal persons eyes glaze over after the first 2 or 3 lines.
Disowning the slide... but I'm not convinced.
Posted by: GuttenYear at August 19, 2020 12:18 PM (7CyhL)
Goodyear is disavowing this. Are we being trolled here?
Honest question.
Posted by: charlotte the sailor at August 19, 2020 12:24 PM (/rsCS)
I read through that statement, it's typical corporate mumblespeak, they're trying to say they dindu nuffin, they didn't know anything about it, but they won't say anything to specifically deny it either. That statement is not going to do them any good, it's clearly drafted by their legal team and like most good legal documents, it'll make a normal persons eyes glaze over after the first 2 or 3 lines.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2020 12:30 PM (Kpl3J)
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I run Continentals on the SUV and Pirelli's on the truck. Goodyear Tires have sucked for a long time. like Kamala.
Posted by: Heart of Darkness at August 19, 2020 12:31 PM (nFRLh)
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I think you're right, Tom Servo...this is not companies bowing to pressure but being subverted from within. Someone with the power to enact these idiocies is taking advantage of it.
Posted by: creeper
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Probably, I don't doubt the person that actually wrote this is 23 year old in human resources, but make the company start paying attention to what they are putting out.
Something tells me if someone wrote a memo condemning BLM they'd be named and shitcanned by the end of the day.
Why can't our side instill that level of fear?
Posted by: creeper
________________
Probably, I don't doubt the person that actually wrote this is 23 year old in human resources, but make the company start paying attention to what they are putting out.
Something tells me if someone wrote a memo condemning BLM they'd be named and shitcanned by the end of the day.
Why can't our side instill that level of fear?
Posted by: Blago at August 19, 2020 12:31 PM (gkdnV)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 19, 2020 12:31 PM (s2VJv)
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"I will be taking the Goodyear tires off both my vehicles in favor of a more patriotic or less unpatriotic brand because of your insistence on involving yourself in politics. Lets see if you wake up (get woke) to who your actual customer demographics are."
My comment to customer service.
My comment to customer service.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at August 19, 2020 12:31 PM (csiRd)
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Seems like Red Bull had a solution to "Woke".
Posted by: Carpe Manana at August 19, 2020 12:31 PM (PbH71)
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The newly-woke (and soon to be non-existent) NASCAR is fully in-line with this, I have no doubt.
Posted by: tiger7_88 at August 19, 2020 12:31 PM (IQhlk)
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I think Goodyear is actually claiming that BLM is not political.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 19, 2020 12:28 PM (oVJmc
Which just *happens* to be the singular lie underpinning of the entire fake movement and giving them power. I mean what are the *chances*?
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 19, 2020 12:28 PM (oVJmc
Which just *happens* to be the singular lie underpinning of the entire fake movement and giving them power. I mean what are the *chances*?
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2020 12:31 PM (SBWzG)
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MAGA: "Same thing with Chick Fil A..."
I have to say they made one of the worst PR decisions in corporate history. At least to me. Years of good will down the toilet because they wanted to court the woke. If I want chicken now, I'm not going to Chick-Fil-A. Just lump them in with all the other poseurs of the "conservative movement" of yore.
I have to say they made one of the worst PR decisions in corporate history. At least to me. Years of good will down the toilet because they wanted to court the woke. If I want chicken now, I'm not going to Chick-Fil-A. Just lump them in with all the other poseurs of the "conservative movement" of yore.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 19, 2020 12:31 PM (HhXSr)
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So Goodyear is standing on the statement that they don't want politics in the workplace, but that Black groups, or Gays, are not politics???
I guess then, the KKK would not be a political organization? As they are the flip side of the coin, to BLM?
I guess then, the KKK would not be a political organization? As they are the flip side of the coin, to BLM?
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2020 12:31 PM (NgKpN)
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Pirellis on my R8 and Michelins on my C8. Sticky, sticky, sticky.
Posted by: Donker at August 19, 2020 12:31 PM (/XEyA)
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I think you guys are over thinking this.
I can see exactly how this happened. Goodyear had a policy against political shirts and whatnot in the workplace.
They hired a diversity consultant who said it would be problematic if good year punished people for wearing shirts advocating for racial justice. So they made an exception for that.
Thus BLM is allowed and maga is not.
Only way to stop this is to make it costly for Goodyear to make such exceptions.
I can see exactly how this happened. Goodyear had a policy against political shirts and whatnot in the workplace.
They hired a diversity consultant who said it would be problematic if good year punished people for wearing shirts advocating for racial justice. So they made an exception for that.
Thus BLM is allowed and maga is not.
Only way to stop this is to make it costly for Goodyear to make such exceptions.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at August 19, 2020 12:31 PM (cnTJD)
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What's happened is that the most radical SJW's from university are
taking over the HR departments at most major corps, and they are using
HR to take control of all Corporate Policy.
Very true. There is almost no action that can be taken by management without a Karen from HR being present.
What I don't get is - aren't these HR Karens also employees of the fucking company???!!! How in the fuck did they become political commissars with veto power over corporate policies? How in the fuck did that happen?
taking over the HR departments at most major corps, and they are using
HR to take control of all Corporate Policy.
Very true. There is almost no action that can be taken by management without a Karen from HR being present.
What I don't get is - aren't these HR Karens also employees of the fucking company???!!! How in the fuck did they become political commissars with veto power over corporate policies? How in the fuck did that happen?
Posted by: LGoPs at August 19, 2020 12:31 PM (7k/uO)
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I don't care for organized boycotts at a philosophical level, since short term, poorly thought through trade restraints can have unexpected consequences far out of proportion with the desired policy goal.
I am, however, a fan of what I'm seeing with sports viewership for example - millions of people not organized into a boycott but voting with their feet and dollars.
If tonight I went to my favorite restaurant and instead of saying welcome back they told me fuck you Trumpey, they will have gone too far and I would no longer patronize their business.
Less frequent and more expensive purchasing decisions are even harder to control, because brand loyalties (or preferences anyway ... I like Mercedes the car but not the company, for example) can kick in that make organized opposition seem tepid at best as compared to, say, a restaurant situation.
In conclusion, fuck Goodyear, I don't like their tires anyway.
I am, however, a fan of what I'm seeing with sports viewership for example - millions of people not organized into a boycott but voting with their feet and dollars.
If tonight I went to my favorite restaurant and instead of saying welcome back they told me fuck you Trumpey, they will have gone too far and I would no longer patronize their business.
Less frequent and more expensive purchasing decisions are even harder to control, because brand loyalties (or preferences anyway ... I like Mercedes the car but not the company, for example) can kick in that make organized opposition seem tepid at best as compared to, say, a restaurant situation.
In conclusion, fuck Goodyear, I don't like their tires anyway.
Posted by: Blacksheep at August 19, 2020 12:32 PM (6mvRv)
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"At Cooper, we strive to attract, engage and retain the most talented and high-performing employees. We provide an environment where the most outstanding people in the world feel welcome, respected and valued for who they are and for their contributions. We are passionate about helping to raise the level of respect and inclusion in our communities. We are an equal employment opportunity employer. We embrace our employees' differences in age, sex, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status and other characteristics that make each of them unique."
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM (qpX6U)
Fine.
They're not picking one over another. This caters to all comers. In today's climate, I have no issue with this.
ALL LIVES MATTER OR NONE DO. Period.
Unless you're a terrorist, then all bets are off.
"At Cooper, we strive to attract, engage and retain the most talented and high-performing employees. We provide an environment where the most outstanding people in the world feel welcome, respected and valued for who they are and for their contributions. We are passionate about helping to raise the level of respect and inclusion in our communities. We are an equal employment opportunity employer. We embrace our employees' differences in age, sex, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status and other characteristics that make each of them unique."
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM (qpX6U)
Fine.
They're not picking one over another. This caters to all comers. In today's climate, I have no issue with this.
ALL LIVES MATTER OR NONE DO. Period.
Unless you're a terrorist, then all bets are off.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 19, 2020 12:32 PM (vf0Uk)
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The clue was in how fast it all happened. Within two weeks during an election year psy op? No Uncle Ben, no Aunt Jemima, Stay Safe commercials transmogrifying into Stop Being White commercials?
Hallmark channel Lesbian wedding... I there no end? Is nowhere sacred? And yes I watch or I used to watch Hallmark channel
Hallmark channel Lesbian wedding... I there no end? Is nowhere sacred? And yes I watch or I used to watch Hallmark channel
Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2020 12:32 PM (Zmnko)
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i don't even know what tires i have on my trucks or cars....in the future it won't be goodyear....
Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 19, 2020 12:32 PM (CqHIp)
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Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:29 PM (qpX6U)
You realize that these quotes you're posting are just the companies mouthing platitudes, right?
What counts is when the rubber meets the road.
You realize that these quotes you're posting are just the companies mouthing platitudes, right?
What counts is when the rubber meets the road.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2020 12:32 PM (cq10r)
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In closely related news, here's a bit of Karma coming home to roost:
Uber has been virtue-signalling out the ying-yang all year, donating massive sums to BLM and sending out groveling hyper-woke emails and press release about "white supremacy" and all the rest of the racial insanity.
So I said: Fuck these fucker, I am boycotting Uber, and from now on only taking Lyft.
But then last week, Lyft -- not to be outdone by its rival -- decided to one-up Uber and basically announce the BLACKS RIDE FOR FREE while everyone else has to pay. (To sidestep the blatant unconstitutionality of this, Lyft did a sneaky end-around by "donating" millions (that's MILLIONS) of free rides to an extremely long list of black non-profits who are then doling them out "to the black community."
So I thought -- Damn, now I need to boycott Lyft too. But I can't! Because combined, Uber and Lyft have essentially a "duopoly," two-company monopoly over the rideshare market. And for those of us who live in big urban centers and don't have a car, Uber and Lyft are our only alternative to taxis, which cost 2x to 3 as much.
But then Karma came along and saved me from my dilemma.
Because of California's new "anti-gig economy" law, and a judges ruling last week that the law stands, both Uber and Lyft announced on Monday that they were forced to SHIUT DOWN OPERATIONS IN CALIFORNIA ENTIRELY until the law is repealed. (The law forces all companies to hire all freelancers as actual full-time employees, with full-time hours and full benefits -- even iof neither the employer nor the employee wants that.)
So thanks to the liberal politician that Uber and Lyft helped to get elected in California, they' going to take a massive financial hit.
Of course, I will suffer as will countless other people like me, but at least my enemies will suffer too.
Uber has been virtue-signalling out the ying-yang all year, donating massive sums to BLM and sending out groveling hyper-woke emails and press release about "white supremacy" and all the rest of the racial insanity.
So I said: Fuck these fucker, I am boycotting Uber, and from now on only taking Lyft.
But then last week, Lyft -- not to be outdone by its rival -- decided to one-up Uber and basically announce the BLACKS RIDE FOR FREE while everyone else has to pay. (To sidestep the blatant unconstitutionality of this, Lyft did a sneaky end-around by "donating" millions (that's MILLIONS) of free rides to an extremely long list of black non-profits who are then doling them out "to the black community."
So I thought -- Damn, now I need to boycott Lyft too. But I can't! Because combined, Uber and Lyft have essentially a "duopoly," two-company monopoly over the rideshare market. And for those of us who live in big urban centers and don't have a car, Uber and Lyft are our only alternative to taxis, which cost 2x to 3 as much.
But then Karma came along and saved me from my dilemma.
Because of California's new "anti-gig economy" law, and a judges ruling last week that the law stands, both Uber and Lyft announced on Monday that they were forced to SHIUT DOWN OPERATIONS IN CALIFORNIA ENTIRELY until the law is repealed. (The law forces all companies to hire all freelancers as actual full-time employees, with full-time hours and full benefits -- even iof neither the employer nor the employee wants that.)
So thanks to the liberal politician that Uber and Lyft helped to get elected in California, they' going to take a massive financial hit.
Of course, I will suffer as will countless other people like me, but at least my enemies will suffer too.
Posted by: zombie at August 19, 2020 12:32 PM (HEEq1)
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Michelin? Ahem:
Like I said: you would be hard-pressed to find a single company that has NOT bowed the knee to BLM.
It's all semantics. Goodyear just (stupidly) pulled their curtain back a little further than everyone else.
If you purchase food, clothing and shelter, you are probably funding BLM or some other Leftist cause.
Like I said: you would be hard-pressed to find a single company that has NOT bowed the knee to BLM.
It's all semantics. Goodyear just (stupidly) pulled their curtain back a little further than everyone else.
If you purchase food, clothing and shelter, you are probably funding BLM or some other Leftist cause.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at August 19, 2020 12:32 PM (luzVb)
Posted by: 11B40 at August 19, 2020 12:32 PM (evgyj)
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Inclusivity isn't just a word we use; it goes to the heart of how we operate. In order to be effective, our ideas need to be put into practice in an impactful way.
Again, this is just word salad to appease the crazies without setting policy.
There's a huge difference between an equal opportunity corporate statement and "you better not support cops or Trump here or you're fired"
Again, this is just word salad to appease the crazies without setting policy.
There's a huge difference between an equal opportunity corporate statement and "you better not support cops or Trump here or you're fired"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:32 PM (KZzsI)
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Wow, thinking on it.
The similarities between BLM, and the KKK, are pretty striking.
Very similar tactics. Even to terrorizing people in their homes.
The similarities between BLM, and the KKK, are pretty striking.
Very similar tactics. Even to terrorizing people in their homes.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2020 12:33 PM (NgKpN)
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oh and transportation. Including tires.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at August 19, 2020 12:33 PM (luzVb)
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Goodyear tires do suck, even they did a 180 and made a MAGA edition tire.
I like Michelin, but some of their line has slipped in quality also.
Even though I'm cheap, I've found good tires are a better value.
I like Michelin, but some of their line has slipped in quality also.
Even though I'm cheap, I've found good tires are a better value.
Posted by: Blago at August 19, 2020 12:33 PM (gkdnV)
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2020 will be a Badyear for Goodyear.
Posted by: Roy at August 19, 2020 12:33 PM (1II57)
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Sooner or later, you'll own Generals.
Posted by: Lebron Horowitz at August 19, 2020
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I remembered that tag line from the '80s radio spots, and bought a set of Generals to replace the worn-out OEM Michelins on my '11 Buick Regal. Much quieter at speed and much less expensive.
When the LaCrosse needs tires, I'll check with them first.
Posted by: Lebron Horowitz at August 19, 2020
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I remembered that tag line from the '80s radio spots, and bought a set of Generals to replace the worn-out OEM Michelins on my '11 Buick Regal. Much quieter at speed and much less expensive.
When the LaCrosse needs tires, I'll check with them first.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 19, 2020 12:33 PM (Ejm1K)
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I had these Yokohama Advan tires on my Lotus that were unbelievable. That car stuck like glue. Didn't stop me from spinning it once or twice, but that's more from lack of talent.
They were track/street tires that had very little tread. Weren't that expensive, but only lasted like 10,000 miles.
They were track/street tires that had very little tread. Weren't that expensive, but only lasted like 10,000 miles.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 19, 2020 12:33 PM (1ISKN)
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Goodyear is disavowing this. Are we being trolled here?
Honest question.
Posted by: charlotte the sailor at August 19, 2020 12:24 PM (/rsCS)
Well when the controversy first broke, a company PR bint put out a statement defending the slide.
So somebody's lying.
Posted by: kallisto at August 19, 2020 12:29 PM (DJFLF)
I'd almost buy into it. Why? Because the evidence I see is a standard power point template. Now, I can see this for a small internal department's morning meeting - but not anything that's company wide.
They've got an internal graphics department (just for the tiny shit) that spit shines everything and everything is a special template/font etc. This looks WAY too casual. I'd be more impressed if it was in a printed guidebook, not something I could do myself in 2 minutes on PP.
Honest question.
Posted by: charlotte the sailor at August 19, 2020 12:24 PM (/rsCS)
Well when the controversy first broke, a company PR bint put out a statement defending the slide.
So somebody's lying.
Posted by: kallisto at August 19, 2020 12:29 PM (DJFLF)
I'd almost buy into it. Why? Because the evidence I see is a standard power point template. Now, I can see this for a small internal department's morning meeting - but not anything that's company wide.
They've got an internal graphics department (just for the tiny shit) that spit shines everything and everything is a special template/font etc. This looks WAY too casual. I'd be more impressed if it was in a printed guidebook, not something I could do myself in 2 minutes on PP.
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 12:33 PM (8B6Ng)
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Since there's no where to go, my current tires will last a looooong time. Same with the "oil". Myself? That's the crapshoot.
Posted by: klaftern at August 19, 2020 12:33 PM (RuIsu)
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I'm guessing we'll soon be seeing books in the business section of bookstores extolling the courage of value-driven businesses supporting social justice issues.
Posted by: Northernlurker, don't pay me no mind at August 19, 2020 12:33 PM (lgiXo)
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What counts is when the rubber meets the road.
Exactly. There is a world of difference between an official company statement on a website and this kind of diversity training crap. Saying "you can wear political stuff to work, but only from one side of the fence" is way beyond that.
Exactly. There is a world of difference between an official company statement on a website and this kind of diversity training crap. Saying "you can wear political stuff to work, but only from one side of the fence" is way beyond that.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:33 PM (KZzsI)
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My favorite comment on this:
you'd think a tire company would support the slogan 'all lives matter'
you'd think a tire company would support the slogan 'all lives matter'
Posted by: lorien1973 at August 19, 2020 12:33 PM (SpKeo)
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These 'woke' companies think they can have their cake and eat it too. Bow down to The Left/Marxists/Anarchists because they are afraid of them, while telling Law Abiding America to just shut up and eat the crap sandwich.
No. You woke corporatists either side with US, or go broke and learn to code. To quote that commie Steve Stills, there's battle lines being drawn. And corporate America seems hell bent on putting me in their sights.
No. You woke corporatists either side with US, or go broke and learn to code. To quote that commie Steve Stills, there's battle lines being drawn. And corporate America seems hell bent on putting me in their sights.
Posted by: Boots at August 19, 2020 12:33 PM (oGBso)
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Which just *happens* to be the singular lie underpinning of the entire fake movement and giving them power. I mean what are the *chances*?
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2020 12:31 PM (SBWzG)
They would not be able to use Actblue as a fundraising platform if they were apolitical. And that always leads back to the question of WTF did Trump have to do with George Floyd, the entire hierarchy from Governor to AG to mayor to Chief of Police is democrat. Fuck BLM.
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2020 12:31 PM (SBWzG)
They would not be able to use Actblue as a fundraising platform if they were apolitical. And that always leads back to the question of WTF did Trump have to do with George Floyd, the entire hierarchy from Governor to AG to mayor to Chief of Police is democrat. Fuck BLM.
Posted by: CN at August 19, 2020 12:34 PM (ONvIw)
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All the corporations are going woke. You can always point out that the competitors of a certain company are doing the same thing. I don't think it matters. There is value in targeting one particular company to make an example of to the others. Goodyear did something particularly egregious that went beyond the typical corporate woke boilerplate statements. They will be the target.
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 19, 2020 12:34 PM (xPl2J)
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10 Makes me wonder - the Goodyear blimp is a frequent flyer in the bay area (or was), wonder if they're going to start putting propaganda on the lighted text display as it flies around?
Posted by: clutch cargo
In related news, Goodyear conducted a recount and have confirmed Stacey Abrams as their new blimp.
I denounce nuttin'.
Posted by: clutch cargo
In related news, Goodyear conducted a recount and have confirmed Stacey Abrams as their new blimp.
I denounce nuttin'.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977 at August 19, 2020 12:34 PM (kfcYC)
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I'll never ever willingly put Goodyear tires on my vehicles. I've been boycotting them for a long time. I always found their tires to be overpriced pieces of crap. This just cements my resolve to avoid them at all cost.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 19, 2020 12:34 PM (N39Ws)
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Posted by: zombie at August 19, 2020 12:32 PM (HEEq1)
Aren't Uber and Lyft based in California, or at least own a lot of property there?
Aren't Uber and Lyft based in California, or at least own a lot of property there?
Posted by: Surfperch at August 19, 2020 12:34 PM (tVQUs)
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I'd almost buy into it. Why? Because the evidence I see is a standard power point template. Now, I can see this for a small internal department's morning meeting - but not anything that's company wide
Why didn't they dispute it right away then?
I'd almost buy into it. Why? Because the evidence I see is a standard power point template. Now, I can see this for a small internal department's morning meeting - but not anything that's company wide
Why didn't they dispute it right away then?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2020 12:34 PM (Zmnko)
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HR departments, like ever-proliferating university administrators, seem a huge drag on the economy.
Posted by: mr tmz at August 19, 2020 12:34 PM (m/Gc2)
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Goodyear says the memo in question was "not created or distributed by Goodyear corporate .
I've emboldened the weasel words for you. Some DSM is gonna take the fall for this.
I've emboldened the weasel words for you. Some DSM is gonna take the fall for this.
Posted by: creeper at August 19, 2020 12:34 PM (XxJt1)
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Pirelli? Ahem:
"International and multi-cultural elements are key for Pirelli, which operates in more than 160 countries in 5 continents, counting 89.5% of its workers outside Italy.
In this multinational framework, people express a great source of diversity. Whilst respecting each country's cultural differences, all Pirelli subsidiaries share common Company values, policies and rules which are globally applied and diffused in each local language. The attention Pirelli pays to Equal Opportunities and enhancement of Diversity in the working environments are part of the Company's Code of Ethics, specifically of the Equal Opportunity Declaration of the Group. On the operational side, long ago Pirelli equipped itself with an Equal Opportunity Manager and did the same in each country in which operates."
"International and multi-cultural elements are key for Pirelli, which operates in more than 160 countries in 5 continents, counting 89.5% of its workers outside Italy.
In this multinational framework, people express a great source of diversity. Whilst respecting each country's cultural differences, all Pirelli subsidiaries share common Company values, policies and rules which are globally applied and diffused in each local language. The attention Pirelli pays to Equal Opportunities and enhancement of Diversity in the working environments are part of the Company's Code of Ethics, specifically of the Equal Opportunity Declaration of the Group. On the operational side, long ago Pirelli equipped itself with an Equal Opportunity Manager and did the same in each country in which operates."
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:34 PM (qpX6U)
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Does Redbull have a line of tires?
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977 at August 19, 2020 12:34 PM (kfcYC)
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Again, this is just word salad to appease the crazies without setting policy.
Check their donations. Bet your ass they regularly donate to a Leftist action org too. In order to appease the crazies.
Check their donations. Bet your ass they regularly donate to a Leftist action org too. In order to appease the crazies.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at August 19, 2020 12:34 PM (luzVb)
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The similarities between BLM, and the KKK, are pretty striking.
They are even calling for their racial targets to be disarmed, just like the Klan
They are even calling for their racial targets to be disarmed, just like the Klan
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:34 PM (KZzsI)
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If I want chicken now, I'm not going to Chick-Fil-A.
Just lump them in with all the other poseurs of the "conservative
movement" of yore.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 19, 2020 12:31 PM (HhXSr)
Wendy's has a good honey butter chicken breakfast sandwich.
Just lump them in with all the other poseurs of the "conservative
movement" of yore.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 19, 2020 12:31 PM (HhXSr)
Wendy's has a good honey butter chicken breakfast sandwich.
Posted by: kallisto at August 19, 2020 12:35 PM (DJFLF)
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"The similarities between BLM, and the KKK, are pretty striking.
Very similar tactics. Even to terrorizing people in their homes."
Don't forget the racial purity position that they both share.
Very similar tactics. Even to terrorizing people in their homes."
Don't forget the racial purity position that they both share.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 19, 2020 12:35 PM (3D/fK)
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Maybe My Pillow has tires. They have everything else.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977 at August 19, 2020 12:35 PM (kfcYC)
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No, Ace, you are surrendering wrong. One of the Horde's severest conservatives was just telling me the other day that no reasonable conservative cares about gay issues; live and let live! Goodyear ain't gonna let you live and let live, and neither is any other corporation: there's an approved view on LGBT and all the other alphabet soup issues. Toeing the line, keeping your head down, and hiding are blessings of liberty. Rejoice.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2020 12:35 PM (H5knJ)
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But I do agree with clobbering the woke economically
Posted by: CN
Yup. Just bought some tires. Happened to be dunlop. But, rest assured, next time, I will also not choose Goodyear.
Goodyear is disavowing this. Are we being trolled here?
Honest question.
Posted by: charlotte the sailor
I read through that statement
Posted by: Tom Servo
Yeah, exactly. Are MAGA hats OK? It is an easy question. I guess the answer is no.
Posted by: CN
Yup. Just bought some tires. Happened to be dunlop. But, rest assured, next time, I will also not choose Goodyear.
Goodyear is disavowing this. Are we being trolled here?
Honest question.
Posted by: charlotte the sailor
I read through that statement
Posted by: Tom Servo
Yeah, exactly. Are MAGA hats OK? It is an easy question. I guess the answer is no.
Posted by: MikeM at August 19, 2020 12:35 PM (HUUzL)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 19, 2020 12:35 PM (s2VJv)
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Private employers are different from public employers re: unlike public employers (who are the government) private employers have a lot more freedom to limit 1st Amendment rights of employees.
The issue here Goodyear is imposing limits on employees in a discriminatory manner. Treating an employee's "speech" in support of Trump differently from an employee's "speech" in support of BLM.
This is a *textbook* example. I honestly can't believe Goodyear was stupid enough to do it. Seriously -- are we going to find out this is a fake story?
The issue here Goodyear is imposing limits on employees in a discriminatory manner. Treating an employee's "speech" in support of Trump differently from an employee's "speech" in support of BLM.
This is a *textbook* example. I honestly can't believe Goodyear was stupid enough to do it. Seriously -- are we going to find out this is a fake story?
Posted by: Venus at August 19, 2020 12:35 PM (iYXhj)
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went to ikea yesterday...they had a reusable bag with the rainbow....(God's Promise) but to them the alphabet of inclusion and acceptance......and the sign under it said something like more than a bag....a statement....i thought well.....more than a finger.....a statement......
Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 19, 2020 12:35 PM (CqHIp)
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No one will tell me why BLM beating a man half to death for being white isn't a lynching. No one. I wish to hell we had any three Republicans with balls. Someone needs to ask Kamattress if he lynching bill would apply to this attack. Someone needs to just say it.
Why does it always have to be Trump?
Why does it always have to be Trump?
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2020 12:36 PM (SBWzG)
Posted by: NASCAR brass, with more woke at August 19, 2020 12:36 PM (1II57)
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AHEM:
I hope I've provided enough evidence above to prove to you that EVERY major corporation is woke now, and boycotting just one is probably pointless.
All you have to do is search for "company-name diversity".
I hope I've provided enough evidence above to prove to you that EVERY major corporation is woke now, and boycotting just one is probably pointless.
All you have to do is search for "company-name diversity".
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:36 PM (qpX6U)
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three Goodyear Directors are on the "Committee on Social Responsibility" including two Americans and a Chinese national. Can't find out if she is a member of the Communist Party in China, but the two Americans are past huge donors to extremely progressive political candidates.
Goodyear's CEO mostly gives to the Goodyear PAC which donates mostly to Democrats, and a couple of GOPe Senators (Cornyn and Capito). He does give some individual donations, all to Democrats, and the largest went to out-and-proud socialist Sherrod Brown.
Goodyear's CEO mostly gives to the Goodyear PAC which donates mostly to Democrats, and a couple of GOPe Senators (Cornyn and Capito). He does give some individual donations, all to Democrats, and the largest went to out-and-proud socialist Sherrod Brown.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, vacationist at August 19, 2020 12:36 PM (2y4NB)
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They were track/street tires that had very little tread. Weren't that expensive, but only lasted like 10,000 miles.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 19, 2020 12:33 PM (1ISKN)
Yeah, these summer tires aren't for the timid. I've got Yokes on my other car right now, but not the asymmetric tread types. I had some on my german sled back in the day, and yeah. Maybe got 10-12k out of them.
I had Dunlops on that whip originally, and I swear, the tread was designed to pick up anything and everything. I finally had to switch out - before they were toast (I did have fun trying to scrub them bald). Something about patches on a Z rated tire just doesn't instill confidence when driving in triple digits.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 19, 2020 12:33 PM (1ISKN)
Yeah, these summer tires aren't for the timid. I've got Yokes on my other car right now, but not the asymmetric tread types. I had some on my german sled back in the day, and yeah. Maybe got 10-12k out of them.
I had Dunlops on that whip originally, and I swear, the tread was designed to pick up anything and everything. I finally had to switch out - before they were toast (I did have fun trying to scrub them bald). Something about patches on a Z rated tire just doesn't instill confidence when driving in triple digits.
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 12:36 PM (8B6Ng)
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Posted by: Floridachick at August 19, 2020 12:28 PM (EGalh)
I feel for your DiL Floridachick. I've already said a prayer for her. And for you. I also believe in the power of prayer.
I feel for your DiL Floridachick. I've already said a prayer for her. And for you. I also believe in the power of prayer.
Posted by: LGoPs at August 19, 2020 12:36 PM (7k/uO)
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> In related news, Goodyear conducted a recount and have confirmed Stacey Abrams as their new blimp.
Kamala Harris will be put in charge of blowing it up.
She's really good at that.
Kamala Harris will be put in charge of blowing it up.
She's really good at that.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2020 12:36 PM (unn44)
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I think these companies are believing the media hype that everyone wants the police gone and everyone loves BLM and everyone hates Trump...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2020 12:36 PM (Zmnko)
213
Cooper are much better value. You are lucky to get 30k out of a set of the 20 inches tire my truck uses.
And the last 10k will be like riding on ice.
And the last 10k will be like riding on ice.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2020 12:37 PM (JFO2v)
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So far, Sturm Ruger has not donated to BLM or AntiFa as far as I know.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 19, 2020 12:37 PM (o2MD2)
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>>Posted by: Floridachick at August 19, 2020 12:28 PM
Yikes! Sending prayers for your daughter in law. That's a lot to go through in the last year - I hope she can see her way through it.
Yikes! Sending prayers for your daughter in law. That's a lot to go through in the last year - I hope she can see her way through it.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2020 12:37 PM (bDqIh)
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If you purchase food, clothing and shelter, you are probably funding BLM or some other Leftist cause.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at August 19, 2020 12:32 PM (luzVb)
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Perhaps Goya can expand their product lines into more grocery categories.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at August 19, 2020 12:32 PM (luzVb)
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Perhaps Goya can expand their product lines into more grocery categories.
Posted by: Boots at August 19, 2020 12:37 PM (oGBso)
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189 Posted by: zombie at August 19, 2020 12:32 PM (HEEq1)
Aren't Uber and Lyft based in California, or at least own a lot of property there?
Posted by: Surfperch
Both are based in San Francisco.
Aren't Uber and Lyft based in California, or at least own a lot of property there?
Posted by: Surfperch
Both are based in San Francisco.
Posted by: zombie at August 19, 2020 12:37 PM (HEEq1)
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199
Maybe My Pillow has tires. They have everything else.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977 at August 19, 2020 12:35 PM (kfcYC)
anderson cooper asked mike how he sleeps at night....oh how i hope he answered....on my pillow mattress topper between my giza sheets.....with my head resting on my pillow
Maybe My Pillow has tires. They have everything else.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977 at August 19, 2020 12:35 PM (kfcYC)
anderson cooper asked mike how he sleeps at night....oh how i hope he answered....on my pillow mattress topper between my giza sheets.....with my head resting on my pillow
Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 19, 2020 12:37 PM (CqHIp)
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Never been able to get my Audi R8 to spin unexpectedly, unless TC is off. Pirelli also dominates F1.
Posted by: Donker at August 19, 2020 12:37 PM (/XEyA)
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Let's see :
I haven't been to Chik-Fil-a over a year now.
Stop going to Target for almost 3 years.
Only been to Starbucks once, I don't plan going back.
Now adding Goodyear to the list.
Have I miss anyone?
I haven't been to Chik-Fil-a over a year now.
Stop going to Target for almost 3 years.
Only been to Starbucks once, I don't plan going back.
Now adding Goodyear to the list.
Have I miss anyone?
Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2020 12:37 PM (88xKn)
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Check their donations. Bet your ass they regularly donate to a Leftist action org too. In order to appease the crazies.
Most likely, although if they are like most companies, they donate to everyone. A lot of businesses donate to both candidates in presidential elections, for example, weighting the donations by who they figure will win.
Most likely, although if they are like most companies, they donate to everyone. A lot of businesses donate to both candidates in presidential elections, for example, weighting the donations by who they figure will win.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:37 PM (KZzsI)
222
It was just a rogue agent on the Cleveland Vulcanization office.
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2020 12:38 PM (SBWzG)
Posted by: Jeff at August 19, 2020 12:38 PM (r42p7)
224
Goodyear is now dead to me until they walk the policy back. If I want some cheap tires on my Hobbitmobile I can get a different brand.
Posted by: exdem13 at August 19, 2020 12:38 PM (W+kMI)
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There's a Goodyear tire plant not ten miles from my humble abode. I know quite a few workers there, and the rank and file would never sign onto the go woke go broke message if it would impact their jobs in any way.
Posted by: Fortcoins at August 19, 2020 12:38 PM (F/NRk)
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I don't think a middle manager can just free-range create company policy WRT workplace attire. Of course this came from corporate. What a bunch of silly lying stooges.
Posted by: kallisto at August 19, 2020 12:38 PM (DJFLF)
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In case it hasn't been mentioned, not only should conservatives and other normies boycott the woke corporations, they should partake in every effective tactic of the left.
That means "shaming and naming" execs of those corporations, following them on social media and harrassing them for every political statement. Sounds like doxxing? So what!
Every rule, every tactic that works even marginally should be employed. We're headed to a bloody civil war and all other methods should be exhausted first, including those we would in normal times find reprehensible.
Die on a hill or die in a ditch, those seem to be the choices.
That means "shaming and naming" execs of those corporations, following them on social media and harrassing them for every political statement. Sounds like doxxing? So what!
Every rule, every tactic that works even marginally should be employed. We're headed to a bloody civil war and all other methods should be exhausted first, including those we would in normal times find reprehensible.
Die on a hill or die in a ditch, those seem to be the choices.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 19, 2020 12:38 PM (z79tQ)
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Toeing the line, keeping your head down, and hiding are blessings of liberty. Rejoice.
Stay Home. Stay Safe.
Stay Home. Stay Safe.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at August 19, 2020 12:38 PM (luzVb)
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Dirks Strewn @194, LOL
Posted by: rhomboid at August 19, 2020 12:38 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2020 12:38 PM (SBWzG)
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76 Bridgestone? Ahem:
"To qualify as a diversity supplier of Bridgestone Americas, your business must be certified as one or more of the following:
Minority-owned Business enterprise (MBE)
Non-Minority Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE)
Registered with the Small Business Administration (SBA) as a Small Business Certified, Small Disadvantaged Business, Hub-Zone Small Business, Veteran-owned Small Business, or Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business"
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:22 PM
I got my Bridgestones at a Tires Plus. Not sure how they would fit into any of those categories. Maybe the company devotes a certain percentage of their distribution (say, 25%) to "diversity supplier" retailers.
With that said, they are expensive but great tires.
"To qualify as a diversity supplier of Bridgestone Americas, your business must be certified as one or more of the following:
Minority-owned Business enterprise (MBE)
Non-Minority Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE)
Registered with the Small Business Administration (SBA) as a Small Business Certified, Small Disadvantaged Business, Hub-Zone Small Business, Veteran-owned Small Business, or Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business"
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:22 PM
I got my Bridgestones at a Tires Plus. Not sure how they would fit into any of those categories. Maybe the company devotes a certain percentage of their distribution (say, 25%) to "diversity supplier" retailers.
With that said, they are expensive but great tires.
Posted by: Moonbeam at August 19, 2020 12:38 PM (qe5CM)
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You know what, I'm going to set aside my questions as to whether this is confirmed as true because, look, it's going to be confirmed as true.
Will To Power it is, then,
ace, I owe you an apology. I was harshly critical, in fairly personal terms, towards your push to fight the personal is per se political fire with fire. I apology for that.
I lost that argument. I lost that argument utterly. Now, I still believe that my position that the personal is per se political is an abomination which is anti-human at the core. I may be correct about that but I still lost.
Game on.
Will To Power it is, then,
ace, I owe you an apology. I was harshly critical, in fairly personal terms, towards your push to fight the personal is per se political fire with fire. I apology for that.
I lost that argument. I lost that argument utterly. Now, I still believe that my position that the personal is per se political is an abomination which is anti-human at the core. I may be correct about that but I still lost.
Game on.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at August 19, 2020 12:38 PM (mf5HN)
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Pirelli? Ahem:
"International and multi-cultural elements are key for Pirelli, which operates in more than 160 countries in 5 continents, counting 89.5% of its workers outside Italy.
In this multinational framework, people express a great source of diversity. Whilst respecting each country's cultural differences, all Pirelli subsidiaries share common Company values, policies and rules which are globally applied and diffused in each local language. The attention Pirelli pays to Equal Opportunities and enhancement of Diversity in the working environments are part of the Company's Code of Ethics, specifically of the Equal Opportunity Declaration of the Group. On the operational side, long ago Pirelli equipped itself with an Equal Opportunity Manager and did the same in each country in which operates."
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:34 PM (qpX6U)
Ok, fuck it. I'll walk.
"International and multi-cultural elements are key for Pirelli, which operates in more than 160 countries in 5 continents, counting 89.5% of its workers outside Italy.
In this multinational framework, people express a great source of diversity. Whilst respecting each country's cultural differences, all Pirelli subsidiaries share common Company values, policies and rules which are globally applied and diffused in each local language. The attention Pirelli pays to Equal Opportunities and enhancement of Diversity in the working environments are part of the Company's Code of Ethics, specifically of the Equal Opportunity Declaration of the Group. On the operational side, long ago Pirelli equipped itself with an Equal Opportunity Manager and did the same in each country in which operates."
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:34 PM (qpX6U)
Ok, fuck it. I'll walk.
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 12:38 PM (8B6Ng)
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Goodyear is disavowing this. Are we being trolled here?
Honest question.
Posted by: charlotte the sailor at August 19, 2020 12:24 PM (/rsCS)
I'm tremendously cynical, but here's what I see. Their statement is very carefully worded, making me think that it was a contractor they hired thus backing it but not officially so they can put this out and it is technically correct.
Honest question.
Posted by: charlotte the sailor at August 19, 2020 12:24 PM (/rsCS)
I'm tremendously cynical, but here's what I see. Their statement is very carefully worded, making me think that it was a contractor they hired thus backing it but not officially so they can put this out and it is technically correct.
Posted by: Inogame at August 19, 2020 12:38 PM (+2xjH)
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off topic: the walls are closing in yet again! Seen at yahoo today:
Two decades before he ran for president, Donald J. Trump traveled to Russia, where he scouted properties, was wined and dined and, of greatest significance to Senate intelligence investigators, met a woman who was a former Miss Moscow.
A Trump associate, Robert Curran, who was interviewed by the Senate investigators, said he believed Trump may have had a romantic relationship with the woman. On the same trip, another Trump associate, Leon D. Black, told investigators that he and Trump "might have been in a strip club together." Another witness said that Trump may have been with other women in Moscow and later brought them along to a meeting with the mayor.
Two decades before he ran for president, Donald J. Trump traveled to Russia, where he scouted properties, was wined and dined and, of greatest significance to Senate intelligence investigators, met a woman who was a former Miss Moscow.
A Trump associate, Robert Curran, who was interviewed by the Senate investigators, said he believed Trump may have had a romantic relationship with the woman. On the same trip, another Trump associate, Leon D. Black, told investigators that he and Trump "might have been in a strip club together." Another witness said that Trump may have been with other women in Moscow and later brought them along to a meeting with the mayor.
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at August 19, 2020 12:39 PM (4a9Vv)
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223 BLM caught on camera torturing animals...
https://tinyurl.com/y5dzfnt9
Posted by: Jeff at August 19, 2020 12:38 PM (r42p7)
Fighting among themselves?
https://tinyurl.com/y5dzfnt9
Posted by: Jeff at August 19, 2020 12:38 PM (r42p7)
Fighting among themselves?
Posted by: Roy at August 19, 2020 12:39 PM (1II57)
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No one will tell me why BLM beating a man half to death for being white isn't a lynching.
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New York Post@nypost
Portland beatdown victim posted anti-George Floyd meme hours before assault
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Sumbitch deserved it.
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New York Post@nypost
Portland beatdown victim posted anti-George Floyd meme hours before assault
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Sumbitch deserved it.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 19, 2020 12:39 PM (+y/Ru)
238
Even with their very sensible 'nativist' immigration policy, I wouldn't be surprised to see even the Japanese companies jumping into the social justice sweepstakes.
Posted by: itsatax at August 19, 2020 12:39 PM (G0PUA)
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It is so ridiculous that I find myself thinking the Goodyear thing is a hoax. Hopefully this has been verified. if so, F Goodyear. Time to fight.
God I love Trump.
God I love Trump.
Posted by: Jesus Built My Hotrod at August 19, 2020 12:39 PM (wvn6O)
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Target was on a serious downward spiral after their idiot toilet policy change and attacking customers over it. But lately they've been doing really well by magically being declared essential and allowed to stay open unlike smaller competitors.
Shockingly, they are among the voices calling for extended continuous lockdowns.
Shockingly, they are among the voices calling for extended continuous lockdowns.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:39 PM (KZzsI)
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When that screenshot first came out yesterday, I assumed it was one of the rare right-wing examples of "fake news".
Surely a major corporation could not be that stupid.
Once again I was wrong, underestimating the stupidity of woke Leftists!
Surely a major corporation could not be that stupid.
Once again I was wrong, underestimating the stupidity of woke Leftists!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 19, 2020 12:39 PM (tkyK5)
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If anything this new development makes it an imperative that all Principled Conservatives buy as many Goodyear Tires as they can, you can read all about it in my new Article on The Bulwark The Conservative Case for Supporting Woke Corporations.
Posted by: Bill Kristol at August 19, 2020 12:39 PM (tVQUs)
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This is a *textbook* example. I honestly can't believe Goodyear was stupid enough to do it. Seriously -- are we going to find out this is a fake story?
Posted by: Venus
_______________
If the President is calling for a boycott and it's a front page story, wouldn't it take all of 2 seconds for a CEO to get to the bottom of it and call it out as fake before they lose hundreds of millions of dollars in lost sales?
Maybe it is BS, but why is this so hard for a company to say it's fake or real? You don't have to endorse or disavow the message, just say if the memo is real or not.
Posted by: Venus
_______________
If the President is calling for a boycott and it's a front page story, wouldn't it take all of 2 seconds for a CEO to get to the bottom of it and call it out as fake before they lose hundreds of millions of dollars in lost sales?
Maybe it is BS, but why is this so hard for a company to say it's fake or real? You don't have to endorse or disavow the message, just say if the memo is real or not.
Posted by: Blago at August 19, 2020 12:39 PM (gkdnV)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2020 12:39 PM (Zmnko)
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I think these companies are believing the media hype that everyone wants the police gone and everyone loves BLM and everyone hates Trump...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2020 12:36 PM (Zmnko)
They are in on it.
Posted by: It's me donna at August 19, 2020 12:36 PM (Zmnko)
They are in on it.
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2020 12:39 PM (SBWzG)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2020 12:39 PM (unn44)
247
i ditched Chik- the moment I found out they gave money to the SPLC.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 19, 2020 12:39 PM (o2MD2)
248
I boycott P&G; put Goodyear on the list.
It's time for an national conservative boycott of anti-American companies.
It's time for an national conservative boycott of anti-American companies.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 19, 2020 12:39 PM (bETih)
249
In fairness, how a sasquatch like Mike sleeps is of anthropological interest.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2020 12:39 PM (H5knJ)
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I hope I've provided enough evidence above to prove to you that EVERY major corporation is woke now, and boycotting just one is probably pointless.
All you have to do is search for "company-name diversity".
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:36 PM (qpX6U)
You have demonstrated that corporations mouth platitudes. BFD.
I hope I've provided enough evidence above to prove to you that EVERY major corporation is woke now, and boycotting just one is probably pointless.
All you have to do is search for "company-name diversity".
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:36 PM (qpX6U)
You have demonstrated that corporations mouth platitudes. BFD.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2020 12:39 PM (cq10r)
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>>This is a *textbook* example. I honestly can't believe Goodyear was stupid enough to do it. Seriously -- are we going to find out this is a fake story?
Read the Google lawsuit filed by Hermeet Dillon from a few years ago. The stories and evidence (internal messages, corporate emails, intranet discussion) would give a normal/old fashioned HR person a stroke. However, at Google it's the HR people and others in leadership who are leading the SJW mob.
Read the Google lawsuit filed by Hermeet Dillon from a few years ago. The stories and evidence (internal messages, corporate emails, intranet discussion) would give a normal/old fashioned HR person a stroke. However, at Google it's the HR people and others in leadership who are leading the SJW mob.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 19, 2020 12:40 PM (bDqIh)
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Trump said to boycott Goodyear. He wouldn't say that without proof that it did come from them. Whether a lower level executive or what, doesn't matter. Corporate is either going to publicly eat crow and roll some heads, or they are going the way of Hollywood: woke and broke.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at August 19, 2020 12:40 PM (sI15f)
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"To qualify as a diversity supplier of Bridgestone Americas, your business must be certified as one or more of the following:
Lots of large companies have diversity supplier programs. These are generally the criteria.
They get labeled in the ERP systems to track spending to small businesses and such. I don't feel like this is a big deal.
Lots of large companies have diversity supplier programs. These are generally the criteria.
They get labeled in the ERP systems to track spending to small businesses and such. I don't feel like this is a big deal.
Posted by: Inogame at August 19, 2020 12:40 PM (+2xjH)
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243 This is a *textbook* example. I honestly can't believe Goodyear was stupid enough to do it. Seriously -- are we going to find out this is a fake story?
Posted by: Venus
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If the President is calling for a boycott and it's a front page story, wouldn't it take all of 2 seconds for a CEO to get to the bottom of it and call it out as fake before they lose hundreds of millions of dollars in lost sales?
Maybe it is BS, but why is this so hard for a company to say it's fake or real? You don't have to endorse or disavow the message, just say if the memo is real or not.
Posted by: Blago at August 19, 2020 12:39 PM (gkdnV)
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Maybe it'll be a lesson for companies to put these diversity admins on shorter leashes, if not eliminating their positions completely.
Posted by: Venus
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If the President is calling for a boycott and it's a front page story, wouldn't it take all of 2 seconds for a CEO to get to the bottom of it and call it out as fake before they lose hundreds of millions of dollars in lost sales?
Maybe it is BS, but why is this so hard for a company to say it's fake or real? You don't have to endorse or disavow the message, just say if the memo is real or not.
Posted by: Blago at August 19, 2020 12:39 PM (gkdnV)
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Maybe it'll be a lesson for companies to put these diversity admins on shorter leashes, if not eliminating their positions completely.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 19, 2020 12:40 PM (UWqZJ)
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107 I think you're right, Tom Servo...this is not companies bowing to pressure but being subverted from within. Someone with the power to enact these idiocies is taking advantage of it.
Posted by: creeper at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM (XxJt1)
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How many people right here at AoS still believe that Grievance Studies majors end up flipping burgers or pouring lattes at Starbucks?
Nope.
HR and PR departments are full of these people.
Posted by: creeper at August 19, 2020 12:25 PM (XxJt1)
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How many people right here at AoS still believe that Grievance Studies majors end up flipping burgers or pouring lattes at Starbucks?
Nope.
HR and PR departments are full of these people.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 19, 2020 12:40 PM (M/9m0)
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> Their statement is very carefully worded
Yes. It's basically "We don't allow our employees to wear political gear at work, unless it's from a communist front organization masquerading as a 'racial equality' group".
Yes. It's basically "We don't allow our employees to wear political gear at work, unless it's from a communist front organization masquerading as a 'racial equality' group".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2020 12:41 PM (unn44)
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ha!
good and hard
A 395 k member major plumber and pipefitters union endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden in a Monday statement but disagrees with the Democrats opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline and the Dakota Access Pipeline.
good and hard
A 395 k member major plumber and pipefitters union endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden in a Monday statement but disagrees with the Democrats opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline and the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2020 12:41 PM (JFO2v)
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Have I miss anyone?
Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2020 12:37 PM (88xKn)
Proctor and Gamble, definitely (that's a LOT of products).
Burger King.
Pepsi/TacoBell/PizzaHut.
Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2020 12:37 PM (88xKn)
Proctor and Gamble, definitely (that's a LOT of products).
Burger King.
Pepsi/TacoBell/PizzaHut.
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 12:41 PM (8B6Ng)
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Very true. There is almost no action that can be taken by management without a Karen from HR being present.
What I don't get is - aren't these HR Karens also employees of the fucking company???!!! How in the fuck did they become political commissars with veto power over corporate policies? How in the fuck did that happen?
Posted by: LGoPs at August 19, 2020 12:31 PM (7k/uO)
It happened when George Soros and Jeff Bezos and Zuckerberg and Gates and Buffett and all the other mega-brokers began to use their power and influence to stack corporate boards with their loyal minions, who were all dedicated to guaranteeing that all corporate officers follow all political dictates imposed from On High. The only companies that have the stamina to oppose these forces are privately held, non-traded companies.
What I don't get is - aren't these HR Karens also employees of the fucking company???!!! How in the fuck did they become political commissars with veto power over corporate policies? How in the fuck did that happen?
Posted by: LGoPs at August 19, 2020 12:31 PM (7k/uO)
It happened when George Soros and Jeff Bezos and Zuckerberg and Gates and Buffett and all the other mega-brokers began to use their power and influence to stack corporate boards with their loyal minions, who were all dedicated to guaranteeing that all corporate officers follow all political dictates imposed from On High. The only companies that have the stamina to oppose these forces are privately held, non-traded companies.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2020 12:41 PM (Kpl3J)
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A friend commented: So Goodyear is aligning itself with urban, and largely poor, guerrilla terrorists who do not own cars, and is taking a position against the suburban and rural voters who own all the cars?
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Well, in fairness we didn't do it publicly. You rubes would've been none the wiser if it weren't for this leak - which is a violation of our privacy, by the way!
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Well, in fairness we didn't do it publicly. You rubes would've been none the wiser if it weren't for this leak - which is a violation of our privacy, by the way!
Posted by: Goodyear at August 19, 2020 12:41 PM (hYcqw)
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Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:36 PM (qpX6U)
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You have included diversity statements from way different efforts within companies. You are just posting nonsense as a result. Our own company has been audited for years (like more than a decade) for "diversity" spending on suppliers (which is quotas in plain English) but Goodyear is now limiting political speech only to Marxist organizations. Big difference.
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You have included diversity statements from way different efforts within companies. You are just posting nonsense as a result. Our own company has been audited for years (like more than a decade) for "diversity" spending on suppliers (which is quotas in plain English) but Goodyear is now limiting political speech only to Marxist organizations. Big difference.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, vacationist at August 19, 2020 12:41 PM (2y4NB)
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219 Never been able to get my Audi R8 to spin unexpectedtedly, unless TC is off. Pirelli also dominates F1.
Posted by: Donker at August 19, 2020 12:37 PM
Pirelli makes tires for my car, but the shop recommended that Bridgestone has a longer tread life.
Posted by: Donker at August 19, 2020 12:37 PM
Pirelli makes tires for my car, but the shop recommended that Bridgestone has a longer tread life.
Posted by: Moonbeam at August 19, 2020 12:41 PM (qe5CM)
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Why can't our side instill that level of fear?
Posted by: Blago at August 19, 2020 12:31 PM (gkdnV)
Because our side is obsessed with being fair. Being fair is a luxury you can afford after you win. We've got a long, long way to go before we should be worrying about being fair.
Posted by: Blago at August 19, 2020 12:31 PM (gkdnV)
Because our side is obsessed with being fair. Being fair is a luxury you can afford after you win. We've got a long, long way to go before we should be worrying about being fair.
Posted by: How Things Are at August 19, 2020 12:41 PM (M3Kbo)
Posted by: Jeff at August 19, 2020 12:41 PM (r42p7)
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kallisto: "Wendy's has a good honey butter chicken breakfast sandwich."
Thanks for the tip, but if I'm going to Wendy's, I'm getting a double with cheese and a chocolate shake. I love their burgers.
Thanks for the tip, but if I'm going to Wendy's, I'm getting a double with cheese and a chocolate shake. I love their burgers.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 19, 2020 12:41 PM (HhXSr)
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How many people right here at AoS still believe that Grievance Studies majors end up flipping burgers or pouring lattes at Starbucks?
99% of them do, or working part time/volunteering at libraries, campaign headquarters or doing hourly work for Soros at protests.
SOME get jobs at HR, but there aren't that many to get.
99% of them do, or working part time/volunteering at libraries, campaign headquarters or doing hourly work for Soros at protests.
SOME get jobs at HR, but there aren't that many to get.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:42 PM (KZzsI)
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It is really simple Goodyear. Did this happen? Yes/No. Do you agree? Yes/No. Who got fired?
Posted by: Heart of Darkness at August 19, 2020 12:42 PM (nFRLh)
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Look for a corporate statement like this:
"Here at Company X, we believe that inclusion and diversity are pure commie horsesh!t. We hire people on merit, period."
Let me know when you find one.
"Here at Company X, we believe that inclusion and diversity are pure commie horsesh!t. We hire people on merit, period."
Let me know when you find one.
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:42 PM (qpX6U)
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I collect the scraps from Goodyear tires all over the highway, cook'em up and make my own. They're pretty crappy but you know, garbage in garbage out.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977 at August 19, 2020 12:42 PM (kfcYC)
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President Trump: Don't buy GOODYEAR TIRES - They announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS. Get better tires for far less! (This is what the Radical Left Democrats do. Two can play the same game, and we have to start playing it now!).
Reading this made me think that Andrew Breitbart may have died 8 years ago, but his soul stuck around and resides inside Donald Trump.
Reading this made me think that Andrew Breitbart may have died 8 years ago, but his soul stuck around and resides inside Donald Trump.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at August 19, 2020 12:42 PM (Do5/p)
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Does Redbull have a line of tires?
Posted by: Dirks Strewn
A couple of years ago Firestone gave you wings.
And a harp. And a halo.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn
A couple of years ago Firestone gave you wings.
And a harp. And a halo.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2020 12:42 PM (5CJXD)
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Not sure how Twitchy pees standing up.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 19, 2020 12:42 PM (WvQcX)
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Goodyear isn't disavowing.
They're saying lolgf.
They can say BLM and LGBTQ and you could shut your whore mouth and buy their products.
They're saying lolgf.
They can say BLM and LGBTQ and you could shut your whore mouth and buy their products.
Posted by: Ha at August 19, 2020 12:43 PM (X8Oz/)
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47 Maybe they can fly the Goodyear Blimp over Portland to show their support and give us a nice aerial shot of the "mostly peaceful" rioters they support burning down the city. Perhaps some play-by-play of the pedestrian beatings.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 19, 2020 12:19 PM (VpIIl)
________
Does anybody make drones with AR-15s and chainsaw attachments? Asking for a friend ...
Posted by: Marcus T at August 19, 2020 12:19 PM (VpIIl)
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Does anybody make drones with AR-15s and chainsaw attachments? Asking for a friend ...
Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2020 12:43 PM (/28Sz)
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Dear Goodyear.
You can support BLM.
Or you can support Police.
You cannot do both.
Its like saying I support the Palestinians, while supporting Israel, even though the Palestinians only goal it to wipe Israel off the map.
You can support BLM.
Or you can support Police.
You cannot do both.
Its like saying I support the Palestinians, while supporting Israel, even though the Palestinians only goal it to wipe Israel off the map.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2020 12:43 PM (NgKpN)
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AHEM:
I hope I've provided enough evidence above to prove to you that EVERY major corporation is woke now, and boycotting just one is probably pointless.
All you have to do is search for "company-name diversity".
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:36 PM (qpX6U)
However, Alinsky rules state that you pick one, isolate it. Like lions after a herd of dinner on the hoof.
The rest may not care that much, but dinner cares very much, and the lions get noticed next time they're hungry.
I hope I've provided enough evidence above to prove to you that EVERY major corporation is woke now, and boycotting just one is probably pointless.
All you have to do is search for "company-name diversity".
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:36 PM (qpX6U)
However, Alinsky rules state that you pick one, isolate it. Like lions after a herd of dinner on the hoof.
The rest may not care that much, but dinner cares very much, and the lions get noticed next time they're hungry.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 19, 2020 12:43 PM (z79tQ)
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I kind of like Hankook Tires. It's a South Korean company, and the prices are always reasonable.
Posted by: Orson at August 19, 2020 12:43 PM (Bisvv)
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Goodyear is thrown under the bus and the bad news is that the wheels of the bus go 'round and 'round, 'round and 'round, 'round and 'round.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 19, 2020 12:43 PM (+y/Ru)
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Well shit. Cooper just got endorsed by MUMR, so they are out too for me, cause that fucker is fucked in the head.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 19, 2020 12:43 PM (o2MD2)
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262 219 Never been able to get my Audi R8 to spin unexpectedtedly, unless TC is off. Pirelli also dominates F1.
Posted by: Donker at August 19, 2020 12:37 PM
Pirelli makes tires for my car, but the shop recommended that Bridgestone has a longer tread life.
Posted by: Moonbeam at August 19, 2020 12:41 PM (qe5CM)
I love the scorpions for SUV but the last 4 I bought were about 1600 vs about 800 for coopers
Posted by: Donker at August 19, 2020 12:37 PM
Pirelli makes tires for my car, but the shop recommended that Bridgestone has a longer tread life.
Posted by: Moonbeam at August 19, 2020 12:41 PM (qe5CM)
I love the scorpions for SUV but the last 4 I bought were about 1600 vs about 800 for coopers
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2020 12:43 PM (JFO2v)
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Cooper Tire? Ahem:
"At Cooper, we strive to attract, engage and retain the most talented and high-performing employees. We provide an environment where the most outstanding people in the world feel welcome, respected and valued for who they are and for their contributions. We are passionate about helping to raise the level of respect and inclusion in our communities. We are an equal employment opportunity employer. We embrace our employees' differences in age, sex, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status and other characteristics that make each of them unique."
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics
Some of those were pandering, but this is functionally a restatement of federal and most states' law.
The "most talented and highest performing employees" bit is more white supremacist than anything.
Cooper Tire? Ahem:
"At Cooper, we strive to attract, engage and retain the most talented and high-performing employees. We provide an environment where the most outstanding people in the world feel welcome, respected and valued for who they are and for their contributions. We are passionate about helping to raise the level of respect and inclusion in our communities. We are an equal employment opportunity employer. We embrace our employees' differences in age, sex, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status and other characteristics that make each of them unique."
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics
Some of those were pandering, but this is functionally a restatement of federal and most states' law.
The "most talented and highest performing employees" bit is more white supremacist than anything.
Posted by: imp at August 19, 2020 12:43 PM (IecmP)
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Goodyear makes tires in the U.S. and there is a plant close to me. The plant is union. I don't know if all their plants are. But I know how most unions line up politically.
Posted by: Case at August 19, 2020 12:43 PM (Yl7xR)
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>>>If the President is calling for a boycott and it's a front page story,
wouldn't it take all of 2 seconds for a CEO to get to the bottom of it
and call it out as fake before they lose hundreds of millions of dollars
in lost sales?
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see my @208
wouldn't it take all of 2 seconds for a CEO to get to the bottom of it
and call it out as fake before they lose hundreds of millions of dollars
in lost sales?
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see my @208
Posted by: Huck Follywood, vacationist at August 19, 2020 12:43 PM (2y4NB)
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Like I said this morning, it's easy for me to boycott their shit. We don't have a Goodyear store here. I hope they go out of business.
Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2020 12:43 PM (mpXpK)
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This is a very good rant. It is only two minutes long. Please watch if you get a chance.
Business Owner & Vet Carlos Zapata Gives Political Class a final warning.
Business Owner and Veteran Carlos Zapata warned the masked officials in the Shasta County, California Board of Supervisors, in their 'chamber', that a revolution is brewing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nHfJz_1eEs
Business Owner & Vet Carlos Zapata Gives Political Class a final warning.
Business Owner and Veteran Carlos Zapata warned the masked officials in the Shasta County, California Board of Supervisors, in their 'chamber', that a revolution is brewing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nHfJz_1eEs
Posted by: BetaCuck4Life at August 19, 2020 12:43 PM (FBrfY)
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gp is providing a service here.
The racism (systemic, you might call it), the rejection of anti-racist, color-blind, merit-based, equal opportunity approaches to life and business - is ubiquitous, unchallenged, corrosive.
The genuflection to racist, idiotic garbage-think is universal. It has not yet actually destroyed decades of achievement in creating the least racist, most fair modern multi-ethnic society in history, but it's a start.
And yeah HR, unbelievably stupid "diversity" idiocy - but the character and intelligence of the responsible ones allowing this cretinous poison to corrode the civic culture are the issue, not that the HR people are toxic airheads.
The racism (systemic, you might call it), the rejection of anti-racist, color-blind, merit-based, equal opportunity approaches to life and business - is ubiquitous, unchallenged, corrosive.
The genuflection to racist, idiotic garbage-think is universal. It has not yet actually destroyed decades of achievement in creating the least racist, most fair modern multi-ethnic society in history, but it's a start.
And yeah HR, unbelievably stupid "diversity" idiocy - but the character and intelligence of the responsible ones allowing this cretinous poison to corrode the civic culture are the issue, not that the HR people are toxic airheads.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 19, 2020 12:43 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 19, 2020 12:43 PM (WvQcX)
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4 truck tires + a spare
4 Tires for the Horse trailer + a spare
4 tractor tires
Kiss my ass Goodyear. I will never buy another tire from you
4 Tires for the Horse trailer + a spare
4 tractor tires
Kiss my ass Goodyear. I will never buy another tire from you
Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2020 12:43 PM (nnI2U)
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254 243 This is a *textbook* example. I honestly can't believe Goodyear was stupid enough to do it. Seriously -- are we going to find out this is a fake story?
Posted by: Venus
Trump does not make off hand statements.
Posted by: Venus
Trump does not make off hand statements.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 19, 2020 12:43 PM (bETih)
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I'm good at boycotts.
I still don't buy Razors from that company that hates Males...especially Cis-normal, heterosexual Males.
I haven't watched MLB since the 1990s.
No NFL since the onset of kneeling. (four years now)
adding Goodyear to the list.
lol...get woke, go broke!
I still don't buy Razors from that company that hates Males...especially Cis-normal, heterosexual Males.
I haven't watched MLB since the 1990s.
No NFL since the onset of kneeling. (four years now)
adding Goodyear to the list.
lol...get woke, go broke!
Posted by: USMC 8541 at August 19, 2020 12:43 PM (xGZ+b)
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I repeat ad nauseum: there is no mask requirement in my state.
The corporations here are requiring masks. The State is not.
All is well.
The corporations here are requiring masks. The State is not.
All is well.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at August 19, 2020 12:44 PM (luzVb)
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I believe I've mentioned before that I've been approached multiple times by people that I'll be the paper owner of a company in order to qualify for all the various and sundry minority and woman owned business kickbacks.
I've refused them not out of any great moral concern but mainly it's because I don't trust the people making me that offer to not cook the books on the kickback to me for doing it.
But I can assure you that there is a not insignificant number of women owned businesses where that ownership is completely paper and the women who "own" the company have absolutely no say in the running of it.
I've refused them not out of any great moral concern but mainly it's because I don't trust the people making me that offer to not cook the books on the kickback to me for doing it.
But I can assure you that there is a not insignificant number of women owned businesses where that ownership is completely paper and the women who "own" the company have absolutely no say in the running of it.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at August 19, 2020 12:44 PM (mf5HN)
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re 257: gonna need a lot of pipe fitters to bring all that electricity from the solar panels to the city.
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at August 19, 2020 12:44 PM (4a9Vv)
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and by "white supremacist", I mean "entirely rational in employing basic logic and good business sense."
and by "white supremacist", I mean "entirely rational in employing basic logic and good business sense."
Posted by: imp at August 19, 2020 12:44 PM (IecmP)
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261- You have included diversity statements from way different efforts within companies. You are just posting nonsense as a result. Our own company has been audited for years (like more than a decade) for "diversity" spending on suppliers (which is quotas in plain English) but Goodyear is now limiting political speech only to Marxist organizations. Big difference.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, vacationist at August 19, 2020 12:41 PM
Thank you. Every publicly traded company has similar statements. Pick any company and check their 10-K. Goodyear took it to another level.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, vacationist at August 19, 2020 12:41 PM
Thank you. Every publicly traded company has similar statements. Pick any company and check their 10-K. Goodyear took it to another level.
Posted by: Moonbeam at August 19, 2020 12:44 PM (qe5CM)
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Target was on a serious downward spiral after their idiot toilet policy change and attacking customers over it. But lately they've been doing really well by magically being declared essential and allowed to stay open unlike smaller competitors.
Shockingly, they are among the voices calling for extended continuous lockdowns.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
_________________
The CEO conceded it has lost business and it had not been cleared by him or management.
It really was some woke SJW that controlled their Twitter page that made the policy. And that management was cornered.
I will say likely 99% of this stuff doesn't really come from the people that run the company. Sort of like you can't judge President Trump by what a Federal .gov worker does.
But funny when some underling does something "woke" they're protected, but do something slightly conservative and they find some reason to address it. Like the Houston Rockets photographer of 30 years that reposted something on Facebook and he gets shit canned.
Shockingly, they are among the voices calling for extended continuous lockdowns.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
_________________
The CEO conceded it has lost business and it had not been cleared by him or management.
It really was some woke SJW that controlled their Twitter page that made the policy. And that management was cornered.
I will say likely 99% of this stuff doesn't really come from the people that run the company. Sort of like you can't judge President Trump by what a Federal .gov worker does.
But funny when some underling does something "woke" they're protected, but do something slightly conservative and they find some reason to address it. Like the Houston Rockets photographer of 30 years that reposted something on Facebook and he gets shit canned.
Posted by: Blago at August 19, 2020 12:44 PM (gkdnV)
Posted by: Czech Chick at August 19, 2020 12:45 PM (haWye)
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192 Goodyear says the memo in question was "not created or distributed by Goodyear corporate .
True. It is not on their corporate website. (I looked.) But they have others.
True. It is not on their corporate website. (I looked.) But they have others.
Posted by: Guam tipper at August 19, 2020 12:45 PM (FsgBK)
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> And yeah HR, unbelievably stupid "diversity" idiocy
"I've never met one of you people who didn't suck."
-- Steve Jobs to an interviewee, when Apple first got big enough to need an HR department.
"I've never met one of you people who didn't suck."
-- Steve Jobs to an interviewee, when Apple first got big enough to need an HR department.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2020 12:45 PM (unn44)
Posted by: Huck Follywood, vacationist at August 19, 2020 12:45 PM (2y4NB)
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Goodyear's own site champions LGBTQ stuff and the phrase "zero tolerance" is used often. I suspect they don't supervise their "diversity officers/nazis" ver well.
Posted by: CN at August 19, 2020 12:45 PM (ONvIw)
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Reading this made me think that Andrew Breitbart may have died 8 years ago, but his soul stuck around and resides inside Donald Trump.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at August 19, 2020 12:42 PM (Do5/p)
I said this a few times around here way back at the beginning of 2016 when it was basically blasphemy. We're gonna miss Trump bigly come 2025.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at August 19, 2020 12:42 PM (Do5/p)
I said this a few times around here way back at the beginning of 2016 when it was basically blasphemy. We're gonna miss Trump bigly come 2025.
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2020 12:45 PM (SBWzG)
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I just put a set Eagle F1s on sra blaster's car - but I bought them used, so no dollars went into Goodyear's pocket.
Posted by: blaster at August 19, 2020 12:45 PM (ZfRYq)
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There is a fascinating book "Barbarians to Bureaucrats" that walks the reader through the evolution of companies from the Vision, Entrepreneur, Administrator, Bureaucrat to Aristocrat.
The example for Aristocrat was the American Can Company that dominated in the manufacturer of cans. They were making good money and management convinced themselves that they were Masters of the Universe and began getting into investments and businesses that were way outside their core competencies. In other words, they transformed the company into a hedge fund that happens to also make cans.
That arrogance didn't work out too well.
Same difference here. I submit that while this was an unforced error on part of senior management, and likely to erase whatever goodwill they acquired over the year in a very competitive market, this is more of a signal to the Board of Directors and to the stock-holders that management has evolved into a form of Aristocracy where the company is theirs as a function of their self assigned nobility. The company is a toy to them that funds their lifestyle and their position at the company is an entitlement.
This is a sign to humble them by inviting them to take their Vanity Fair somewhere other than in the name of Goodyear.
They need to be run out because they care more about their personal vanity rather than the viability of the company.
The example for Aristocrat was the American Can Company that dominated in the manufacturer of cans. They were making good money and management convinced themselves that they were Masters of the Universe and began getting into investments and businesses that were way outside their core competencies. In other words, they transformed the company into a hedge fund that happens to also make cans.
That arrogance didn't work out too well.
Same difference here. I submit that while this was an unforced error on part of senior management, and likely to erase whatever goodwill they acquired over the year in a very competitive market, this is more of a signal to the Board of Directors and to the stock-holders that management has evolved into a form of Aristocracy where the company is theirs as a function of their self assigned nobility. The company is a toy to them that funds their lifestyle and their position at the company is an entitlement.
This is a sign to humble them by inviting them to take their Vanity Fair somewhere other than in the name of Goodyear.
They need to be run out because they care more about their personal vanity rather than the viability of the company.
Posted by: 🐧 at August 19, 2020 12:45 PM (C+evo)
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at August 19, 2020 12:45 PM (e1mEI)
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Good on PDT for speaking out...
And I see some dumb ass army peeps from American Samoa? wore their uniforms tot support Biden?
Fry their asses
And I see some dumb ass army peeps from American Samoa? wore their uniforms tot support Biden?
Fry their asses
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 19, 2020 12:45 PM (pJwEv)
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I hope I've provided enough evidence above to prove to you that EVERY major corporation is woke now, and boycotting just one is probably pointless.
Scroll up and you'll read how what you posted isn't nearly the same as what Goodyear did.
Or you can just use logic.
However as noted earlier, you are right that these companies feel the need to make empty word salad statements about diversity and inclusion and that's a corporate culture we need to change.
Scroll up and you'll read how what you posted isn't nearly the same as what Goodyear did.
Or you can just use logic.
However as noted earlier, you are right that these companies feel the need to make empty word salad statements about diversity and inclusion and that's a corporate culture we need to change.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:45 PM (KZzsI)
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My late model pre owned Chevy came with new firestone wheels. They've run well for me so far.
Posted by: Fortcoins at August 19, 2020 12:45 PM (F/NRk)
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Goodyear will sell you tires to necklace you with.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 19, 2020 12:45 PM (MzFJT)
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If the President is calling for a boycott and it's a front page story, wouldn't it take all of 2 seconds for a CEO to get to the bottom of it and call it out as fake before they lose hundreds of millions of dollars in lost sales?
Maybe it is BS, but why is this so hard for a company to say it's fake or real? You don't have to endorse or disavow the message, just say if the memo is real or not.
Posted by: Blago at August 19, 2020 12:39 PM (gkdnV)
If it was fake, then clearly they would say so loudly. The fact that they hem and haw at a denial tells us that it's almost certainly real, but from a lower level and top management wasn't aware of it. Now they're trying to make it all go away without taking a clear position on it - but they don't realize they've got to more than that. Some low level employee has pushed them into this, but now they've got to choose one side or the other.
Maybe it is BS, but why is this so hard for a company to say it's fake or real? You don't have to endorse or disavow the message, just say if the memo is real or not.
Posted by: Blago at August 19, 2020 12:39 PM (gkdnV)
If it was fake, then clearly they would say so loudly. The fact that they hem and haw at a denial tells us that it's almost certainly real, but from a lower level and top management wasn't aware of it. Now they're trying to make it all go away without taking a clear position on it - but they don't realize they've got to more than that. Some low level employee has pushed them into this, but now they've got to choose one side or the other.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2020 12:45 PM (Kpl3J)
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I'll buy Hankook.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 19, 2020 12:45 PM (dNzKv)
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Goodyear has been outsourcing production of tires for years.
Go get em Trump!
https://www.tirebusiness.com/news/us-tire-industry-2019-shipments-imports-domestic-production-falls
Go get em Trump!
https://www.tirebusiness.com/news/us-tire-industry-2019-shipments-imports-domestic-production-falls
Posted by: Willie Brown Took a leak next to me once. at August 19, 2020 12:46 PM (KJMag)
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I collect the scraps from Goodyear tires all over the highway, cook'em up and make my own. They're pretty crappy but you know, garbage in garbage out.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977 at August 19, 2020 12:42 PM (kfcYC)
Those strips of tread up and down the interstates? Gators.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977 at August 19, 2020 12:42 PM (kfcYC)
Those strips of tread up and down the interstates? Gators.
Posted by: BignJames at August 19, 2020 12:46 PM (X/Pw5)
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The Koreans. They make fine tires.
The Koreans. They make fine tires.
Posted by: fixerupper at August 19, 2020 12:46 PM (nw6Hr)
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Inclusivity isn't just a word we use; it goes to the heart of how we operate
They're extremely inclusive of the things they include and not inclusive of the things they ban.
They're extremely inclusive of the things they include and not inclusive of the things they ban.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 19, 2020 12:46 PM (oVJmc)
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I just put new Toyos on my car in March. They're not bad , but the Nexens I had before were outstanding.
Posted by: Anonymous Scandi Hobo at August 19, 2020 12:46 PM (KW0aF)
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Unpopular opinion: boycott the shit out of them. But not 2 months from the election where thousands of Goodyear employees work in Michigan and Ohio.
Posted by: Asshoes at August 19, 2020 12:46 PM (LI2jF)
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Wells Fargo (hires) Clinton/Obama loyalist and Democrat mover and shaker Bill Daley.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes
Remember that time that many of their staff, all over the country, set up new accounts for existing customers, that the customers never new about? So that they could charge various fees? I hate banks, but big banks especially. It is hard to avoid all the companies that have done really shady things over the years, VW, Ford, etc etc, but I will never be a part of WellsFargo. I was tempted to get an apple card. Goldman Sachs handles that...so no.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes
Remember that time that many of their staff, all over the country, set up new accounts for existing customers, that the customers never new about? So that they could charge various fees? I hate banks, but big banks especially. It is hard to avoid all the companies that have done really shady things over the years, VW, Ford, etc etc, but I will never be a part of WellsFargo. I was tempted to get an apple card. Goldman Sachs handles that...so no.
Posted by: MikeM at August 19, 2020 12:46 PM (HUUzL)
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Nitto and Falken are also quality. Hell I'd even buy Pirelli before I buy another set of Goodyear tires.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (k/TB6)
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This stuff is tiring.
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (SBWzG)
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> and by "white supremacist", I mean "entirely rational in employing basic logic and good business sense."
Anyone else see the Portland communist posting the picture of the "white supremacist" group that oddly seemed to include a number of blacks, Latinos, and Asians among its membership?
She's taken the Twat down now, but it's been archived.
Anyone else see the Portland communist posting the picture of the "white supremacist" group that oddly seemed to include a number of blacks, Latinos, and Asians among its membership?
She's taken the Twat down now, but it's been archived.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (unn44)
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Eh. Goodyear will make-up the sales once Senile Joe wins, and -
antifa/blm start "necklacing" people Lady Mandela-style.
Eh. Goodyear will make-up the sales once Senile Joe wins, and -
antifa/blm start "necklacing" people Lady Mandela-style.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (dWwl8)
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The Koreans. They make fine tires.
Posted by: fixerupper at August 19, 2020 12:46 PM (nw6Hr)
+++++++++++++
So do the Japanese. So do the Finns. So do the French. So do other American firms.
Posted by: fixerupper at August 19, 2020 12:46 PM (nw6Hr)
+++++++++++++
So do the Japanese. So do the Finns. So do the French. So do other American firms.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (hYcqw)
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The corps are cowards but put yourself in the position of a C-suiter: radical group X walks in snd makes demands Y&Z. Everyone hears them out and says they will review and revert.
Then, ass covering, groupthink and the Peter Principle kick in. At that point, to resist is to kiss your salary, bennies, stock options, mortgage payments and college funds goodbye, maybe for good if word leaks out why you were shown the door (pro tip: it will).
It's hard to not just go along to get along when your whole life is riding on it, especially when your resistance changes nothing.
It's an age old question: Do I protect my own ass (and especially my money) or do I make a principled stand? Real life ain't Jerry McGuire ....
Then, ass covering, groupthink and the Peter Principle kick in. At that point, to resist is to kiss your salary, bennies, stock options, mortgage payments and college funds goodbye, maybe for good if word leaks out why you were shown the door (pro tip: it will).
It's hard to not just go along to get along when your whole life is riding on it, especially when your resistance changes nothing.
It's an age old question: Do I protect my own ass (and especially my money) or do I make a principled stand? Real life ain't Jerry McGuire ....
Posted by: Blacksheep at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (6mvRv)
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Boeing did similar although I'm not sure if they're allowing "equity" garb at the expense of all others. There was a lot of controversy on the shop floor about workers wearing Trump gear and the guys were not backing down. And that's an UAW shop.
Posted by: kallisto at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (DJFLF)
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207 - Respectfully, you don't understand how boycotts work. Conservatives don't have to boycott every offender; this isn't about intellectual consistency. It's about identifying offenders who are vulnerable to boycott by conservatives and punishing them mercilessly. You only have to take a few scalps to make people conform. Muslims have engaged in relatively little terrorism in the US, 9/11 notwithstanding. Fear of arbitrary, unpredictable boycott is the tool.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (H5knJ)
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"...Thus BLM is allowed and maga is not.
Only way to stop this is to make it costly for Goodyear to make such exceptions." Posted by: Harry Paratestes
right ... bending the knee to avoid blackmail (the very old Sharpton Shakedown now on steroids) ... must be met with a real cost. When they say "Sure, we will spit in the face of patriotic Americans, to avoid the Sharpton style wrath" ... the people being spit on must say "fine, you spit on us, we will NEVER buy your product again ... years of you building brand loyalty ... you just burned it down".
WalMart in the early days had price tags with American Flags for Made in America products ... then they went all in on China cheap shiit. WallStreet and China are now pretty much on the same side ... Trump and many allies are seeing the danger to liberty ... Dems are going All In on "hey, let's just go full racist commie".
Only way to stop this is to make it costly for Goodyear to make such exceptions." Posted by: Harry Paratestes
right ... bending the knee to avoid blackmail (the very old Sharpton Shakedown now on steroids) ... must be met with a real cost. When they say "Sure, we will spit in the face of patriotic Americans, to avoid the Sharpton style wrath" ... the people being spit on must say "fine, you spit on us, we will NEVER buy your product again ... years of you building brand loyalty ... you just burned it down".
WalMart in the early days had price tags with American Flags for Made in America products ... then they went all in on China cheap shiit. WallStreet and China are now pretty much on the same side ... Trump and many allies are seeing the danger to liberty ... Dems are going All In on "hey, let's just go full racist commie".
Posted by: illiniwek at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (Cus5s)
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A friend commented: So Goodyear is aligning itself with urban, and largely poor, guerrilla terrorists who do not own cars, and is taking a position against the suburban and rural voters who own all the cars?
And cops because Blue Lives Matter is unacceptable. How about all of those fleets of police vehicles stop using Goodyear tires. That ought to put a dent in their business
And cops because Blue Lives Matter is unacceptable. How about all of those fleets of police vehicles stop using Goodyear tires. That ought to put a dent in their business
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (kw5n8)
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Don't buy their off road condoms.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at August 19, 2020 12:23 PM
Wait, our motto is "Don't tread on me."
Posted by: humphreyrobot at August 19, 2020 12:23 PM
Wait, our motto is "Don't tread on me."
Posted by: Goodyear Off-Road Condoms at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (DMUuz)
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The good guys are back up:
@TheBabylonBee
1h
San Francisco Changes Term 'Convicted Felons' To More Politically Correct 'Elected Officials'
@TheBabylonBee
1h
San Francisco Changes Term 'Convicted Felons' To More Politically Correct 'Elected Officials'
Posted by: t-bird at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (pbStR)
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If you are easily triggered, skip this!
Corporations are under tremendous pressure to hire women. MOST women do not have the personality or inclination for big-time profits-driven capitalism.
So most women are shunted into PR and HR departments.
Corporations are under tremendous pressure to hire women. MOST women do not have the personality or inclination for big-time profits-driven capitalism.
So most women are shunted into PR and HR departments.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (M/9m0)
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The CEO conceded it has lost business and it had not been cleared by him or management.
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I call bullshit on the CEO. He gives a ton of money to socialists himself. SO does the company. So do the two American Directors on the "Social Responsibility" board committee. And their initial statement released told us all to lolgfy.
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I call bullshit on the CEO. He gives a ton of money to socialists himself. SO does the company. So do the two American Directors on the "Social Responsibility" board committee. And their initial statement released told us all to lolgfy.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, vacationist at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (2y4NB)
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I had Nittos on my last truck. Good tires. I was pleased.
I had Nittos on my last truck. Good tires. I was pleased.
Posted by: fixerupper at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (nw6Hr)
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Someone should have told Goodyear to tread lightly.
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (SBWzG)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (SgjGX)
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Pirelli used to have an abwesome calendar. It had, umm, Italian, sensibilities.
Then something happened and they published an Amy Schumer calendar.
We're just going to have to make our own tires now.
Then something happened and they published an Amy Schumer calendar.
We're just going to have to make our own tires now.
Posted by: blaster at August 19, 2020 12:48 PM (ZfRYq)
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280- I love the scorpions for SUV but the last 4 I bought were about 1600 vs about 800 for coopers
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2020 12:43 PM
What language doth thou speak? Do you mean price for 4 or per tire? I paid about $1000 for 4 Bridgestones.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2020 12:43 PM
What language doth thou speak? Do you mean price for 4 or per tire? I paid about $1000 for 4 Bridgestones.
Posted by: Moonbeam at August 19, 2020 12:48 PM (qe5CM)
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It's not going to get better. The latest fad in the corporate world is ESG--adopting environmental, social, and governance "best practices."
Think of all the virtue-signaling corporations who loudly proclaim how they're striving to be carbon neutral. Now they're going to throw even more board and senior management diversity programs and public displays of support for social justice causes into the mix.
The corporate world is now dominated by leftists, Karens, and 30-something marketing and HR know-nothings.
Think of all the virtue-signaling corporations who loudly proclaim how they're striving to be carbon neutral. Now they're going to throw even more board and senior management diversity programs and public displays of support for social justice causes into the mix.
The corporate world is now dominated by leftists, Karens, and 30-something marketing and HR know-nothings.
Posted by: Furious George at August 19, 2020 12:48 PM (9vQJW)
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I hope I've provided enough evidence above to prove to you that
EVERY major corporation is woke now, and boycotting just one is probably
pointless.
Any company that is able to force mask-wearing as a requirement to purchase FOOD in every branch regardless of state law, needs to be atomized by anti-trust laws.
I hope I've provided enough evidence above to prove to you that
EVERY major corporation is woke now, and boycotting just one is probably
pointless.
Any company that is able to force mask-wearing as a requirement to purchase FOOD in every branch regardless of state law, needs to be atomized by anti-trust laws.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at August 19, 2020 12:48 PM (luzVb)
Posted by: Asshoes at August 19, 2020 12:48 PM (LI2jF)
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The example for Aristocrat was the American Can Company that dominated in the manufacturer of cans. They were making good money and management convinced themselves that they were Masters of the Universe and began getting into investments and businesses that were way outside their core competencies.
Some of you here are old enough to remember when someone tried to corner the market on sugar and drive the price up massively. What they ended up with was megatons of sugar in warehouses nobody bought at their demanded prices.
I remember in stores, when it happened. Mom looking at the price of sugar and going "well I can do without"
Some of you here are old enough to remember when someone tried to corner the market on sugar and drive the price up massively. What they ended up with was megatons of sugar in warehouses nobody bought at their demanded prices.
I remember in stores, when it happened. Mom looking at the price of sugar and going "well I can do without"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:48 PM (KZzsI)
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Goodyear will sell you tires to necklace you with.
Posted by: Puddin Head
Winnie Mandela tested, Winnie Mandela approved!
Goodyear will sell you tires to necklace you with.
Posted by: Puddin Head
Winnie Mandela tested, Winnie Mandela approved!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 19, 2020 12:48 PM (pNxlR)
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You people need to learn how to tinyurl. Margin blowers need to be banned.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 19, 2020 12:48 PM (dNzKv)
Posted by: imp at August 19, 2020 12:48 PM (IecmP)
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Goodyear tires are overpriced and under-perform.
I run US made Coopers on my Kentucky built F250: US made.
And US made Yokohamas on my Alabama Pilot.
Both are much better, and less expensive than buying from a company that has to support blimps.
I run US made Coopers on my Kentucky built F250: US made.
And US made Yokohamas on my Alabama Pilot.
Both are much better, and less expensive than buying from a company that has to support blimps.
Posted by: Joe Mama at August 19, 2020 12:48 PM (Z2qFv)
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BF Goodrich better not be pulling this shit. T/A KO2s are the cat's ass for all terrain tires.
Posted by: radar at August 19, 2020 12:48 PM (Q+VZw)
Posted by: Braenyard at August 19, 2020 12:49 PM (bETih)
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"gp is providing a service here."
I could provide it faster if I didn't have to edit out all the quote marks, so the text didn't crash the AoSHQ server.
Just platitudes? Platitudes are part of what got us into this woke nightmare. Politicians and companies that communicate in platitudes short-circuit reasoned thought. Reasoned thought is, most of all, what the wokesters are warring against.
I could provide it faster if I didn't have to edit out all the quote marks, so the text didn't crash the AoSHQ server.
Just platitudes? Platitudes are part of what got us into this woke nightmare. Politicians and companies that communicate in platitudes short-circuit reasoned thought. Reasoned thought is, most of all, what the wokesters are warring against.
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:49 PM (qpX6U)
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Notice that Goodyear basically just banned anything that normal white people might support.
Cause Goodyear hates White People.
Cause Goodyear hates White People.
Posted by: DemocratsHateWhitePeople at August 19, 2020 12:49 PM (ps/i4)
Posted by: torabora at August 19, 2020 12:49 PM (uSgNb)
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Are whitewalls banned yet?
Posted by: Dunlopped my profits in half at August 19, 2020 12:49 PM (3tPHY)
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320 This stuff is tiring.
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (SBWzG)
We just go round and round.
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (SBWzG)
We just go round and round.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 19, 2020 12:49 PM (WvQcX)
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Maybe My Pillow has tires. They have everything else.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977
Mike Lindell. A man worth emulating.
He pulled him self up from the depths of despair and drugs, thru hawking his wares at county fairs, to become a man that has given hundreds of former drug addicts jobs/a reason to live, financing Christian productions and a staunch supporter of DJT.
If he sold tires, I'd buy them.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977
Mike Lindell. A man worth emulating.
He pulled him self up from the depths of despair and drugs, thru hawking his wares at county fairs, to become a man that has given hundreds of former drug addicts jobs/a reason to live, financing Christian productions and a staunch supporter of DJT.
If he sold tires, I'd buy them.
Posted by: old chick at August 19, 2020 12:49 PM (sOete)
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So most women are shunted into PR and HR departments.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (M/9m0)
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So.... when does their butch happen.... cuz every HR female HR director I ever met was butcher than Rosy O DOnnell in League of Their Own.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (M/9m0)
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So.... when does their butch happen.... cuz every HR female HR director I ever met was butcher than Rosy O DOnnell in League of Their Own.
Posted by: fixerupper at August 19, 2020 12:49 PM (nw6Hr)
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Goodyear also owns Kelly and Dunlop.
Posted by: Guzalot at August 19, 2020 12:49 PM (Rz36l)
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Funny how people in diversity jobs make it their job to DECREASE diversity in their workplace.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 19, 2020 12:50 PM (kA3Cp)
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at August 19, 2020 12:50 PM (luzVb)
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This stuff is tiring.
Posted by: ...
It is. I do not watch the news anymore. But keep up here. But the list of woke companies and worrying about it. Or shopping, and thinking, is this made in China? Are the chinese people bad?
Posted by: ...
It is. I do not watch the news anymore. But keep up here. But the list of woke companies and worrying about it. Or shopping, and thinking, is this made in China? Are the chinese people bad?
Posted by: MikeM at August 19, 2020 12:50 PM (HUUzL)
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May all their blimps crash and burn.
Posted by: I Have Questions at August 19, 2020 12:50 PM (+v+zN)
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I hope I've provided enough evidence above to prove to you that EVERY
major corporation is woke now, and boycotting just one is probably
pointless.
Oh no. You could not be more wrong. You make an example out of one - to frighten the others. Then, if you don't get what you want - you ruin another.
It's not "fair" to the example - and I don't give a damn. That's how you win. That's how you get things your way. There's another word for those that insist on being reasonable all the time. They're often call servants. People that take what they want ? Often called masters.
Be a master. Not a servant.
major corporation is woke now, and boycotting just one is probably
pointless.
Oh no. You could not be more wrong. You make an example out of one - to frighten the others. Then, if you don't get what you want - you ruin another.
It's not "fair" to the example - and I don't give a damn. That's how you win. That's how you get things your way. There's another word for those that insist on being reasonable all the time. They're often call servants. People that take what they want ? Often called masters.
Be a master. Not a servant.
Posted by: How Things Are at August 19, 2020 12:50 PM (M3Kbo)
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BTW, Goodyear stock is down 4.32% and dropping still after a brief buying spell
Posted by: imp
Undervalued or underinflated? You make the call!
Posted by: imp
Undervalued or underinflated? You make the call!
Posted by: Dunlopped my profits in half at August 19, 2020 12:50 PM (3tPHY)
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The corporate world is now dominated by leftists, Karens, and 30-something marketing and HR know-nothings.
Well not exactly. Portions of every company are dominated, and the corporate culture has been successfully warped into bowing to this, but I think the boards and heads of companies only are pretending to be into this. They may hire a CEO to spout the stuff that the left wants to hear but don't care for it themselves.
We need to rebuild corporate culture that's about quality work and production rather than kneeling to the radical left. And that means getting them to clean house of these freakies in certain departments.
Well not exactly. Portions of every company are dominated, and the corporate culture has been successfully warped into bowing to this, but I think the boards and heads of companies only are pretending to be into this. They may hire a CEO to spout the stuff that the left wants to hear but don't care for it themselves.
We need to rebuild corporate culture that's about quality work and production rather than kneeling to the radical left. And that means getting them to clean house of these freakies in certain departments.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:50 PM (KZzsI)
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Ran Yokohamas on my big trucks.
Good service.
Good service.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 19, 2020 12:50 PM (bETih)
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326---Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (H5knJ)
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Exactly. FOCUS.
Don't worry about what all these other companies are doing.
Make Goodyear pay.
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Exactly. FOCUS.
Don't worry about what all these other companies are doing.
Make Goodyear pay.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 19, 2020 12:51 PM (M/9m0)
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Well I'm not pulling the Goodyears off my vehicles that have them until they wear out, but I will certainly take this into consideration when buying new tires. And I buy a lot of tires.
This is a problem because I really like my Dunlop ZIIs. I hate how the left ruins everything. Like Grassroots Motorsports magazine. Why can't they just keep their mouths shut?
This is a problem because I really like my Dunlop ZIIs. I hate how the left ruins everything. Like Grassroots Motorsports magazine. Why can't they just keep their mouths shut?
Posted by: freaked at August 19, 2020 12:51 PM (Tnijr)
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I don't care for raccoons, but that video of those feral beating that animal to death is sickening. I would probably never go to wherever that is, but if I did I would be loaded heavy not just carrying.
Posted by: Heart of Darkness at August 19, 2020 12:51 PM (nFRLh)
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Notice that Goodyear basically just banned anything that normal white people might support.
Cause Goodyear hates White People.
Posted by: DemocratsHateWhitePeople
They also hate white-walls.
Cause Goodyear hates White People.
Posted by: DemocratsHateWhitePeople
They also hate white-walls.
Posted by: Joe Mama at August 19, 2020 12:51 PM (Z2qFv)
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Bold marketing strategy: Cave to the 10%, of which 5% own cars, and alienate the 90% who own cars and buy tires.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 19, 2020 12:51 PM (WEBkv)
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Already sent my customer-service note to Goodyear to let them know that I will not be buying any of their products, and that I will be encouraging others to do the same. To be fair, I haven't bought Goodyears in a while anyway - every tire they make that fits the Wrangler is apparently made of flour paste and ass skin, and lasts less than 10k miles. I still have Goodyears on the truck, but that will change next time around.
To this day, the best tires I ever owned were a set of Firestone Firehawk A/Ts, on a '79 GMC Sierra. I put probably 60k on those tires, and they still had thick tread and the letters were still white. That's been a while, so I don't know if the Bridgestone/Firestones are any good or not.
To this day, the best tires I ever owned were a set of Firestone Firehawk A/Ts, on a '79 GMC Sierra. I put probably 60k on those tires, and they still had thick tread and the letters were still white. That's been a while, so I don't know if the Bridgestone/Firestones are any good or not.
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at August 19, 2020 12:51 PM (+3rQF)
370
And back tot he Christiansen visor showing the BLM crowd attacking whites, including a trans. What is up with their free use of the N word?
Posted by: Heart of Darkness at August 19, 2020 12:52 PM (nFRLh)
371
Oh no. You could not be more wrong. You make an example out of one - to frighten the others. Then, if you don't get what you want - you ruin another.
Right, you don't change companies by attacking them all at once you change them by reminding them that they are in the business of selling things to people, and that those people have alternatives to their company.
Right, you don't change companies by attacking them all at once you change them by reminding them that they are in the business of selling things to people, and that those people have alternatives to their company.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:52 PM (KZzsI)
372
Maybe My Pillow has tires. They have everything else.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977
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That might be like the only guy smart enough to know that with 50% of the nation under siege, maybe they would appreciate a company that doesn't hate them, and that's a lot of people.
I bet 90% of his business is a result of his politics. Good for him. So easy to do also.
I've never really seen liberals destroy a conservative business, it's usually a handful of nobodies on Twitter making threats. But boy does it scare the Fortune 500 companies.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977
_________________
That might be like the only guy smart enough to know that with 50% of the nation under siege, maybe they would appreciate a company that doesn't hate them, and that's a lot of people.
I bet 90% of his business is a result of his politics. Good for him. So easy to do also.
I've never really seen liberals destroy a conservative business, it's usually a handful of nobodies on Twitter making threats. But boy does it scare the Fortune 500 companies.
Posted by: Blago at August 19, 2020 12:52 PM (gkdnV)
373
Rush is on this now.
Posted by: BignJames at August 19, 2020 12:52 PM (X/Pw5)
374
Exactly. FOCUS.
Don't worry about what all these other companies are doing.
Make Goodyear pay.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 19,
+1
The others are watching.
Don't worry about what all these other companies are doing.
Make Goodyear pay.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 19,
+1
The others are watching.
Posted by: Ha at August 19, 2020 12:52 PM (X8Oz/)
375
video = visor
Posted by: Heart of Darkness at August 19, 2020 12:52 PM (nFRLh)
Posted by: Max Power at August 19, 2020 12:52 PM (q177U)
377
Funny how people in diversity jobs make it their job to DECREASE diversity in their workplace.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 19, 2020 12:50 PM (kA3Cp)
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Conformity of thought is diversity, h8ter!
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 19, 2020 12:50 PM (kA3Cp)
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Conformity of thought is diversity, h8ter!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 19, 2020 12:52 PM (WEBkv)
378
FYI, The DOD has taken notice of the 2 Soldiers in Uniform at the DNC convention...idiots
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 19, 2020 12:52 PM (pJwEv)
379
355 Goodyear also owns Kelly and Dunlop.
Posted by: Guzalot at August 19, 2020 12:49 PM (Rz36l)
Good to know. Thanks.
Posted by: Guzalot at August 19, 2020 12:49 PM (Rz36l)
Good to know. Thanks.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 19, 2020 12:52 PM (o2MD2)
380
" the boards and heads of companies only are pretending to be into this."
Biggest laff of the day so far! Thanks, I needed that.
Biggest laff of the day so far! Thanks, I needed that.
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:53 PM (qpX6U)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 19, 2020 12:53 PM (WvQcX)
382
The CEO conceded it has lost business and it had not been cleared by him or management.
You just read about it this morning in the papers, right?
You just read about it this morning in the papers, right?
Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at August 19, 2020 12:53 PM (DMQdU)
383
HR departments are the root cause of the collapse of the west. Worse than worthless.
Posted by: klaftern at August 19, 2020 12:53 PM (RuIsu)
384
Just dialed Goodyear global headquarters. Got busy signal. Heh.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 19, 2020 12:53 PM (PiwSw)
385
Rush is on this now.
Posted by: BignJames at August 19, 2020 12:52 PM (X/Pw5)
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Well.... he steals half his shit from the Horde.... so....
Posted by: BignJames at August 19, 2020 12:52 PM (X/Pw5)
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Well.... he steals half his shit from the Horde.... so....
Posted by: fixerupper at August 19, 2020 12:53 PM (nw6Hr)
386
BLM and Antifa are Anti-White Terrorist Groups.
Yes, most Antifa are White but that's because Progressive Whites hate White People. There's very good data on this. There was a Pew study a few years ago. They asked Whites, Blacks, Asians, and Hispanics to rate each other on a scale from 1 to 100.
Every group, except one, showed the same pattern - they liked themselves the most. Blacks liked Blacks better than anyone else. Asians liked Asians the most. Hispanics liked Hispanics the most.
Only one group didn't prefer their own race - liberal, progressive Whites. Progressive Whites showed the *opposite* pattern - they liked every other race more than their own.
Yes, most Antifa are White but that's because Progressive Whites hate White People. There's very good data on this. There was a Pew study a few years ago. They asked Whites, Blacks, Asians, and Hispanics to rate each other on a scale from 1 to 100.
Every group, except one, showed the same pattern - they liked themselves the most. Blacks liked Blacks better than anyone else. Asians liked Asians the most. Hispanics liked Hispanics the most.
Only one group didn't prefer their own race - liberal, progressive Whites. Progressive Whites showed the *opposite* pattern - they liked every other race more than their own.
Posted by: DemocratsHateWhitePeople at August 19, 2020 12:53 PM (ps/i4)
387
The right wing used to be the tough guys
Now just constant whiny bitching
WE ARE THE VICTIMS!!!!
Now just constant whiny bitching
WE ARE THE VICTIMS!!!!
Posted by: Kurt at August 19, 2020 12:53 PM (aJuW1)
388
We need to rebuild corporate culture that's about quality work and production rather than kneeling to the radical left. And that means getting them to clean house of these freakies in certain departments.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:50 PM (KZzsI)
So we need another world war. My current theory is that WWII and Korea gave us a generation of men who took their military experience and practicality into the corporate world, and created a culture that managed to endure for decades, until the rise of the MBAs to management positions in the 80s.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:50 PM (KZzsI)
So we need another world war. My current theory is that WWII and Korea gave us a generation of men who took their military experience and practicality into the corporate world, and created a culture that managed to endure for decades, until the rise of the MBAs to management positions in the 80s.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 19, 2020 12:53 PM (SgjGX)
389
Remember that one time? when we boycotted that one place...or was it that one thing?...anyway we boycotted it and something bad happened to them that was a result of our boycott and not their shitty business decisions?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at August 19, 2020 12:53 PM (luzVb)
390
338 It's not going to get better. The latest fad in the corporate world is ESG--adopting environmental, social, and governance "best practices."
Think of all the virtue-signaling corporations who loudly proclaim how they're striving to be carbon neutral. Now they're going to throw even more board and senior management diversity programs and public displays of support for social justice causes into the mix.
The corporate world is now dominated by leftists, Karens, and 30-something marketing and HR know-nothings.
Posted by: Furious George at August 19, 2020 12:48 PM (9vQJW)
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This is distressingly true. I'm in my last semester of an MBA program, and in the last year most of my classes started getting larded up with "social justice" horseshit. This garbage is what gets taught now. Only three years ago when I started, I didn't see any of this shit.
Think of all the virtue-signaling corporations who loudly proclaim how they're striving to be carbon neutral. Now they're going to throw even more board and senior management diversity programs and public displays of support for social justice causes into the mix.
The corporate world is now dominated by leftists, Karens, and 30-something marketing and HR know-nothings.
Posted by: Furious George at August 19, 2020 12:48 PM (9vQJW)
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This is distressingly true. I'm in my last semester of an MBA program, and in the last year most of my classes started getting larded up with "social justice" horseshit. This garbage is what gets taught now. Only three years ago when I started, I didn't see any of this shit.
Posted by: radar at August 19, 2020 12:54 PM (Q+VZw)
391
Their full throated LGBTQ support leads me to believe that they are pushing managers to support BLM
Posted by: CN at August 19, 2020 12:54 PM (ONvIw)
392
It is easy to boycott a crappy product.
Posted by: Guam tipper at August 19, 2020 12:54 PM (FsgBK)
393
Anyone with access to paper with a Goodyear logo could have created that memo. Do we have any clue where it came from?
Posted by: creeper at August 19, 2020 12:54 PM (XxJt1)
394
Why do you still link to twitchy?
Even using cuck Shapiro is funny. These people are not our allies.
Even using cuck Shapiro is funny. These people are not our allies.
Posted by: dj3way at August 19, 2020 12:54 PM (bhPL1)
395
Nike and Dicks are still suffering from revenue evaporation too I believe.
Nike and Dicks are still suffering from revenue evaporation too I believe.
Posted by: fixerupper at August 19, 2020 12:54 PM (nw6Hr)
396
Margin blowers need to be banned.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 19, 2020 12:48 PM
Let's not be too hasty here.
* lights cigarette *
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 19, 2020 12:48 PM
Let's not be too hasty here.
* lights cigarette *
Posted by: The Margins at August 19, 2020 12:55 PM (DMUuz)
397
317 Unpopular opinion: boycott the shit out of them. But not 2 months from the election where thousands of Goodyear employees work in Michigan and Ohio.
Posted by: Asshoes
The Trump supporters who work there are more pissed about Goodyear's policy than Trump is.
Posted by: Asshoes
The Trump supporters who work there are more pissed about Goodyear's policy than Trump is.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977 at August 19, 2020 12:55 PM (kfcYC)
398
I haven't been to Chik-Fil-a over a year now.
Stop going to Target for almost 3 years.
Only been to Starbucks once, I don't plan going back.
Now adding Goodyear to the list.
Have I miss anyone?
Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2020 12:37 PM (88xKn)
I gave up on Bed Bath and Beyond as well as Fresh Express salads from the grocery store after both companies went anti-Alberta oilsands a bunch of years ago.
I also avoid Nabisco. For my "just in case I get sick" stash the generic brand of saltines works just as well as theirs.
Stop going to Target for almost 3 years.
Only been to Starbucks once, I don't plan going back.
Now adding Goodyear to the list.
Have I miss anyone?
Posted by: dantesed at August 19, 2020 12:37 PM (88xKn)
I gave up on Bed Bath and Beyond as well as Fresh Express salads from the grocery store after both companies went anti-Alberta oilsands a bunch of years ago.
I also avoid Nabisco. For my "just in case I get sick" stash the generic brand of saltines works just as well as theirs.
Posted by: Vendette at August 19, 2020 12:55 PM (/N/PP)
399
Running Cooper on my truck now. Very very happy with them.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 19, 2020 12:55 PM (N39Ws)
400
Posted by: DemocratsHateWhitePeople at August 19, 2020 12:53 PM (ps/i4)
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And the Daily Stormer weighs in.
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And the Daily Stormer weighs in.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, vacationist at August 19, 2020 12:55 PM (2y4NB)
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BTW, Goodyear stock is down 4.32% and dropping still after a brief buying spell
Posted by: imp
Undervalued or underinflated? You make the call!
Posted by: Dunlopped my profits in half
It's all fake in the stock market, and the algorithims have decided that 9.31 is the floor at which they will but Goodyear in bulk.
Cooper is up 1% today though, so those are the humans who are sensing the impending doom for Goodyear. It will be 2 years before their private party sales recover, I would guess. The government may prop them up if Biden' elected, but regular people are still going to eschew them for at least a while if this gets any traction. Most of the news stories are about Trump's tweet though, not Goodyear's hypocrisy.
BTW, Goodyear stock is down 4.32% and dropping still after a brief buying spell
Posted by: imp
Undervalued or underinflated? You make the call!
Posted by: Dunlopped my profits in half
It's all fake in the stock market, and the algorithims have decided that 9.31 is the floor at which they will but Goodyear in bulk.
Cooper is up 1% today though, so those are the humans who are sensing the impending doom for Goodyear. It will be 2 years before their private party sales recover, I would guess. The government may prop them up if Biden' elected, but regular people are still going to eschew them for at least a while if this gets any traction. Most of the news stories are about Trump's tweet though, not Goodyear's hypocrisy.
Posted by: imp at August 19, 2020 12:55 PM (IecmP)
402
Just a guess, but I imagine Goodyear makes most of their profit from truck tires. Should I tell truck owners to go fuck off. The only thing that makes sense is that current business Leaders are bent on destroying the capitalist economy one company at a time. These are not pro-capitalist destroying these companies.
Posted by: Montesquieu's Big Idea at August 19, 2020 12:55 PM (8FfnY)
403
Remember, the people moving into corporate management these days are products of the leftard indoctrination machine otherwise known as college.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 19, 2020 12:55 PM (o2MD2)
404
378 FYI, The DOD has taken notice of the 2 Soldiers in Uniform at the DNC convention...idiots
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 19, 2020 12:52 PM (pJwEv)
They will get a pass. If they were at a trump rally, the DOD would officially denounce Trump.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 19, 2020 12:52 PM (pJwEv)
They will get a pass. If they were at a trump rally, the DOD would officially denounce Trump.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 19, 2020 12:55 PM (dNzKv)
405
393 Anyone with access to paper with a Goodyear logo could have created that memo. Do we have any clue where it came from?
Posted by: creeper at August 19, 2020 12:54 PM (XxJt1)
Not a memo.
I believe the provenance is from an employee who was getting a death by PowerPoint briefing and they took a picture of it up on screen and then it went viral.
Posted by: creeper at August 19, 2020 12:54 PM (XxJt1)
Not a memo.
I believe the provenance is from an employee who was getting a death by PowerPoint briefing and they took a picture of it up on screen and then it went viral.
Posted by: blaster at August 19, 2020 12:56 PM (ZfRYq)
406
Even using cuck Shapiro is funny. These people are not our allies.
Posted by: dj3way at August 19, 2020 12:54 PM (bhPL1)
Even a blind hog finds the occasional acorn.
Posted by: dj3way at August 19, 2020 12:54 PM (bhPL1)
Even a blind hog finds the occasional acorn.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2020 12:56 PM (cq10r)
407
Re: radar
I got out of business school 10 years ago and they were pushing that shit then. I remember making a teacher defend the notion of a stakeholder (versus a shareholder). The commies are in the business schools.
I got out of business school 10 years ago and they were pushing that shit then. I remember making a teacher defend the notion of a stakeholder (versus a shareholder). The commies are in the business schools.
Posted by: dj3way at August 19, 2020 12:56 PM (bhPL1)
408
Goodyear also owns Kelly and Dunlop.
Posted by: Guzalot at August 19, 2020 12:49 PM (Rz36l)
Good to know.
I know I can't boycott all woke corporations, but when I have an easy choice (like tires or canned beans or coffee) there's no reason not to choose to buy from the good guys.
Posted by: Guzalot at August 19, 2020 12:49 PM (Rz36l)
Good to know.
I know I can't boycott all woke corporations, but when I have an easy choice (like tires or canned beans or coffee) there's no reason not to choose to buy from the good guys.
Posted by: LASue at August 19, 2020 12:56 PM (Ed8Zd)
409
169 In closely related news, here's a bit of Karma coming home to roost:
Uber has been virtue-signalling out the ying-yang all year, donating massive sums to BLM and sending out groveling hyper-woke emails and press release about "white supremacy" and all the rest of the racial insanity.
But then last week, Lyft -- not to be outdone by its rival -- decided to one-up Uber and basically announce the BLACKS RIDE FOR FREE while everyone else has to pay. (To sidestep the blatant unconstitutionality of this, Lyft did a sneaky end-around by "donating" millions (that's MILLIONS) of free rides to an extremely long list of black non-profits who are then doling them out "to the black community."
But then Karma came along and saved me from my dilemma.
Because of California's new "anti-gig economy" law, and a judges ruling last week that the law stands, both Uber and Lyft announced on Monday that they were forced to SHIUT DOWN OPERATIONS IN CALIFORNIA ENTIRELY until the law is repealed. (The law forces all companies to hire all freelancers as actual full-time employees, with full-time hours and full benefits -- even iof neither the employer nor the employee wants that.)
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I don't agree with the signaling by Uber & Lyft, but I do get their problem of doing passenger pickups while not getting their cars pulled apart and drivers beaten into ground chuck by the Antifa/BLM goblin hordes. Because they have insurance, right? *eyeroll* And they're cheaper than taking some Mafia-controlled taxi service that dares to charge me $10 just to get into the effin' car, let alone the trip.
However, it's further proof about the failure of the Left. They can't win, since playing the Woke song is no protection. Note to the Progtards; if you want people to side with you in the long run, make it worth their while will you? But nooo, pay up Uber and Lyft, because you guys are EVIL CORPORATIONS who DEFILE MOTHER GAIA by letting the CONTRACTED DRIVERS actually drive NON-APPROVED VEHICLES WITHOUT APPLYING $10 OF TAXES AND UNION DUES TO THE FARE!! REEEEEEE!!!
I expect Uber and Lyft to light a shuck for Texas sometime next year.
Uber has been virtue-signalling out the ying-yang all year, donating massive sums to BLM and sending out groveling hyper-woke emails and press release about "white supremacy" and all the rest of the racial insanity.
But then last week, Lyft -- not to be outdone by its rival -- decided to one-up Uber and basically announce the BLACKS RIDE FOR FREE while everyone else has to pay. (To sidestep the blatant unconstitutionality of this, Lyft did a sneaky end-around by "donating" millions (that's MILLIONS) of free rides to an extremely long list of black non-profits who are then doling them out "to the black community."
But then Karma came along and saved me from my dilemma.
Because of California's new "anti-gig economy" law, and a judges ruling last week that the law stands, both Uber and Lyft announced on Monday that they were forced to SHIUT DOWN OPERATIONS IN CALIFORNIA ENTIRELY until the law is repealed. (The law forces all companies to hire all freelancers as actual full-time employees, with full-time hours and full benefits -- even iof neither the employer nor the employee wants that.)
==========
I don't agree with the signaling by Uber & Lyft, but I do get their problem of doing passenger pickups while not getting their cars pulled apart and drivers beaten into ground chuck by the Antifa/BLM goblin hordes. Because they have insurance, right? *eyeroll* And they're cheaper than taking some Mafia-controlled taxi service that dares to charge me $10 just to get into the effin' car, let alone the trip.
However, it's further proof about the failure of the Left. They can't win, since playing the Woke song is no protection. Note to the Progtards; if you want people to side with you in the long run, make it worth their while will you? But nooo, pay up Uber and Lyft, because you guys are EVIL CORPORATIONS who DEFILE MOTHER GAIA by letting the CONTRACTED DRIVERS actually drive NON-APPROVED VEHICLES WITHOUT APPLYING $10 OF TAXES AND UNION DUES TO THE FARE!! REEEEEEE!!!
I expect Uber and Lyft to light a shuck for Texas sometime next year.
Posted by: exdem13 at August 19, 2020 12:56 PM (W+kMI)
Posted by: Braenyard at August 19, 2020 12:56 PM (bETih)
411
I flatly reject any boycott of Goodyear.
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at August 19, 2020 12:56 PM (SBWzG)
412
I'm going to continue my lifelong policy of buying the cheapest f'n tires I can find.
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:56 PM (qpX6U)
413
Isn't this what fascism looks like?
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at August 19, 2020 12:56 PM (X6b4N)
414
I think the corporate boardroom was the next logical place after the far left took over college campuses. They are going to destroy these companies from within to bring down the catalyst system in the United States
Posted by: Montesquieu's Big Idea at August 19, 2020 12:56 PM (8FfnY)
415
It's still ok to put goodyears in the tire fire, right?
Posted by: Roland THTG at August 19, 2020 12:56 PM (88+cf)
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A Message from Goodyear to Our Customers, Partners and Associates:
Yesterday, Goodyear became the focus of a conversation that created some misconceptions
about our policies and our company. For those not aware, a widely circulated image sparked
a strong reaction, and we wanted to take the opportunity to provide some important context
to the visual and our policies.
First, the visual in question was not created or distributed by Goodyear corporate, nor
was it part of a diversity training class. To be clear on our longstanding corporate policy,
Goodyear has zero tolerance for any forms of harassment or discrimination. To enable a
work environment free of those, we ask that associates refrain from workplace expressions in
support of political campaigning for any candidate or political party, as well as similar forms of
advocacy that fall outside the scope of racial justice and equity issues.
Second, we appreciate the diverse viewpoints of all of our more than 60,000 associates,
which are at the heart of many of the policies we establish. Fostering an inclusive, respectful
workplace is important to establish teamwork and build culture, which is another reason we
ask associates not to engage in political campaigning of any kind in the workplace - for any
candidate, party or political organization.
Third and finally, Goodyear has always wholeheartedly supported both equality and law
enforcement and will continue to do so. These are not mutually exclusive. We have heard
from some of you that believe Goodyear is anti-police after reacting to the visual. Nothing
could be further from the truth, and we have the upmost appreciation for the vital work police
do on behalf of our shared communities. This can't be said strongly enough.
Yesterday, Goodyear became the focus of a conversation that created some misconceptions
about our policies and our company. For those not aware, a widely circulated image sparked
a strong reaction, and we wanted to take the opportunity to provide some important context
to the visual and our policies.
First, the visual in question was not created or distributed by Goodyear corporate, nor
was it part of a diversity training class. To be clear on our longstanding corporate policy,
Goodyear has zero tolerance for any forms of harassment or discrimination. To enable a
work environment free of those, we ask that associates refrain from workplace expressions in
support of political campaigning for any candidate or political party, as well as similar forms of
advocacy that fall outside the scope of racial justice and equity issues.
Second, we appreciate the diverse viewpoints of all of our more than 60,000 associates,
which are at the heart of many of the policies we establish. Fostering an inclusive, respectful
workplace is important to establish teamwork and build culture, which is another reason we
ask associates not to engage in political campaigning of any kind in the workplace - for any
candidate, party or political organization.
Third and finally, Goodyear has always wholeheartedly supported both equality and law
enforcement and will continue to do so. These are not mutually exclusive. We have heard
from some of you that believe Goodyear is anti-police after reacting to the visual. Nothing
could be further from the truth, and we have the upmost appreciation for the vital work police
do on behalf of our shared communities. This can't be said strongly enough.
Posted by: BetaCuck4Life at August 19, 2020 12:56 PM (FBrfY)
417
371 Oh no. You could not be more wrong. You make an example out of one - to frighten the others. Then, if you don't get what you want - you ruin another.
Right, you don't change companies by attacking them all at once you change them by reminding them that they are in the business of selling things to people, and that those people have alternatives to their company.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:52 PM (KZzsI)
The UAW used to single out one of the old Big Three every contract year. They'd cause pain and the others would be more compliant.
Right, you don't change companies by attacking them all at once you change them by reminding them that they are in the business of selling things to people, and that those people have alternatives to their company.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:52 PM (KZzsI)
The UAW used to single out one of the old Big Three every contract year. They'd cause pain and the others would be more compliant.
Posted by: CN at August 19, 2020 12:57 PM (ONvIw)
418
Forgot about Dicks. Mr Fuck the 2nd Amendment.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 19, 2020 12:57 PM (WvQcX)
419
maybe there are military contracts or something we can deny to goodyear
Posted by: guest myspace user at August 19, 2020 12:57 PM (f41d4)
420
Biden: 'My Doc Says I Don't Have Alzheimer's, Dementia, Or Alzheimer's' - The Babylon Bee
Posted by: Dr Spank at August 19, 2020 12:57 PM (UqUSH)
421
At least BLM had honesty to admit they are openly Marxists. It's everyone else that is pretending they are not.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 19, 2020 12:57 PM (1ISKN)
422
Goodyear tires are third tier quality anyway.
Posted by: Regular joe at August 19, 2020 12:57 PM (L9P9s)
423
The corporate diversity officers creating policies like the one we see today are perfectly happy to see Goodyear go under. In fact I would imagine somewhere there is a listserv for these corporate diversity officers plotting and planning on how to bring down the companies they work for.
Posted by: Montesquieu's Big Idea at August 19, 2020 12:57 PM (8FfnY)
424
We don't care if we ever sell another tire. We feel good!
Posted by: Goodyear at August 19, 2020 12:58 PM (vtcmf)
425
that is why so many big corps are becoming so ideological, and care so little for profits anymore.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2020 12:20 PM (Kpl3J)
I think it is more complicated that an out of control HR. I think these companies have forgotten who their customers are.
As in, "My customer is someone with a vehicle who needs tires, a small shop that provides tire care and our investors all of who trade us money and good referrals in return for products we sell"
Which anyone who has had to survive on selling knows.
But now the customer is: "The bank, the government regulator, the large wholesaler who guarantees the sales of our products, and the groups that we are trying to impress like other graduates of my university" and the people who buy your product at the street level are completely useless hicks who probably like NASCAR.
Which in a way is understandable, but it means the people hired to executives have abdicated their responsibility to actually manage the company to the HR and MBA's who have more education and certification than sense.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2020 12:20 PM (Kpl3J)
I think it is more complicated that an out of control HR. I think these companies have forgotten who their customers are.
As in, "My customer is someone with a vehicle who needs tires, a small shop that provides tire care and our investors all of who trade us money and good referrals in return for products we sell"
Which anyone who has had to survive on selling knows.
But now the customer is: "The bank, the government regulator, the large wholesaler who guarantees the sales of our products, and the groups that we are trying to impress like other graduates of my university" and the people who buy your product at the street level are completely useless hicks who probably like NASCAR.
Which in a way is understandable, but it means the people hired to executives have abdicated their responsibility to actually manage the company to the HR and MBA's who have more education and certification than sense.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2020 12:58 PM (WyVLE)
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Goodyear has a contact form at their web site.
I just told them their business is selling tires, not politics and that I'm no longer a customer.
Also cancelled my MLB subscription this week.
Interesting side note: MLB made it really easy to cancel a subscription online, unlike years past.
I just told them their business is selling tires, not politics and that I'm no longer a customer.
Also cancelled my MLB subscription this week.
Interesting side note: MLB made it really easy to cancel a subscription online, unlike years past.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 19, 2020 12:58 PM (WEBkv)
Posted by: Fat Ass in a Pantsuit at August 19, 2020 12:58 PM (88+cf)
428
Anyone with access to paper with a Goodyear logo could have created that memo. Do we have any clue where it came from?
Posted by: creeper at August 19, 2020 12:54 PM (XxJt1)
Who cares ? It was created with a Goodyear logo. More than sufficient pretext to drop the hammer via boycott. And if conservatives want to cease being shit on by the corporate world, that hammer must be dropped. A woke business must not only be ruined, but it must be understood that it was ruined because it was woke.
They'll only stop shitting on you when they fear you more than they fear them. Make them fear you. It's the only way.
Posted by: creeper at August 19, 2020 12:54 PM (XxJt1)
Who cares ? It was created with a Goodyear logo. More than sufficient pretext to drop the hammer via boycott. And if conservatives want to cease being shit on by the corporate world, that hammer must be dropped. A woke business must not only be ruined, but it must be understood that it was ruined because it was woke.
They'll only stop shitting on you when they fear you more than they fear them. Make them fear you. It's the only way.
Posted by: How Things Are at August 19, 2020 12:58 PM (M3Kbo)
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The corporate world is now dominated by leftists, Karens, and 30-something marketing and HR know-nothings.
Yup. We had a world-wide corporate Zoom meeting a few weeks ago, and the Q&A was dominated by white women demanding the white male CEO eliminate white males. Hilariously, all the relevant business questions came from black employees.
Yup. We had a world-wide corporate Zoom meeting a few weeks ago, and the Q&A was dominated by white women demanding the white male CEO eliminate white males. Hilariously, all the relevant business questions came from black employees.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 19, 2020 12:58 PM (ZGrMX)
430
Just to note - the country would be in a hell of a
lot better shape today if the squish republicans would have gotten
behind some of those boycott attempts in the 80's. When those failed,
that gave license to all of the corporate bullshit that we have seen
progress from there.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2020 12:17 PM (Kpl3J)
You still run across a few idiots who still spout off about social issues and how it hurts Republicans. There is no reasoning with people like that.
lot better shape today if the squish republicans would have gotten
behind some of those boycott attempts in the 80's. When those failed,
that gave license to all of the corporate bullshit that we have seen
progress from there.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2020 12:17 PM (Kpl3J)
You still run across a few idiots who still spout off about social issues and how it hurts Republicans. There is no reasoning with people like that.
Posted by: WOPR - Clown World Timeline Thinks This Timeline is Insane at August 19, 2020 12:58 PM (J70i0)
431
Posted by: BetaCuck4Life at August 19, 2020 12:56 PM (FBrfY)
Then name and hang the offending HR people.
Until you purge these fuckers from your company, I'm still not buying.
Then name and hang the offending HR people.
Until you purge these fuckers from your company, I'm still not buying.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 19, 2020 12:58 PM (WvQcX)
432
Buna tires for the win.
Posted by: I. G. Farben at August 19, 2020 12:58 PM (FTlwv)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2020 12:58 PM (ZLI7S)
434
Ace,
Glad, but sad to have you on the boycott bandwagon.
Glad you realize that we need to engage and fight back.
Sad that we have to. I am a libertarian at heart and desperately want to leave everyone alone, if they would only reciprocate.
Glad, but sad to have you on the boycott bandwagon.
Glad you realize that we need to engage and fight back.
Sad that we have to. I am a libertarian at heart and desperately want to leave everyone alone, if they would only reciprocate.
Posted by: rd at August 19, 2020 12:58 PM (+0uDE)
435
Maybe My Pillow has tires. They have everything else.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977
Mike Lindel to announce his MY Brazilian Rubber Tires in 3..2..1
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977
Mike Lindel to announce his MY Brazilian Rubber Tires in 3..2..1
Posted by: Boswell at August 19, 2020 12:59 PM (w2LAm)
436
Respectfully, you don't understand how boycotts work. Conservatives don't have to boycott every offender; this isn't about intellectual consistency. It's about identifying offenders who are vulnerable to boycott by conservatives and punishing them mercilessly. You only have to take a few scalps to make people conform. Muslims have engaged in relatively little terrorism in the US, 9/11 notwithstanding. Fear of arbitrary, unpredictable boycott is the tool.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (H5knJ)
There. That's what I said, but this guy said it better.
And he did that thing with his hands (riffing off of a FedEx commercial).
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (H5knJ)
There. That's what I said, but this guy said it better.
And he did that thing with his hands (riffing off of a FedEx commercial).
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 19, 2020 12:59 PM (z79tQ)
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If you are easily triggered, skip this!
Corporations are under tremendous pressure to hire women. MOST women do not have the personality or inclination for big-time profits-driven capitalism.
So most women are shunted into PR and HR departments.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (M/9m0)
RANT TIME
I loathe the Lean In movement with a blinding passion. Most women, hell, most people, do not have what it takes to be massively successful at Super Duper Mega Corp. And it is insulting to tell women, and men, that they are somehow lesser people for not wanting to work 100 hour weeks and be sociopaths in order to make money that is spent on the house in which they never live and on the spouses and children they never see.
I chose very specifically not to pursue that kind of life because a. the legal practice rewards those aspects of my personality I hate the most and II. I took one look at the hours to be spent and the psychic toll to be that successful and said no, thank you.
Now, there was a point in my career in which I was making very good money and I was working the very good hours to make it and I hated who I was to the depths of my being. When I left that job, I chose very pointedly to make less than half of what I did so that I could look myself in the mirror.
That said, God bless all the people who are that driven and who work those hours at their own companies and all the rest. If everyone were like me, we wouldn't progress at all. But this notion that everyone must be a CEO or you are betraying being a woman makes me throatpunchy.
*surveys kingdom*
Hmmm, I see an area of possible flamethrow concern. *fingereyes*
Corporations are under tremendous pressure to hire women. MOST women do not have the personality or inclination for big-time profits-driven capitalism.
So most women are shunted into PR and HR departments.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (M/9m0)
RANT TIME
I loathe the Lean In movement with a blinding passion. Most women, hell, most people, do not have what it takes to be massively successful at Super Duper Mega Corp. And it is insulting to tell women, and men, that they are somehow lesser people for not wanting to work 100 hour weeks and be sociopaths in order to make money that is spent on the house in which they never live and on the spouses and children they never see.
I chose very specifically not to pursue that kind of life because a. the legal practice rewards those aspects of my personality I hate the most and II. I took one look at the hours to be spent and the psychic toll to be that successful and said no, thank you.
Now, there was a point in my career in which I was making very good money and I was working the very good hours to make it and I hated who I was to the depths of my being. When I left that job, I chose very pointedly to make less than half of what I did so that I could look myself in the mirror.
That said, God bless all the people who are that driven and who work those hours at their own companies and all the rest. If everyone were like me, we wouldn't progress at all. But this notion that everyone must be a CEO or you are betraying being a woman makes me throatpunchy.
*surveys kingdom*
Hmmm, I see an area of possible flamethrow concern. *fingereyes*
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at August 19, 2020 12:59 PM (mf5HN)
438
"I got out of business school 10 years ago and they were pushing that shit then."
I _quit_ my MBA program when I started the mandatory HR course. The textbook was not only pure commie horsesh!t, but the textbook was illiterate, and full of spelling and syntax errors. HR people come from the same pool of stupid that public school teachers come from.
I _quit_ my MBA program when I started the mandatory HR course. The textbook was not only pure commie horsesh!t, but the textbook was illiterate, and full of spelling and syntax errors. HR people come from the same pool of stupid that public school teachers come from.
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 12:59 PM (qpX6U)
439
The DOD has taken notice of the 2 Soldiers in Uniform at the DNC convention...idiots
My guess is just a couple of guys cosplaying
My guess is just a couple of guys cosplaying
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:59 PM (KZzsI)
440
So we need another world war. My current theory is that WWII and Korea gave us a generation of men who took their military experience and practicality into the corporate world, and created a culture that managed to endure for decades, until the rise of the MBAs to management positions in the 80s.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 19, 2020 12:53 PM (SgjGX)
This is a solid assessment of what actually happened
"Experience and practicality" gave way to bean counting and diversity
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 19, 2020 12:53 PM (SgjGX)
This is a solid assessment of what actually happened
"Experience and practicality" gave way to bean counting and diversity
Posted by: JoeF. at August 19, 2020 12:59 PM (7ixfo)
441
388 . . . My current theory is that WWII and Korea gave us a generation of men who took their military experience and practicality into the corporate world, and created a culture that managed to endure for decades, until the rise of the MBAs to management positions in the 80s.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile
_____________
The decline started with the war on the three-martini lunch.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile
_____________
The decline started with the war on the three-martini lunch.
Posted by: Furious George at August 19, 2020 12:59 PM (9vQJW)
442
Boycott Goodyear. And Chik Fil A. Let's also boycott Google. And Yahoo. And Cisco. And Microsoft. And Apple. And Samsung.
Also Kroger and Publix and Fresh Market and Whole Foods and Target and ...
I predict a future with either a lot of hypocrites or subdivisions full of vegetable gardens and chicken houses.
Also Kroger and Publix and Fresh Market and Whole Foods and Target and ...
I predict a future with either a lot of hypocrites or subdivisions full of vegetable gardens and chicken houses.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at August 19, 2020 01:00 PM (luzVb)
443
I got my Bridgestones at a Tires Plus. Not sure how they would fit into any of those categories. Maybe the company devotes a certain percentage of their distribution (say, 25%) to "diversity supplier" retailers.
These are catagories of purchases, not distributors.
They track the small or minority customers they purchase things from.
These are catagories of purchases, not distributors.
They track the small or minority customers they purchase things from.
Posted by: Inogame at August 19, 2020 01:00 PM (+2xjH)
444
And at the forefront of the conservatives need to surrender on social issues: John Kasich, who was just speaking at the Dem convention. Conservatives who aren't socially conservative aren't. Not ever.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2020 01:00 PM (H5knJ)
445
Goodyear won't be hurting from a boycott much. Most of the vehicles rolling off the assembly lines have Goodyear tires. And there's a shitload of cars that come off of today's assembly lines.
Posted by: Justsayin' at August 19, 2020 01:00 PM (Fs5vw)
446
Third and finally, Goodyear has always wholeheartedly supported both equality and law
enforcement and will continue to do so. These are not mutually exclusive. We have heard
from some of you that believe Goodyear is anti-police after reacting to the visual. Nothing
could be further from the truth, and we have the upmost appreciation for the vital work police
do on behalf of our shared communities. This can't be said strongly enough.
Posted by: BetaCuck4Life at August 19, 2020 12:56 PM (FBrfY)
So they haven't disavowed the slide at all.
Scumbags.
enforcement and will continue to do so. These are not mutually exclusive. We have heard
from some of you that believe Goodyear is anti-police after reacting to the visual. Nothing
could be further from the truth, and we have the upmost appreciation for the vital work police
do on behalf of our shared communities. This can't be said strongly enough.
Posted by: BetaCuck4Life at August 19, 2020 12:56 PM (FBrfY)
So they haven't disavowed the slide at all.
Scumbags.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2020 01:00 PM (cq10r)
447
One of the good guys is Redbull.
I read a story a few weeks that the CEO shitcanned a bunch of BLM related woke marketing initiatives because he thought it was stupid to alienate half of your potential customer base.
One of the good guys is Redbull.
I read a story a few weeks that the CEO shitcanned a bunch of BLM related woke marketing initiatives because he thought it was stupid to alienate half of your potential customer base.
Posted by: fixerupper at August 19, 2020 01:00 PM (nw6Hr)
448
Rasmussen 8/19
Biden 48%
Trump 44%
Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2020 12:58 PM (ZLI7S)
With 8% afraid to tell them they are voting for Trump?
Biden 48%
Trump 44%
Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2020 12:58 PM (ZLI7S)
With 8% afraid to tell them they are voting for Trump?
Posted by: JoeF. at August 19, 2020 01:00 PM (7ixfo)
449
433 Rasmussen 8/19
Biden 48%
Trump 44%
Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2020 12:58 PM (ZLI7S)
==========
I was assured that the polls saying Biden was ahead by 15 were accurate.
Biden 48%
Trump 44%
Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2020 12:58 PM (ZLI7S)
==========
I was assured that the polls saying Biden was ahead by 15 were accurate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 19, 2020 01:01 PM (UWqZJ)
450
That's been a while, so I don't know if the Bridgestone/Firestones are any good or not.
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at August 19, 2020 12:51 PM (+3rQF)
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Have Firestone A/T's on my jeep, this is the second set and they are great!
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at August 19, 2020 12:51 PM (+3rQF)
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Have Firestone A/T's on my jeep, this is the second set and they are great!
Posted by: Boots at August 19, 2020 01:01 PM (oGBso)
451
All corporations are now run by HR ladies who, without exception, understand nothing of the products or services of the companies that they run into the ground.
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at August 19, 2020 01:01 PM (o3AYq)
452
Anti-White Hate and Anti-White Violence are encouraged and supported at the highest levels of Corporate America these days. That's why they support the Anti-White BLM and Antifa terrorists.
It's not that complicated.
It's not that complicated.
Posted by: DemocratsHateWhitePeople at August 19, 2020 01:01 PM (ps/i4)
453
*surveys kingdom*
Hmmm, I see an area of possible flamethrow concern. *fingereyes*
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at August 19, 2020 12:59 PM (mf5HN)
If it makes you feel any better, there's a link above to a possible Presidential duo you could get behind.
Hmmm, I see an area of possible flamethrow concern. *fingereyes*
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at August 19, 2020 12:59 PM (mf5HN)
If it makes you feel any better, there's a link above to a possible Presidential duo you could get behind.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 19, 2020 01:01 PM (SgjGX)
454
To enable a work environment free of those, we ask that associates refrain from workplace expressions in
support of political campaigning for any candidate or political party, as well as similar forms of advocacy that fall outside the scope of racial justice and equity issues.
So, exactly what the "visual" said.
They aren't even trying the old "taken out of context" gambit.
This is GFY.
support of political campaigning for any candidate or political party, as well as similar forms of advocacy that fall outside the scope of racial justice and equity issues.
So, exactly what the "visual" said.
They aren't even trying the old "taken out of context" gambit.
This is GFY.
Posted by: blaster at August 19, 2020 01:01 PM (ZfRYq)
455
Goodyear issued a statement, which basically said "Corporate didn't do it, and we tell all our employees not to be political... Except when it comes to 'racial justice and equity issues' because those aren't political "
So, basically, a denial/non apology that highlights they are for BLM because they don't judge BLM to be political.
https://twitter.com/goodyear/status/1296111292827283462/photo/1
Posted by: Joseph Dickerson at August 19, 2020 12:23 PM (KTq2u)
Yeah, their statement was we didn't officially put this out BUT this is our position on all of this. They are down with the cause
So, basically, a denial/non apology that highlights they are for BLM because they don't judge BLM to be political.
https://twitter.com/goodyear/status/1296111292827283462/photo/1
Posted by: Joseph Dickerson at August 19, 2020 12:23 PM (KTq2u)
Yeah, their statement was we didn't officially put this out BUT this is our position on all of this. They are down with the cause
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 19, 2020 01:01 PM (kw5n8)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 01:01 PM (KZzsI)
457
Somebody must have missed that two Post Offices in Minneapolis were burned to the ground.An apparent attempt by BLM (Burn Loot Murder) to deny people their medicine and Social Security checks.
Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2020 01:01 PM (3aI0K)
458
My dear, departed Pop was a lifer at Goodyear. He's be blowing a nuclear gasket right now if he were still with us.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 19, 2020 01:02 PM (vtcmf)
459
"We had a world-wide corporate Zoom meeting ..."
Fucking _meetings_, the most pernicious destroyer of business productivity there is. I am so fucking relieved to be retired.
Fucking _meetings_, the most pernicious destroyer of business productivity there is. I am so fucking relieved to be retired.
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 01:02 PM (qpX6U)
460
arget. Gillette. Goodyear. Starbucks.
Not a problem.
Posted by: AlaBAMA
Starbucks stock did not take a hit from the whole kerfuffle it had in 2018. I don't know about their revenue, but stock pricing isn't revenue dependent to begin with anymore.
Gillette is the big one, but sine it is just a part of P&G, it's immune from customer response. I still won't buy a Gillette razor, and have been forced to find one that works. Barbasol makes razors, believe it or not, and they are similar in construction to Gillette (the stupid slime strip can be removed) so that's my new go-to.
arget. Gillette. Goodyear. Starbucks.
Not a problem.
Posted by: AlaBAMA
Starbucks stock did not take a hit from the whole kerfuffle it had in 2018. I don't know about their revenue, but stock pricing isn't revenue dependent to begin with anymore.
Gillette is the big one, but sine it is just a part of P&G, it's immune from customer response. I still won't buy a Gillette razor, and have been forced to find one that works. Barbasol makes razors, believe it or not, and they are similar in construction to Gillette (the stupid slime strip can be removed) so that's my new go-to.
Posted by: imp at August 19, 2020 01:02 PM (IecmP)
461
So they haven't disavowed the slide at all.
Scumbags.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2020 01:00 PM (cq10r
They are saying that it was not part of a presentation they produced. I think it's highly unlikely that they manage their diversity people. To do so is to get many complaints. These people usually get a very free hand.
Scumbags.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2020 01:00 PM (cq10r
They are saying that it was not part of a presentation they produced. I think it's highly unlikely that they manage their diversity people. To do so is to get many complaints. These people usually get a very free hand.
Posted by: CN at August 19, 2020 01:02 PM (ONvIw)
462
The ongoing problem, even if corporations like Goodyear reverse this policy, the dedication to lef-twing causes remains. It will merely reappear or manifest itself again in a different form, such as scholarships to universities or donations to progressive causes. It's a generational thing that, at this point, may be impossible to overcome.
Posted by: BaxterBigly at August 19, 2020 01:02 PM (AJcOs)
463
Not a memo.
I believe the provenance is from an employee who was getting a death by PowerPoint briefing and they took a picture of it up on screen and then it went viral.
Posted by: blaster at August 19, 2020 12:56 PM (ZfRYq)
Whoa. That's a horse of a different story. Gonna be tough to disavow that. There will be a trail.
I believe the provenance is from an employee who was getting a death by PowerPoint briefing and they took a picture of it up on screen and then it went viral.
Posted by: blaster at August 19, 2020 12:56 PM (ZfRYq)
Whoa. That's a horse of a different story. Gonna be tough to disavow that. There will be a trail.
Posted by: creeper at August 19, 2020 01:02 PM (XxJt1)
464
"We're tired of blacks getting all the Grievance Headlines these days," says the gay community. "Solution? Simple! Time for some new FAKE HATE CRIMES! Hate-crime hoaxers: Deploy!"
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/18/ ashton-bindrup-donald-trump-supporter -make-america-great-again-homophobia-utar-waiter/
Queer waiter given chilling warning to 'get out of America' on his $5 tip. And, yes, of course it was from a Trump supporter
"I'll take 'Things That Definitely Did Not Happen' for $500, Alex."
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/18/ ashton-bindrup-donald-trump-supporter -make-america-great-again-homophobia-utar-waiter/
Queer waiter given chilling warning to 'get out of America' on his $5 tip. And, yes, of course it was from a Trump supporter
"I'll take 'Things That Definitely Did Not Happen' for $500, Alex."
Posted by: zombie at August 19, 2020 01:02 PM (HEEq1)
465
dj3way-
I can believe it. However, classes in the last year have been night and day compared to before that. Some of it was just luck of the draw with instructors - hell I even had a pro-Trump econ prof - but I think the commies have been much emboldened to turn their courses into propaganda factories.
I really wanted to punch the management prof who never shut up about the glories of B corps. Fuck B corps.
I can believe it. However, classes in the last year have been night and day compared to before that. Some of it was just luck of the draw with instructors - hell I even had a pro-Trump econ prof - but I think the commies have been much emboldened to turn their courses into propaganda factories.
I really wanted to punch the management prof who never shut up about the glories of B corps. Fuck B corps.
Posted by: radar at August 19, 2020 01:03 PM (Q+VZw)
466
Respectfully, you don't understand how boycotts work. Conservatives don't have to boycott every offender; this isn't about intellectual consistency. It's about identifying offenders who are vulnerable to boycott by conservatives and punishing them mercilessly. You only have to take a few scalps to make people conform. Muslims have engaged in relatively little terrorism in the US, 9/11 notwithstanding. Fear of arbitrary, unpredictable boycott is the tool.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (H5knJ)
There. That's what I said, but this guy said it better.
And he did that thing with his hands (riffing off of a FedEx commercial).
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 19, 2020 12:59 PM (z79tQ)
Isolate at least ONE of these scum and MAKE THEM PAY.
Trump has pointed us toward Goodyear to make them pay.
That's good enough for me.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 19, 2020 12:47 PM (H5knJ)
There. That's what I said, but this guy said it better.
And he did that thing with his hands (riffing off of a FedEx commercial).
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 19, 2020 12:59 PM (z79tQ)
Isolate at least ONE of these scum and MAKE THEM PAY.
Trump has pointed us toward Goodyear to make them pay.
That's good enough for me.
Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at August 19, 2020 01:03 PM (P1lYe)
467
91 It's not just enough to boycott, IMO.
If Goodyear really is getting yuge blowback over this, then it's a coin toss as to whether they will apologize, walk back, say they were misinterpreted, blame the slide on a disposable underling or claim it's all a fake.
The key here - and the left knows this - is persistence.
Let us presume, for a moment, that this slide is real and that Goodyear, facing a massive drop in sales, walks it back.
They should be FORCED to live with the consequences of their original decision. Returning to them after being spit in the face tells the suits that you can insult the deplorables, but as long as you say "whoops! Our bad!" the deplorables will come running back.
Whether Goodyear apologizes or not, no-one on the right should EVER buy a tire from them again.
Drive the nickelfuckers into bankruptcy.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 19, 2020 12:24 PM (2JVJo)
__________
This. 1000 x This!
If Goodyear really is getting yuge blowback over this, then it's a coin toss as to whether they will apologize, walk back, say they were misinterpreted, blame the slide on a disposable underling or claim it's all a fake.
The key here - and the left knows this - is persistence.
Let us presume, for a moment, that this slide is real and that Goodyear, facing a massive drop in sales, walks it back.
They should be FORCED to live with the consequences of their original decision. Returning to them after being spit in the face tells the suits that you can insult the deplorables, but as long as you say "whoops! Our bad!" the deplorables will come running back.
Whether Goodyear apologizes or not, no-one on the right should EVER buy a tire from them again.
Drive the nickelfuckers into bankruptcy.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 19, 2020 12:24 PM (2JVJo)
__________
This. 1000 x This!
Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2020 01:03 PM (RJ0BQ)
468
Such a shame really. I have Goodyear tires on my car now. Used to buy Michelin but the Goodyear was a good tire at a good price.
We have a Continental Tire factory just outside of town. I think I will patronize them in the future.
We have a Continental Tire factory just outside of town. I think I will patronize them in the future.
Posted by: JAS at August 19, 2020 01:03 PM (2BZBZ)
469
Trump taking it straight to Goodyear is why we love him and the NT's hate his guts.
In their view, you just don't go up against corporations.
There was a time when I might have agreed with that, but no more.
In their view, you just don't go up against corporations.
There was a time when I might have agreed with that, but no more.
Posted by: JoeF. at August 19, 2020 01:03 PM (7ixfo)
470
*dons asbestos under roos*
"I chose very pointedly to make less than half of what I did so that I could look myself in the mirror."
...... but you bought a stepstool before the pay cut.... right????
*dons asbestos under roos*
"I chose very pointedly to make less than half of what I did so that I could look myself in the mirror."
...... but you bought a stepstool before the pay cut.... right????
Posted by: fixerupper at August 19, 2020 01:04 PM (nw6Hr)
Posted by: McCool at August 19, 2020 01:04 PM (tWnED)
472
Most of the vehicles rolling off the assembly lines have Goodyear tires.
I may be mistaken but I'm not sure that is the case.
I may be mistaken but I'm not sure that is the case.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 19, 2020 01:05 PM (vtcmf)
473
" that fall outside the scope of racial justice and equality"
How stupid are these people? You just sanctified blm with that mouthful of horseshit.
How stupid are these people? You just sanctified blm with that mouthful of horseshit.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 19, 2020 01:05 PM (nnI2U)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2020 01:05 PM (unn44)
475
Holy hell. We are going to have another hour long powerpoint training. The military was warned not to participate in partisan political activity even OUT of uniform.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 19, 2020 01:05 PM (dNzKv)
476
Yeah, their product is just crap
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 01:01 PM (KZzsI)
Add Vodka.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 01:01 PM (KZzsI)
Add Vodka.
Posted by: blaster at August 19, 2020 01:05 PM (ZfRYq)
477
451 All corporations are now run by HR ladies who, without exception, understand nothing of the products or services of the companies that they run into the ground.
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at August 19, 2020 01:01 PM (o3AYq)
I rate this as true.
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at August 19, 2020 01:01 PM (o3AYq)
I rate this as true.
Posted by: CN at August 19, 2020 01:06 PM (ONvIw)
478
This thread shows why conservatives struggle to fight back against the Left. For the Moron posting all the diversity statements from other tire companies, it does not matter. Yes they are all full of SJW rot. Pick one company and take that one down. The Left knows this. What was done to the McCloskeys in St Louis does not need to be done to all gun owners, just one is fine, it will intimidate all the rest.
Guess what? This is the Alinsky Rule. Pick a target, freeze it, personlize it, polarize it.
The Right does not need to take down every tire company. Just one will do fine. Who cares that Bridgestone does the same thing? The rubble of Goodyear will serve as a smoldering example to the others to STFU and sell tires.
Stop trying to "boil the ocean" as the consultants say. Pick one, take them down hard. Then be ready next time to take the next one down.
Guess what? This is the Alinsky Rule. Pick a target, freeze it, personlize it, polarize it.
The Right does not need to take down every tire company. Just one will do fine. Who cares that Bridgestone does the same thing? The rubble of Goodyear will serve as a smoldering example to the others to STFU and sell tires.
Stop trying to "boil the ocean" as the consultants say. Pick one, take them down hard. Then be ready next time to take the next one down.
Posted by: Innagaddadavida at August 19, 2020 01:06 PM (ONKVN)
479
I love how Goodyear assumes the political clientele they are clearly favoring could actually afford their overpriced rubber rings.
Posted by: Defund NeverTrump at August 19, 2020 01:06 PM (0jZvB)
480
Maybe My Pillow has tires. They have everything else.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977
Mike Lindel to announce his MY Brazilian Rubber Tires in 3..2..1
Giza Dream Tires
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977
Mike Lindel to announce his MY Brazilian Rubber Tires in 3..2..1
Giza Dream Tires
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at August 19, 2020 01:06 PM (luzVb)
481
I gave up on Bed Bath and Beyond as well as Fresh Express salads from the grocery store after both companies went anti-Alberta oilsands a bunch of years ago.
I also avoid Nabisco. For my "just in case I get sick" stash the generic brand of saltines works just as well as theirs.
Posted by: Vendette at August 19, 2020
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Nabisco? Their grahams package is $3.99, while the house brand is $1.98. Easy enough decision.
Bed, Bath Salts, and Beyond? They have so many P & G products that it's hard to find anything else there. I've been boycotting Gillette for several years, and P & G products when I can. Vintage Gillette razors are great and don't put any money in P & G's coffers, and you can buy blades made by lots of other companies.
I also avoid Nabisco. For my "just in case I get sick" stash the generic brand of saltines works just as well as theirs.
Posted by: Vendette at August 19, 2020
*
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Nabisco? Their grahams package is $3.99, while the house brand is $1.98. Easy enough decision.
Bed, Bath Salts, and Beyond? They have so many P & G products that it's hard to find anything else there. I've been boycotting Gillette for several years, and P & G products when I can. Vintage Gillette razors are great and don't put any money in P & G's coffers, and you can buy blades made by lots of other companies.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 19, 2020 01:06 PM (Ejm1K)
482
When this news broke I wrote them an email saying that I was considering Goodyear MT/Rs for my Hummer and M1102 trailer. 7 new 40" tires. No more. I'll go Nitto.
Posted by: Defenestratus at August 19, 2020 01:06 PM (9V81o)
483
They are such idiots. Trump supporters have more cars. They also have a lot more trucks, which use bigger and more expensive tires than cars.
Posted by: Dave at August 19, 2020 01:06 PM (mXUCw)
484
Also Kroger and Publix and Fresh Market and Whole Foods and Target and ...
I predict a future with either a lot of hypocrites or subdivisions full of vegetable gardens and chicken houses.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast
There are things we can have an impact on, and things we can't. The perfect need not be the enemy of the good.
PS - the market thought the Goodyear apology was enough, apparently.
Also Kroger and Publix and Fresh Market and Whole Foods and Target and ...
I predict a future with either a lot of hypocrites or subdivisions full of vegetable gardens and chicken houses.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast
There are things we can have an impact on, and things we can't. The perfect need not be the enemy of the good.
PS - the market thought the Goodyear apology was enough, apparently.
Posted by: imp at August 19, 2020 01:06 PM (IecmP)
485
If it makes you feel any better, there's a link above to a possible Presidential duo you could get behind.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 19, 2020 01:01 PM (SgjGX)
*perks up*
Tulsi/Kyrsten, right?
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 19, 2020 01:01 PM (SgjGX)
*perks up*
Tulsi/Kyrsten, right?
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at August 19, 2020 01:07 PM (mf5HN)
486
Goodyear is denying that screenshot.
Posted by: JAS at August 19, 2020 01:07 PM (2BZBZ)
487
Very deflating.
Posted by: jsg at August 19, 2020 01:07 PM (fAcn5)
488
*surveys kingdom*
Hmmm, I see an area of possible flamethrow concern. *fingereyes*
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at August 19, 2020 12:59 PM (mf5HN)
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*Bends over, cups ear*
I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that.
*surveys kingdom*
Hmmm, I see an area of possible flamethrow concern. *fingereyes*
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at August 19, 2020 12:59 PM (mf5HN)
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*Bends over, cups ear*
I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 19, 2020 01:07 PM (WEBkv)
489
...and yet the c*cks at Twitchy are endlessly linked and applauded at other times. Pardon if I'm just a bit confused.
Posted by: Cringe Biscuit at August 19, 2020 01:07 PM (nzgbV)
490
Does anyone remember why they were so pissed at Nabisco last year? And without scrolling up, how Chick-Fil-A crapped the bed?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:21 PM
I don't buy cookies, so i didn't pay attention with Nabisico.
CfA: Dropped Salvation Army (the only charity I give to); then it's CEO/CFO told me I should shine shoes.
What do I win?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:21 PM
I don't buy cookies, so i didn't pay attention with Nabisico.
CfA: Dropped Salvation Army (the only charity I give to); then it's CEO/CFO told me I should shine shoes.
What do I win?
Posted by: Chuck C at August 19, 2020 01:07 PM (d/5jB)
491
https://twitter.com/DineshDSouza/status/1296122307992264705/photo/1
Posted by: JAS at August 19, 2020 01:07 PM (2BZBZ)
492
At this point, I'm pretty sure executives do not care about losses. Nor do I think conservatives wield enough power to cause them enough losses to care about.
If their business or industry dies, they chalk it up to other things.
If their business or industry dies, they chalk it up to other things.
Posted by: McLurkerson at August 19, 2020 01:07 PM (+RpOb)
493
When did Twitchy go woke. Have to admit I had not been over there in about 4 years. Who were those losers they highlighted?
Posted by: rothermj at August 19, 2020 01:07 PM (FbJUJ)
494
The only customers you have are the entities that trade their actual real money for your product. "Internal" customers are always as broke as you are. You know where they work.
Posted by: klaftern at August 19, 2020 01:07 PM (RuIsu)
495
One of the good guys is Redbull.
Yeah, their product is just crap
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 01:01 PM (KZzsI)
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Im not a big consumer of energy drinks, but I like the sugar free Monsters.
But....Monster is hip and woke as shit. If I DO buy a energy drink now... its Sugar Free Redbull.
Yeah, their product is just crap
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 01:01 PM (KZzsI)
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Im not a big consumer of energy drinks, but I like the sugar free Monsters.
But....Monster is hip and woke as shit. If I DO buy a energy drink now... its Sugar Free Redbull.
Posted by: fixerupper at August 19, 2020 01:08 PM (nw6Hr)
496
How hard is it to teach business majors not to fuck crazy? Amazing. Just fucking amazing.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 19, 2020 01:08 PM (MzFJT)
497
LOL as if BLM and gay stuff is not "politically affiliated"
Posted by: steevy at August 19, 2020 01:08 PM (HwiWi)
498
Fucking _meetings_, the most pernicious destroyer of business productivity there is. I am so fucking relieved to be retired.
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 01:02 PM (qpX6U
Anything beyond a half hour meeting is a complete waste of time.
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 01:02 PM (qpX6U
Anything beyond a half hour meeting is a complete waste of time.
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2020 01:08 PM (SBWzG)
499
Gillette is the big one, but sine it is just a part of P&G, it's immune from customer response. I still won't buy a Gillette razor, and have been forced to find one that works. Barbasol makes razors, believe it or not, and they are similar in construction to Gillette (the stupid slime strip can be removed) so that's my new go-to.
Posted by: imp at August 19, 2020
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DE razors are great, whether vintage or modern, and you can buy the blades online without paying P & G, too.
Posted by: imp at August 19, 2020
*
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DE razors are great, whether vintage or modern, and you can buy the blades online without paying P & G, too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 19, 2020 01:08 PM (Ejm1K)
500
Goodyear issued a statement, which basically said "Corporate didn't do it, and we tell all our employees not to be political... Except when it comes to 'racial justice and equity issues' because those aren't political "
So, basically, a denial/non apology that highlights they are for BLM because they don't judge BLM to be political.
https://twitter.com/goodyear/status/1296111292827283462/photo/1
Posted by: Joseph Dickerson at August 19, 2020 12:23 PM (KTq2u)
Yeah, their statement was we didn't officially put this out BUT this is our position on all of this. They are down with the cause
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 19, 2020 01:01 PM (kw5n
Yeah, "defining terms" is the latest progtard weapon against normal people.
Black Lives Matter - Not Political
All Lives Matter - Political
Blue Live4s Matter - Political
So, we're not violating our rules. Go fuck yourself.
Every commie-influenced organization from twitter to Goodyear is using that little trick.
I'm sure they think this is very clever.
So, basically, a denial/non apology that highlights they are for BLM because they don't judge BLM to be political.
https://twitter.com/goodyear/status/1296111292827283462/photo/1
Posted by: Joseph Dickerson at August 19, 2020 12:23 PM (KTq2u)
Yeah, their statement was we didn't officially put this out BUT this is our position on all of this. They are down with the cause
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 19, 2020 01:01 PM (kw5n
Yeah, "defining terms" is the latest progtard weapon against normal people.
Black Lives Matter - Not Political
All Lives Matter - Political
Blue Live4s Matter - Political
So, we're not violating our rules. Go fuck yourself.
Every commie-influenced organization from twitter to Goodyear is using that little trick.
I'm sure they think this is very clever.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2020 01:09 PM (dWwl8)
501
Vintage Gillette razors are great and don't put any money in P & G's coffers, and you can buy blades made by lots of other companies.
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I got a vintage Gillette Fatboy from the 60's, I think. There's a guy on Etsy that refurbishes them. Not cheap though, I think it was like $100, but it looks like new.
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I got a vintage Gillette Fatboy from the 60's, I think. There's a guy on Etsy that refurbishes them. Not cheap though, I think it was like $100, but it looks like new.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 19, 2020 01:09 PM (1ISKN)
502
Good to know that GoodYear thinks that all lives don't matter. 
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2020 01:09 PM (WkPC9)
503
> Goodyear is denying that screenshot.
No, they are not.
They're denying it was "produced by the corporation".
As others have noted, it was almost certainly produced by "diversity" contractors, hired at company expense.
That's not an excuse.
No, they are not.
They're denying it was "produced by the corporation".
As others have noted, it was almost certainly produced by "diversity" contractors, hired at company expense.
That's not an excuse.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 19, 2020 01:09 PM (unn44)
504
I'm going to continue my lifelong policy of buying the cheapest f'n tires I can find.
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics
So, no Goodyears then?
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics
So, no Goodyears then?
Posted by: Joe Mama at August 19, 2020 01:09 PM (Z2qFv)
505
If Rasmussen is trying to show a Biden bounce they um, missed it.
Posted by: Heart of Darkness at August 19, 2020 01:09 PM (nFRLh)
506
What language doth thou speak? Do you mean price for 4 or per tire? I paid about $1000 for 4 Bridgestones.
Posted by: Moonbeam at August 19, 2020 12:48 PM (qe5CM)
set of 4
Posted by: Moonbeam at August 19, 2020 12:48 PM (qe5CM)
set of 4
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2020 01:09 PM (JFO2v)
507
Oreo made rainbow gay cookies.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 19, 2020 01:09 PM (WvQcX)
508
Queer waiter given chilling warning to 'get out of America' on his $5 tip. And, yes, of course it was from a Trump supporter
"I'll take 'Things That Definitely Did Not Happen' for $500, Alex."
Posted by: zombie
How did the customer know the waiter was queer (besides him being a waiter that is--ba-dum-chsss)? Maybe he just had a speech impediment and expressive wrists.
Queer waiter given chilling warning to 'get out of America' on his $5 tip. And, yes, of course it was from a Trump supporter
"I'll take 'Things That Definitely Did Not Happen' for $500, Alex."
Posted by: zombie
How did the customer know the waiter was queer (besides him being a waiter that is--ba-dum-chsss)? Maybe he just had a speech impediment and expressive wrists.
Posted by: imp at August 19, 2020 01:09 PM (IecmP)
509
Goodyear is denying that screenshot.
Posted by: JAS at August 19, 2020 01:07 PM (2BZBZ)
It's a non-denial denial.
Posted by: JAS at August 19, 2020 01:07 PM (2BZBZ)
It's a non-denial denial.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2020 01:10 PM (cq10r)
510
I also sent Goodyear a nice note of disgust. Also told them I had a job unlike the people they're supporting.
Posted by: Dr Spank at August 19, 2020 01:10 PM (UqUSH)
511
*stabs blake in ankle*
...... but you bought a stepstool before the pay cut.... right????
Posted by: fixerupper at August 19, 2020 01:04 PM (nw6Hr)
No lie, a couple of years back I told my parents what I wanted for Christmas was a nice three step step stool with the curved handle over the top whatfor to hold.
You would have thought I asked for the moon. Wal-Mart, nope. Target, nope. Home Depot, nope. Lowe's, nope.
God bless Tractor Supply.
And ordering from Amazon would have been cheating.
...... but you bought a stepstool before the pay cut.... right????
Posted by: fixerupper at August 19, 2020 01:04 PM (nw6Hr)
No lie, a couple of years back I told my parents what I wanted for Christmas was a nice three step step stool with the curved handle over the top whatfor to hold.
You would have thought I asked for the moon. Wal-Mart, nope. Target, nope. Home Depot, nope. Lowe's, nope.
God bless Tractor Supply.
And ordering from Amazon would have been cheating.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at August 19, 2020 01:10 PM (mf5HN)
512
Fucking _meetings_, the most pernicious destroyer of business productivity there is. I am so fucking relieved to be retired.
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 01:02 PM (qpX6U
Anything beyond a half hour meeting is a complete waste of time.
The absolute best meetings are the meetings held to plan future meetings.
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 01:02 PM (qpX6U
Anything beyond a half hour meeting is a complete waste of time.
The absolute best meetings are the meetings held to plan future meetings.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at August 19, 2020 01:10 PM (luzVb)
513
499
Gillette is the big one, but sine it is just a part of PG, it's
immune from customer response. I still won't buy a Gillette razor, and
have been forced to find one that works. Barbasol makes razors, believe
it or not, and they are similar in construction to Gillette (the stupid
slime strip can be removed) so that's my new go-to.
Posted by: imp at August 19, 2020
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DE razors are great, whether vintage or modern, and you can buy the blades online without paying P G, too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 19, 2020 01:08 PM (Ejm1K)
Stop shaving, grow a beard. I did.
Gillette is the big one, but sine it is just a part of PG, it's
immune from customer response. I still won't buy a Gillette razor, and
have been forced to find one that works. Barbasol makes razors, believe
it or not, and they are similar in construction to Gillette (the stupid
slime strip can be removed) so that's my new go-to.
Posted by: imp at August 19, 2020
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DE razors are great, whether vintage or modern, and you can buy the blades online without paying P G, too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 19, 2020 01:08 PM (Ejm1K)
Stop shaving, grow a beard. I did.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 19, 2020 01:10 PM (N39Ws)
514
IIRC, Cooper tires are also made by Goodyear.
Cuck is too manly for the snowflakes at twitchy. I got banned from twitchy for using the word fagot in post. Don't go there unless it is from some redirect from another site.
Cuck is too manly for the snowflakes at twitchy. I got banned from twitchy for using the word fagot in post. Don't go there unless it is from some redirect from another site.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 19, 2020 01:10 PM (pw+jk)
515
Goodyear has assured us this was all a big misunderstanding...
nothing to see here....
Posted by: McCool at August 19, 2020 01:04 PM (tWnED)
By "misunderstanding" they mean we're too dim to grasp that we're all a bunch of racist scum. Who'da thunk large corporations would not understand that in their grand utopia, all of the upper management will be marched out to a long ditch?
Then, the state will bring in chaz stragglers to run goodyear as a properly diverse company. I for one cannot wait for the day I'm on a 5 year waiting list for state approved tires.
nothing to see here....
Posted by: McCool at August 19, 2020 01:04 PM (tWnED)
By "misunderstanding" they mean we're too dim to grasp that we're all a bunch of racist scum. Who'da thunk large corporations would not understand that in their grand utopia, all of the upper management will be marched out to a long ditch?
Then, the state will bring in chaz stragglers to run goodyear as a properly diverse company. I for one cannot wait for the day I'm on a 5 year waiting list for state approved tires.
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 01:10 PM (8B6Ng)
516
Good year is the traditional example of 'only sorry we got caught'.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 19, 2020 01:10 PM (WvQcX)
517
Every commie-influenced organization from twitter to Goodyear is using that little trick.
I'm sure they think this is very clever.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2020 01:09 PM (dWwl
They said "corporate" didn't put that out. Corporate probably means the international "corporate", not the US based operations. They're gaming.
I'm sure they think this is very clever.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2020 01:09 PM (dWwl
They said "corporate" didn't put that out. Corporate probably means the international "corporate", not the US based operations. They're gaming.
Posted by: CN at August 19, 2020 01:10 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2020 01:11 PM (JFO2v)
519
Yeah I use a 1950s Gillette Slim safety razor. Got tired of paying exorbitant prices on Mach 3 cartridges years ago. I buy a 100 blade pack of Personnas that lasts me well over a year.
Posted by: radar at August 19, 2020 01:11 PM (Q+VZw)
520
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Goodyear is denying that screenshot.
Posted by: JAS at August 19, 2020 01:07 PM
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Read closer.
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Goodyear is denying that screenshot.
Posted by: JAS at August 19, 2020 01:07 PM
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Read closer.
Posted by: irright at August 19, 2020 01:11 PM (pMGkg)
521
Queer waiter given chilling warning to 'get out of America' on his $5 tip. And, yes, of course it was from a Trump supporter
"I'll take 'Things That Definitely Did Not Happen' for $500, Alex."
Posted by: zombie at August 19, 2020 01:02 PM (HEEq1)
80 days before the election. Of course it's real.
"I'll take 'Things That Definitely Did Not Happen' for $500, Alex."
Posted by: zombie at August 19, 2020 01:02 PM (HEEq1)
80 days before the election. Of course it's real.
Posted by: ... at August 19, 2020 01:11 PM (SBWzG)
522
479 I love how Goodyear assumes the political clientele they are clearly favoring could actually afford their overpriced rubber rings.
Posted by: Defund NeverTrump at August 19, 2020 01:06 PM (0jZvB)
Even for necklacing?
Posted by: Defund NeverTrump at August 19, 2020 01:06 PM (0jZvB)
Even for necklacing?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 19, 2020 01:11 PM (xSz05)
523
How did the customer know the waiter was queer (besides him being a waiter that is--ba-dum-chsss)? Maybe he just had a speech impediment and expressive wrists.
Posted by: imp at August 19, 2020 01:09 PM (IecmP)
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The carefully coiffed forward two tone man bun was the giveaway.
Posted by: imp at August 19, 2020 01:09 PM (IecmP)
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The carefully coiffed forward two tone man bun was the giveaway.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 19, 2020 01:11 PM (WEBkv)
524
502 Good to know that GoodYear thinks that all lives don't matter.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Yeah, you'd think a tire company would be pro-life in general.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Yeah, you'd think a tire company would be pro-life in general.
Posted by: Dr Spank at August 19, 2020 01:11 PM (UqUSH)
525
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at August 19, 2020 01:10 PM (mf5HN)
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Hah!
I love Tractor Supply.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at August 19, 2020 01:10 PM (mf5HN)
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Hah!
I love Tractor Supply.
Posted by: fixerupper at August 19, 2020 01:11 PM (nw6Hr)
526
So when did All Lives Not Matter?
Sick of this shit!
Sick of this shit!
Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2020 01:11 PM (wiXsO)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at August 19, 2020 01:12 PM (Zz0t1)
528
This is distressingly true. I'm in my last semester of an MBA program, and in the last year most of my classes started getting larded up with "social justice" horseshit. This garbage is what gets taught now. Only three years ago when I started, I didn't see any of this shit.
Posted by: radar at August 19, 2020 12:54 PM (Q+VZw)
It used to be that for-profit businesses would lead the culture by selling products that consumers would buy. Now, you find that it's non-profits that are doing this. You saw this SJW nonsense clutter the NP industry at least 5 years before you started seeing it in for-profit corporations.
If you want to see what the world will look like in five years, just take a look at what's hot in the non-profit sector. It's a scary sight.
Posted by: radar at August 19, 2020 12:54 PM (Q+VZw)
It used to be that for-profit businesses would lead the culture by selling products that consumers would buy. Now, you find that it's non-profits that are doing this. You saw this SJW nonsense clutter the NP industry at least 5 years before you started seeing it in for-profit corporations.
If you want to see what the world will look like in five years, just take a look at what's hot in the non-profit sector. It's a scary sight.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 19, 2020 01:12 PM (6xA3t)
529
do on behalf of our shared communities. This can't be said strongly enough.
Posted by: BetaCuck4Life at August 19, 2020 12:56 PM (FBrfY)
So they haven't disavowed the slide at all.
Scumbags.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2020 01:00 PM (cq10r)
as I wrote upthread, typical corporate mumblespeak. They're trying to say, in a drunken slur, "Hey we support EVERYbody, and Everybodies right, and we dindu nuttin, so why don' we all just get along and BUY MOAR TIREZ!!
Posted by: BetaCuck4Life at August 19, 2020 12:56 PM (FBrfY)
So they haven't disavowed the slide at all.
Scumbags.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2020 01:00 PM (cq10r)
as I wrote upthread, typical corporate mumblespeak. They're trying to say, in a drunken slur, "Hey we support EVERYbody, and Everybodies right, and we dindu nuttin, so why don' we all just get along and BUY MOAR TIREZ!!
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2020 01:12 PM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Baracky O'Cracky at August 19, 2020 01:13 PM (vtcmf)
531
MUNG - wasn't that the Firestone 500 tires back in the late 70's/early '80s?
Posted by: Tonypete at August 19, 2020 01:13 PM (Rvt88)
532
So when did All Lives Not Matter?
Sick of this shit!
Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2020 01:11 PM (wiXsO)
Slavery, racist.
Sick of this shit!
Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2020 01:11 PM (wiXsO)
Slavery, racist.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 19, 2020 01:13 PM (Zz0t1)
533
They are such idiots. Trump supporters have more cars. They also have a lot more trucks, which use bigger and more expensive tires than cars.
Posted by: Dave at August 19, 2020 01:06 PM (mXUCw)
I'm seriously waiting now for goodyear to say they won't make tires for pickups, because racist. And Ford says no more F series. Followed by GM and Chrysler.
Guys, don't slice across the wrist, slice along.
Posted by: Dave at August 19, 2020 01:06 PM (mXUCw)
I'm seriously waiting now for goodyear to say they won't make tires for pickups, because racist. And Ford says no more F series. Followed by GM and Chrysler.
Guys, don't slice across the wrist, slice along.
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 01:13 PM (8B6Ng)
534
Good to know that GoodYear thinks that all lives don't matter.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Yeah, you'd think a tire company would be pro-life in general.
Posted by: Dr Spank at August 19, 2020 01:11 PM (UqUSH)
I seem to remember a tire company running ads focused on keeping your family safe. I guess that won't apply for white families.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Yeah, you'd think a tire company would be pro-life in general.
Posted by: Dr Spank at August 19, 2020 01:11 PM (UqUSH)
I seem to remember a tire company running ads focused on keeping your family safe. I guess that won't apply for white families.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 19, 2020 01:13 PM (lgiXo)
535
The Right does not need to take down every tire company. Just one will do fine. Who cares that Bridgestone does the same thing? The rubble of Goodyear will serve as a smoldering example to the others to STFU and sell tires.
Stop trying to "boil the ocean" as the consultants say. Pick one, take them down hard. Then be ready next time to take the next one down.
Posted by: Innagaddadavida
Precisely.
Have we heard any more about "toxic masculingity from ANY company following the Gillette debacle?
An $8 BILLION dollar hit (and counting).
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/08/02/
gillette-loses-8-billion-as-sales-drop-following-woke-
commercials/
The Right does not need to take down every tire company. Just one will do fine. Who cares that Bridgestone does the same thing? The rubble of Goodyear will serve as a smoldering example to the others to STFU and sell tires.
Stop trying to "boil the ocean" as the consultants say. Pick one, take them down hard. Then be ready next time to take the next one down.
Posted by: Innagaddadavida
Precisely.
Have we heard any more about "toxic masculingity from ANY company following the Gillette debacle?
An $8 BILLION dollar hit (and counting).
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/08/02/
gillette-loses-8-billion-as-sales-drop-following-woke-
commercials/
Posted by: imp at August 19, 2020 01:13 PM (IecmP)
536
Yeah, "defining terms" is the latest progtard weapon against normal people.
Black Lives Matter - Not Political
All Lives Matter - Political
Blue Live4s Matter - Political
So, we're not violating our rules. Go fuck yourself.
Every commie-influenced organization from twitter to Goodyear is using that little trick.
I'm sure they think this is very clever.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2020 01:09 PM
"Latest" of weapons, comrade?
Have you not been noticing our "Democratic" "Republics" all of these years?
Black Lives Matter - Not Political
All Lives Matter - Political
Blue Live4s Matter - Political
So, we're not violating our rules. Go fuck yourself.
Every commie-influenced organization from twitter to Goodyear is using that little trick.
I'm sure they think this is very clever.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 19, 2020 01:09 PM
"Latest" of weapons, comrade?
Have you not been noticing our "Democratic" "Republics" all of these years?
Posted by: Communist Crapweasels from Lenin to Bernie at August 19, 2020 01:13 PM (ejd/p)
537
Queer waiter given chilling warning to 'get out of America' on his $5 tip. And, yes, of course it was from a Trump supporter
"I'll take 'Things That Definitely Did Not Happen' for $500, Alex."
Posted by: zombie at August 19, 2020 01:02 PM (HEEq1)
Definitely. Drama queen stunt.
Why would anyone accompany a message of disapproval with a tip?
"I'll take 'Things That Definitely Did Not Happen' for $500, Alex."
Posted by: zombie at August 19, 2020 01:02 PM (HEEq1)
Definitely. Drama queen stunt.
Why would anyone accompany a message of disapproval with a tip?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 19, 2020 01:13 PM (xSz05)
538
We're looking at getting new tires, so this is good to know!
Posted by: pookysgirl, mechanically inclined at August 19, 2020 01:13 PM (XKZwp)
539
526 So when did All Lives Not Matter?
Sick of this shit!
Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2020 01:11 PM (wiXsO)
All lives won't matter until you give the radicals all your money and support their ignorant foot soldiers.
Sick of this shit!
Posted by: redridinghood at August 19, 2020 01:11 PM (wiXsO)
All lives won't matter until you give the radicals all your money and support their ignorant foot soldiers.
Posted by: CN at August 19, 2020 01:13 PM (ONvIw)
540
The absolute best meetings are the meetings held to plan future meetings.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at August 19, 2020 01:10 PM (luzVb)
Pre meeting to plan the meeting to set the agenda for the future meeting.
*spins in chair*
Pelosi better get back with upping the dole because I'm completely down with this being kinda sorta retired.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at August 19, 2020 01:10 PM (luzVb)
Pre meeting to plan the meeting to set the agenda for the future meeting.
*spins in chair*
Pelosi better get back with upping the dole because I'm completely down with this being kinda sorta retired.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at August 19, 2020 01:14 PM (mf5HN)
541
Barbasol makes razors, believe it or not, and they are similar in construction to Gillette (the stupid slime strip can be removed) so that's my new go-to.
Barbasol is an old classic US company too. Solid products.
Stop shaving, grow a beard. I did.
Still gotta shave some unless you want to look like a werewolf
Barbasol is an old classic US company too. Solid products.
Stop shaving, grow a beard. I did.
Still gotta shave some unless you want to look like a werewolf
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 01:14 PM (KZzsI)
542
this has been going on for quite a while
when I was a wet behind the ears engineer I took a job with a company owned by a guy that finally got his HUB certification by virtue of him claiming to be part Indian (feather). It was not my first job.
So the owner tells me to put his new HUB logo on any correspondence I sent out.
"Barry, I'm bringing you clients. That logo is a kiss of death for keeping those clients. Your call."
No HUB logo for my work.
when I was a wet behind the ears engineer I took a job with a company owned by a guy that finally got his HUB certification by virtue of him claiming to be part Indian (feather). It was not my first job.
So the owner tells me to put his new HUB logo on any correspondence I sent out.
"Barry, I'm bringing you clients. That logo is a kiss of death for keeping those clients. Your call."
No HUB logo for my work.
Posted by: DanMan at August 19, 2020 01:14 PM (XTiHL)
543
Goodyear headed for a bad year.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 19, 2020 01:14 PM (axyOa)
544
as I wrote upthread, typical corporate mumblespeak. They're trying to say, in a drunken slur, "Hey we support EVERYbody, and Everybodies right, and we dindu nuttin, so why don' we all just get along and BUY MOAR TIREZ!!
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2020 01:12 PM (Kpl3J)
No, not all mumblespeak. Plainly they said our policy is what is on the slide. Nothing political EXCEPT for those things having to do with race and equity.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2020 01:12 PM (Kpl3J)
No, not all mumblespeak. Plainly they said our policy is what is on the slide. Nothing political EXCEPT for those things having to do with race and equity.
Posted by: blaster at August 19, 2020 01:14 PM (ZfRYq)
545
As far as I'm concerned, we're living in a horror movie. The slow suffocation of individuality in the name of the herd is horrifying.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 19, 2020 01:14 PM (H8QX8)
546
If Ford gave up the F series, there would be no more Ford.
Posted by: Heart of Darkness at August 19, 2020 01:14 PM (nFRLh)
547
GOODYEAR - So Woke We Sell Defective Tires to Whites!
Posted by: Dr Spank at August 19, 2020 01:14 PM (UqUSH)
548
I, for one, favor Goodyear tires as they have the highest petroleum content.
I, for one, favor Goodyear tires as they have the highest petroleum content.
Posted by: Winnie Mandela at August 19, 2020 01:14 PM (w9Wax)
549
"I'm going to continue my lifelong policy of buying the cheapest f'n tires I can find.
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics
So, no Goodyears then?"
You'd hope so, but who the hell knows where cheap tires are sourced? Buying em cheap accomplishes one thing, maybe: they get a smaller margin of profit.
Brand loyalties are creations of clever marketers. They are brainworms planted into the minds of suckers.
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics
So, no Goodyears then?"
You'd hope so, but who the hell knows where cheap tires are sourced? Buying em cheap accomplishes one thing, maybe: they get a smaller margin of profit.
Brand loyalties are creations of clever marketers. They are brainworms planted into the minds of suckers.
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 01:15 PM (qpX6U)
550
439
The DOD has taken notice of the 2 Soldiers in Uniform at the DNC convention...idiots
My guess is just a couple of guys cosplaying
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:59 PM (KZzsI)
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This was my impression as well. The Left is chock full of LARPers everywhere they show up, so two more in the stew wouldn't be a great surprise.
The DOD has taken notice of the 2 Soldiers in Uniform at the DNC convention...idiots
My guess is just a couple of guys cosplaying
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:59 PM (KZzsI)
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This was my impression as well. The Left is chock full of LARPers everywhere they show up, so two more in the stew wouldn't be a great surprise.
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at August 19, 2020 01:15 PM (+3rQF)
551
Have we heard any more about "toxic masculingity from ANY company following the Gillette debacle?
An $8 BILLION dollar hit (and counting).
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/08/02/
gillette-loses-8-billion-as-sales-drop-following-woke-
commercials/
Posted by: imp at August 19, 2020 01:13 PM (IecmP)
What, if any, repercussions did those involved in this debacle face? I'd fire everyone involved, without a second thought.
An $8 BILLION dollar hit (and counting).
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/08/02/
gillette-loses-8-billion-as-sales-drop-following-woke-
commercials/
Posted by: imp at August 19, 2020 01:13 PM (IecmP)
What, if any, repercussions did those involved in this debacle face? I'd fire everyone involved, without a second thought.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 19, 2020 01:15 PM (xSz05)
552
P and G's Gillette division did an $8 Billion write-down after a series of woke commercials that weren't half as egregious as what Goodyear just did. Man, I pity the NASCAR teams that signed on for Goodyear sponsorships.
Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2020 01:15 PM (Pqytn)
553
Still gotta shave some unless you want to look like a werewolf
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 01:14 PM (KZzsI)
Aren't werewolves part of your repertoire?
Still gotta shave some unless you want to look like a werewolf
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 01:14 PM (KZzsI)
Aren't werewolves part of your repertoire?
Posted by: CN at August 19, 2020 01:15 PM (ONvIw)
554
Oops we can't have our biased one sided slip showing. Fuck em. Get woke fuck you.
Posted by: USNtakim at August 19, 2020 01:15 PM (0OmEj)
555
Queer waiter given chilling warning to 'get out of America' on his $5 tip. And, yes, of course it was from a Trump supporter
Has ANY of these "bad Trump supporter writes something on a restaurant bill" stories been true? Even one?
Has ANY of these "bad Trump supporter writes something on a restaurant bill" stories been true? Even one?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 01:15 PM (KZzsI)
556
Bed, Bath Salts, and Beyond? They have so many P & G products that it's hard to find anything else there. I've been boycotting Gillette for several years, and P & G products when I can. Vintage Gillette razors are great and don't put any money in P & G's coffers, and you can buy blades made by lots of other companies.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 19, 2020 01:06 PM (Ejm1K)
I love their electronics. Did you know they have a device that can actually take wrinkles out of clothes in addition to all the other stuff.
It's called an iRon, and it comes with a charging device, the Ning Board. Just too cool.
*shify eyes*
Bed, Bath Salts, and Beyond? They have so many P & G products that it's hard to find anything else there. I've been boycotting Gillette for several years, and P & G products when I can. Vintage Gillette razors are great and don't put any money in P & G's coffers, and you can buy blades made by lots of other companies.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 19, 2020 01:06 PM (Ejm1K)
I love their electronics. Did you know they have a device that can actually take wrinkles out of clothes in addition to all the other stuff.
It's called an iRon, and it comes with a charging device, the Ning Board. Just too cool.
*shify eyes*
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 19, 2020 01:15 PM (PiwSw)
557
"Most of the vehicles rolling off the assembly lines have Goodyear tires."
I wonder if those bulk purchases have much lower profit margins than what is sold in tire stores. My guess is yes ... but it is good for them to have their tires as the original ... so owners will stay with them when they buy the second set.
I wonder if those bulk purchases have much lower profit margins than what is sold in tire stores. My guess is yes ... but it is good for them to have their tires as the original ... so owners will stay with them when they buy the second set.
Posted by: illiniwek at August 19, 2020 01:16 PM (Cus5s)
558
As far as I'm concerned, we're living in a horror movie. The slow suffocation of individuality in the name of the herd is horrifying.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 19, 2020 01:14 PM (H8QX
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New Motto.
M.O.F.A.
Make Orwell Fiction Again
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 19, 2020 01:14 PM (H8QX
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New Motto.
M.O.F.A.
Make Orwell Fiction Again
Posted by: fixerupper at August 19, 2020 01:16 PM (nw6Hr)
559
Five will get you ten that Goodyear knows full well what happened to Gillette.
That means what we are doing is working. More examples means less of this shit in the future.
That means what we are doing is working. More examples means less of this shit in the future.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 19, 2020 01:16 PM (WvQcX)
560
Maybe the goodyears we take off could be place around the necks of Pantifa to keep them warm on a cool evening.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 19, 2020 01:16 PM (JFO2v)
561
I'm seriously waiting now for goodyear to say they won't make tires for pickups, because racist. And Ford says no more F series. Followed by GM and Chrysler.
Guys, don't slice across the wrist, slice along.
Posted by: clutch cargo
Down the street.
Not across the tracks.
Guys, don't slice across the wrist, slice along.
Posted by: clutch cargo
Down the street.
Not across the tracks.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2020 01:16 PM (5CJXD)
562
Goodyear sucks BLM cocks.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 19, 2020 01:16 PM (MzFJT)
563
If you want to see what the world will look like in five years, just take a look at what's hot in the non-profit sector. It's a scary sight.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 19, 2020 01:12 PM (6xA3t)
True up til now - but I think we're approaching a Singularity. Kurzweil and Vinge used to write of a coming technological singularity, but I think we are instead approaching a political and social singularity, the moment where suddenly, *nothing* that have ever happened before has any bearing on what is about to happen, and all the old rules vaporize on contact.
This has happened before, and will happen again.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 19, 2020 01:12 PM (6xA3t)
True up til now - but I think we're approaching a Singularity. Kurzweil and Vinge used to write of a coming technological singularity, but I think we are instead approaching a political and social singularity, the moment where suddenly, *nothing* that have ever happened before has any bearing on what is about to happen, and all the old rules vaporize on contact.
This has happened before, and will happen again.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2020 01:16 PM (Kpl3J)
564
Goodyear has assured us this was all a big misunderstanding...
-
By "misunderstanding" they mean we're too dim to grasp that we're all a bunch of racist scum.
--
There it is, same as all the instances when a Democrat offers a non-apology and says something similar.
I'm sorry you're so stupid and that you're too stupid to understand, stupid people.
-
By "misunderstanding" they mean we're too dim to grasp that we're all a bunch of racist scum.
--
There it is, same as all the instances when a Democrat offers a non-apology and says something similar.
I'm sorry you're so stupid and that you're too stupid to understand, stupid people.
Posted by: Charles Darwin is a write supremacist at August 19, 2020 01:17 PM (MZyfL)
565
I am 100% on board with a Goodyear boycott. And by Sunday (once I've had a chance to get to them) so will my entire family. This has to end. GOODYEAR has to end.
Posted by: Ozborn at August 19, 2020 01:17 PM (rMWPa)
566
Now, I still believe that my position that the personal is per se political is an abomination which is anti-human at the core. I may be correct about that but I still lost.
Game on.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at August 19, 2020 12:38 PM (mf5HN)
The Empress is wise. As I tell people, my principles are not a suicide pact. Also, having been bullied as a child, my tolerance for bullies is not measurable on any scale. Punch them in the fucking nose to make them rethink their actions.
Game on.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at August 19, 2020 12:38 PM (mf5HN)
The Empress is wise. As I tell people, my principles are not a suicide pact. Also, having been bullied as a child, my tolerance for bullies is not measurable on any scale. Punch them in the fucking nose to make them rethink their actions.
Posted by: physics geek at August 19, 2020 01:17 PM (huQJB)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 19, 2020 01:17 PM (WvQcX)
568
Brand loyalties are creations of clever marketers. They are brainworms planted into the minds of suckers.
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 01:15 PM (qpX6U)
No! Why would I be tested for brainworms? Come on, Man! You a junkie?
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 01:15 PM (qpX6U)
No! Why would I be tested for brainworms? Come on, Man! You a junkie?
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 19, 2020 01:17 PM (1ISKN)
569
And Ford says no more F series. Followed by GM and Chrysler.
Guys, don't slice across the wrist, slice along.
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 01:13 PM (8B6Ng)
Imma say no on Ford. Apparently some employees wanted Ford to stop making police cars.
The CEO responded without any corporate mumblespeak. It was: No. And get back to work.
Guys, don't slice across the wrist, slice along.
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 01:13 PM (8B6Ng)
Imma say no on Ford. Apparently some employees wanted Ford to stop making police cars.
The CEO responded without any corporate mumblespeak. It was: No. And get back to work.
Posted by: blaster at August 19, 2020 01:17 PM (ZfRYq)
570
Stop shaving, grow a beard. I did.
Still gotta shave some unless you want to look like a werewolf
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 01:14 PM (KZzsI)
My COVID beard is approaching ZZ Top territory. My original intention was to trim it back to normal when America came to its senses, but that's apparently not gonna happen.
So, I'm continuing to be looking for some tush.
Still gotta shave some unless you want to look like a werewolf
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 01:14 PM (KZzsI)
My COVID beard is approaching ZZ Top territory. My original intention was to trim it back to normal when America came to its senses, but that's apparently not gonna happen.
So, I'm continuing to be looking for some tush.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 19, 2020 01:17 PM (FtO5h)
571
First, the visual in question was not created or distributed by Goodyear corporate, nor was it part of a diversity training class. ...
+++++++++++++++
Probably true. I have access to my company's PowerPoint template. Everyone does. Everything I produce on it is on official digital stationary. This well could have been some manager or some flunky in some department who decided to harangue his or her employees. Happens all the time.
But Goodyear didn't say "and this is not what we stand for. We stand for free expression insofar as political discussion may be unavoidable in the workplace."
They chose not to say that.
+++++++++++++++
Probably true. I have access to my company's PowerPoint template. Everyone does. Everything I produce on it is on official digital stationary. This well could have been some manager or some flunky in some department who decided to harangue his or her employees. Happens all the time.
But Goodyear didn't say "and this is not what we stand for. We stand for free expression insofar as political discussion may be unavoidable in the workplace."
They chose not to say that.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 19, 2020 01:17 PM (hYcqw)
572
"Most of the vehicles rolling off the assembly lines have Goodyear tires."
When did Chevy/GMC quit using Uniroyal?
When did Chevy/GMC quit using Uniroyal?
Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2020 01:17 PM (5CJXD)
573
Breaking news: Goodyear will only be making 25 profile tires for 22" and larger wheels from now on.
Posted by: Charles Darwin is a write supremacist at August 19, 2020 01:18 PM (MZyfL)
574
*perks up*
Tulsi/Kyrsten, right?
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at August 19, 2020 01:07 PM (mf5HN)
Even better.
Parton/Reeves2020
https://twitter.com/MaggieW13/status/1295000156136505344/photo/1
Tulsi/Kyrsten, right?
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at August 19, 2020 01:07 PM (mf5HN)
Even better.
Parton/Reeves2020
https://twitter.com/MaggieW13/status/1295000156136505344/photo/1
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 19, 2020 01:18 PM (SgjGX)
575
After watching the Gillette ads, I bought an injector razor that was built about the same year I was born (and that was a long time ago). Schick blades ever since.
Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2020 01:18 PM (Pqytn)
576
The absolute best meetings are the meetings held to plan future meetings.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at August 19, 2020 01:10 PM (luzVb)
Pre meeting to plan the meeting to set the agenda for the future meeting.
My favorite was turning up for a meeting and everyone looks around and says, "Whose meeting is this, anyway?"
Oh God. It's going to be one of those. Not only do we not know the purpose of this meeting, we don't even know who called the meeting in the first place.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - refuse to accept the Mask of the Beast at August 19, 2020 01:10 PM (luzVb)
Pre meeting to plan the meeting to set the agenda for the future meeting.
My favorite was turning up for a meeting and everyone looks around and says, "Whose meeting is this, anyway?"
Oh God. It's going to be one of those. Not only do we not know the purpose of this meeting, we don't even know who called the meeting in the first place.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 19, 2020 01:18 PM (xSz05)
577
IIRC, Cooper tires are also made by Goodyear.
Cuck is too manly for the snowflakes at twitchy. I got banned from twitchy for using the word fagot in post. Don't go there unless it is from some redirect from another site.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious
That's funny, since they are an entirely different company. Perhaps they outsource manufacturing to GY, but they are not part of Goodyear, and they keep their own profits.
IIRC, Cooper tires are also made by Goodyear.
Cuck is too manly for the snowflakes at twitchy. I got banned from twitchy for using the word fagot in post. Don't go there unless it is from some redirect from another site.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious
That's funny, since they are an entirely different company. Perhaps they outsource manufacturing to GY, but they are not part of Goodyear, and they keep their own profits.
Posted by: imp at August 19, 2020 01:18 PM (IecmP)
578
Barbasol makes razors, believe it or not, and they are similar in construction to Gillette (the stupid slime strip can be removed) so that's my new go-to.
Posted by: imp at August 19, 2020
I saw that Barbasol makes razors on my can of foam, so I'll keep an eye open. I bought a razor set at Costco (didn't say P&G anywhere) and it's ok, but not quite great. I'd already tried Harry's a few years back (before they got carried by target) and found them sort of meh.
Posted by: imp at August 19, 2020
I saw that Barbasol makes razors on my can of foam, so I'll keep an eye open. I bought a razor set at Costco (didn't say P&G anywhere) and it's ok, but not quite great. I'd already tried Harry's a few years back (before they got carried by target) and found them sort of meh.
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 01:18 PM (8B6Ng)
579
Most car dealerships will replace factory-installed tires with the tires of the customer's choice.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 19, 2020 01:18 PM (lgiXo)
580
If you see a markdown on Goodyear tires in the 50% range or more, buy those Goodyear tires. That will mean a loss per tire which hurts them more than not selling a tire.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 19, 2020 01:18 PM (pw+jk)
581
I've left socks on, but I think that was the 1st time I forgot to sock.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 19, 2020 01:19 PM (1ISKN)
582
Right now I only have a bike. My tires are some pretty kickass SERFAS Gators. I'm hoping Serfas doesn't get woke.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 19, 2020 01:19 PM (FtO5h)
583
My COVID beard is approaching ZZ Top territory. My original intention was to trim it back to normal when America came to its senses, but that's apparently not gonna happen.
So, I'm continuing to be looking for some tush.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 19, 2020 01:17 PM (FtO5h)
I eventually gave in and shaved my beard, but kept a horseshoe mustache. I'm tempted to let the ends grow out and then braid them.
My COVID beard is approaching ZZ Top territory. My original intention was to trim it back to normal when America came to its senses, but that's apparently not gonna happen.
So, I'm continuing to be looking for some tush.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 19, 2020 01:17 PM (FtO5h)
I eventually gave in and shaved my beard, but kept a horseshoe mustache. I'm tempted to let the ends grow out and then braid them.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 19, 2020 01:19 PM (SgjGX)
584
So, I'm continuing to be looking for some tush.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 19, 2020 01:17 PM (FtO5h)
Have you checked your beard?
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 19, 2020 01:17 PM (FtO5h)
Have you checked your beard?
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at August 19, 2020 01:19 PM (KnJdm)
585
Be funny if someone walked in to a dealer to buy a high end car, and told the dealer, "You've got a deal, as soon as you take off the Goodyear tires and put Brand XYZ on."
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 19, 2020 01:19 PM (WEBkv)
586
P and G's Gillette division did an $8 Billion write-down after a series of woke commercials that weren't half as egregious as what Goodyear just did. Man, I pity the NASCAR teams that signed on for Goodyear sponsorships.
Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2020 01:15 PM (Pqytn)
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No, what Gillette did was far worse. This was some internal training slide (official or not) that leaked. Goodyear didn't make a high production value commercial to spit in their customers' faces loudly and with pride. This was never supposed to be external or seen by the public. It was, and Goodyear's response sucked, but the two are not comparable. Goodyear is just doing what corporations do in Current Year - kowtowing to Leftist policies internally. Gillette declared war on its own customers.
Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2020 01:15 PM (Pqytn)
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No, what Gillette did was far worse. This was some internal training slide (official or not) that leaked. Goodyear didn't make a high production value commercial to spit in their customers' faces loudly and with pride. This was never supposed to be external or seen by the public. It was, and Goodyear's response sucked, but the two are not comparable. Goodyear is just doing what corporations do in Current Year - kowtowing to Leftist policies internally. Gillette declared war on its own customers.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 19, 2020 01:20 PM (hYcqw)
587
"Still gotta shave some unless you want to look like a werewolf
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 01:14 PM (KZzsI)"
I shave using the cheapest electric I could find. Thrift >> brand loyalty.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 01:14 PM (KZzsI)"
I shave using the cheapest electric I could find. Thrift >> brand loyalty.
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 01:20 PM (qpX6U)
588
What, if any, repercussions did those involved in this debacle face? I'd fire everyone involved, without a second thought.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara \
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In my fevered dreams there I am,King of the Universe in front of the board of directors and all the direct reports to the CEO.
I start screaming: "WHO IS THE F*CKING GENIUS THAT PUSHED OUT THIS ABORTION OF A POLICY? SOMEONE BETTER SAY SOMETHING YOU C*CKSUCKERS!!"
It would never happen but boy, would it feel good.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara \
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In my fevered dreams there I am,King of the Universe in front of the board of directors and all the direct reports to the CEO.
I start screaming: "WHO IS THE F*CKING GENIUS THAT PUSHED OUT THIS ABORTION OF A POLICY? SOMEONE BETTER SAY SOMETHING YOU C*CKSUCKERS!!"
It would never happen but boy, would it feel good.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 19, 2020 01:20 PM (Rvt88)
589
Aren't werewolves part of your repertoire?
Yeah but it doesn't mean I wanna look like one
I wrote about a wyvern too...
Yeah but it doesn't mean I wanna look like one
I wrote about a wyvern too...Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 01:20 PM (KZzsI)
590
439
The DOD has taken notice of the 2 Soldiers in Uniform at the DNC convention...idiots
My guess is just a couple of guys cosplaying
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:59 PM (KZzsI)
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This was my impression as well. The Left is chock full of LARPers everywhere they show up, so two more in the stew wouldn't be a great surprise.
Posted by: Pennsyltucky
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DOD better take notice.
Bad enough the Dems used an actor dressed up as a soi soldier looking frightened and weak, the the two in the visual announcing as Hawaii announced its votes need to be getting their article 15.
The DOD has taken notice of the 2 Soldiers in Uniform at the DNC convention...idiots
My guess is just a couple of guys cosplaying
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 12:59 PM (KZzsI)
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This was my impression as well. The Left is chock full of LARPers everywhere they show up, so two more in the stew wouldn't be a great surprise.
Posted by: Pennsyltucky
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DOD better take notice.
Bad enough the Dems used an actor dressed up as a soi soldier looking frightened and weak, the the two in the visual announcing as Hawaii announced its votes need to be getting their article 15.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 19, 2020 01:20 PM (axyOa)
591
These CEOs really are that stupid. Too stupid to come up with the policy to begin with and too stupid to reverse it when they know its wrong.
Posted by: Pliney at August 19, 2020 01:20 PM (pNYAm)
592
NASCAR has an organization-wide sponsorship with Goodyear? LOLOLOL!
Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2020 01:20 PM (Pqytn)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 19, 2020 01:20 PM (W2Pud)
594
I'm pretty sure Gilette did take a hit. Pre-coronavirus panic I saw a pallet or two of $40 fancy Gilette razors and 6 refill packs at Ollies (wholesale outlet) for $10. I bought a few because Gilette wasn't getting any money out of the deal, only Ollies.
I can't imagine that's a good thing for Gilette.
I can't imagine that's a good thing for Gilette.
Posted by: Charles Darwin is a write supremacist at August 19, 2020 01:20 PM (MZyfL)
Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2020 01:21 PM (3aI0K)
596
Stop trying to "boil the ocean" as the consultants say. Pick one, take them down hard. Then be ready next time to take the next one down.
Posted by: Innagaddadavida
Jeebus Frolicking Cripes, this isn't hard people. "Rules for Radicals" Learn it, live it, love it:
"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
Posted by: Innagaddadavida
Jeebus Frolicking Cripes, this isn't hard people. "Rules for Radicals" Learn it, live it, love it:
"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
Posted by: I Have Questions at August 19, 2020 01:21 PM (+v+zN)
597
Imma say no on Ford. Apparently some employees wanted Ford to stop making police cars.
The CEO responded without any corporate mumblespeak. It was: No. And get back to work.
Posted by: blaster at August 19, 2020 01:17 PM (ZfRYq)
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It helps when the HMFWIC has the last name Ford.
He understands how important the brand really is. He lives it every day.
The CEO responded without any corporate mumblespeak. It was: No. And get back to work.
Posted by: blaster at August 19, 2020 01:17 PM (ZfRYq)
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It helps when the HMFWIC has the last name Ford.
He understands how important the brand really is. He lives it every day.
Posted by: rd at August 19, 2020 01:21 PM (+0uDE)
598
My COVID beard is approaching ZZ Top territory. My original intention was to trim it back to normal when America came to its senses, but that's apparently not gonna happen.
So, I'm continuing to be looking for some tush.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 19, 2020 01:17 PM (FtO5h)
++++++++++++++
I couldn't stand by COVID beard. Don't like it. I shaved it off, but kept the 'stache, at least for now.
So, I'm continuing to be looking for some tush.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 19, 2020 01:17 PM (FtO5h)
++++++++++++++
I couldn't stand by COVID beard. Don't like it. I shaved it off, but kept the 'stache, at least for now.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 19, 2020 01:21 PM (hYcqw)
Posted by: wth at August 19, 2020 01:21 PM (v0R5T)
600
Best tweet of the week:
Sounds like Strozk McCabe were on the same Page.
Sounds like Strozk McCabe were on the same Page.
Posted by: SMOD at August 19, 2020 01:22 PM (3aI0K)
601
555 Queer waiter given chilling warning to 'get out of America' on his $5 tip. And, yes, of course it was from a Trump supporter
Has ANY of these "bad Trump supporter writes something on a restaurant bill" stories been true? Even one?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 01:15 PM (KZzsI)
I didn't even want to comment on this because it's so pathetically idiotic. If someone didn't like their waiter, why would they give him a $5 tip in cash? On a cheap meal? And "get out of America" is supposed to be a dig at immigrants, not the thing anyone would aim at some gay twink waiter. He couldn't even get his memes straight when he drew that up.
Has ANY of these "bad Trump supporter writes something on a restaurant bill" stories been true? Even one?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 01:15 PM (KZzsI)
I didn't even want to comment on this because it's so pathetically idiotic. If someone didn't like their waiter, why would they give him a $5 tip in cash? On a cheap meal? And "get out of America" is supposed to be a dig at immigrants, not the thing anyone would aim at some gay twink waiter. He couldn't even get his memes straight when he drew that up.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2020 01:22 PM (Kpl3J)
602
The Right should also get in the habit of posting this shit on Twitter whenever it is encountered in their workplaces. That will also go a long way to cutting down on all the corporate SJW bullshit everyone has to endure.
Posted by: Innagaddadavida at August 19, 2020 01:22 PM (ONKVN)
603
From J.J.'s Morning Report:
Note to Rush Limbaugh: You lose my respect if you ever talk this fucking cocksucker up again.
FNC's Wallace: Bill Clinton Made "Cogent Argument" for How Trump "Mishandled" Pandemic
__________
Rush right now playing clips of and tepidly defending Fox News hosts right now -- including Chrissie. Feh.
Note to Rush Limbaugh: You lose my respect if you ever talk this fucking cocksucker up again.
FNC's Wallace: Bill Clinton Made "Cogent Argument" for How Trump "Mishandled" Pandemic
__________
Rush right now playing clips of and tepidly defending Fox News hosts right now -- including Chrissie. Feh.
Posted by: ShainS at August 19, 2020 01:22 PM (RJ0BQ)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2020 01:22 PM (ZLI7S)
605
I just bought a Ford specifically because the CEO told his woke employees to FO and get back to work.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 19, 2020 01:22 PM (WvQcX)
606
I repeat. When I sold cars I had a lot of customers who requested a specific request for tires. It was never refused. Some custom truck tires may have been extra.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 19, 2020 01:22 PM (lgiXo)
607
The NBA is American too. Although they've sold out for some of that sweet, sweet Chinese cash.
You know because cash is better than loyalty to your country and her citizens or something.
So I am a little unclear on the argument the wokeness defenders are making. Notwithstanding the fact that part of the entire premise here that a that a lot of employees don't support this garbage.
You know because cash is better than loyalty to your country and her citizens or something.
So I am a little unclear on the argument the wokeness defenders are making. Notwithstanding the fact that part of the entire premise here that a that a lot of employees don't support this garbage.
Posted by: Hesco Gypsy, staring from 457 meters at August 19, 2020 01:22 PM (h3FHK)
608
BF Goodrich better not do this or I've got two trucks that will need new tires.
Posted by: wth at August 19, 2020 01:22 PM (v0R5T)
609
385 Rush is on this now.
Posted by: BignJames at August 19, 2020 12:52 PM (X/Pw5)
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Well.... he steals half his shit from the Horde.... so....
Posted by: fixerupper at August 19, 2020 12:53 PM (nw6Hr)
And leaves the boobs & guns to us
Posted by: BignJames at August 19, 2020 12:52 PM (X/Pw5)
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Well.... he steals half his shit from the Horde.... so....
Posted by: fixerupper at August 19, 2020 12:53 PM (nw6Hr)
And leaves the boobs & guns to us
Posted by: josephistan at August 19, 2020 01:23 PM (Izzlo)
610
A friend commented: So Goodyear is aligning itself with urban, and largely poor, guerrilla terrorists who do not own cars, and is taking a position against the suburban and rural voters who own all the cars?
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Ask Men's Warehouse how that worked out for them when they supported the Occupy Wall Street people
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Ask Men's Warehouse how that worked out for them when they supported the Occupy Wall Street people
Posted by: astronaut achmed at August 19, 2020 01:23 PM (E1b7r)
611
Buy from brand X:
"Here at Company X, we believe that inclusion and diversity are pure commie horsesh!t. We hire people on merit, period."
"Here at Company X, we believe that inclusion and diversity are pure commie horsesh!t. We hire people on merit, period."
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 01:23 PM (qpX6U)
612
Michelin and Pirelli are good tires. I don't know much about Firestone, so perhaps the good horde can put me some knowledge?
Posted by: Moki at August 19, 2020 01:23 PM (+X9Vs)
613
Goodyear is just doing what corporations do in Current Year - kowtowing to Leftist policies internally. Gillette declared war on its own customers.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 19, 2020 01:20 PM (hYcqw)
Goodyear just declared war on their own employees. I doubt even their black employees are very much thrilled with BLM, because, employed, and making good money.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 19, 2020 01:20 PM (hYcqw)
Goodyear just declared war on their own employees. I doubt even their black employees are very much thrilled with BLM, because, employed, and making good money.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2020 01:23 PM (cq10r)
614
Barbasol makes razors, believe it or not, and they are similar in construction to Gillette (the stupid slime strip can be removed) so that's my new go-to.
Posted by: imp at August 19, 2020
I saw that Barbasol makes razors on my can of foam, so I'll keep an eye open. I bought a razor set at Costco (didn't say P&G anywhere) and it's ok, but not quite great. I'd already tried Harry's a few years back (before they got carried by target) and found them sort of meh.
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 01:18 PM (8B6Ng)
The Shaving Cream is entirely made in the USA from the steel to the Chemicals, the Razors aren't I think they are at least made in S Korea.
Posted by: imp at August 19, 2020
I saw that Barbasol makes razors on my can of foam, so I'll keep an eye open. I bought a razor set at Costco (didn't say P&G anywhere) and it's ok, but not quite great. I'd already tried Harry's a few years back (before they got carried by target) and found them sort of meh.
Posted by: clutch cargo at August 19, 2020 01:18 PM (8B6Ng)
The Shaving Cream is entirely made in the USA from the steel to the Chemicals, the Razors aren't I think they are at least made in S Korea.
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at August 19, 2020 01:23 PM (dKiJG)
615
585 Be funny if someone walked in to a dealer to buy a high end car, and told the dealer, "You've got a deal, as soon as you take off the Goodyear tires and put Brand XYZ on."
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 19, 2020 01:19 PM (WEBkv)
The car dealers that I've done business with have always asked if I want different rubber on the wheels.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 19, 2020 01:19 PM (WEBkv)
The car dealers that I've done business with have always asked if I want different rubber on the wheels.
Posted by: Justsayin' at August 19, 2020 01:23 PM (Fs5vw)
616
It's really weird - I just scanned the latest 50 or so artworks featured on @PeoplesPrints Twitter account and you know what's missing? Any representation of people of colour! I think we might be dealing with a racist!
Posted by: TheHoser at August 19, 2020 01:23 PM (IDjUx)
617
Stop trying to "boil the ocean" as the consultants say. Pick one, take them down hard. Then be ready next time to take the next one down.
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Jeebus Frolicking Cripes, this isn't hard people. "Rules for Radicals" Learn it, live it, love it:
"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
Posted by: I Have Questions at August 19, 2020 01:21 PM (+v+zN)
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The link in my name field explains how the left wins these "woke" scenarios. Interesting read.
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Jeebus Frolicking Cripes, this isn't hard people. "Rules for Radicals" Learn it, live it, love it:
"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
Posted by: I Have Questions at August 19, 2020 01:21 PM (+v+zN)
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The link in my name field explains how the left wins these "woke" scenarios. Interesting read.
Posted by: Charles Darwin is a write supremacist at August 19, 2020 01:23 PM (MZyfL)
618
The car dealers that I've done business with have always asked if I want different rubber on the wheels.
Posted by: Justsayin' at August 19, 2020 01:23 PM (Fs5vw
Sure he wasn't hitting on you?
The car dealers that I've done business with have always asked if I want different rubber on the wheels.
Posted by: Justsayin' at August 19, 2020 01:23 PM (Fs5vw
Sure he wasn't hitting on you?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 19, 2020 01:24 PM (WvQcX)
619
Pre meeting to plan the meeting to set the agenda for the future meeting.
My favorite was turning up for a meeting and everyone looks around and says, "Whose meeting is this, anyway?"
Oh God. It's going to be one of those. Not only do we not know the purpose of this meeting, we don't even know who called the meeting in the first place.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 19, 2020 01:18 PM (xSz05)
One of my old favorite wall signs: "WE WILL CONTINUE TO SCHEDULE MEETINGS EVERY SINGLE DAY UNTIL WE FIND OUT WHY NOTHING EVER GETS DONE AROUND HERE!"
My favorite was turning up for a meeting and everyone looks around and says, "Whose meeting is this, anyway?"
Oh God. It's going to be one of those. Not only do we not know the purpose of this meeting, we don't even know who called the meeting in the first place.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at August 19, 2020 01:18 PM (xSz05)
One of my old favorite wall signs: "WE WILL CONTINUE TO SCHEDULE MEETINGS EVERY SINGLE DAY UNTIL WE FIND OUT WHY NOTHING EVER GETS DONE AROUND HERE!"
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 19, 2020 01:24 PM (Kpl3J)
620
So if you're buying a new car and if has Goodyear tires, tell the salesman to exchange them and you'll talk.
That reply from Goodyear was a big FU.
Okay. War.
That reply from Goodyear was a big FU.
Okay. War.
Posted by: creeper at August 19, 2020 01:24 PM (XxJt1)
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Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 19, 2020 01:17 PM
Had to leave the last thread, but no, I do not have any marriageable daughters. Hell, I'm still trying to find someone else's marriageable daughter.
Had to leave the last thread, but no, I do not have any marriageable daughters. Hell, I'm still trying to find someone else's marriageable daughter.
Posted by: Communist Crapweasels from Lenin to Bernie at August 19, 2020 01:24 PM (ejd/p)
622
Wow, Goodyear's policy here is unbelievable. I mean, really, how does a corporation do that and think there's any sense of equality here? Have all corps been taken over by behind-the-scenes Millennial Twitter totalitarian leftists? Jesus...
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2020 01:24 PM (O+I8R)
623
Disowning the slide... but I'm not convinced.
They're disowning the slide, but not the content of the slide. That tweet specifically affirms that political expression is banned and racial/equity issues are encouraged.
They're disowning the slide, but not the content of the slide. That tweet specifically affirms that political expression is banned and racial/equity issues are encouraged.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 19, 2020 01:24 PM (2lndx)
624
Goodyear is not denying the screenshot. They say where it's not from on the most narrow basis possible.
Posted by: Regular joe at August 19, 2020 01:24 PM (L9P9s)
625
It helps when the HMFWIC has the last name Ford.
He understands how important the brand really is. He lives it every day.
Posted by: rd at August 19, 2020 01:21 PM (+0uDE)
I would say true, but this hasn't been true for a long time. I mean, yeah, Bill Ford is the "Executive Chairman" but he was the last CEO bearing the Ford name, and he got out of that seat in 2006.
He understands how important the brand really is. He lives it every day.
Posted by: rd at August 19, 2020 01:21 PM (+0uDE)
I would say true, but this hasn't been true for a long time. I mean, yeah, Bill Ford is the "Executive Chairman" but he was the last CEO bearing the Ford name, and he got out of that seat in 2006.
Posted by: blaster at August 19, 2020 01:24 PM (ZfRYq)
626
Goodyear tires suck anyway. Soft rubber, with terrible life expectancy.Michelins have done a pretty good job for me.
Posted by: Gunslinger at August 19, 2020 01:24 PM (R2gO3)
627
I couldn't stand by COVID beard. Don't like it. I shaved it off, but kept the 'stache, at least for now.
I shaved everything off but a moustache once. It gave me a very sinister 1970s porn vibe, not good at all. I used to look good with a goatee but my neck has gotten middle aged and isn't as tight as it once was
I shaved everything off but a moustache once. It gave me a very sinister 1970s porn vibe, not good at all. I used to look good with a goatee but my neck has gotten middle aged and isn't as tight as it once was
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 01:24 PM (KZzsI)
628
Carp. Off, filthy communist sock!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2020 01:24 PM (ejd/p)
629
Man, I pity the NASCAR teams that signed on for Goodyear sponsorships.
Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2020 01:15 PM (Pqytn)
Goodyear is a series sponsor, meaning that ALL cars are required to have a Goodyear sticker on the side and run Goodyear tires.
They have no choice.
Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2020 01:15 PM (Pqytn)
Goodyear is a series sponsor, meaning that ALL cars are required to have a Goodyear sticker on the side and run Goodyear tires.
They have no choice.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 19, 2020 01:25 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2020 01:25 PM (xkm5f)
631
@McAdooGordon
JB covers maximums: 5 years, fine, 3 years Supervised Release, $500 special sentence. KC understands.
JB covers maximums: 5 years, fine, 3 years Supervised Release, $500 special sentence. KC understands.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 19, 2020 01:25 PM (ZLI7S)
632
I had Perelli Scorpions on my pickup. *Killer* tires. Got 'em for a steal when the local Sears Tire Center closed. Had to camp outside the store early on a Sunday morning to nab 'em. It was worth it.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 19, 2020 01:25 PM (FtO5h)
633
Looking forward to what Tucker has to say. That's when the boycott would really kick in.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977 at August 19, 2020 01:25 PM (kfcYC)
634
624 Goodyear is not denying the screenshot. They say where it's not from on the most narrow basis possible.
Posted by: Regular joe at August 19, 2020 01:24 PM (L9P9s)
Indeed they do.
Posted by: Regular joe at August 19, 2020 01:24 PM (L9P9s)
Indeed they do.
Posted by: CN at August 19, 2020 01:25 PM (ONvIw)
635
NASCAR has a contract with Goodyear.
Lulz. Match made in hell
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 19, 2020 01:17 PM (WvQcX)
Expect an updated memo any time: Goodyear garage door ropes will not be tied in a noose.
Lulz. Match made in hell
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 19, 2020 01:17 PM (WvQcX)
Expect an updated memo any time: Goodyear garage door ropes will not be tied in a noose.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 19, 2020 01:25 PM (axyOa)
636
I saw that Barbasol makes razors on my can of foam, so I'll keep an eye open. I bought a razor set at Costco (didn't say P&G anywhere) and it's ok, but not quite great. I'd already tried Harry's a few years back (before they got carried by target) and found them sort of meh.
Posted by: clutch cargo
The Costco (Kirkland) ones didn't get under the nose very well because they are so thick on the back of the razor, plus the strip was a pain to remove.
Try the Barbasol ones, Walgreens had them. A+.
Brand loyalty isn't created by slick ads (for me at least) but by what works well. Gillette had my business, and then lost it. Forever.
I saw that Barbasol makes razors on my can of foam, so I'll keep an eye open. I bought a razor set at Costco (didn't say P&G anywhere) and it's ok, but not quite great. I'd already tried Harry's a few years back (before they got carried by target) and found them sort of meh.
Posted by: clutch cargo
The Costco (Kirkland) ones didn't get under the nose very well because they are so thick on the back of the razor, plus the strip was a pain to remove.
Try the Barbasol ones, Walgreens had them. A+.
Brand loyalty isn't created by slick ads (for me at least) but by what works well. Gillette had my business, and then lost it. Forever.
Posted by: imp at August 19, 2020 01:25 PM (IecmP)
637
"Our diversity and inclusion strategy focuses on ensuring our workforce
reflects the communities and customers we serve. To ensure our diversity
and inclusion initiatives remain a focus, our senior leadership team
reviews information about diversity within the workforce and reports our
progress to our Board of Directors. Through our efforts we have seen
year-over-year increases in the number of female and minority executives
as well as the number of salaried females globally and minorities in
the U.S."
So they are getting rid of people like me and making it harder to advance in their company if I worked there.
I am suppsoe top celebrate this, right?
reflects the communities and customers we serve. To ensure our diversity
and inclusion initiatives remain a focus, our senior leadership team
reviews information about diversity within the workforce and reports our
progress to our Board of Directors. Through our efforts we have seen
year-over-year increases in the number of female and minority executives
as well as the number of salaried females globally and minorities in
the U.S."
So they are getting rid of people like me and making it harder to advance in their company if I worked there.
I am suppsoe top celebrate this, right?
Posted by: Ripley at August 19, 2020 01:25 PM (MxEKc)
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 19, 2020 01:26 PM (Zz0t1)
639
Had to leave the last thread, but no, I do not have any marriageable daughters. Hell, I'm still trying to find someone else's marriageable daughter.
Posted by: Communist Crapweasels from Lenin to Bernie at August 19, 2020 01:24 PM (ejd/p)
+++++++++
Bummer. It was worth a shot
Posted by: Communist Crapweasels from Lenin to Bernie at August 19, 2020 01:24 PM (ejd/p)
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Bummer. It was worth a shot
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 19, 2020 01:26 PM (hYcqw)
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Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 01:15 PM (KZzsI)
It's another hoax story, I expect, Gay guy getting the "All Trump supporters are homophobic, racist and sexist" ummmm- ball rolling- for 2020 and getting attention from his friends., Perhaps he has a "GoFundMe" site; After all, restaurant business has been down.
It's another hoax story, I expect, Gay guy getting the "All Trump supporters are homophobic, racist and sexist" ummmm- ball rolling- for 2020 and getting attention from his friends., Perhaps he has a "GoFundMe" site; After all, restaurant business has been down.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2020 01:26 PM (WkPC9)
641
I repeat. When I sold cars I had a lot of customers who requested a specific request for tires. It was never refused. Some custom truck tires may have been extra.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 19, 2020 01:22 PM (lgiXo)
Possibly the only exceptions would be high-end muscle cars where the wheels and tires are integral parts of the "performance system". Like the TRX tires on some years of Mustang; required special wheels.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 19, 2020 01:22 PM (lgiXo)
Possibly the only exceptions would be high-end muscle cars where the wheels and tires are integral parts of the "performance system". Like the TRX tires on some years of Mustang; required special wheels.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2020 01:26 PM (cq10r)
642
Cooper Tires has a Factory in Ohio along with Continental tires
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at August 19, 2020 01:26 PM (dKiJG)
643
593
Flounder!
How is the happy home building?
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 19, 2020 01:20 PM (W2Pud)
Concrete basement up last week, slab going in next week, septic approved and ready to cover, and going up to the main floor with lumber and prepping for garage stub walls and slab, as we speak. Thanks for asking.
It has been brutally hot and a brutish pace, but it will be worth it. Just decided to homeschool the littles in the fall with the WA school cancellation nonsense.
I saw your PCT trip and pics. I hope you had a wonderful and relaxing time.
Cheers to all my WA moron friends.
Flounder!
How is the happy home building?
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 19, 2020 01:20 PM (W2Pud)
Concrete basement up last week, slab going in next week, septic approved and ready to cover, and going up to the main floor with lumber and prepping for garage stub walls and slab, as we speak. Thanks for asking.
It has been brutally hot and a brutish pace, but it will be worth it. Just decided to homeschool the littles in the fall with the WA school cancellation nonsense.
I saw your PCT trip and pics. I hope you had a wonderful and relaxing time.
Cheers to all my WA moron friends.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at August 19, 2020 01:26 PM (KnJdm)
644
Next Goodyear promotion should be, "buy four new tires and get a free MAGA hat".
Posted by: Hesco Gypsy, staring from 457 meters at August 19, 2020 01:26 PM (h3FHK)
645
Heh. Back in my youth, we had a small, independent tire manufacturer in the area, and everybody knew somebody who worked there. This place was run pretty loose, and if a guy had his production done in 4 hours he clocked out with 8 hours pay. There were a lot of blemished tires coming out of that plant at wildly reduced prices, usually picked up in the barroom parking lot a half mile down the road. Some tires were known to grow wings and escape over the back fence.
Posted by: bill in arkansas at August 19, 2020 01:27 PM (C1Lsn)
646
How the hell is BLM not "politically affiliated slogans and material"?
This is literally Orwellian.
This is literally Orwellian.
Posted by: red speck at August 19, 2020 01:27 PM (gS3OW)
647
and this is why I have Toyo tires
Just shut up and sell me tires/soda/shoes/pants/everything. Hold the side of cultural Marxism.
Just shut up and sell me tires/soda/shoes/pants/everything. Hold the side of cultural Marxism.
Posted by: Drew in MO at August 19, 2020 01:27 PM (cGlgB)
648
I shaved everything off but a moustache once. It gave me a very sinister 1970s porn vibe, not good at all. I used to look good with a goatee but my neck has gotten middle aged and isn't as tight as it once was
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 01:24 PM (KZzsI)
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I like Mannix's 'stache. With his stern face, it gives him the 1990s "NYPD detective who plays by his own rules, and isn't afraid to break them" look.
I shaved everything off but a moustache once. It gave me a very sinister 1970s porn vibe, not good at all. I used to look good with a goatee but my neck has gotten middle aged and isn't as tight as it once was
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 01:24 PM (KZzsI)
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I like Mannix's 'stache. With his stern face, it gives him the 1990s "NYPD detective who plays by his own rules, and isn't afraid to break them" look.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 19, 2020 01:27 PM (xkm5f)
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Disowning the slide... but I'm not convinced.
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They're disowning the slide, but not the content of the slide.
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Yep. They reject that it was released.
It's an easy answer.
Can employees wear pro-feces fetish or pro-BLM shirts? Yes or no.
Can employees wear MAGA or White Lives Matter shirts? Yes or no.
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They're disowning the slide, but not the content of the slide.
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Yep. They reject that it was released.
It's an easy answer.
Can employees wear pro-feces fetish or pro-BLM shirts? Yes or no.
Can employees wear MAGA or White Lives Matter shirts? Yes or no.
Posted by: Charles Darwin is a write supremacist at August 19, 2020 01:27 PM (MZyfL)
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"My favorite was turning up for a meeting and everyone looks around and says, "Whose meeting is this, anyway?""
Describe one, just _one_, meeting you have ever been in, that accomplished _anything_ useful.
Describe one, just _one_, meeting you have ever been in, that accomplished _anything_ useful.
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 01:27 PM (qpX6U)
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My tweet to Goodyear : I hope Goodyear isn't selling defective to white people, my mom is elderly and has problems driving now.
Posted by: Dr Spank at August 19, 2020 01:27 PM (UqUSH)
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Good Year claims it did not send out this message. I say bullshit.
I just emailed corporate and let them know my 40 year relationship with Goodyear service and tires has ended.
I just emailed corporate and let them know my 40 year relationship with Goodyear service and tires has ended.
Posted by: Ladyl--now with fake mask! at August 19, 2020 01:27 PM (TdMsT)
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but the two are not comparable. Goodyear is just doing what corporations
do in Current Year - kowtowing to Leftist policies internally. Gillette
declared war on its own customers. -- posted by Joe Mannix.
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For the purposes of determining the stupidest move in corporate history, one that will have highest damage output for the brand, the Goodyear move of directly injecting itself into national politics will have by far the highest repercussions It even got the POTUS riled enough to call a boycott, and for good reason. Goodyear not only promoted groups it preferred, it name groups and people it is willing to punish. What happens to a Goodyear employee if he or she has a TRUMP/PENCE 2020 sticker on the bumper? That sticker is "unacceptable"!
do in Current Year - kowtowing to Leftist policies internally. Gillette
declared war on its own customers. -- posted by Joe Mannix.
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For the purposes of determining the stupidest move in corporate history, one that will have highest damage output for the brand, the Goodyear move of directly injecting itself into national politics will have by far the highest repercussions It even got the POTUS riled enough to call a boycott, and for good reason. Goodyear not only promoted groups it preferred, it name groups and people it is willing to punish. What happens to a Goodyear employee if he or she has a TRUMP/PENCE 2020 sticker on the bumper? That sticker is "unacceptable"!
Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2020 01:28 PM (Pqytn)
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Nood.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at August 19, 2020 01:28 PM (KnJdm)
655
Italian Pirelli tires. Dago left. Dago right. And when dago flat, dago wop wop wop.
Posted by: getting the banned back together again at August 19, 2020 01:28 PM (t6NTj)
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Possibly the only exceptions would be high-end muscle cars where the wheels and tires are integral parts of the "performance system". Like the TRX tires on some years of Mustang; required special wheels.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2020 01:26 PM (cq10r)
That would be correct.
Oh and vehicles with factory run flat tires.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2020 01:26 PM (cq10r)
That would be correct.
Oh and vehicles with factory run flat tires.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 19, 2020 01:28 PM (lgiXo)
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Michelin and Pirelli are good tires. I don't know much about Firestone, so perhaps the good horde can put me some knowledge?
Posted by: Moki at August 19, 2020 01:23 PM (+X9Vs)
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Have had Firestone A/T's on several jeeps, great tires!
Posted by: Moki at August 19, 2020 01:23 PM (+X9Vs)
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Have had Firestone A/T's on several jeeps, great tires!
Posted by: Boots at August 19, 2020 01:28 PM (oGBso)
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Bummer. It was worth a shot
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 19, 2020 01:26 PM
Can't blame a Moron for trying!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 19, 2020 01:26 PM
Can't blame a Moron for trying!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 19, 2020 01:29 PM (ejd/p)
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623 Disowning the slide... but I'm not convinced.
They're disowning the slide, but not the content of the slide. That tweet specifically affirms that political expression is banned and racial/equity issues are encouraged.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
So a shirt saying "Races should be treated equally but separately" would be fine with them.
They're disowning the slide, but not the content of the slide. That tweet specifically affirms that political expression is banned and racial/equity issues are encouraged.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
So a shirt saying "Races should be treated equally but separately" would be fine with them.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977 at August 19, 2020 01:29 PM (kfcYC)
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NASCAR has a contract with Goodyear.
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And Monster and that Bubba "Trump Nooses Errywhere" Wallace guy.
hahahaha
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And Monster and that Bubba "Trump Nooses Errywhere" Wallace guy.
hahahaha
Posted by: Charles Darwin is a write supremacist at August 19, 2020 01:29 PM (MZyfL)
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Well, the conservatives I know of at the office spent all fucking morning talking about sports, so I dont see boycotts working out for us. They don't call us Team Stupid for nothing.
Posted by: drerbrerard at August 19, 2020 01:29 PM (iUuja)
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When I was about 20 I spent a summer driving a forklift at a Dunlop Tire plant. That's literally all I did, 8 hours a day. Place was ginormnous. The fork trucks were all propane powered so you could stop off at any of the dozens of propane stations scattered about and refuel, and that was the only time my butt was out of the seat for 8 hours a day.
I'd get home every afternoon and immediately shower to get the tire rubber dust off me. It left big dark rings in the tub! It's pervasive. You picked it up just being in the plant.
I'd get home every afternoon and immediately shower to get the tire rubber dust off me. It left big dark rings in the tub! It's pervasive. You picked it up just being in the plant.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 19, 2020 01:29 PM (FtO5h)
Posted by: wth at August 19, 2020 01:29 PM (v0R5T)
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Italian Pirelli tires. Dago left. Dago right. And when dago flat, dago wop wop wop.
Posted by: getting the banned back together again at August 19, 2020 01:28 PM (t6NTj)
I LOL'd.
Posted by: getting the banned back together again at August 19, 2020 01:28 PM (t6NTj)
I LOL'd.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 19, 2020 01:29 PM (Zz0t1)
665
How the hell is BLM not "politically affiliated slogans and material"?
They aren't saying it isn't. Just that there's an exception to the ban for "racial justice and equity issues".
In other words, exactly what the slide said.
They aren't saying it isn't. Just that there's an exception to the ban for "racial justice and equity issues".
In other words, exactly what the slide said.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 19, 2020 01:30 PM (2lndx)
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I bet a shirt saying "I believe black people are just as intelligent, driven, and capable of self-determination as white people" would be banned.
Posted by: Charles Darwin is a write supremacist at August 19, 2020 01:30 PM (MZyfL)
667
Donde hay una llantera cerca de aqui?
Posted by: wth at August 19, 2020 01:31 PM (v0R5T)
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Two thoughts:
Goodyear workers are union workers. If a group of people showed up to picket a Goodyear plant because of Goodyear's policies infringing on the Bill of Rights (freedom of speech, freedom of association, not discriminating against segments of the population), would the Goodyear workers cross the picket line? Let the plants sit idle for a few weeks and see how management likes it.
And even if Goodyear tries to walk this back, they need to be made to suffer greatly. The image of this slide with their logo is out there. At some level, this was approved my management. They can't now say "wait a minute, now that people are calling us on it, we decided we really didn't mean it." No. They must be made to pay for this decision. Their suffering will be a lesson to others not to even consider going down this path.
Goodyear workers are union workers. If a group of people showed up to picket a Goodyear plant because of Goodyear's policies infringing on the Bill of Rights (freedom of speech, freedom of association, not discriminating against segments of the population), would the Goodyear workers cross the picket line? Let the plants sit idle for a few weeks and see how management likes it.
And even if Goodyear tries to walk this back, they need to be made to suffer greatly. The image of this slide with their logo is out there. At some level, this was approved my management. They can't now say "wait a minute, now that people are calling us on it, we decided we really didn't mean it." No. They must be made to pay for this decision. Their suffering will be a lesson to others not to even consider going down this path.
Posted by: Wheatley at August 19, 2020 01:31 PM (iJJqd)
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The only customers you have are the entities that
trade their actual real money for your product. "Internal" customers are
always as broke as you are. You know where they work.
Posted by: klaftern at August 19, 2020 01:07 PM (RuIsu)
The banks, the government and the wholesalers can shut you down in a minute should they take a mind to, especially if you are up to your eyes in corporate debt to "maximize" whatever, and you don't have a relationship with your shops and independent outlets --that you abandoned dealing with because of "efficiency" and the fact that a lot of company execs get the job due to credentials and experience, not actually knowing the business.
And dissing your old friends and not being supportive of the whole program alienates all those potential future employers when you transfer between jobs because you have gotten enough "experience" being an exec.
trade their actual real money for your product. "Internal" customers are
always as broke as you are. You know where they work.
Posted by: klaftern at August 19, 2020 01:07 PM (RuIsu)
The banks, the government and the wholesalers can shut you down in a minute should they take a mind to, especially if you are up to your eyes in corporate debt to "maximize" whatever, and you don't have a relationship with your shops and independent outlets --that you abandoned dealing with because of "efficiency" and the fact that a lot of company execs get the job due to credentials and experience, not actually knowing the business.
And dissing your old friends and not being supportive of the whole program alienates all those potential future employers when you transfer between jobs because you have gotten enough "experience" being an exec.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2020 01:31 PM (WyVLE)
670
Clinesmith claims his brazen crime was based on his understanding of the facts at the time???? WTF??? Then how was it a crime?
Posted by: rhomboid at August 19, 2020 01:32 PM (OTzUX)
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Well, the conservatives I know of at the office spent all fucking morning talking about sports, so I dont see boycotts working out for us. They don't call us Team Stupid for nothing.
Posted by: drerbrerard at August 19, 2020 01:29 PM (iUuja)
Did ya say something?
Posted by: drerbrerard at August 19, 2020 01:29 PM (iUuja)
Did ya say something?
Posted by: Weaning is hard at August 19, 2020 01:32 PM (2DOZq)
672
All lives won't matter until you give the radicals all your money and support their ignorant foot soldiers.
Posted by: CN at August 19, 2020 01:13 PM (ONvIw)
Nah, not even then. Listen to some Frank Dikotter lectures about the Great Leap Forward on YouTube some day
Posted by: CN at August 19, 2020 01:13 PM (ONvIw)
Nah, not even then. Listen to some Frank Dikotter lectures about the Great Leap Forward on YouTube some day
Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2020 01:33 PM (WyVLE)
673
Cooper tires are american-made in three different states and far superior to Goodyear shit. I have them on three different SUVs and their quality is superior as is their road hazard warranty. Goodyear is suitable only for Nigerian Necklaces...
Posted by: Surprise Anal Pangolin at August 19, 2020 01:33 PM (weTGi)
674
Speaking of tires,
2008 I bought a set of Bridgestones. They lasted over 50,000 miles. So I bought he same model replacements. At 22,000 miles I bring in the truck for an oil change. The freaking cords were showing on one tire, and the other three were almost slicks.
WTF??? I bitched at the service manager, what defective shit did you sell me?!?! I go in line and google the make and model number. Everybody was bitching about these Bridgestones being absolute crud. Last time I touch Bridgestones.
2008 I bought a set of Bridgestones. They lasted over 50,000 miles. So I bought he same model replacements. At 22,000 miles I bring in the truck for an oil change. The freaking cords were showing on one tire, and the other three were almost slicks.
WTF??? I bitched at the service manager, what defective shit did you sell me?!?! I go in line and google the make and model number. Everybody was bitching about these Bridgestones being absolute crud. Last time I touch Bridgestones.
Posted by: rd at August 19, 2020 01:34 PM (+0uDE)
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580 If you see a markdown on Goodyear tires in the 50% range or more, buy those Goodyear tires. That will mean a loss per tire which hurts them more than not selling a tire.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 19, 2020 01:18 PM (pw+jk)
Actually, there is a shelf life on tires, and storage costs money. if they are marking down 50% it means its getting close to the point that holding them will cause more losses than moving them.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 19, 2020 01:18 PM (pw+jk)
Actually, there is a shelf life on tires, and storage costs money. if they are marking down 50% it means its getting close to the point that holding them will cause more losses than moving them.
Posted by: Inogame at August 19, 2020 01:34 PM (+2xjH)
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640 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 19, 2020 01:15 PM (KZzsI)
It's another hoax story, I expect, Gay guy getting the "All Trump supporters are homophobic, racist and sexist" ummmm- ball rolling- for 2020 and getting attention from his friends., Perhaps he has a "GoFundMe" site; After all, restaurant business has been down.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Dude came out of the kitchen with his dick in my soup. He's lucky he got any tip at all.
It's another hoax story, I expect, Gay guy getting the "All Trump supporters are homophobic, racist and sexist" ummmm- ball rolling- for 2020 and getting attention from his friends., Perhaps he has a "GoFundMe" site; After all, restaurant business has been down.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Dude came out of the kitchen with his dick in my soup. He's lucky he got any tip at all.
Posted by: MAGA Diner at August 19, 2020 01:34 PM (kfcYC)
677
"Well, the conservatives I know of at the office spent all fucking morning talking about sports, so I dont see boycotts working out for us."
Sports team loyalties are the same as corporate brand loyalties: brainwashing-induced behavior, created by busy, pernicious marketing departments.
Sports team loyalties are the same as corporate brand loyalties: brainwashing-induced behavior, created by busy, pernicious marketing departments.
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 01:35 PM (qpX6U)
678
NASCAR official tire is goodyear, bye, bye boot lickers
Posted by: projection on steroids at August 19, 2020 01:36 PM (V9NdA)
679
592 NASCAR has an organization-wide sponsorship with Goodyear? LOLOLOL!
Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2020 01:20 PM (Pqytn)
Yeah, ten or so years back (maybe farther back) Firestone almost broke into Nascar. This sent Goodyear on a furious march to NASCAR offices to keep firestone away. That year NASCAR made it a rule all teams had to run Goodyear tires. Apologies for not recalling the year.
Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2020 01:20 PM (Pqytn)
Yeah, ten or so years back (maybe farther back) Firestone almost broke into Nascar. This sent Goodyear on a furious march to NASCAR offices to keep firestone away. That year NASCAR made it a rule all teams had to run Goodyear tires. Apologies for not recalling the year.
Posted by: Inogame at August 19, 2020 01:36 PM (+2xjH)
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Goodyear workers are union workers. If a group of people showed up to picket a Goodyear plant because of Goodyear's policies infringing on the Bill of Rights (freedom of speech, freedom of association, not discriminating against segments of the population), would the Goodyear workers cross the picket line?
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That's not how picket lines work in Union Land. A bunch of randos walking around with picket signs isn't a picket line.
It has to be members of a union, walking a picket line in support of some union cause.
Wildcat strikes are union member strikes but not authorized by the union, their picket lines are up for grabs union wise.
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That's not how picket lines work in Union Land. A bunch of randos walking around with picket signs isn't a picket line.
It has to be members of a union, walking a picket line in support of some union cause.
Wildcat strikes are union member strikes but not authorized by the union, their picket lines are up for grabs union wise.
Posted by: Boots at August 19, 2020 01:36 PM (oGBso)
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"A bunch of randos walking around with picket signs isn't a picket line."
They'd get a ride in a cement mixer.
They'd get a ride in a cement mixer.
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 01:38 PM (qpX6U)
682
As if hood rats actually BUY their tires.
Posted by: CrustyB at August 19, 2020 01:39 PM (qXzGC)
683
Good to know that I can remove Goodyear tires from the list next time I need new tires may they go bankrupt soon. Vote Trump and Republican like your life depends on it because it does.
Posted by: Kenny The G from AZ at August 19, 2020 01:39 PM (tSosf)
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"NASCAR has an organization-wide sponsorship with Goodyear? LOLOLOL!"
So what? Any NASCAR fans that remain have shown that they are OK with Bubba's race-crime hoax, and with the banning of the confederate flag. They LIKE having NASCAR piss in their faces, just like all other remaining sports fans do.
So what? Any NASCAR fans that remain have shown that they are OK with Bubba's race-crime hoax, and with the banning of the confederate flag. They LIKE having NASCAR piss in their faces, just like all other remaining sports fans do.
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 01:40 PM (qpX6U)
685
Faggots would rather suck Muslim dick immediately before being thrown off a roof by Muslims than live next door to a Christian, because whatever... They're blind irrational hatred is a manifestation of their self-loathing, growing up in a Judeo-Christian society. Plus, Muslims institutionally support and endorse pedophilia, which is a core aspect of homosexuality. They'd rather risk getting hung from a construction crane as long as they get to fuck teen and even preteen asshole. I don't care what you do with your dick in private as long as it doesn't involve children and animals and the helpless. Unfortunately most homos have a passion for young meat.
Posted by: Surprise Anal Pangolin at August 19, 2020 01:41 PM (weTGi)
Posted by: Mongo at August 19, 2020 01:41 PM (IU8aO)
687
Heh, someone at Goodyear did a Twitter update, saw the Trump boycott call, and said "OH SNAP!!!" Serious bootlegger reverse there.
Posted by: exdem13 at August 19, 2020 01:42 PM (W+kMI)
688
"NASCAR has an organization-wide sponsorship with Goodyear? LOLOLOL!"
Woke Brand X supports Woke Brand Z.
Woke Brand X supports Woke Brand Z.
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at August 19, 2020 01:43 PM (qpX6U)
689
I got a vintage Gillette Fatboy from the 60's, I think. There's a guy on Etsy that refurbishes them. Not cheap though, I think it was like $100, but it looks like new.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 19, 2020
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Oh, yeah -- I have a '62 Slim Adjustable, its younger brother, which cost me about $30 a few years ago. Having it redone in nickel cost about $45-50, but it too looks and works like new.
I've got several others, including a new Merkur and a new Fatip, and rotate them for my shaves every week.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 19, 2020
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Oh, yeah -- I have a '62 Slim Adjustable, its younger brother, which cost me about $30 a few years ago. Having it redone in nickel cost about $45-50, but it too looks and works like new.
I've got several others, including a new Merkur and a new Fatip, and rotate them for my shaves every week.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 19, 2020 01:44 PM (Ejm1K)
690
DE razors are great, whether vintage or modern, and you can buy the blades online without paying P G, too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 19, 2020 01:08 PM (Ejm1K)
Stop shaving, grow a beard. I did.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 19, 2020
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I grew my "Commander Riker"-style beard before he did. But I shave around it, on the cheeks and below the chin on my throat.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 19, 2020 01:08 PM (Ejm1K)
Stop shaving, grow a beard. I did.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 19, 2020
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I grew my "Commander Riker"-style beard before he did. But I shave around it, on the cheeks and below the chin on my throat.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 19, 2020 01:45 PM (Ejm1K)
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Yeah, ten or so years back (maybe farther back)
Firestone almost broke into Nascar. This sent Goodyear on a furious
march to NASCAR offices to keep firestone away. That year NASCAR made
it a rule all teams had to run Goodyear tires. Apologies for not
recalling the year.
Posted by: Inogame at August 19, 2020 01:36 PM (+2xjH)
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So NASCAR officials will be storming into Goodyear's offices to keep Goodyear away?
Firestone almost broke into Nascar. This sent Goodyear on a furious
march to NASCAR offices to keep firestone away. That year NASCAR made
it a rule all teams had to run Goodyear tires. Apologies for not
recalling the year.
Posted by: Inogame at August 19, 2020 01:36 PM (+2xjH)
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So NASCAR officials will be storming into Goodyear's offices to keep Goodyear away?
Posted by: mrp at August 19, 2020 01:46 PM (Pqytn)
692
And now you know that was BS.
Posted by: Ginny at August 19, 2020 01:52 PM (V+syV)
693
Looking back, one of the great failures of conservatism was its continued support of Corporate America even as it offshored jobs and began caving to leftist boycotts as a "thank you" in return. I remember reading a story shortly after Trump began his trade "wars" that Chipotle or Moe's or one of those southwest chains was going to have to raise the cost of their burritos by...8 cents. The problem with the religious free-trade fanatics is that while they understand free trade is mutually beneficial (it is), they don't seem to understand that the benefits do not accrue equally across borders. They also don't understand that trade agreements don't happen in a vacuum free of geopolitical considerations. The stupid fucks who thought we'd be greeted as liberators by Iraq are mostly the same people who thought China would democratize if we only gave them unfettered and irreversible access to our markets. Catastrophically wrong on both counts.
Posted by: Stout at August 19, 2020 01:52 PM (EHSFD)
694
What counts is when the rubber meets the road.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2020 12:32 PM (cq10r)
Wasn't that Armstrong Tires tagline?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2020 12:32 PM (cq10r)
Wasn't that Armstrong Tires tagline?
Posted by: Fox2! at August 19, 2020 01:53 PM (UpI0k)
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I closed my account online with Badyear. Get Woke, Go Broke, indeed.
Posted by: dc at August 19, 2020 01:54 PM (u0crE)
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Razor blades are cheap.
Posted by: andycanuck at August 19, 2020 02:01 PM (an7Mv)
Posted by: Mongo at August 19, 2020 02:01 PM (IU8aO)
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Rubber burns doesn't it??
Posted by: andycanuck at August 19, 2020 02:02 PM (an7Mv)
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127 Also, Goodyear is the official tire of NASCAR. Keep that in mind.
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 19, 2020 12:26 PM (xPl2J)
I posted this in the last thread.
NASCAR does tell GoodYear how they want the tires to perform, yes, but there isn't ONE RACE where they don't have tire issues. Not one.
When GoodYear started the ad campaign "What we learn here, goes into every tire we make."
Really? You expect me to put that shit on MY car? Fuck off.
All you need to know about Goodyear is by 1974 they chased Firestone out of Indy Car Racing.
In 1995 Firestone came back to Indy Car Racing. They started winning races, and in 1996 Firestone won its first Indianapolis 500 since 1971.
By 1999 Goodyear quit Indy Car Racing. Got their butts kicked quite handily. Now they are in NASCAR where there are no competing tire brands.
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 19, 2020 12:26 PM (xPl2J)
I posted this in the last thread.
NASCAR does tell GoodYear how they want the tires to perform, yes, but there isn't ONE RACE where they don't have tire issues. Not one.
When GoodYear started the ad campaign "What we learn here, goes into every tire we make."
Really? You expect me to put that shit on MY car? Fuck off.
All you need to know about Goodyear is by 1974 they chased Firestone out of Indy Car Racing.
In 1995 Firestone came back to Indy Car Racing. They started winning races, and in 1996 Firestone won its first Indianapolis 500 since 1971.
By 1999 Goodyear quit Indy Car Racing. Got their butts kicked quite handily. Now they are in NASCAR where there are no competing tire brands.
Posted by: mmack at August 19, 2020 02:06 PM (0hFV8)
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691 Yeah, ten or so years back (maybe farther back)
Firestone almost broke into Nascar. This sent Goodyear on a furious
march to NASCAR offices to keep firestone away. That year NASCAR made
it a rule all teams had to run Goodyear tires. Apologies for not
recalling the year
They didn't want a repeat of Firestone kicking their asses like they did in CART/IRL.
Firestone almost broke into Nascar. This sent Goodyear on a furious
march to NASCAR offices to keep firestone away. That year NASCAR made
it a rule all teams had to run Goodyear tires. Apologies for not
recalling the year
They didn't want a repeat of Firestone kicking their asses like they did in CART/IRL.
Posted by: mmack at August 19, 2020 02:08 PM (0hFV8)
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the two in the visual announcing as Hawaii announced its votes need to be getting their article 15.
Aren't retired officers "on retainer?"
Aren't retired officers "on retainer?"
Posted by: JAS at August 19, 2020 02:11 PM (2BZBZ)
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My Pillow Tires are the softest, most restful, sleep-through-the-night tires I have ever owned.
Posted by: Sean Hannity at August 19, 2020 02:14 PM (Jwrt+)
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Customers purchasing a new car ( IIRC Toyota uses Goodyear) must demand the tires be replaced.
That will hurt them even more with corporate alliances
That will hurt them even more with corporate alliances
Posted by: Avi at August 19, 2020 02:17 PM (T4qa/)
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what makes this especially stupid is that police and sheriff departments have fleets of cars. I wonder what would happen if the Goodyear Tires on those cars suddenly and inexplicably got flats and needed to be replaced...by another tire company?
Posted by: vivi at August 19, 2020 02:35 PM (11H2y)
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Come on president Trump. You don't have to call for a boycott.
I wouldn't take a free Goodyear tire if I was stranded 100 miles in the desert wilderness in the middle of the summer without any boycott.
I wouldn't take a free Goodyear tire if I was stranded 100 miles in the desert wilderness in the middle of the summer without any boycott.
Posted by: Drider at August 19, 2020 02:43 PM (R/UH9)
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Tried to send Goodyear a tweet. Twitter is pretending Technical Difficulties.
My Tweet:
Liars. "All lives matter" does not "fall outside the scope of racial justice and equity issues."
You have "zero tolerance" for "all lives matter." You will fire anyone who says "all lives matter."
You are on the racist, communist anti-police side, period.
My Tweet:
Liars. "All lives matter" does not "fall outside the scope of racial justice and equity issues."
You have "zero tolerance" for "all lives matter." You will fire anyone who says "all lives matter."
You are on the racist, communist anti-police side, period.
Posted by: Alec Rawls at August 19, 2020 02:47 PM (wh9C3)
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680 - don't cops have unions? what if they picket Goodyear HQ? after all Goodyear is saying Blue Lives don't matter....
Posted by: vivi at August 19, 2020 02:48 PM (11H2y)
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The problem with "get work go broke" is that leftists who worm their way into these institutions and use them to expand the power of the left care about as much for the health of those institutions as a virus does for the cell it infects. They're a means to end, and destroying them is half the point. There's nothing to gloat about if every functioning institution in your society is reduced to rubble.
Posted by: perilisk at August 19, 2020 02:50 PM (9p+wn)
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Not many people named Darwin around.
Posted by: klaftern at August 19, 2020 03:34 PM (RuIsu)
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I am not nearly as smart or as articulate as you guys are, so after attempting a phone call to Goodyear (busy), I scribed this:
I own a motorcycle restoration and repair business. I will never, ever purchase or recommend your product again. You can wear a "BLM" shirt, but not a MAGA cover in your little meetings? You suck, your tires (especially Dunlops) suck, and I am doing everything in my power to get your contracts with the Department of Defense voided. Goodyear? Goodbye.
SFMF
I own a motorcycle restoration and repair business. I will never, ever purchase or recommend your product again. You can wear a "BLM" shirt, but not a MAGA cover in your little meetings? You suck, your tires (especially Dunlops) suck, and I am doing everything in my power to get your contracts with the Department of Defense voided. Goodyear? Goodbye.
SFMF
Posted by: MU-REEN - sound of shit hitting the fan at August 19, 2020 04:27 PM (r+ov6)
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That's a definitional sleight of hand.
"My slogans and causes are non-political, fair and common sense. Your slogans aren't."
All Lives Matter is by definition about "equity". It doesn't get any more equal. Not to mention that contributions to Black Lives Murders go to the Biden Campaign.
Done with Goodyear.
"My slogans and causes are non-political, fair and common sense. Your slogans aren't."
All Lives Matter is by definition about "equity". It doesn't get any more equal. Not to mention that contributions to Black Lives Murders go to the Biden Campaign.
Done with Goodyear.
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at August 19, 2020 04:30 PM (Ndje9)
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Cooper tires, the second largest U.S. brand, may well be just as woke as Goodyear. There have been some posts already that have argued that they are at least, pretty darn woke.
I think you'll often see that. Corporate bigwigs are often leftists. And even if they aren't they're cowards in the face of shrieking SJWs.
This does not mean that boycotts need be ineffective. And I'm for boycotting Goodyear and choosing Cooper instead.
My next tires will be Coopers...even if it were to turn out that as a corporate entity, Cooper is just as woke as Goodyear. I mean, I've gotta have tires. I can't hold out for moral perfection from my tire vendor.
But I'm happy to let everyone come to see Goodyear as a cautionary tale of the cost of wokeness.
I think you'll often see that. Corporate bigwigs are often leftists. And even if they aren't they're cowards in the face of shrieking SJWs.
This does not mean that boycotts need be ineffective. And I'm for boycotting Goodyear and choosing Cooper instead.
My next tires will be Coopers...even if it were to turn out that as a corporate entity, Cooper is just as woke as Goodyear. I mean, I've gotta have tires. I can't hold out for moral perfection from my tire vendor.
But I'm happy to let everyone come to see Goodyear as a cautionary tale of the cost of wokeness.
Posted by: WisdomLover at August 19, 2020 05:16 PM (sj0JD)
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urban, and largely poor, guerrilla terrorists who do not own cars,
Correct. But they do STEAL cars.
Correct. But they do STEAL cars.
Posted by: dad29 at August 19, 2020 05:36 PM (5QjOf)
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While the top management is probably approving these things, it's the wokesters in "marketing" and "human resources" and other such arenas with useless degrees in navel-gazing who are making these choices. THEY are the drivers. and management of the really big companies is so far from the common man they wouldn't know to check if one of these goobers told them the sky was orange.
Posted by: GWB at August 19, 2020 07:50 PM (WNcIG)
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I can't start boycotting Goodyear. I stopped buying Goodyear tires around 1970 over their crappy Polyglass radials. I haven't bought one since.
Posted by: MadMike at August 19, 2020 07:51 PM (fGuML)
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How dumb do you have to be to try and go woke when you're a company with many competitors. I don't like the NBA or NFL, but they understand that they have more leeway to pull this stuff, because some may boycott, but fans will return because they're are no alternatives. But if you're a tire company, clothing manufacturer or any other big industry, its eady for your customers to go elsewhere. In the end these idiots deserve it for trying to appease the small psychotic minority who have no purchasing power, all they have is tweets.
Posted by: Rbastid at August 19, 2020 11:36 PM (OCfDW)
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Of course Goodyear likes BLM- everytime a police car burns, they just sold four new tires...
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