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Dustinb80

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Curran

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Big picture-wise, it’s good to see this BL saga play out. Hopefully more companies start pulling back from wokeness and stick to just making and marketing products. People are sick and tired of having these ridiculous agendas pushed on them. I hope people continue to double down and the backlash stays strong.

On one hand, AB donates a ton of money to conservation so it sucks to see the brand take a financial hit. On the other hand, they need to take a serious financial beating. It needs to be so bad that it turns into a marketing case study of exactly what not to do. To continue the beating, consumers need to vote with their dollars and support the companies that best represent their values. Don’t have short term memories and return to buying products after a CEO issues a statement (AB statement was several paragraphs that said absolutely nothing).
 

Jackalope

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finelyshedded

You know what!!!
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Pretty sure Kamala wrote that for him
I didn’t see any laughing and cackling?🤔😂

IMO, all of these companies have become woke because they are hiring more and more woke people and many have been promoted to high positions and they’re pushing the wokeness. It’s what’s happened with AB but I believe it’s at the point of an out of control wildfire. Left wing colleges and institutions have indoctrinated the vast majority of our youth to become activists rather than preparing them for a career. 😡
They’ve been taught capitalism is bad and socialism is good, sexuality is fluid and the sky is falling due to carbon emissions. 🙄😡
 

Iowa_Buckeye

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In the end though it doesn't really matter. Remember when Dicks Sporting Goods came out and got rid of ARs. Then donated a ton of money to the sandy hook parents to push gun legislation. I personally haven't bought a thing from them since. But their stock price has tripled since then.
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There is a difference here though. AR buyers only make up a small percentage of Dick’s customers as they sell a wide variety of products, where 100% of BL buyers are BL drinkers. And I realize BL does not have its own stock ticker, but I am sure it can die off as an AB product. And with this backlash, I assume if AB keep sponsoring major sporting events under the BL label, that will drive even more people away from AB in general.
I have always ordered BL draft when at dinner at a restaurant. That will NEVER happen again. Too many other choices to enjoy.
 
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