skillzdadirecta Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 After CEO expresses support for Trump Quote The hashtag #Goyaway was trending on social media Friday after Robert Unanue, CEO of Goya Foods, appeared in the White House Rose Garden Thursday afternoon and praised President Donald Trump. "We are all truly blessed ... to have a leader like President Trump who is a builder," Unanue said during the Rose Garden speech. "We have an incredible builder, and we pray. We pray for our leadership, our president." The fact that Unanue would associate with Trump was sufficient to anger some of America's most prominent Hispanic leaders. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested in a tweet that she'd boycott Goya. Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro acknowledged Goya's "staple" status in Latino households, but he encouraged people to reconsider buying Goya after Unanue's White House appearance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 you know he sucks when he brought up the praying alone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Goya is ubiquitous in Hispanic culture in the USA. So disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Never bought anything under that brand, but just like Chick-fil-A shit, this wouldn't stop me from getting their product if I did. You wanna know what stops me from buying a certain brand? That shit that Lays did with putting the lower half of a person's face on the bag of chips. "The Smile with Lay's" campaign. Pretty sure it was for a good cause or whatever, but I was really bothered by the imagery. It like grosses me out or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Bacon said: Never bought anything under that brand, but just like Chick-fil-A shit, this wouldn't stop me from getting their product if I did. You wanna know what stops me from buying a certain brand? That shit that Lays did with putting the lower half of a person's face on the bag of chips. "The Smile with Lay's" campaign. Pretty sure it was for a good cause or whatever, but I was really bothered by the imagery. It like grosses me out or something. Nobody fucking cares, Bacon. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 I love Malta so much, this guy could stab my cousin and I'd still buy it. Also... "We are all truly blessed ... to have a leader like President Trump who is a builder," Unanue said during the Rose Garden speech. "We have an incredible builder, and we pray. We pray for our leadership, our president." What an utter wacko. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Jose said: Nobody fucking cares, Bacon. Yeah, but I don't care that no one cares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, Bloodporne said: I love Malta so much, this guy could stab my cousin and I'd still buy it. Also... "We are all truly blessed ... to have a leader like President Trump who is a builder," Unanue said during the Rose Garden speech. "We have an incredible builder, and we pray. We pray for our leadership, our president." What an utter wacko. My local Asian market just started to carry high-end Goya Albacore tuna from Spain, so it's definitely not great timing for me. Fuck 'em, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 I hate to tell everyone this (not just here!) but this is the case with just about every fucking brand/CEO Best case they're Romney types, but either way they're more than willing to sell their soul and your life/health for the almighty dollar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 How dumb do you have to be to get Hispanics to stop buying motherfucking Goya smfh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 8 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: I hate to tell everyone this (not just here!) but this is the case with just about every fucking brand/CEO Best case they're Romney types, but either way they're more than willing to seel their soul and your life/health for the almighty dollar Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner! Just admit to yourself that executive leadership of every company that produces every product or service that you consume either actively supports GOP policies or is at best "indifferent" to them. That's just the reality of existing in the United States of America. The sooner one admits this, the sooner one can "get over it", shrug your shoulders and move on, and put one's energy to more productive social activities. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 I like how the Goya guy is saying that the outrage is hypocritical because he also met with Obama and there was no backlash. Hmmm, I wonder what the difference is. Maybe because Trump is so unfuckingbelievably bad at being president that simply praising him is controversial? I like how the right wing always points shit like this out like some sorta big gotcha. It's not a gotcha, Trump really does simply suck that bad. Simply associating with him makes you one of the bad guys. He really is that bad. The whole argument crumbles into dust when you accept the reality that Donald Trump is a total fucking nightmare and like every single rationally thinking person in the world hates him and everything about him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Just now, Jason said: How dumb do you have to be to get Hispanics to stop buying motherfucking Goya smfh. I don't think the 10 people who'll stop buying Goya are really gonna make that much difference to the bottom-line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 5 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: I hate to tell everyone this (not just here!) but this is the case with just about every fucking brand/CEO Best case they're Romney types, but either way they're more than willing to seel their soul and your life/health for the almighty dollar we know this already but most wont be dumb enough to say it aloud. EAT THE RICH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 1 minute ago, ort said: I like how the Goya guy is saying that the outrage is hypocritical because he also met with Obama and there was no backlash. Hmmm, I wonder what the difference is. Maybe because Trump is so unfuckingbelievably bad at being president that simply praising him is controversial? I like how the right wing always points shit like this out like some sorta big gotcha. It's not a gotcha, Trump really does simply suck that bad. Simply associating with him makes you one of the bad guys. He really is that bad. The center/center left still supports and gets support from capital. There's a reason he points to him meeting Obama! He's just using the kiss ass bullshit language that trump requires so you stay on his good side. It's not hard to see here folks! His ideology is capital, not partisan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, Emperor Diocletian II said: Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner! Just admit to yourself that executive leadership of every company that produces every product or service that you consume either actively supports GOP policies or is at best "indifferent" to them. That's just the reality of existing in the United States of America. The sooner one admits this, the sooner one can "get over it" and put one's energy to more productive social activities. I assumed this was essentially an understood reality among adults. There is no 'decent' or even 'good' corporation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Bloodporne said: I assumed this was essentially an understood reality among adults. There is no 'decent' or even 'good' corporation. Ben and Jerry's? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Jason said: Ben and Jerry's? You mean the company that works with an Israeli licensee that operates in occupied Palestinian territory? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Jason said: Ben and Jerry's? None of their employees are unionized! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Okay... Um... REI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 5 minutes ago, Jason said: Ben and Jerry's? BURLINGTON, VT. — Ben and Jerry's is removing the claim that its ice cream comes from “happy cows” on all packaging. The news came in the company's response to a class action lawsuit filed in October, which accused the Vermont-based ice cream maker and parent company Unilever of misleading consumers. Their shit comes from large-scale factory farming which are essentially cow thunderdomes without the cool weapons. (Edit: don't ask me how I came up with this asinine analogy...I smoke too much I think...) There you have it, even Ben & Jerry's with their hippy bullshit are evil monsters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, Jason said: Okay... Um... REI? No such thing as ethical consumption under capitalism my dude 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 What makes it worse it that B&J sucks. Haagen-Dazs is better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 1 minute ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: No such thing as ethical consumption under capitalism my dude Yeah go with that. It will take you far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazatron Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Well maybe this will make the MAGA chuds season their food better when they all run out to support Goya. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, Amazatron said: Well maybe this will make the MAGA chuds season their food better when they all run out to support Goya. Using sazon to own the libs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Jose said: Yeah go with that. It will take you far. Good retort. What it means is that individual choices are irrelevant when systems of power are designed for exploitation. Going from brand a (with bad PR) to brand b (with good happy PR) doesn't matter when suppliers d, f, and g (who supply them both) all use the same exploitative practices in marginal communities around the world. Not difficult stuff here. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Just now, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Good retort. What it means is that individual choices are irrelevant when systems of power are designed for exploitation. Going from brand a (with bad PR) to brand b (with good happy PR) doesn't matter when suppliers d, f, and g (who supply them both) all use the same exploitative practices in marginal communities around the world. Not difficult stuff here. We can still praise companies that employ better practices. Not everything has to be black and white. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 6 minutes ago, Jose said: We can still praise companies that employ better practices. Not everything has to be black and white. The full extent of our "praise" for any for-profit company should be limited to our purchasing decisions, nothing more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, Emperor Diocletian II said: The full extent of our "praise" for any for-profit company should be limited to our purchasing decisions, nothing more. Well, yes. I'm not buying B&J or asking for statutes to be erected in their name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Just now, Jose said: Well, yes. I'm not buying B&J or asking for statutes to be erected in their name. But how will we remember them if we don't have statues? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyle5150 Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 1 minute ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: But how will we remember them if we don't have statues? We'll purchase the book that someone sells telling us about them. Take that capitalism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Christ, she can be bloody insufferable sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 6 minutes ago, Emperor Diocletian II said: Christ, she can be bloody insufferable sometimes. /shrug I enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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