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Apr 12, 2023·edited Apr 12, 2023

A multinational conglomerate performatively playing both ends against the middle, while shelling out some bux and getting paid big? Check.

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The story really has it all, no?

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Yes yes yes & finally, yes!!!

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Always follow the money. Thanks for what you do! 👍👏

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OMG... The senseless spending of huge gobs of money in politics is about as insane as the huge expenditure by Russia to destroy a beautiful country. It stuns me senseless to see so many resources pissed away for... what? Think of the good that could be accomplished with all the wasted money... and don’t get me started on the senseless hate fueling this ignorance.... talk about sad... 🥶🤦‍♀️🤯

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I feel you most fervently. WTF is wrong with these people who are so compelled to destroy everyone and everything along with themselves, all in pursuit of profit?

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Start a campaign to generate buzz/controversy while secretly contributing to politicians opposed to the cause you promote. We've seen this time and again. These companies are playing us. Thanks, Judd, for helping cut through the meshugas.

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Funny how most all corporate directors and board members are primarily and in most cases only interested in profits and have no problem playing and paying all sides in order to diversify and strengthen their bottom lines. As they are the "chosen ones" and the public, the others, are simply consider ignorant manipulated consumers.

Been doing it for a long time now with great results for themselves and their shareholders...but not so much for the marginal masses of society, when countered by the violent, right, conservative, bigoted, mobsters that have been given license by Trump to... be freely armed and roam the country looking to destroy anything offensive to their misinterpretation of strength,unity, and acceptance. The new Un-United States of America...seek out, divide, and destroy at any cost.

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Perfectly said.

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I betcha none of those Repubs getting the money will offer to give it back.

Kid Rock and Travis Tritt are going on concert tour to protest the ad and trans people. They saw big dolla in the backlash so opportunity called.

Can't make this stuff up.

Good reporting PI

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Those performative crooks definitely won't return the campaign money. I also agree with you that outrage seems to pay more than competence or talent lately. The knee-jerk overreaction to a personalized, ally-washed case of beer is mind boggling.

Think about it: some lunatic threw out beer in his fridge that he already spent his hard-earned money on, to make a point to the company he already enriched, about someone who isn't losing any sleep about his negative opinion. Some other lunatic shot up beer cans because he thought the manufacturer partnered in an ad campaign with someone that is trans.

What will happen when someone points out that the vehicles they buy are transportation, and that word starts with trans? Will they shoot up their trucks next?

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It really was a disservice to democracy to spread the idea that politics and businesses/economics are somehow separate spheres. So many people will say "I don't get involved in politics", without realizing that the money they spend every day is political.

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Apr 12, 2023·edited Apr 12, 2023

I have relatives that say stupid ish like that. I just keep it to myself because, what's the use? They just grow uncomfortable with me for pointing out unpleasant truths.

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founding

You may be surprised how just a comment of truth offered without venom can cause someone to think...and maybe think again. Don't give up...we're all in this together.

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Actually I wouldn't be and I am surprisingly diplomatic when the tensions are mounting. But some people just aren't ready to hear it at that particular time.

I had a relative tell me I was indisputably correct about an issue we had words on... 20 years after the fact. Now that time? Yep, I was surprised. Big time!

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It seems that every good corporate story has a bad ending.

However, something is NOT being addressed here. These politicians, celebrities and others are making terroristic threats that have no consequences whatsoever! We need to strongly demand punishment that any other (especially black) person would get! This lack of action/punishment allows this audacious dangerous activity to flourish. It’s as if deadly threats are OK as long as Republicans do the threats! ENOUGH!

The only sign of hope, is the backlash we’re seeing in red states with endless mass murders! They are eating their own, the entire republican party has stupidly stood by Fascism & violence. They are the inciters of death threats and death! We need this in the media at all times…not the bulk of rt wing owned stations (they won’t give honest journalism) but every other form of media where it can go viral.

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Bud Light is nasty, little better than colored water. But don't stop drinking it because it is "woke" or because Budweiser supports LGBTQ+ causes, stop drinking it because your taste buds deserve better.

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Hahahahaha! I've heard it called "watered down horse piss" but you didn't get that from me! No siree Bob.

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This is like the scene in Casablanca when the police inspector says “I am shocked, shocked I say, to discover gambling in this establishment”. That said, having worked for a large multinational for decades it is common for one hand to not know what the other is doing, in fact it is more common than not. As for politicians like Crenshaw and MTG and those of their ilk who really cares? Anyone who looks to politicians for ethical guidance will only end up broke and depressed.

I think Twitter has become irrelevant, the entire social media industry is a giant pump and dump scene where hosts bilk advertisers over inflated viewer statistics and influencer driven revenue is suspect at best. No one will ever really know how much money placed here will drive revenue over there.

Finally, all these people throwing out Budweiser products remind me of those protests in places like Afghanistan and Iran where you see thousands in the streets. Doesn’t anyone have a job to go to?

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Remember all the losers burning their Nike's?

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Right, so now, instead of corporate Greenwashing, we have corporate Rainbowwashing, lovely.

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It’s what is called “doing business” in the US. It’s all about the money. I wonder if Anheuser-Busch has employees take ethics training?

There are so many good local and craft beers out these days, why would anyone pay to drink that swill?

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Exactly, Jan. Those lobby dollars are seen as nothing more than a cost of business. It doesn't make these companies innocent but aside from some subset of their employees, most working there aren't making the connection between the lubricating lobby money and the draconian civil policies drafted by their "business friendly" legislators.

As we get more empowered to know differently, by Judd and any other serious researchers willing to join his efforts, we can direct our purchase dollars to companies who stand for what we do. We can also inform our friends and relatives too so they can do the same. As the saying goes, "money talks."

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Ignorance drives many a poor decision, both small and large.

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The only thing greater than addiction to alcohol and drugs is addiction to hate.

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Why not both?

Uh wait. What's the word for three? Troth? Both-ed? Tres-th? Hell, you're right. Carry on!

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Here in Chicago, two is "da-boa-tuh-yus!"

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😂😂😂 I currently reside in South Carolina, where counting to one is a struggle, counting to two is out of the question.

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Whoa! Burn!!! I've been at and around that area. Jacksonville, New Burn, Havlock, Charlotte, etc. I was stationed at Parris Island for bootcamp and Cherry Point for advanced training as a JarHead, DevilDog, LeatherNeck sorta dude.

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I still don't understand why the right hates trans people so much.

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D.E.S.I.R.E.

I mean, who is it that's really grooming kids? These RW guys are freaks. Which party has by far the most accusations, indictments and convictions for sex crimes? They project all the time, fully and completely.

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Basically Bud Light is doing what pretty much all major producers of consumables do--making sure that the product has appeal for even niche members of society--a position which is completely independent of what the corporation itself "thinks" about social issues.

That's why water is frequently branded "gluten free." Or lettuce

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I had no idea there were so many males out there who are so insecure and worried about their own sexuality that they'd dump their beer down the drain in order to feel like "men."

But then, why did Budweiser throw big money at right wing causes? Bad attempts at tax breaks?

BTW, Budweiser also breeds its famous Clydesdales and removes part of the animals' spines in order to make the horses' tails tiny. Don't buy Budweiser.

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Thank you for another reason not to buy Bud, besides the taste.

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There are companies who don't confine their assholery to just one or two things, but go off in all directions. Anheuser Busch is one of them.

You're welcome, and thank you :)

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