That makes perfect sense and all, but it really pisses me off as well. First off, they probably would be labeled as a company that is for racism.....because of one single stupid word that people today can't just let go of. If we keep making the n word to come off as so hurtful and bad, people ARE going to use it. Same way with curse words out there. If curses weren't made out to be so bad or weren't frowned upon, curses wouldn't really exist.
but that's how all big companies run, just like jc penny and their 2 gay dads ad, they got flack and lost a lot of people boycotting their stores, they responded by putting out a letter saying they support gay marriage, that's how companies work, they need to protect their reputation and figure out what they stand for by going back to their mission statement, what values do they hold in THEIR business? What becomes too far? these companies make millions of dollars and they need to protect what they value, whats in their mission statement and what is morally right. their employees have the right to free speech but it may end up that their free speech doesn't reflect on what the company stands for and may end them in hot water. Paula Deen is a face for that company, and millions know who she is, therefore her right to her thoughts I guess didn't stand what for the company believed in, so the company choose to fire her because they need to protect their values and their company money.
Everything hinges on correct identification and adherence to the mores of the target demographic.
I tell my crew the same thing, free speech doesn't exist in my business. Now of course they know they can say whatever they want, but they will be held accountable for those words inside my doors as far as their employment with my company is concerned.
Why does a store or a restaurant have to stand for anything other than reasonably priced clothing and good food? Why does the owners personal opinion matter to the customers? Why should he or she be attacked for having an opinion simply because they own a business?
because that's how giant corporation's work its always been that way shes the face of a billion dollar corporation and that's how it works.
And in true media fashion... the only reason you don't use racial slurs is because you do what you have to do to get peoples money?
Well, it's like that BS with Chik-fil-a last year. People stopped eating there because the owner said that he believes marriage should be between a man and a woman.
well it aint gunna all stop cause we talked about on RIU. that's how people are they protest things that'll never end my dear. so im not going to banter back and forth on something that wont change because you decided to argue my non biased opinion about corporations
They make it their business, customers usually don't spend money in places they find offensive.
It's there way or the highway. The man doesn't believe in gay marriage and that is his god damn right, but since that isn't what people who support gay marriage agree with, they have to ruin his business. He never even said he hates gays, he just said he disagrees with it, and THAT is exactly what is wrong with the way shits going these days.
I don't really know what it is you're saying. ^^^
Her apology really did look like a video a crazed killer makes of his victims before he kills them; last words to your family kinda thing...
you're a white supremacist who denies the holocaust ever happened.
actually, smarty, the uproar was about more than the owner's beliefs, he also gave money to a known HATE GROUP, the family research council.
