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I’m sorry, that was a dumb term for me to use. I was using it as sort of like “anti- the trans policy agenda” or something but I can see how the most obvious understanding would be “anti-trans people.” I didn’t intend to imply that any poster here harbors animus towards any trans person, I apologize if anyone took it that way. I’ll figure out a better way to convey what I mean.
Too late. Spuds got the corporate axe years ago. Kids found him too cute and there was concern this might encourage underage alcohol consumption.
Pretty sure I had a couple shirts back in the day. I am guessing I was about Middle School age.
But the same can be said. Why does anyone who supports the move care what Hasbro calls the plastic toy?
In the 47 years of my life I never heard anyone on the left object to the fact that there were toys called Mr. Potato Head and Mrs. Potato Head. On the single day that Hasbro made the announcement last week, dozens of right wing pundits and publications decided that the issue was worthy of intense hand wringing. Both sides are not equally silly here.
Maybe no one ever complained about it. Or maybe Hasbro has gotten complaints.
Are you talking about the people offended that Hasbro is refreshing a 70-year-old product line?
This exchange kinds of reads like...
THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT IS OVER AND THE CANCELZ HAVE ONE. Why do you hate your freedom?
I'm all for stores doing this on their own, but legislating it seems over the top.
Agree. Some market that way - their right as they know their market. To legislate it, no.
As a Californian, the most frustrating part of this is the CA legislation spending time on this when we have way more important things to deal with. Let's ignore the homeless encampments and scorn signage that by and large already doesn't exist much here. Stoopid.
I watch a lot of California news on my fire stick and the priorities there are so out of whack.
"Where are you, my little gumbo of chicken ? Your French fried shrimp is sizzling for you.”Pepe Le Pew CANCELLED!!!
That really stinks.
I would expand on that and say it's crazy that people are sitting around actually thinking of these things to introduce into legislation. But a many say on this board..This is a minor thing. It won't become mainstream. Just a bunch of over wrought conservatives clutching their pearls.
Exactly. Just don’t understand the rage behind this or the Dr. Seuss thing. These are private companies making decisions for there own products, no one is forcing them to do anything. I despise this soft woke culture attitude as much as the next person but nothing is being forced upon these companies. If they choose to adapt to the feedback they’ve received that’s capitalism working.
Because they as a private company felt there was a need too. Their choice. That’s all the reason needed. This is the very definition of the marketplace at work, I though that was a core principle of conservatism?
Probably exactly what you think it is. The attitude behind the people who are actually offended by the Mr. potato head gender. The children raised in the participation trophies mindset.
but when they did it for politically correct reasons because of pressures (aka bullying) from the liberal left ......... then it becomes something else IM
The reason doesn’t matter ultimately. It’s their choice, keyword- choice. No one‘s making them do it. They’re making a business decision. That’s capitalism, that’s American.
Why is that an issue? As companies they are listening to their customer base and making changes. This will either result in more sales, less sales, or no change. I would say it will likely result in no change.
Not really true, I can remember complaints about Aunt Jemima from the black community going back several decades.
so is you are right (most people don't care) .... then the companies are NOT listening to their bases right ?
When I said "nobody was complaining" I meant the people complaining about the image being removed
They are listening to a portion of their base that might care and they are deciding that they are gonna change it and it won't hurt their sales overall.
so the little minority that complain get their way - now I can agree with that
Correct- its probbly always a win for the companies. Even if 98% of their base couldn't care less, it means they stand to lose 2% of sales if they don't change.
