squistion
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It was successful. It worked. Chick-Fil-A quit donating money to the organizations that the LGBT+ community objected to and boycott ended.
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General Malaise
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So a question. Blade Runner says 99% of the media is controlled by the left. But Fox News is the #1 rated news channel in the world. And Fox News is NOT controlled by the left. So, how does he derive at that 99% figure. Is this new math?
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
No evidently it's just his usual post of blaming everything on lefties. Have 0 clue why people still bother...
Ramblin Wreck
Footballguy
Probably more understanding of words. Fox is what 20 something billion? Google alone is 1.4 trillion. All of Hollywood? It's not very difficult to make the math work.
Manster
Footballguy
I would assume Fox is #1 because it's one of very few news outlets that don't lean left so you get a concentrated amount of people viewing. The point still remains. By and large, media outlets are left leaning, along with big tech. So essentially the control of information is largely held by the leftists.
General Malaise
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General Malaise
Footballguy
And you know what, good on Chick Fil A for recognizing that they could be better with their charitable causes.
General Malaise
Footballguy
That's the market caps. That doesn't prove that 99% of the media is controlled by the left. Aging demographics aren't using Google for their news; they are locked in on Fox.
99% seems like a silly number you toss around but can't prove.
General Malaise
Footballguy
I mean, talk radio is dominated by the right. I'd say 90+% of pro sports owners are conservative (part of that entertainment figure). The wealth in this country is largely controlled by the right. But 99% of the media and entertainment is controlled by the left? Something don't add up.
Media >>>>> news.
Not sure why you even brought up news. We were taking about the Mandolorian. By any measure the "media" is largely controlled by lefty companies.
timschochet
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Ramblin Wreck
Footballguy
I thought the left had all the educated dudes and the right was full of uneducated backwoods folks? Something don't add up if the right controls the wealth.
General Malaise
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General Malaise
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Mister CIA
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Manster
Footballguy
The left controls big tech, for the most part. The wealth in big tech has become tremendous....add that to essentially controlling, and manipulating what information people are fed.....it's powerful....and the sheeple eat it up.
Insein
Footballguy
The other problem with cancel culture is that once they get a victory, they feel justified in their crusade to go further. These same weirdos on Twitter that cancelled Gina have been trying to get Rosario Dawson cancelled for even longer. Now they have refocused all their efforts on her because she has a new show coming up. The funny thing is Dawson is the complete opposite politically from Carano. However she was falsely accused by a trans man of abuse by her family. The charges have been dropped but that doesn't matter. Once the accusation was made, that's all they needed to hear.
Fire Rosario Dawson has trended on twitter many times just like Fire Gina Carano. They target her account for hate. Any promotional media that comes out for Star Wars or Ashoka is bombarded with people calling her transphobe. If the mob gets loud enough, Disney will probably drop her as well. Shes shielded a bit because she leans that way politically but they only need to keep shouting the lie enough times to make it true.
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.inverse.com/entertainment/gina-carano-fired-twitter-hashtag-ahsoka/amp
"Though not currently a part of the Mandalorian recurring cast, Rosario Dawson is poised to star in her own Mandalorian spinoff series simply entitled Ahsoka. However, Dawson and her family were recently sued by a trans man who claimed they purposefully misgendered him and even assaulted him. Though all charges against Dawson herself were later dropped, the fandom is wary another Carano-like situation is lurking.
“It bugs me and several other people and I think that it would be good if they at least recast the actress because she already makes so many people uncomfortable."
“I think that the majority of stan Twitter, myself included, are skeptical of her because we don’t know if the charges on her are true or not.”
"Ahsoka Tano doesn't deserve to be played by a transphobic, she deserves better. Fire Rosario Dawson like you did Gina Carano."
Fire Rosario Dawson has trended on twitter many times just like Fire Gina Carano. They target her account for hate. Any promotional media that comes out for Star Wars or Ashoka is bombarded with people calling her transphobe. If the mob gets loud enough, Disney will probably drop her as well. Shes shielded a bit because she leans that way politically but they only need to keep shouting the lie enough times to make it true.
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.inverse.com/entertainment/gina-carano-fired-twitter-hashtag-ahsoka/amp
"Though not currently a part of the Mandalorian recurring cast, Rosario Dawson is poised to star in her own Mandalorian spinoff series simply entitled Ahsoka. However, Dawson and her family were recently sued by a trans man who claimed they purposefully misgendered him and even assaulted him. Though all charges against Dawson herself were later dropped, the fandom is wary another Carano-like situation is lurking.
“It bugs me and several other people and I think that it would be good if they at least recast the actress because she already makes so many people uncomfortable."
“I think that the majority of stan Twitter, myself included, are skeptical of her because we don’t know if the charges on her are true or not.”
"Ahsoka Tano doesn't deserve to be played by a transphobic, she deserves better. Fire Rosario Dawson like you did Gina Carano."
parasaurolophus
Footballguy
Focusing on getting the right answer is just feeding into white supremacy culture GM.
. Or you could just be a man and admit you put your foot in your mouth, as usual, when you thought he meant news when you heard media.
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. You cant make this stuff up, people are looney tunes. 
Summer Wheat
Footballguy
The boycott never impacted sales though. They will not rule out donatons to any group as well.
Chick-fil-A never explicitly said it would permanently stop donating to anti-gay groups or organizations that discriminate against LGBTQ people — it just said it was changing its philanthropic giving model. Chick-fil-A didn’t respond to The Goods’ request for comment, but a company spokesperson did tell VICE that it wouldn’t rule out giving to religious groups in the future.
“No organization will be excluded from future consideration–faith-based or non-faith-based,” Chick-fil-A President and COO Tim Tassopoulos said in a statement to VICE.
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Bucsfan5493
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https://twitter.com/sergiomarbel/status/1364291894822461442?s=21
Would you consider this cancel culture?
Would you consider this cancel culture?
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
This seems like more of a straightforward first amendment violation than anything else.
parasaurolophus
Footballguy
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
When people talk about "cancel culture," what they're generally not referring to are government actions that directly implicate the first amendment. We already have a good vocabulary for thinking and talking about those sorts of issues.
"Cancel culture" generally involves actions taken by private individuals -- usually collectively but not always -- that run afoul of free speech but don't necessarily have anything to do with the first amendment. The issues involved tend to be pretty different than first amendment cases and are more like debates about how to set norms and less like debates over established case law.
"Cancel culture" generally involves actions taken by private individuals -- usually collectively but not always -- that run afoul of free speech but don't necessarily have anything to do with the first amendment. The issues involved tend to be pretty different than first amendment cases and are more like debates about how to set norms and less like debates over established case law.
Bucsfan5493
Footballguy
I would agree. I feel like people use the term cancel culture pretty loosely though and many might consider this to be an example of it.
Insein
Footballguy
This is just government overstepping it's bounds. Any time an elected official calls on a business or entity that is not affiliated with government (even though universities do receive public money) to punish individuals for legally expressing their opinion is a gross misuse of power.
BladeRunner
Footballguy
You're dang right it is.
What have we come to where almost the entire flow of information is controlled by one political party? That's very sad.
FairWarning
Footballguy
Idk about overall, but they are the top rated from the right because there are fewer choices.
sho nuff
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FairWarning
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They own one of the locals here - wsbt 22 south bend. Their news coverage is really no different than the others in the same market.sho nuff said:
General Malaise
Footballguy
'be a man'? Classy.tonydead said:
urbanhack
Fight The Power!
belljr
Footballguy
Yeah the "boycott" was what in 2017 and they were the third biggest chain in 2018.... And it wasnt until 2020 things changed.Summer Wheat said:
I dont "count that one" - cause other than "public pr" the numbers didnt show a "boycott"
I dont give a #### about some owners beliefs or views ( accept maybe the my pillow guy
) - i have never not shopped at insert store for insert issue..Target bathrooms
Home depot had something
Walmart something
Chick Fila and on and on and on
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Summer Wheat
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The boycott was basically just an announcement. I doubt that your sexual preference will keep you from eating at Chick Fil-A if that is what you enjoy.Yeah the "boycott" was what in 2017 and they were the third biggest chain in 2018.... And it wasnt until 2020 things changed.
I dont "count that one" - cause other than "public pr" the numbers didnt show a "boycott"
I dont give a #### about some owners beliefs or views ( accept maybe the my pillow guy
Target bathrooms
Home depot had something
Walmart something
Chick Fila and on and on and on
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
It took a while but that sexist Mr. Potato Head finally got whacked. https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/hasbro-rebranding-mr-potato-head-gender-neutral
Do you have a link for that? Microaoft, Google, Twitter, and Amazon all seem liberally owned and controlled. That is a ton of wealth right there. The NFL has gone completely woke, with only a few Jerry Jones types out there.
General Malaise
Footballguy
Because he kind of sucked, created a crappy atmosphere, and really stopped caring about football.
General Malaise
Footballguy
I don't agree with you on his level of play and his career numbers back me up on this. 538 article is dated, but this line stands out:
And....
NFL owners give nearly 9-1 to Republicans, including Trump
Quint
Footballguy
i'm not saying JimTom or Chipper helped Kaep much. nor would i suggest that Boldin, Torrey Smith, Jeremy Kerley, or Quinton Patten were world-beaters. but i watched Kaep throw plenty of 48-foot fastballs to wide open WRs. he just wasn't as effective as a QB once D-coordinators figured him out.I don't agree with you on his level of play and his career numbers back me up on this. 538 article is dated, but this line stands out:
And....
NFL owners give nearly 9-1 to Republicans, including Trump
Insein
Footballguy
General Malaise
Footballguy
His accuracy wasn't great, but his last year as a starter, his QB Rating was better than:
Philip Rivers, Carson Palmer, Jameis Winston, Eli Manning, Joe Flacco, Carson Wentz, Cam Newton, just to name a few. The fact that he couldn't get another job - even as a backup - has more to do with the owners wanting no part of him than he did his level of play. And man, could he run.....
IvanKaramazov
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I don't think anybody disputes this. Superstar players can be media distractions and teams will put up with it if they feel that they have to. Backups who turn into distractions get cut. This is why Tyreek Hill has a super bowl ring while Mr. Random Fifth-Rounder who roughs up his girlfriend probably ends up working at a car dealership someplace.
General Malaise
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