Good for Governor Ducey!!! AZ. won't be wearing these anytime soon......
Posted on 07/09/2019 1:13:30 PM PDT by SleeperCatcher
If you follow the news at all you are aware that recently Nike announced the release of a line of sneakers with a Revolutionary War-era American flag, known commonly as the “Betsy Ross” flag on them, and, that Nike then almost immediately announced that the release would not take place. According to multiple press reports, complaints by Nike spokesman Colin Kaepernick about the racist nature of the American flag depicted on the sneakers prompted the abrupt change of direction. Kaepernick, it appears, history buff that he is, was offended by Mrs. Ross’ handiwork, although what role Betsy, a Philadelphia Quaker trained as an upholsterer had in the enslavement of African-Americans remains unclear.
Let me be up front. I think Colin Kaepernick’s ignorance of history is likely only exceeded by his hypocrisy. His mother is white. He was raised by white parents. He made more money playing football, money paid overwhelmingly by white fans of the game, than the average American will ever see in his lifetime. He has made a cause celebre of the “murder” of black men by police officers and yet managed to say nothing of substance about the mass murder of young black men on the streets of America’s cities by other black men.
I would have a lot more sympathy for him had he spent a fraction of the time he spent grandstanding and “taking a knee” on television speaking with young black men in Baltimore or Chicago and urging them to put down their guns and walk away from violence.
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How many people out there will want to pay over a hundred dollars for Nike’s?
Nike isn’t getting any of my money.
Without their employees and the infrastructure that is provided by the people of the US they wouldn't be in business.
I won’t buy Nikes at any price.
No difference between Nike and Apple.
Good for Governor Ducey!!! AZ. won't be wearing these anytime soon......
The beauty of free choice and competition, I can totally avoid everything nike and not even notice.
Buy New Balance. Made in America.
I’m sure the lesbian market for soccer shoes is huge.
I know some Nike employees
The company is based in the leftist bubble of Portland. It has a strong modernist, urban, hipster internal culture where everyone pretends to be an SJW but really only wants money. If you are outside of that culture and voice opposition, you will be shunned. Its a bubble within a bubble
Nike's a bigger fool than Kaepernick - and that takes a lot...
Two rules ,that in the end, the Universe enforces in a most draconian manner:
1. Do not be too easily offended and then take drastic and sometimes irreversible action.
2. Do not offend unless there is a demonstrable benefit to your whole agenda for improving the quality of life.
Nike has aided and abetted Colin Kaepernick in both of these infractions, and will regret the path they are following. Maybe not today and maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the remainder of the days they choose to pursue this kind of inverted thinking, grief will stalk their every action.
Colin Kapernick has chosen not to compromise his “principles” (which appear to be an ever-changing array of grievances), and in doing so, has effectively isolated himself into an island of one, inspiring few and alienating everybody else.
Some 95% of all personal woe is in some way self-induced.
They should move the entire company to China and become a soley Chinese company since they hate America and are not wanted here anyway.
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