America used to be tough.
1904: Mrs Lasher of Binghamton will spend 30 days in jail – for “smoking cigarettes in the presence of her children”.
Posted on 04/18/2023 4:03:21 AM PDT by Morgana
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis encouraged people to continue boycotting Bud Light amid their promotion of transgender personality Dylan Mulvaney, as he said conservative consumers hold "power" to keep the company accountable. He also revealed his preferred alternative beer.
During an interview Monday evening with political commentator Benny Johnson, DeSantis said he would not be drinking Bud Light anymore as he did not wish to help enable "woke companies" and their goals of "trying to change our country, trying to change policy, [and] trying to change [the] culture."
"Why would you want to drink Bud Light? I mean like honestly, that’s like them rubbing our faces in it, and it’s like these companies that do this, if they never have any response, they are just gonna keep doing it," DeSantis told Johnson.
The Republican governor suggested conservatives do not have to sit on the sidelines on the issue, but they have "power" to hit the company where it hurts: their bottom line.
"So, if you as a consumer are like… ‘ yeah, they’re doing that, but I’m just gonna keep drinking it anyways,’ well, then they’re gonna keep doing it," the governor continued. "So I think we have power as consumers to make our voice heard, and not on every company because sometimes conservative consumers aren’t going to make a dent in some companies."
He added: "This one is one if you don’t have conservative beer drinkers, you’re gonna feel that and so you know."
The comments come as Bud Light and its parent company Anheuser-Busch are facing tremendous backlash after partnering with Mulvaney – a biological male who identifies as transgender.
The controversy began when the company celebrated Mulvaney's "365 Days of Girlhood," by sending Mulvaney custom-made cans featuring the influencer's face.
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“Anheuser-Busch is not woke. They let a tone deaf marketing director use a woke ad push”
Nope, since her coming-out ad was OVER TWO WEEKS AGO. Only a ‘woke’ company would still have her in that position.
The Bush Lite thing is a sideshow and it’s beneath DeSantis and Trump to comment on it.
Well they didn’t get rid of the woke a-hole who did this, did they? They issued an insulting non apology by committee. Then they released a cynical patriotic ad to smooth things over. I hope they get crushed
very interesting..that is one heck of a rebranding to go from that to Marlboro Man
I think they’re old and stupid Getting run over by woke staff.
Here is a truly interesting short history of Women smoking and Marlboro.
https://www.businessinsider.com/marlboro-man-cigarette-brand-history-vintage-ads-2020-2
The New York Times
JAIL FOR SMOKING MOTHER.; Mrs. Lasher Used Cigarettes in Presence of Her Children.
Oct. 18, 1904
Not to professional (Aussie) beer drinkers. (And Foster’s is at least a notch better.)
Makes sense— don’t the Guinness makers wear kilts? Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
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