Posted on 04/06/2023 7:08:11 AM PDT by Starman417
OK, that was probably the most bizarre post title I've ever written, but if you need a break from the bizarre show trial up in NY that even has reliable Leftists scratching their heads then read on! First off, I never got around to writing a post on Hershey's Chocloate's woke campaign of celbrating Women's History Month by erasing women and replacing them with men. When did even my beloved childhood candy decide it now needs to hate me? Seriously, I'm so old I remember when a seemingly all American brand like Hershey proudly branded itself "The Great American Chocolate Bar". Watch the commercial at the link - it could easily be a 2023 ad in terms of the diversity of its cast. And sadly, it's equally dated by the fact that the people of the different backgrounds are are equally proud Americans. Which brings us to Anheuser-Busch (AB).
AB used to be possibly the most All American of all American brands - here is how it celebrated America back in 1986. At some point we went past this bizarre crossroads where being pro-American was smart marketing to where now companies seem to think that promoting groups that despise this country is good business. I'm not a Bud Light fan, but in terms of a drinkable swill I find it on par with the rest. Considering back in the day my weapons fo choice were Schaeffer, and later, Busch tall boys and my premium beer was Michelob, I'm never exactly been a beer snob. A few years ago I swore off of Bud Light when they introduced the now by comparison tame ad campaign of anti-men spokesmodels Amy Schumer and Seth Rogan to run the "Bud Light Party" ads. Judging from sales numbers, I wasn't the only one to stop drinking Bud Light, a course they corrected. I'm on board with the Path of Redemption school of thought, so whe Bud Light dropped the stupid I was fine with purchasing them on occasion again. Not this time.
At this point, you don't need me to recap the whole Dylan Mulvaney/Bud Light debacle. Twitchy found a tweet that summed up the graphic truth of this story:
https://twitter.com/realmichaelseif/status/1642900438600110081
If the tweet isn't showing in your browser, it reads "When the George Floyd riots began, every American corporation dropped the American flag from their logo and replaced it with BLM. Less than a week after three Christian children were killed by a trans person, Bud Light made a trans person an ambassador for their brand."
Dead on. How did we get from ad campaigns targeting a population that can all appreciate Patriotism to showing that your product is adjacent to *ahem* inappropriately associating with minors? For that matter, exactly how is this ad campaign going to increase sales? While alienating the vast majority of your customer base, you think it will be magically replaced and surpassed by demograpics that drink either Trader Joe's Three Buck Chuck or the various vile cans of flavored hand sanitizer? Or maybe the jet fuel genius behind this ad campign had probably never actually met anyone who's ever consumed the product that she was supposed to promote?
So this is where I draw the line. Whereas with the Schumer/Rogan beta cuck campaign, I just boycotted Bud Light, when AB dropped that stupidity I accepted their path to redemption and resumed my occasional Bud Light choice of swill consumption. Not this time.
This was a massive middle finger America. While what I'm about to say is borderline Godwin's Law, AB is promoting an ideology that wants to destoy America
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
I’ve given up on anything but local brands.
Thankfully, there are so many new micro breweries and local companies around now.
I like beer, but I won’t drink a case in a weekend like some people I know. I don’t mind paying a little more to support the local brewery where I can walk in and meet the owner.
Time to break out the beer brewing kit. Not that I drank that swill anyway. I love a big, hoppy ale and I know how to put one together.
INBEV Board of Directors and management is rapidly changing.
About 15 years ago I attended a European Union Brewing Conference in Leuven, Belgium as a personal guest of the Chairman of the Board of INBEV. He was old and the younger generation was taking over. The younger generation is liberal.
INBEV resulted from the merger between Belgium-based company Interbrew and Brazilian brewer AmBev which took place in 2004. It existed independently until the acquisition of Anheuser-Busch in 2008, which formed Anheuser-Busch InBev.
AB Inbev operates seven breweries in Canada as well as 12 in the United States.
If you want a fabulous vacation, attend the Belgium Beer Festival in Brussels Grand Place. It’s usually the first weekend in September and features 400 Belgian beers for 3 days.
In the evening when the festival closes, walk over to Joe’s Delirium Cafe’ with over 2,000 different beers or his Floris bar across the street that features over 600 different Absinthes.
I’ve done it many times and plan on attending more in the future.
The best experiences in food and beverage come when you find a local artisans using locally sourced ingredients. Oft times, you’ll find both at breweries and distilleries. The food is often worth the stop even if the sun isn’t over the yardarm.
These companies believe that promoting mental illness is a winning strategy.
Queer Beer
The Queer of Beers
Tranny Fluid
Correct. They’re more than ‘liberal’, however. The style of their thinking is different from all previous generations (that is to say “warped”.). Also: Millennial Alissa Gordon Hernerscheid (VP at Budweiser...) is also symptomatic of the larger problem.
Coors
https://denverpride.org/coors-light-supports-the-lgbtq-community/
Jack Daniels
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1643747185627107329
A list of the companies owned by InBev from which you can choose to walk away. Be sure to read their global brands as well as those in the Americas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AB_InBev_brands
“We conservatives (and Libertarians) need to STOP looking at the past as if it’s somehow coming back because in the “next election” we’ll get them…that’s nonsense!”
Well stated. It’s like old people complaining about the upcoming generation. The up-comers don’t care. All societies and cultures change. Same with moral standards and technology. The past is gone, it’s not coming back.
I remember that 1986 commercial. How far we have fallen.
Tell me demonic possession is not real?
Because the parent company is the same company that published the “Kings and Queens of Africa” campaign stuff in the 70’s. Their pandering knows no limits.
I would hate to be the Bud distributor in South Texas today.
Stocked up on beverages for the coming weekend family festivities. Many north east relatives joining us for a 4-day weekend in FL.
No Mich Ultra. No Land Shark. No Stella.
Yuengling, Corona, Peroni, and High Noon.
That’s a really ugly guy.
You’re probably right on the mark. Betting on the future.
Which, folks of FR, tells us about all we need to know.
Virtue signaling is hard and it often results in more harm to the comapny than good.
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