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Black Rifle Coffee shoot themselves in the foot…
https://citizenfreepress.com ^ | Posted by Kane on July 16, 2021 12:03 pm

Posted on 07/16/2021 9:23:47 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: Red Badger

Eff them.
I’ll buy something else from now on.


41 posted on 07/16/2021 9:38:04 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.She was, indeed, a hottie… Rest in peace, Joanne.)
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To: Red Badger

I like their Silencer Smooth but I won’t be reordering if they label conservatives racist.


42 posted on 07/16/2021 9:38:27 AM PDT by arkfreepdom
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To: Red Badger

Bro Coffee.


43 posted on 07/16/2021 9:38:41 AM PDT by TexasM1A
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To: Red Badger

The biggest problem with these woke types is they don’t know what a group really stands for or does, but only what the DNCMedia lies about that group and what it stands for.

If Best actually knew what the Proud Boys stood for and advocated, he’d realize they are not racists at all (some of the PB leadership IS BLACK!) but that’s only what the DNCMedia says to rile up the woke and get them hating.

Really, to me, it shows a child like mentality in accepting whatever CNN or MSNBC says, and then ignoring all the rest.

We need our own media. Fox News isn’t it.

We need a proper place where truly non-political facts could be laid out and explained.


44 posted on 07/16/2021 9:38:46 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! ("You, the American people, are my only special interest." --President Donald J. Trump)
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To: Williams

> How about they just sell coffee and shut up? <

Most people start out reasonable, and somewhat humble. But then success goes to their heads, and they feel the need to preach to the rest of us. We see this with movie stars, athletes, business owners, etc. They know nothing. But they think they know everything.

It would actually be amusing, except that some people actually listen to them.


45 posted on 07/16/2021 9:39:40 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Howie66

Real............


46 posted on 07/16/2021 9:41:32 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Good to know. Looks like we got conned.


47 posted on 07/16/2021 9:41:57 AM PDT by Spok (There are many more things that frighten us than can cause us harm.)
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To: PGR88

Soros may have given them financial incentive to do so.. this is where we need a strong leader to crawly many millions of true patriots to act as one large powerful organization to spread the word that companies like black rifle coffee are not who they portrayed themselves to be. And to avoid them.

Money talks. What little they get fromthe left will more than be offset by the millions who no longer bug their coffee daily.


48 posted on 07/16/2021 9:42:31 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: PGR88

Exactly. Open your mouth and piss off half of your customers who wanted to buy something else and didn’t expect to be coming to you to buy your political opinions from you [woke or sane].


49 posted on 07/16/2021 9:42:32 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: TexasM1A

Blow Coffee..........................


50 posted on 07/16/2021 9:42:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Evan drank the Kool-Aid. That said, the NYT was delighted to see them take a hit and reported it extensively, this story being part of that little gloatfest. But BRC simply got some really bad marketing advice and is paying for that now. I quit them the day they came out against Rittenhouse. No point in looking back.


51 posted on 07/16/2021 9:42:58 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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52 posted on 07/16/2021 9:42:58 AM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Dalberg-Acton
I've had that................
53 posted on 07/16/2021 9:45:31 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: dforest

Had a sad at Peet’s the other day.

They have always been like neutral non woke they just sell coffee.

But they were selling masks with a Peet’s pride logo on them. I saw in two of their stores.

The masks I could tolerate. Not the pride logo.

I am adrift.


54 posted on 07/16/2021 9:48:24 AM PDT by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen )
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To: farming pharmer

They are whores who took money for a start up and have to toe the woke line. They are not finding out what it’s like to lose a large percentage of customers.


55 posted on 07/16/2021 9:50:03 AM PDT by New Perspective (#NotMyPresident -Proud father of a son with DS & fighting to keep him off biden's death panels.)
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To: Red Badger

Invader Coffee is much better anyway.


56 posted on 07/16/2021 9:50:34 AM PDT by nonliberal (Caput gerat lupinum)
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To: Red Badger

“We like guns and use them as props to sell coffee. Just don’t use them to defend yourself”.


57 posted on 07/16/2021 9:52:54 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Red Badger
Wolff slams sheriff after boat benefactor provokes sexist attack on Commissioner DeBerry

by Jackie Wang
June 14, 2021

Bexar County Commissioner Trish DeBerry (D3) became the target of a social media attack in June. Credit: Bonnie Arbittier / San Antonio Report

Editor’s note: This story contains a number of obscenities, including a common vulgarity most often aimed at women. Although we generally avoid publishing such language in the San Antonio Report, we chose to represent these words in dashed form because they’re central to the story.

This story has been updated to include a statement from Sheriff Javier Salazar.

Commissioner Trish DeBerry (Pct. 3) discovered the meaning of an internet acronym after it was directed at her earlier this month: “APAC,” which stands for “all politicians are c—s.”

Jarred Taylor, one of the co-founders of Black Rifle Coffee Company, a Utah-based veteran-owned business with locations in San Antonio, used the acronym in a June 3 Instagram post that showed him and fellow co-founder Mat Best presenting Sheriff Javier Salazar with a giant check for $32,000.

“You want to talk about garbage politicians? Let’s talk about @trishforcommish our county commissioner that sat and mocked our Sheriff when he asked for funds to purchase a rescue johnboat [sic] for the Bexar County Sheriff’s department. … Good luck during the next election season, because I will be making my own ads free of charge for you 😜#APAC,” Taylor wrote as the photo’s caption.

Underneath Taylor’s Instagram post, more than 800 comments praised his words: “Hilarious,” “Eat shish @trishforcommish,” “This is f—ing awesome.” DeBerry’s Instagram account received even more aggressive comments and direct messages.

“All politicians are c—s,” one user wrote in a direct message. “You are a piece of [s—] for mocking your sheriffs.”

“You’re a piece of s— of a human,” another wrote.

“Stupid Garbage C—,” another message said.

Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff urged Salazar Monday to call out “one of the ugliest and most blatant displays of sexism and personal attacks” he said he’s ever seen, in a letter released publicly Monday.

“It is beyond reprehensible when community leaders encourage such behavior for political purposes,” Wolff wrote to Salazar. “More importantly, what does it say when other community leaders ignore that behavior and allow it to continue publicly without uniting in condemnation of it?”

Read Wolff’s letter to Salazar here.

On Monday afternoon, Salazar released a statement saying he saw Wolff’s letter and understood the county judge’s “stance.”

“The first I saw of any specific comments regarding this issue were the ones apparently cut and pasted into Judge Wolff’s letter. We are in the process of preparing a follow up presentation regarding a patrol/rescue boat to Commissioner’s Court, which will not be at tax-payer expense,” Salazar said in a prepared statement. “The unfortunate area drowning deaths being reported on as I write this—illustrate our need for this lifesaving equipment in Bexar County.”

Taylor’s Instagram post was referring to an April 6 commissioners meeting during which Salazar requested approval of a $20,000 donation from the Bexar County Sheriff’s Foundation to buy a rescue boat. Commissioners ultimately voted to delay the item until Salazar briefed them on how exactly the money would be used and his plans to maintain the boat. The discussion got fiery after DeBerry said it was insensitive to spend that much money on a “shiny new toy” instead of directing that funding toward jail deputy recruitment and retention.

“My feeling is really this boat is a ‘nice to have’, but not a ‘need to have’ right now, especially as we look at … coming out of this [pandemic],” DeBerry said during the meeting. “I would have appreciated a briefing on this so I could ask some questions. I’m going to be blunt here. I think it’s insulting and I think it’s insensitive that you’re spending $20,000 on a shiny new toy or a boat.”

At the time, Salazar attempted to pull the item entirely instead of just delaying it.

“I believe the need is there [for the boat] but when it’s used as an excuse to bring me up and attack me yet again, we’ll just kill the item,” he said.

DeBerry said during that meeting that she did not intend her questions as an attack, but as a request for more information.

“This is an opportunity for you to provide details regarding why you need this and enhance communication when you come to this court, whether it’s a gift or whether it’s asking for overtime, and letting us know why you need it,” she said in April. “That’s it.”

She repeated that reasoning Friday when describing the harassment she received from fans of Black Rifle Coffee Company. DeBerry pointed out that not only is she the only Republican on commissioners court, but also received the endorsement of the Deputy Sheriff’s Association of Bexar County and the San Antonio Police Officer’s Association when running for her seat.

“Just because you’re a law enforcement officer doesn’t mean that you should not be held accountable for your actions, whether it’s an expenditure [or] a lawsuit filed against the county,” she said.

DeBerry said she was shocked to see how many messages her account received and angry about the misogynistic nature of the barrage. As someone with experience in crisis communications, DeBerry said she originally wanted to ignore the messages.

“I just was like, ‘Look, I’m not, we’re not responding because I don’t respond to trash,’” she said. “I mean, anybody that would call a woman a” — here she spelled out the offending term — “which, I hate that word — obviously doesn’t have every marble.”

After Wolff found out about the harassment DeBerry was receiving online, however, he urged her to fill out a police report and document it all with the District Attorney office’s criminal investigation division, which she began last week. Many of the messages seemed to come from outside of Bexar County, DeBerry noted, but she still pulled her address off the Bexar County Appraisal District listing in an attempt to keep her family safe.

In his letter Monday, Wolff said he would support Salazar’s request for a boat using Bexar County funding if the sheriff can provide details on the operation, liability, maintenance, storage, and staffing costs related to having a rescue boat. But he said he would not vote to accept the coffee company’s donation.

“Because the Black Rifle Coffee Company initiated the horrific attack on Commissioner DeBerry,” he wrote, “I will oppose the expenditure of Black Rifle Coffee Company funds for the boat or any other use for county purposes.”

58 posted on 07/16/2021 9:53:54 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Red Badger

Clears things up. BaBye.


59 posted on 07/16/2021 9:54:18 AM PDT by Stentor ( )
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To: Red Badger

Oh that’s a shame...

I had put them on the same footing as Mission BBQ...also owned and staffed by veterans...


60 posted on 07/16/2021 9:57:51 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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