According to the comments on their FB page this is not going over well with their regular customers, to say the least.
Posted on 09/25/2017 6:31:31 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Will be switching to Taylormade or Srixon golf balls
HERE that Bridgestone!.
Good one. As if THAT’s ever going to happen...
Hear that Bridgestone, and tires too.
It is more appropriate for me to ask you why you are commenting when you don't know what it's about.
Have you ever read the First Amendment? Here it is (emphasis added):
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
That's the whole thing. The First Amendment, as the text makes clear, is a restriction on government power. It has no applicability whatsoever in private enterprise. There is no right of free speech in connection with private employment. The NFL is free to sanction any of these jerks and the teams are free to fire any of them. There is no Constitutional issue involved at all. This is Constitutional Law 101.
Yup. We've become huge hockey/NHL fans (and still are huge baseball/MLB fans). Hockey and baseball - so far - seems to be largely unaffected by this BLM "taking a knee during our National Anthem" crap. I hope it stays that way...
You're incapable of posting the First Amendment --verbatim -- aren't you?
What are you so afraid of?
The NFL lost THE GAME.
Surprising, since this is Free Republic.
So sad that you can post it, but not understand it!
I've never treated a person of color badly in my entire life, in fact, quite the opposite is true and I will never allow myself to feel guilty because someone else of my race did.
BTW, I'm of Scotch Irish heritage and people should look at how the Irish immigrants were treated when they first started to immigrate here. It was shockingly horrible. Do I hold any grudge against anyone for that? Absolutely not. That would just be stupid and ridiculous of me.
The BLM and Antifa movements are backed by communists at the top and the little street soldiers are being used to try and start a war here. But it's a war they will lose and lose badly. They've already fired quite a few first shots in this war and we are still sitting around and just complaining about them. I really hope it can be avoided and it doesn't come to that but it may be time for action and no longer just words.
Good one.
This reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from Ronald Reagan: "It isn't so much that liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so many things that aren't so.” Sadly, in some cases "Freepers" can appropriately be substituted for "liberals."
I saw in an earlier post by you that at one time you taught a criminal justice course. I have no idea what that has to do with your ability to comment authoritatively on the First Amendment. I graduated from a top-ten law school, took several Constitutional Law courses, in which I did well, took and passed two bar exams and have practiced law for the last thirty years. I am guessing that my credentials for commenting on this issue vastly exceed yours.
I hate to admit that I enjoyed Human Centipede 2. I was watching the outtakes and the actors having to line up. I would have panicked if I was the 3rd one from the last. It was like a crowded elevator that lost power.
Plus the catering didn’t look that good but they enjoyed eating it. Starving artists I presume.
Yes, sometimes I have to scratch my head. Unfortunately, ignorance comes in all political persuasions.
No he didn’t. The POS actually took a knee and locked arms with his players.
You can go respect all you want. I'm furious!
The NFL sells itself as entertainment. Were you entertained watching that spectacle? I wasn't. It was political! And why should I need or want that?
OK, so they didn't "disrespect the Flag or Anthem." So what? Whatever their beef is:
I AM NOT ENTERTAINED BY THEIR PROTESTS!!!
Why do these people get political only on a nationally televised game day?
Freedom of Speech? If these whiners have freedom of speech only on game day when televised nationally, then all the rest of us have *no* freedom of speech at all (unless you have a TV network camped outside your house every Sunday afternoon so that you can take a knee for whatever issue chafes you).
So let them protest the same way we all do every day, except for game day -- when they should just STFU and play!
Some more rabid anti-NFL person should use this give-away image a meme or something. “Stick a fork in it - it’s dead.”
Amendment I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Congress has made no law abridging their freedom of speech, therefore that argument is null and void and I'm sick of hearing it. It's Constitution 101. It does not apply in this case. No one's First Amendment rights are violated when an employer makes rules contingent upon being hired that dictate what things are and are not acceptable before employment will commence. Things such as dress code, behavior, proselytizing on the job, vulgar or offensive language, how long your hair can be, how many tattoos you may have, what emblems, decals or "flare" you may add to your uniform, and in certain cases (such as the NFL code of conduct), your behavior when off the job. You read the contract and either sign on the line, or walk away, before you even become an employee. And if you fail to abide by the said code of conduct while an employee, you are fined, suspended, or fired as the employer sees fit.
Everything about these "protests" is in violation of rules that the NFL had long ago established, and which every football player agreed to before signing on the dotted line. Not only that, but it crosses every boundary regarding offending, belittling and pissing off the customer, as well as embarrassing and disparaging the employer.
I used to be a flight attendant and we were employed under a contract that was negotiated by a union, same as NFL players are. Our contract covered minutiae such as skirt length, heel height, hairstyle, and even weight (at one point), etc. in addition to work hour and scheduling rules, behavior while on flights as well as in the terminal, speech and behavior when representing as an employee even out of uniform...it went on and on. And all of it legal under the Constitution. If you don't agree to the terms, you are free to find another employer. Simple really. Do you think for one minute that before I started the safety video on a flight and I decided to use the opportunity I had while all eyes were on me to do a BLM black power salute and make some protest speech that I would not have been fired before the plane even pushed back from the gate? And would I have been able to excuse it all as my "right to peacefully protest?" Think again.
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