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LEVI’S UNZIPPED: Woke Jeans Exposed for Leftist Leanings
breitbart.com ^ | 4/26/2022 | Consumers research

Posted on 04/27/2022 9:05:42 AM PDT by rktman

Levi Strauss & Co. president and CEO Chip Bergh has made advocating progressive politics a corporate priority, stating that business leaders “have a responsibility” to create change. But weaponizing Levi’s for political purposes has come at the expense of those employees who hold opinions different from his own, reports have revealed.

Many of the progressive policies championed by the company, once an iconic brand of rugged individualism, are out of step with many of its consumers. Bergh, for example, working with the liberal group Everytown for Gun Safety, led the charge for stricter gun control in the United States.

Levi’s signed a “We Stand For Democracy” advertisement that ran in the New York Times attacking popular election integrity measures, while Bergh called election integrity laws such as Georgia’s “racist” and “a step backwards.” Bergh also stated that Levi’s would work with legislatures to “make sure that these restrictive laws don’t go into place.”

The San Francisco-based company was reportedly “nothing but supportive” of former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s controversial national anthem protests.

Even as Levi’s, under Bergh’s leadership, pushed “woke” politics, the company opened itself up to charges of hypocrisy by engaging in business around the world that were anything but woke. Rather than stand up to China’s repressive Chinese regime, Bergh doubled down, calling China one of his top priorities. Levi’s pulled manufacturing from China in the 1990s only to return for the low-wage labor.

Despite publicizing its “green” climate priorities, Levi Strauss & Co. stands accused of complicity in environmental calamities. Greenpeace said that two Mexican factories supplying Levi’s were dumping toxic chemicals into the environment, while environmental activist group Stand.earth named Levi’s “Public Enemy No. 1” in the group’s war on climate change.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: commies; levis
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Just in case ya didn't know. Levis has been on our "no buy" list for decades.
1 posted on 04/27/2022 9:05:42 AM PDT by rktman
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If you must have Levis, buy them from a Goodwill, Salvation Army Store, or Church/Charity Thrift store. That way Levis doesn’t get any benefit at all...................


2 posted on 04/27/2022 9:08:45 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Still a firm no.


3 posted on 04/27/2022 9:09:42 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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We used to like the product but haven’t bought from Levis in over a decade because of the leftist BS.


4 posted on 04/27/2022 9:09:53 AM PDT by 230FMJ (...from my cold,them to be. dead, fingers.)
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Someone gave me a pair of 501’s last October. Nice pants. Well made and very soft.

My chickens love laying their eggs in it and the chicken crap easily washes out with a hose.


5 posted on 04/27/2022 9:10:23 AM PDT by MercyFlush (The Soviet Empire is right now doing a dead cat bounce.)
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“Just in case ya didn’t know. Levis has been on our “no buy” list for decades.”

Yep. Over 20 years for me, and it’s a shame. Nothing fits or feels like Levis to me.


6 posted on 04/27/2022 9:11:13 AM PDT by suthener ( )
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You can always cut the waistband label and the little red tag off.................


7 posted on 04/27/2022 9:11:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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yeah- for me it was when i learned they were led by fools who are anti-2nd. After that i stopped buying them. Good durable jeans. Kind of pricy, but i no longer fund the commie leftists.


8 posted on 04/27/2022 9:17:10 AM PDT by NicoDon
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Common knowledge for over 20 years. Far Left, pro faggot jeans.


9 posted on 04/27/2022 9:18:22 AM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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Yep. First company I can recall that I actually used that turned so anti-2nd I couldn’t use them anymore. That’s been a long time now.


10 posted on 04/27/2022 9:21:15 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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11 posted on 04/27/2022 9:21:36 AM PDT by Pollard (Who stole my tagline?)
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Yep - don’t buy. Don’t “boycott” - just eliminate this stuff from your life.

Off brand dollar store jeans are just as high of quality - you are only paying for the brand name with Levi’s and that’s worthless when it comes right down to it.


12 posted on 04/27/2022 9:24:37 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: rktman

Carhartt went woke too.


13 posted on 04/27/2022 9:25:35 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: Red Badger

Not a bad idea...then remove the label if you can so you don’t advertise the company.


14 posted on 04/27/2022 9:25:56 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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I DO...................


15 posted on 04/27/2022 9:27:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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I had a job interview with Levi’s in 1997 and they were the same way even back then.


16 posted on 04/27/2022 9:27:36 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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I haven’t bought levi’s in 25 yrs. Gun grabbing scum.


17 posted on 04/27/2022 9:28:27 AM PDT by sarge83
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I quit buying Levis when I was 16 or 17 because the quality dropped. Last year, I bought my last Carhartts because quality went to heck. I am 76; this crap is not new.


18 posted on 04/27/2022 9:31:29 AM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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I bought 5 pairs online, simply because I couldn’t find my inseam, locally.
Plus they were about $20 each. And dress pants- I can’t find them smaller than a 29” inseam. I’m 27”. I am definitely gonna look around some more…


19 posted on 04/27/2022 9:32:00 AM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: rktman

business leaders “have a responsibility” to create change.


That is called the fashion industry.

I dated a gal in home ec once. She asked me if I knew why emerald green was the popular color that fall. She told me that was decided by a committee 4 years ago and dye industry, cloths, marketing and everyone else got on board.

Unfortunately, EVERYTHING is a fashion industry now. including govt.


20 posted on 04/27/2022 9:32:51 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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