Posted on 09/04/2018 8:55:53 AM PDT by ETL
Nike’s announcement Monday it would make Colin Kaepernick the face of its “Just Do It” campaign sparked a firestorm on social media -- and literal fires, too.
Some social media users took to Twitter to showcase their frustrations. Videos and photos showed fans completely destroying their Nike-branded apparel, with some going as far as letting the gear go up in flames.
“First the @NFL forces me to choose between my favorite sport and my country,” Twitter user Sean Clancy wrote. “I chose country. Then @Nike forces me to choose between my favorite shoes and my country.
Since when did the American Flag and the National Anthem become offensive?”
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“'History!' Kaepernick wrote on Instagram Oct. 15 [2015], when he marked 50 years since the Black Panther Party was founded.
Kaepernick has posted 170 photos or videos on his Instagram account in the four years since he created it. Most of his first 128 posts were pics of him in football gear, publicity photos or shots taken with friends.
But 31 of his last 42 posts have strong social justice connotations, often featuring quotes from radical Nation of Islam leader [communist] Malcolm X, Black Panthers founder Huey Newton and cop killer Assata Shakur [aka, communist-revolutionary JoAnne Chesimard]
During a Sunday news conference about the flag flap, Kaepernick dressed in a black hat with a large, white “X” and a T-shirt that featured photos of Cuban despot Fidel Castro and Malcolm X.”
http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/08/30/kaepernick-social-media-posts-laud-black-lives-matter-black-panthers-since-dating-activist-dj.html
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Here's a close up of the jerk's shirt. It reads "Like Minds Think Alike" (Fidel Castro and black radical/communist Malcolm X)
“With the 49ers visiting the Dolphins this week, San Francisco’s Colin Kaepernick engaged in a conference call with members of the South Florida media. However, one reporter wanted to discuss something that happened in August, when Kaepernick wore a shirt that appeared to show support for Fidel Castro, which led to a tense exchange.
The shirt depicted scenes from a 1960 meeting between Castro and Malcolm X, and it bore the phrase, “Like minds think alike.” Kaepernick wore it to a news conference after the 49ers’ third preseason game, which was when his refusal to stand during the national anthem became a major national story.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/11/24/colin-kaepernick-grilled-by-miami-dolphins-reporter-over-fidel-castro-shirt/?utm_term=.1db56249b83a
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From the Maoist Internationist Movement:
[1960s/original] Black Panther Party [BPP] Archives
From the article: REVOLUTIONARY HEROES
"On May 1st, May Day [1969], the day of the gigantic Free Huey [Newton] rally, two of Alioto's top executioners vamped on the brothers from the Brown Community who were attending to their own affairs. These brothers, who are endowed with the revolutionary spirit of the Black Panther Party defended themselves from the racist pig gestapo [the police].
Pig Joseph Brodnik received his just reward with a big hole in the chest. Pig Paul McGoran got his in the mouth which was not quite enough to off him.
The revolutionary brothers escaped the huge swarm of pigs with dogs, mace, tanks and helicopters, proving once again that "the spirit of the people is greater than the man's technology."
To these brothers the revolutionary people of racist America want to say, by your revolutionary deed you are heroes, and that you are always welcome to our camp."
Source: Maoist Internationist Movement
Article: REVOLUTIONARY HEROS (May 11, 1969)
http://web.archive.org/web/20060717050055/http://www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/bpp/index.html
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“'History!' Kaepernick wrote on Instagram Oct. 15 [2015], when he marked 50 years since the Black Panther Party was founded.
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"Huey Percy Newton (February 17, 1942 – August 22, 1989) was an African-American political activist and revolutionary who, along with Bobby Seale, co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1966. He continued to pursue an education, eventually earning a Ph.D. in social philosophy.[1][2] In 1989 he was shot and killed in Oakland, California. ..."
"As a student at Merritt College in Oakland, Newton became involved in politics in the Bay Area. He joined the Afro-American Association (AAA), became a prominent member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity, Beta Tau chapter; and played a role in getting the first African-American history course adopted as part of the college's curriculum.
He read the works of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Frantz Fanon, Malcolm X, Mao Zedong, Émile Durkheim, and Che Guevara.
During his time at Merritt College, he met Bobby Seale, and the two organized the Black Panther Party for Self Defense in October 1966.[3]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_P._Newton
Backup link:
https://web.archive.org/web/20171125112853/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_P._Newton
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Below are the names and photos of 35 Police Officers who were murdered by the Black Panthers and the subsequent Black Liberation Army in the 60s, 70s and 80s [click link for list and details].
The Black Liberation Army was an organization that grew out of the Black Panther Party, composed of former Black Panther Party members, operating from about 1971-1980. Another two police officers on the list were murdered by the Weather Underground, a domestic terrorist group with ties to the Black Liberation Army.
Despite this readily available information, today the internet was full of articles criticizing those who were upset by Beyonce’s Super Bowl Halftime performance, and questioning how anyone could be upset over a woman “affirming her blackness.” Their analysis couldn’t have been more off.
We have no issues with someone “affirming their blackness” or any other identity they want to affirm. We do take issue when people pay homage to a group that used terrorism and violence to promote racism and revolutionary socialism – a group that murdered dozens of police officers in cold blood.
As you scroll through the list of officers below, look at their photos and read their stories. Among these officers are black men and white men. Rookies and veterans from across the country. Most were killed in unprovoked attacks and ambushes. They all left behind families….
Perhaps Beyonce, someone from the NFL, and someone representing CBS, could read through this list and tell us if they still stand by their decision to honor the Black Panthers during the Super Bowl. Then perhaps they could explain their answers to the surviving wives and children of these fallen officers. ...”
Gino is going to be looking for a job soon. He’s going to erase 10’s of millions from Nike shareholders today.
What did Kaepernick have to sacrifice that compares with those who bled and died for his freedom?
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Beyonce and JZ in Communist Cuba...
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Below are the names and photos of 35 Police Officers who were murdered by the Black Panthers and the subsequent Black Liberation Army in the 60s, 70s and 80s [click link for list and details].
The Black Liberation Army was an organization that grew out of the Black Panther Party, composed of former Black Panther Party members, operating from about 1971-1980. Another two police officers on the list were murdered by the Weather Underground, a domestic terrorist group with ties to the Black Liberation Army.
Despite this readily available information, today the internet was full of articles criticizing those who were upset by Beyonce’s Super Bowl Halftime performance, and questioning how anyone could be upset over a woman “affirming her blackness.” Their analysis couldn’t have been more off.
We have no issues with someone “affirming their blackness” or any other identity they want to affirm. We do take issue when people pay homage to a group that used terrorism and violence to promote racism and revolutionary socialism – a group that murdered dozens of police officers in cold blood.
As you scroll through the list of officers below, look at their photos and read their stories. Among these officers are black men and white men. Rookies and veterans from across the country. Most were killed in unprovoked attacks and ambushes. They all left behind families….
Perhaps Beyonce, someone from the NFL, and someone representing CBS, could read through this list and tell us if they still stand by their decision to honor the Black Panthers during the Super Bowl. Then perhaps they could explain their answers to the surviving wives and children of these fallen officers. ...”
https://progunfighter.com/murdered-by-the-black-panthers/
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“The Professional Gunfighter is a website run by several active law enforcement / SWAT officers and firearms instructors. The purpose of this site is to share information on firearms training, maintenance, gear, and other information pertinent to law enforcement officers, or other “sheep dogs” who carry a firearm to protect innocent life.”
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I think this is an insider ‘trap’ on the board, and set to bring the value of Nike down to a level where someone could walk in and buy the company for 75-percent of the present value. It may take six to twelve months, but I think you will see the Nike brand bought by someone in 2019, and the amount will surprise most because of the damage done to the brand.
In fact, I might even go out on the limb and suggest that some Chinese company will be the buyer in the end.
Nike “swoosh” transitions to the “flush.”
Slightly off topic....
WHY in the HELL do prison officials here in Pennsylvania allow Mumia Abu-Jamal to do radio shows from his cell?
I don’t remember ever owning anything from Nike
Funny you say this. I was thinking that generally these campaigns get a lot of eyeballs before they get the green light.
Knights not a stupid guy, by a long shot, and he’s losing market share. Super lib University of Washington dropped them this year, and others have been following suit.
Intentionally depressing shares? Sure seems plausible, but it does prompt the ‘why’ question.
nike stock down 3% today ...
I witnessed a company (within the Defense Structure) that intentionally and falsely pumped up their contract/profit structure. It took two years but they eventually sold themselves to another company. That company woke up maybe a year later and realized that they’d been ‘tricked’ in several ways. I don’t think they wanted to admit that in public.
My wife worked for a German company that used an insider to some small company operation....to fake-talk them into buying an almost worthless company with marginal profit. Same deal.
I think in this case, it works in a reverse way...Nike will see the share price drop over six months from the $69 they stand at currently...to around $35 to $40. At that point, someone will quietly come in and attempt to buy them at their price.
It’s not an unprofitable brand or badly managed....but it’s take a serious hit and will suffer for the foreseeable future.
My guess is that two or three of their market people have been bought by some Chinese company to push this pro-Kaepernick idea, and they sold everyone on the board. These folks will quietly walk out in a month or two.
We'll see.
But why depress the price? The shareholders are going to sue. Lawsuits could hold up any deal, especially with this administration, and especially if its China behind it.
Just do it..take a knee honkies!
WTH is Nike thinking? They will see the “power of leverage” when the stock drops to worthless. Nike is a prog company that has made billions selling expensive shoes to kids that can’t afford them. They have made a huge mistake.
I don’t think anyone will be able or smart enough to figure who the real motivated party is....until the purchase suddenly erupts.
In this case, if you get the stock down to $35, with sales lagging...I think a lot of stock holders will be willing to dump their depressed stock.
Lets see in two weeks what the stock value is (today at 79.68...I’m betting on it dropping to $74. Once sales amounts get announced in early 2019, you will see another decline.
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