SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/19/tech/north-face-facebook-ads/index.html:
Outdoor apparel brand The North Face has become the best-known company yet to commit to an advertising boycott of Facebook in light of the social media platform's handling of misinformation and hate speech — a move that could open the door for other brands to do the same.
The brand's decision responds to a pressure campaign by top civil rights groups, including the NAACP and the Anti-Defamation League, known as #StopHateForProfit, which on Wednesday began calling for advertisers to suspend their marketing on Facebook in the month of July.
"We're in," The North Face tweeted. "We're out @Facebook #StopHateForProfit."
Hours later, outdoor equipment retailer REI said it will join the boycott.
[...] The activists demanding change face an enormously ambitious task. Facebook is the second-largest player in US digital marketing after Google, and last year generated $69.7 billion from advertising worldwide.
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @02:17AM (4 children)
I don't care about how black people see anything. Or what they feel about anything. Not anymore. I used to, but not anymore. Leftists either. Or even the useless right. I'm tired of the whole damn mess.
I'll start to care again once the statues that have been torn down are put back up. Maybe. I hope I'll still retain the capacity.
Yes, this is not a calm reaction, nor is it a deliberative assessment of the matter. Many of us have been doing that for decades, and it hasn't helped a damn thing. So now, it's just fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you. That's all anyone's ever said to me, and now I'm throwing it right back in all your damn faces. Fuck you fuck you fuck you.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @02:25AM
Fucking racist. I say we burn his battle flag!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @02:53AM
The irony is that for someone who doesn't care how what anyone else thinks or how they feel, you sure want us to care what you think and how you feel.
I have no problem listening to the concerns of black people. I also have no problem listening to people who see the rebel flag as a symbol of southern pride but don't associate it with bigotry. However, I see little value in hearing the views of people who have no interest in also listening to others.
I disagree with the AC who called you a racist. That's totally uncalled for. You are, however, being extremely selfish.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday June 23 2020, @09:35PM
Yep, those are DEFINITELY the words of somebody who doesn't care...
Triggered much?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @08:11AM
Many statues have fallen through the ages because they are always in public areas and they represent a certain portion of history. Confederate statues may have more meaning than simply Racism and Slavery as the core values, but putting them on public display is inappropriate. Museums are where you store history.
"I don't care about how black people see anything . . | . . Leftists either."
[[[...|...]]]
"I'll start to care again once the statues that have been torn down are put back up. Maybe."
Statues that represent racial oppression. No, those are inappropriate for public squares unless educating about the inhumane values the statue represented. Genocide is not celebrated.
PS: sorry your family doesn't like you, bigotry has social costs by definition