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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]So if you are pro-life and you have a choice between two products that are otherwise equal, but one CEO and corporate foundation supports PP and the other supports the Church of Save Fetuses, and you don't care which one you buy, that is on you. [/quote]

Here's the thing....sure I might buy the product from one CEO over another....BUT...there's a huge difference between respectfully choosing to buy one product over another and what's going on with the GOYA boycott....the GOYA boycott has crossed the line into purposefully defaming the CEO and GOYA brand over a very petty thing such as the CEO supporting POTUS.

You are probably the person who thinks it's ok to cut ties with friends/family members who support POTUS. Whatever happened to respecting everyone's differing political views/affiliation? It's the same as respecting respecting everyone's religious views. [/quote]

Why is this different than boycotting Chick-Fil-A because the CEO supports organizations that object to and fought gay marriage rights and LGBTQ rights?  Or boycotting Hobby Lobby because they use religious objections to restrict the company provided health insurance from covering contraception to their female employees, or boycotting Home Depot because the co-Founder has provided a lot of donations to the Trump reelection campaign, boycotting Papa John after the CEO made racist remarks and used the N-word talking about NFL football players and so on?

CEO's, corporate founders and other senior corporate officers need to realize that when the are in prominent positions, they are the face of the company they represent.  They need to be cautious about statements or actions that take political stances or show political support for controversial subjects and realize in a capitalist society, that there will be people who disagree with political statements and actions who will vote with their dollars.  You may or may not agree with these people, but they have a right to control how they spend their dollars and to choose not to support organizations that have positions that are different from their customers and consumers.

[b]Mr. Unanue could have easily thanked the President for certain actions that benefitted his company.  But to blanket praise a leader with the comment  "We're all truly blessed at the same time to have a leader like President Trump, who is a builder."[/b] when said leader has been responsible for horrible anti-Hispanic rhetoric and policies that directly affect a large portion of his customers, is just plain insensitive.  And if you chooses to say such things and to defend such statements, then, he should not be surprised to see his family business profits change as his customers choose not to purchase his company's products over such an insensitive position.  [/quote]

You are insane.  Just admit - if he had merely thanked Trump for "certain actions that benefitted his company," the reaction from partisan nut jobs like yourself would have been exactly the same.  For you, the only acceptable action would have been for Unanue to not even set foot in the Trump White House.

I'm beyond glad Unanue is able to think for himself and doesn't feel pressure from the left to behave in a certain way.  His business will be just fine because most Americans are sane, normal human beings.
-DP[/quote]

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