Anonymous wrote:I don't get why the Trump supporters are so afraid of the free market. This is capitalism in action. There are market choices and people are making them. Why do Trump supporters fear capitalism?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not a fan of Trump and didn't vote for him....BUT....the boycott against GOYA foods based on the CEO simply supporting the current US President is IMHO totally wrong and actually is making me (and others) go out and buy tons of GOYA products just to support free speech!

Boycotting a company/restaurant solely because you don't agree with the CEO's political or religious views is akin to discrimination and censorship and leads to a slippery slope....

It sounds like the free market to me. Sometimes you select one product over a substantially similar one because the company does virtuous things - like adopt fair labor policies, or good environmental practices. Sometimes you reject one product over another that is substantially similar because the company does evil things, like support Trump. That's capitalism - the market speaking.

What is "virtuous" to one may not be to another.
I totally agree with the first pp here. It is the perfect example of cancel culture. And, evidence that the left's narrative about supporting Hispanics is a huge lie. Seems that just like only some black lives matter, only some Hispanics and immigrants are worthy of support......Only those who don't support the current president.
And, pp, a true free market doesn't hinge on who or what the CEO supports or what he says, unrelated to the business. A free market is truly free. Free of outrage on the part of the left because - gasp - the CEO states support of the president.

+1,000,000

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Anonymous wrote:Goya's not going anywhere.

The head said genial things when invited by 44 and did the same when invited by 45.

This outrage is ridiculous.

You’re not supposed to be genial with racists who are using their elected office to “other” many of the people in your customer base. Duh. He probably should’ve refused the invitation all together.

If so, he should also have refused the invitation to join the Deporter-in-Chief Obama and his sidekick Biden.

He went and said nice words instead because, you know, basic decency and respect for the office of POTUS.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not a fan of Trump and didn't vote for him....BUT....the boycott against GOYA foods based on the CEO simply supporting the current US President is IMHO totally wrong and actually is making me (and others) go out and buy tons of GOYA products just to support free speech!

Boycotting a company/restaurant solely because you don't agree with the CEO's political or religious views is akin to discrimination and censorship and leads to a slippery slope....

It sounds like the free market to me. Sometimes you select one product over a substantially similar one because the company does virtuous things - like adopt fair labor policies, or good environmental practices. Sometimes you reject one product over another that is substantially similar because the company does evil things, like support Trump. That's capitalism - the market speaking.

What is "virtuous" to one may not be to another.
I totally agree with the first pp here. It is the perfect example of cancel culture. And, evidence that the left's narrative about supporting Hispanics is a huge lie. Seems that just like only some black lives matter, only some Hispanics and immigrants are worthy of support......Only those who don't support the current president.
And, pp, a true free market doesn't hinge on who or what the CEO supports or what he says, unrelated to the business. A free market is truly free. Free of outrage on the part of the left because - gasp - the CEO states support of the president.

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Anonymous wrote:My family are new consumers of Goya products. Went to the local grocery store a few days ago - they were nearly sold out. And, we live in a rural area with few Hispanics.
I bought some rice and beans and it was delicious. Will continue to buy Goya.

Saw this yesterday.....

Sure you will.

Pray tell: what did you make with your two cans of garbanzo beans?

Hummus.

Great! Good choice. Guess you'll be eating a LOT of hummus from now on if you intend to overcome the boycott.

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That's ridiculous. "Cancel culture" is a very new fad from the last year or two. Boycotting companies that support different political issues has been around for decades, long before the Internet was ever a thing.

In the 1980's Coca-Cola was the target of a major boycott due to their financial support of the white South African government and their apartheid system.
In the 1990's Mitsubishi was the target of a major boycott due to the deforestation of the rainforests.
Late 1990's to 2000's, there was a massive boycott of Thailand and Thai products due to the prostitution of Thai children.

And there are even corporate boycotts that go way earlier than that.

I wouldn't compare those boycotts to the GOYA one. The GOYA boycott is simply because the CEO supported POTUS, which I would never equate with supporting apartheid/discrimination, deforestation, or child prostitution.

Jeffrey Epstein’s ghost says, hold on a minute.

OMG. Crazy people have entered the thread. Or maybe they were here all along...

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Anonymous wrote:Goya's not going anywhere.

The head said genial things when invited by 44 and did the same when invited by 45.

This outrage is ridiculous.

THIS. Some people live for outrage and find it even where it doesn't exist. Exhausting.

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Anonymous wrote:Goya's not going anywhere.

The head said genial things when invited by 44 and did the same when invited by 45.

This outrage is ridiculous.

You’re not supposed to be genial with racists who are using their elected office to “other” many of the people in your customer base. Duh. He probably should’ve refused the invitation all together.

If so, he should also have refused the invitation to join the Deporter-in-Chief Obama and his sidekick Biden.

He went and said nice words instead because, you know, basic decency and respect for the office of POTUS.

So all hispanics are illegals? What a bunch of racist crap.

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Anonymous wrote:Goya's not going anywhere.

The head said genial things when invited by 44 and did the same when invited by 45.

This outrage is ridiculous.

You’re not supposed to be genial with racists who are using their elected office to “other” many of the people in your customer base. Duh. He probably should’ve refused the invitation all together.

If so, he should also have refused the invitation to join the Deporter-in-Chief Obama and his sidekick Biden.

He went and said nice words instead because, you know, basic decency and respect for the office of POTUS.

Anonymous wrote:Goya's not going anywhere.

The head said genial things when invited by 44 and did the same when invited by 45.

This outrage is ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:Well, I am boycotting them and any company that supports trump. Not that it makes that much difference to the companies but I feel better.

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That's ridiculous. "Cancel culture" is a very new fad from the last year or two. Boycotting companies that support different political issues has been around for decades, long before the Internet was ever a thing.

In the 1980's Coca-Cola was the target of a major boycott due to their financial support of the white South African government and their apartheid system.
In the 1990's Mitsubishi was the target of a major boycott due to the deforestation of the rainforests.
Late 1990's to 2000's, there was a massive boycott of Thailand and Thai products due to the prostitution of Thai children.

And there are even corporate boycotts that go way earlier than that.

I wouldn't compare those boycotts to the GOYA one. The GOYA boycott is simply because the CEO supported POTUS, which I would never equate with supporting apartheid/discrimination, deforestation, or child prostitution.

Jeffrey Epstein’s ghost says, hold on a minute.

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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.

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.

135k dead Americans would say it's not so petty, if they weren't dead

Just curious... you folks always feel the need to make statements like these.
Did you make similar statements about the hundreds of thousands of deaths from the flu under Obama?

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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.

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.