Boycott NIKE!

gwb-trading said:
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Really, so you want Nike to use dead soldiers in their ads? WTF is wrong with you?
 
newwurldmn said:
That is also a problem but it’s not the same.

the government is supposed to protect its citizens... cops killing blacks (and the whole situation is a lot more complicated that I’m making it) is exactly the opposite of that. Certain citizens are being harmed and society looks the other way when the officers are acquitted.

Btw - you see all the racists posts by AAA. That’s the real framing of this. It’s not patriotism. It is a racial issue: Freedom of speech when it’s neo-nazis and anti-patriotism when it’s blacks.
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Absolutely and completely.
 
Nike appreciates your concerns, but I think they will be just fine...

"Nearly two-thirds of individuals who wear Nike in the United States are under 35 years old, and are much more racially diverse than the baby boomer population, said Matt Powell, a sports industry analyst at the NPD Group." Let's not forget the free advertising they are getting or the fact that a growing number of sales are overseas where they have a whole empty bucket of fucks to give. (just look at the soccer shirts in Europe sponsored by Nike and sold in the millions).

The boycott is barely a drop in the bucket and plenty of people were destroying Nike gear already paid for. Moreover any localized boycott simply hurts the stores selling the licensed gear, not NIKE.
 
newwurldmn said:
There are rules about modifying your uniform. This is because it can affect the sponsorship dollars that the NFL brand earns. There was no rule about standing for the anthem. Now the issue has become larger that it's not easy to put one in place. If there were a rule about standing for the anthem then Kap would have been violating it.

Speaking of disgrace, how do you feel when American's brandishing the Confederate flag (the nation who attempted to destroy America) or the Nazi flag (a foreign government)? Is your vitriol the same as blacks who kneel?
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Yes, the NFL knows all about things that affect sponsorship dollars. And yes there are rules, social rules about standing for the Flag and the National Anthem. If Kneeling wasn't against protocol, it wouldn't be much of a protest would it?


Title 36, Subtitle I, Part A section 301 United States Code – National Anthem
(a) Designation.— The composition consisting of the words and music known as the Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem.
(b) Conduct During Playing.— During a rendition of the national anthem—

  • (1) when the flag is displayed—
(A) individuals in uniform should give the military salute at the first note of the anthem and maintain that position until the last note;
(B) members of the Armed Forces and veterans who are present but not in uniform may render the military salute in the manner provided for individuals in uniform; and
(C) all other persons present should face the flag and stand at attention with their right hand over the heart, and men not in uniform, if applicable, should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart; and

  • (2) when the flag is not displayed, all present should face toward the music and act in the same manner they would if the flag were displayed.
Also,

"The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing."

The Flag code also addresses other aspects of your whataboutisms, wearing the flag, improper displays etc. I'd imagine those who do it are negligent.

https://www.legion.org/flag/code

I don't own a confederate flag, and I'm not sure what you mean by a nazi flag, a swastika?

The discussion here regards the proper conduct and respect towards the Amercian Flag. Regardless of your personal protests, kneeling during the National Anthem is not patriotic, it's disgraceful.
 
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