Nike pulls ‘Betsy Ross flag ’ sneakers after Colin Kaepernick objects - GoFuckYourself.com

OneHungLo · 07-02-2019, 07:35 AM

What in the fuck???

These people are enemies of the United States.

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Nike is pulling sneakers featuring an early American flag after former NFL football player Colin Kaepernick told the company it shouldn’t sell a shoe that he and others consider offensive, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday evening, citing people familiar with the matter.

Nike shares were falling less than 1% in premarket trading Tuesday following the news. Shares had closed Monday up nearly 2% and have rallied 15% this year, bringing the retailer’s market cap to about $134.2 billion.

Kaepernick reportedly contacted Nike officials saying he and others felt the “Betsy Ross” flag — featuring 13 stars in a circle — featured on the shoes was linked to a period of slavery. The Betsy Ross flag is one type that was flown during the American Revolution. And the shoes were set to be released in celebration of the July Fourth holiday.

But the flag’s design, which was created back in the 1770s to represent the original 13 colonies, has since been associated with white supremacy.

In 2016, for example, the superintendent of a school district in Michigan apologized after students at a predominantly white high school waved the Betsy Ross flag during a football game. At the time, a local chapter of the NAACP said the Betsy Ross flag was being appropriated by some extremist groups opposed to diversity in the U.S.

“Nike has chosen not to release the Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July as it featured an old version of the American flag,” Nike said in a statement to CNBC.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/02/nike...complains.html

celandina · 07-02-2019, 08:00 AM

PC gone off thier rocker again...

gnawledge · 07-02-2019, 08:04 AM

I'm so ashamed of the actions of these retailers. No one has the balls to just tell people to fuck off. The vast majority of people would respect companies who would say we are here to make money--either buy them or don't.

OneHungLo · 07-02-2019, 08:09 AM

American flag / constitution / founding fathers will be erased in about 50 years.

And you're right, we need to tell these people to fuck off. By bending to them you give them power.

King Mark · 07-02-2019, 08:18 AM

^roll with it or get rolled over

...2040's is coming whether you like it or not. And theres new rules around here... like not celebrating slave era symbols.

escorpio · 07-02-2019, 08:20 AM

escorpio · 07-02-2019, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Dead Eye

^roll with it or get rolled over

...2040's is coming whether you like it or not. And theres new rules around here... like not celebrating slave era symbols.

Nike is slavery.

King Mark · 07-02-2019, 08:22 AM

escorpio · 07-02-2019, 08:26 AM

escorpio · 07-02-2019, 08:31 AM

King Mark · 07-02-2019, 08:34 AM

So your point is, kap should shut up about celebrating American slavery symbolism in this tard era because china sweat shops?

And Nike using China sweat shops is bad, but trump using them is maga?

What's your point here?

beerptrol · 07-02-2019, 08:35 AM

Alt right snowflakes have a problem how a company chooses to do business

King Mark · 07-02-2019, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by beerptrol

Alt right snowflakes have a problem how a company chooses to do business

They only support freedom of speech if its racist. Anything else scares them.

escorpio · 07-02-2019, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Dead Eye

So your point is, kap should shut up about celebrating American slavery symbolism in this tard era because china sweat shops?

And Nike using China sweat shops is bad, but trump using them is maga?

What's your point here?

My point is Nike is a bullshit , fucked up company and has been for a long time. Anyone that buys their shit is a fucking sucker supporting slave labor. Paying an asshole like CK millions of dollars to whine is just icing on their exploitation cake.

escorpio · 07-02-2019, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Dead Eye

They only support freedom of speech if its racist. Anything else scares them.

What does this have to do with free speech? Nike is free to do whatever they want in regards to their products. I don't think anyone is questioning that.

King Mark · 07-02-2019, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by escorpio

My point is Nike is a bullshit , fucked up company and has been for a long time. Anyone that buys their shit is a fucking sucker supporting slave labor. Paying an asshole like CK millions of dollars to whine is just icing on their exploitation cake.

I agree. However I care about America first. Fuck china.

Kaepernick making them recall that betsy shoe is a win... according to you too, you just dont want to admit it because of his melanin... tho you proved you're against slavery too.

escorpio · 07-02-2019, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Dead Eye

I agree. However I care about America first. Fuck china.

Kaepernick making them recall that betsy shoe is a win... according to you too, you just dont want to admit it because of his melanin... tho you proved you're against slavery too.

They're going to have their PR dept. working overtime trying to spin this one into a win. This is bad publicity. If the PR team can at least mitigate the damage, they're going to get big bonuses.

escorpio · 07-02-2019, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Dead Eye

I agree. However I care about America first. Fuck china.

Kaepernick making them recall that betsy shoe is a win... according to you too, you just dont want to admit it because of his melanin... tho you proved you're against slavery too.

His melanin?

He's practically white. He reminds me of 90% of the guys I knew when I did business with NOI, mixed race dudes trying to prove how black they were by pretending to be a lot more angry at whitey than they really were.

King Mark · 07-02-2019, 09:01 AM

I agree about the noi.

That's why X converted to real Islam when he did hajj. He saw all colors together and had an awakening. Then the noi killed him for not being a "black racist" anymore. All cointelpro shit. Russian Facebook ads type shit.

You ever read his autobiography?

Bladewire · 07-02-2019, 09:02 AM

10 posts in one hour by 4 alt-right hate fake nics in this thread.

The resident GFY alt-right hate fake nic troll is triggered by free speech and also the person hood of corporations that his conservative justices erroneously ruled to be constitutional.

Blocked alt-right hate fake nic troll reply in 3.. 2.. 1...

escorpio · 07-02-2019, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Bladewire

10 posts in one hour by 4 alt-right hate fake nics in this thread.

The resident GFY alt-right hate fake nic troll is triggered by free speech and also the person hood of corporations that his conservative justices erroneously ruled to be constitutional.

Go take your meds.

escorpio · 07-02-2019, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Dead Eye

I agree about the noi.

That's why X converted to real Islam when he did hajj. He saw all colors together and had an awakening. Then the noi killed him for not being a "black racist" anymore. All cointelpro shit. Russian Facebook ads type shit.

You ever read his autobiography?

No, I never read his autobiography. I think I saw the movie way back when. I'm not shit talking NOI, they're upfront and I like that. Most of the members I have interacted with were pretty cool once you got them calmed down.

JesseQuinn · 07-02-2019, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Dead Eye

That's why X converted to real Islam when he did hajj. He saw all colors together and had an awakening

You ever read his autobiography?

one of my all time favorite quotes is from that book:

"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole"

so good

CaptainHowdy · 07-02-2019, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by JesseQuinn

one of my all time favorite quotes is from that book:

"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole"

so good

Humanity is much more complex than that . . .

brassmonkey · 07-02-2019, 12:27 PM

op you say some stupid shit! opinions and activism. it was in the slavery era. would you be mad if it had sandy hook flag with guns crossed?

CurrentlySober · 07-02-2019, 12:30 PM

i cunt a4d any shoes...

Grapesoda · 07-02-2019, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by OneHungLo

What in the fuck???

These people are enemies of the United States.

fuck white women

Grapesoda · 07-02-2019, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by brassmonkey

op you say some stupid shit! opinions and activism. it was in the slavery era. would you be mad if it had sandy hook flag with guns crossed?

news flash asshole: you was never a slave

Grapesoda · 07-02-2019, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by JesseQuinn

one of my all time favorite quotes is from that book:

"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole"

so good

humanity is the greatest natural resource on this planet. we are all exactly the same, made of the sane substance for the same reason. the only difference between us is what we say to and about each other.

Bladewire · 07-02-2019, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Dead Eye

So your point is, kap should shut up about celebrating American slavery symbolism in this tard era because china sweat shops?

That's rich coming from you, the black guy who said Gay people coming out is them "flaunting their sexuality" and you don't want to see it.

Yet a black guy flaunting his blackness is totally fine with you. then again you are a black racist who continually talks about getting revenge on whites in 2040

Bladewire · 07-02-2019, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Grapesoda

news flash asshole: you was never a slave

He never said he was a slave.

Don't post when you're high dude you really embarrass yourself I know you're used to it at this point online and in real life but there's a time in life when even people who love you will give up on a lost cause so get your shit together man

brassmonkey · 07-02-2019, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Bladewire

He never said he was a slave.

Don't post when you're high dude you really embarrass yourself I know you're used to it at this point online and in real life but there's a time in life when even people who love you will give up on a lost cause so get your shit together man

Az pulled funds to nike!

the subject is a tender matter. not long ago in jasper texas a man was killed for being black. chained to a truck and destroyed. 2 of the killers have been put to death... one more on the table.

JesseQuinn · 07-02-2019, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainHowdy

Humanity is much more complex than that . . .

in the context of the book (read it if you haven't, it's amazing) his statement is a wicked foundation for participating in the world

at every turn X used his observations and understanding of people and the systems we create (through both lived experience and books, dude was a compulsive reader) to shape his ideas, rather than try to warp his observations/experiences to fit an ideology

moving to New York profoundly changed him, Islam as in Nation of profoundly changed him and then, as DE wrote above, he changed again after his experience of the Hajj

he never let a pre-existing world view get in the way of his learning, never got stuck in ideologies or 'sides' in his quest for truth. by the time he was murdered he had developed understandings that went far deeper than alliances or slogans. truth, justice and respect for humanity as guiding principles in navigating the world

that's how I interpret his words anyway

but yeah, such a good book. in my little informal living room library it's the second most popular text I lend out. people bring it back and then hang out to talk about it, it's a really powerful read

Scott McD · 07-02-2019, 03:43 PM

Kaepernick is a cunt.

And Nike are a bunch of cunts...

brassmonkey · 07-02-2019, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Scott McD

Kaepernick is a cunt.

And Nike are a bunch of cunts...

well he will never hear you like a tree falling in a forest.

you sound like a fucking tool man. i know you hate the way he is not the violent ape idea you have in your head.

pimpmaster9000 · 07-02-2019, 04:39 PM

USA going brown = confirmed...

countdown to 2040

King Mark · 07-02-2019, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by brassmonkey

well he will never hear you like a tree falling in a forest.

you sound like a fucking tool man. i know you hate the way he is not the violent ape idea you have in your head.

I actually agree with this

escorpio · 07-03-2019, 09:15 AM

Betsy Ross flag flying high at Obama's inauguration. Nike and Kaepernick OWNED!

brassmonkey · 07-03-2019, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by escorpio

Betsy Ross flag flying high at Obama's inauguration. Nike and Kaepernick OWNED!

we are in 2019... that weed slowed you down.

escorpio · 07-03-2019, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by brassmonkey

we are in 2019... that weed slowed you down.

I'm getting old and behind the times. When exactly did it become a horrible symbol of racism and oppression?

OneHungLo · 07-03-2019, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by crucifissio

USA going brown = confirmed...

countdown to 2040

^^ See this shit Dead Eye

This is a man who with every fiber of his being hates the United States. He gloats in this because he knows it will destroy us. He is not gloating in that because it will make us great.

King Mark · 07-03-2019, 09:35 AM

^actually, he knows it's you inbreds fucking everything up around the entire planet and he's happy we putting a stop to yall soon.

Been a long time coming. It's going to be awesome.

brassmonkey · 07-03-2019, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by escorpio

I'm getting old and behind the times. When exactly did it become a horrible symbol of racism and oppression?

the was some kind of argument that came up. this was after obama. look it up. you posting that has nothing to do with this point in time.

Vendzilla · 07-03-2019, 10:06 AM

New Balance is 70% US made, I will never buy Nike

OneHungLo · 07-03-2019, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Vendzilla

New Balance is 70% US made, I will never buy Nike

Yup, their HQs are in Boston. Great company.

Bladewire · 07-03-2019, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Vendzilla

New Balance is 70% US made, I will never buy Nike

You are so 2016 - pulling the alt-right hate KKK line. You are sick

Pro-Trump white supremacists have called New Balance sneakers “the official shoes of white people”

But they don't want your dirty money

brassmonkey · 07-03-2019, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by escorpio

this is just stupid. no blame on china which allows it

huey · 07-03-2019, 10:32 AM

Triggered!

King Mark · 07-03-2019, 10:55 AM

I agree that new balance has superior quality shoes compared to nike

brassmonkey · 07-03-2019, 11:05 AM

fun facts for new balance

Verdict: Are New Balance Shoes Made in the USA?

No, not all New Balance shoes are made in America. They claim that “1 out of every 4 pairs of shoes we sell in the USA was made or assembled in American factories, by American workers.” They key phrase there: “made or assembled.” New Balance gets many of their materials overseas, including their outer soles, which are made in China.

https://allamericanreviews.com/new-balance/

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King Mark So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 27,033	So your point is, kap should shut up about celebrating American slavery symbolism in this tard era because china sweat shops? And Nike using China sweat shops is bad, but trump using them is maga? What's your point here?

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