Left-Wing Activists & LGBT Bars Call For Their Own Boycott Of Anheuser-Busch Products

[Blue Horseshoe 348]

Left-Wing Activists Furious At Bud Light For Backing Away From Mulvaney, Call For A Boycott Of Their Own

.....The brand partnership between Bud Light and social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney appears to have alienated both conservatives and leftists as members of the latter group criticize the brand for halfheartedly recanting support for the self-described transgender social media star....Executives for the beverage firm have offered vague apologies, downplayed the extent of the campaign, and even hired veteran...lobbyists in various attempts to win back disgruntled conservatives.....attempts to back away from Mulvaney, on the other hand, appear to have angered members of the LGBTQ movement, who are now demanding that Anheuser-Busch support the ideology or face another boycott effort from the other side of the political spectrum.....

....Jay Brown, a senior vice president at the Human Rights Campaign, wrote a letter to Anheuser-Busch last week asking the firm to release a statement explicitly supporting Mulvaney and to implement transgender inclusion training for executives. “In this moment, it is absolutely critical for Anheuser-Busch to stand in solidarity with Dylan and the trans community....However, when faced with anti-LGBTQ+ and transphobic criticism, Anheuser-Busch’s actions demonstrate a profound lack of fortitude in upholding its values of diversity, equity, and inclusion....”

....Stacy Lentz, a co-owner of the Stonewall Inn, widely considered the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ political movement, said in an interview with Newsweek that Anheuser-Busch had “missed an opportunity to stand by their commitment to the trans community by pandering to and giving into transphobic outcries.” She predicted that “as a brand they will be extinct in a few years if they are not fully on the side of equality,” citing the left-wing values broadly held by young Americans.....John Casey, a contributor with The Advocate and a public relations executive, meanwhile wrote in an opinion piece for the LGBTQ publication that Anheuser-Busch “poured alcohol all over an extremist’s fire” rather than rising “to the defense of a transgender woman” and defending “a noble campaign that sought to reflect acceptance.....Maybe the worst thing the company did was leave Mulvaney all alone, twisting in the wind, abandoning any kind of defense of her. That is an utterly repugnant reflection of the brand.....It’s not Kid Rock and Ted Nugent who should be boycotting Bud Light. It should be us.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/left-wing-activists-furious-at-bud-light-for-backing-away-from-mulvaney-call-for-a-boycott-of-their-own

 

“We need to clarify the facts that this was one can, one influencer, one post and not a campaign...”  - Michel Doukeris, Anheuser-Busch

 

 

 

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There is a different thread talking about Conservatives and/or Republicans staging a mass boycott of Bud Light and/or Anheuser-Busch products. 

But the situation has spiraled completely out of control, now the radical left, Team Blue activists and the many elements of the LGBT community are ALSO calling for a mass boycott of Anheuser-Busch products as well. 

This thread will be dedicated and focused on the latter, as there is a broad range of discussion here just from this side of the issue. The core argument being that AB and it's marketing department helped to promote an "influencer", which implicitly denotes their support of that person, their brand and their platform. I can see how AB is now caught in a pretty complex pickle of a situation here, but it would be a fair statement to say that if you endorse someone with your products, you are also endorsing their platform and ideologies and you should actually commit to that decision in the first place. 

Is the LGBT community completely right here? I think that's up for each person to decide for themselves. I will say, in my viewpoint, is that they actually have a point. Should it go to the extent of a full boycott that creates a "fingercuffs" effect here? Again, that's up for each person to decide on their own. You can be right about something and still some have some of your smaller points be wrong. And you can be wrong about something and still have some of your points actually be right in principle. 

Just because someone doesn't like you doesn't automatically mean you are wrong in absolute terms. And it doesn't discount the issue that you might still have some fair points to make. 

I don't like when the radical left does it, and they do it nearly all the time. So I don't want to do it here as well. But this scandal and controversy has now evolved into a far more complex situation. This thread is dedicated to the radical left, left wing activists and Team Blue's level of displeasure at Anheuser-Busch. 

 

[Blue Horseshoe 348]

 

Anheuser-Busch CEO shifts blame on Bud Light Dylan Mulvaney ads: ‘Not a formal campaign’

“We need to clarify the facts that this was one can, one influencer, one post and not a campaign,” Michel Doukeris told investors during an earnings call....Doukeris went on to decry the “misinformation” spread on social media after Mulvaney last month posted a photo with a Bud Light while in a bathtub on TikTok to her more than 10 million followers....During the week ended April 22 — the most recent industry data available — Bud Light sales plunged 21% vs. a year ago, accelerating from a 17% slide a week earlier and an initial weekly drop of 6% when the controversy kicked off during the first week of April, according to Nielsen IQ and Bump Williams Consulting.....

Doukeris said the company was “providing direct financial support” to delivery drivers, wholesalers, and bar owners who were impacted by the backlash.....“We will continue to learn, meet the moment in time, all be stronger and we work tirelessly to do what we do best: Bring people together over a beer and creating a future of more cheers,” ....The controversy also prompted Bud Light to place two marketing executives — Alissa Heinerscheid, the vice president of marketing, and her boss, Daniel Blake — on leave....

https://nypost.com/2023/05/04/anheuser-busch-ceo-disavows-bud-light-dylan-mulvaney-ads/

 

LGBTQ activists pour out Anheuser-Busch beers outside Stonewall Inn

.....GREENWICH VILLAGE, Manhattan (WABC) -- LGBT activists poured out cases of Anheuser-Busch beers into the gutter outside of the historic Stonewall Inn Wednesday in protest over the company's donations to certain lawmakers.....Stonewall co-owner Stacy Lentz says that since 2015, the company has given more than $35,000 to politicians who have supported bills that are clearly anti-transgender youth.....As a result, the company's products will be banned at the Stonewall until it stops donating to these legislators......"You can't say that you support the LGBT community in one breath and then donate to people who are against us in the other breath," Lentz said. "It's not right, and we at the Stonewall Inn had to take a stand on behalf of our community....."

.....Through its nonprofit arm, The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative, Stonewall recently launched the Safe Spaces program, which identifies and certifies entertainment venues, food and beverage locations, stores, businesses, and other public venues as Safe Spaces for LGBTQ people.....Anheuser-Busch released a statement in response to the protest....."Our company and our brands are focused on making a positive and lasting impact when it comes to issues of equality....We're proud of our 22-year partnership with GLAAD, an organization working to shape the narrative and encourage dialogue around LGBTQ+ acceptance, and we are proud to have received a perfect 100% score from the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index for LGBTQ Equality. We support candidates that support the beer industry and the millions of jobs that it creates."

https://abc7ny.com/stonewall-inn-anheuser-busch-protest-lgbtq/10824281/

 

 

 

[Blue Horseshoe 348]

Bud Light Joins Forces With The NGLCC To Support Local LGBTQ+ Businesses Across The Country

NEW YORK, NY – May 24, 2022 – Today, Bud Light is excited to announce a new partnership with the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) , the exclusive certifying body of LGBT-owned businesses. As the country continues to reopen, Bud Light will support and use its reach to amplify LGBTQ+ businesses, showing the important role they play in local communities every day. For Bud Light, this partnership builds on over 20 years of support of the LGBTQ+ community through various organizations and activations.....“When we first brought Bud Light into the market in 1982, we set out to introduce a beer that would not only disrupt the beer category but was brewed for everyone,” said Alissa Heinerscheid, Vice President of Marketing for Bud Light Blue. “We’re excited to continue supporting the LGBTQ+ community – this year in the form of a new partnership with the NGLCC which will help promote LGBTQ+ businesses across the country that bring people together....”

To support the NGLCC, Bud Light will donate $200,000 which will go towards the NGLCC’s Communities of Color Initiative (CoCi). The initiative is designed to support LGBTQ+ business owners of Color in their development, including underwriting certification as an LGBT Business Enterprise as well as scholarships to the NGLCC International Business and Leadership Conference...... A portion of the funds will also be used to support.....an educational series developed to bring next level leadership skills to state and local LGBTQ+ chamber leaders to aid in their efforts supporting LGBTQ+ businesses locally......Bud Light will also bring its popular Rainbow aluminum bottles to the market which over the years have become a symbol of June Pride Month celebrations across the country. In addition, in select markets Bud Light will be donating paid media inventory to highlight local LGBTQ+ businesses to increase visibility of these destinations that bring members of the community together.....

....Led by Bud Light, Anheuser-Busch has a strong track record of industry leadership in supporting the LGBTQ+ community. Over the past 20 years Anheuser-Busch has contributed more than $13 million to local and national non-profit organizations that are committed to advocating for LGBTQ+ equality.....This year’s special edition Bud Light Rainbow aluminum bottles go on sale across the country beginning May 30 and will be sold throughout the month of June across the country....

https://www.anheuser-busch.com/newsroom/bud-light-joins-forces-with-nglcc

 

Rather than defend its partnership with trans activist Dylan Mulvaney, Anheuser-Busch's CEO poured alcohol all over an extremist's fire.

As a longtime PR veteran, I have always been skeptical about brands engaging social media stars for ads, social posts, or campaigns....In this situation, the theory of a social influencer damaging the reputation of a brand was turned upside down. It was Mulvaney who turned out to be too good for Budweiser after the beer behemoth refused to defend Mulvaney from a deluge of vitriol leveled against her.....All hell broke loose for Budweiser and for the innocent Mulvaney. Anti-trans invective continues to be directed at Mulvaney. Digital videos of transphobes ridding themselves of Bud Light started popping up on social media, along with threatening messages directed at the trans community. These narrow-minded beer drinkers called for a boycott of Bud Light....

....The decision for Bud Light to associate itself with Mulvaney was a good, gutsy call for a brand wanting to reach a younger, more open-minded audience. In this case, Mulvaney was a brilliant choice, and the decision showed a stodgy old brand embracing love and acceptance. The CMO of Bud Light recently said, paraphrasing here, that the company needed to veer away from a stale brand image...Bud Light was getting massive PR for its partnership with Mulvaney, and initially, it probably met expectations of engaging a younger demographic....

....Now comes Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth, who couldn't leave well enough alone..... "We never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people. We are in the business of bringing people together over a beer.”....Whitworth's statement was indefensible, and it exacerbates the disgust for trans people....Remember that special beer can sent to Mulvaney with her picture on it to celebrate her womanhood? Of course you don't, because the right wing took over the conversation, and rather than let it die out, Anheuser-Busch and Whitworth and their lily-white ad have turned it into a bar crawl of misanthropes gone wrong. Rather than come to the defense of a transgender woman, rather than defend a noble campaign that sought to reflect acceptance, and rather than let the campaign with Mulvaney speak for itself, Anheuser-Busch poured alcohol all over an extremist's fire, and that will continue to singe our community.....Maybe the worst thing the company did was leave Mulvaney all alone, twisting in the wind, abandoning any kind of defense of her. That is an utterly repugnant reflection of the brand. Anheuser-Busch, weakly, did not stand up against hate.....

https://www.advocate.com/voices/budweiser-boycott-dylan-mulvaney

[Blue Horseshoe 348]

 

 

Should Alissa Heinerscheid have been put on "leave" for this controversy/scandal? 

Do I think she's good at marketing? No

Does she seem like another entitled sheltered Ivy League tone deaf zealot? Yes

Do I think this plan to infuse the LGBT community as such into Bud Light was a good idea? No, in so much as it's just better to avoid politics altogether from a business standpoint

Can I understand Anheuser-Busch essentially making "donations" to multiple causes and groups on both sides of the spectrum to essentially buy influence like any other major brand and company and wanted to ride the middle ground just to facilitate the public policy/public administration related pathway to profits? Yes

Can I understand Anheuser-Busch wanting to do some kind of internal damage control from 2022 when some elements of the LGBT community were attempting to run purity tests on them for donating essentially to Conservative and/or Republican platforms or campaigns? Yes

But here's the thing. AB hired a young wokester and she gave them exactly that. Woke. For AB HQ to say they had no idea about any of this is just plain disingenuous. 

AB played stupid games. And they won stupid prizes. Now, with the radical left trying to cancel them, they are being "fingercuffed" as a business. But as bizarre as this sounds, Alissa Heinerscheid likely gave the company the productive output that was in line with her clear views, ideology and approach. They got exactly what they hired. So in those terms, how exactly is that worthy of being "put on leave"? 

If a bank hires an ex-con known for stealing money from all their previous workplaces, and then that ex-con runs off with a big bag of money and disappears, sure the ex-con is still a criminal, but who is responsible for hiring that thief? 

Can I blame a zealot for being bad at their job? Yes

Can I blame a zealot for being in a critical impactful position in the first place, through being hired via multiple levels of process/administration/logistics, to possibly inflict this much damage onto a company?  So I can't say I can really blame Alissa Heinerscheid for this part of it. 

[weepaws 3,157]

Lol, foolishness and even more foolishness.  

[wiffleball 4,788]

Gee, that'll be a problem. If it weren't for the fact that the only thing those guys drink is white claw. 

[jonmx 2,424]

Budweiser needs to change their morro from King of Beers to King of Queers. 

[thegeneral 2,909]

9 hours ago, wiffleball said:

Gee, that'll be a problem. If it weren't for the fact that the only thing those guys drink is white claw. 

White Claw or Bud Light is a pretty hard choice.

[DonS 3,292]

5 hours ago, jonmx said:

Budweiser needs to change their morro from King of Beers to King of Queers. 

GTFO with your gendered hate speech!!!  They are now the Ruling Person of Queers.

[Voltaire 5,197]

Either that or Queen of Beers.

[KSB2424 3,148]

Dear sports, beer, most all corporations. Stay out of culture wars and politics.  Sell your products based on if it tastes good, has great content or performs as you sell it to do. 

9 times out of 10 they hire some Woke MBA Executive out of an elite University who has no real world experience but wants to make a statement.  

[listen2me 23 1,825]

Im sure those in the other thread who hoot and hollared for 40 pages will really light this thread up.  

[DonS 3,292]

I have the perfect solution for AB to make amends with both sides:

Acknowledge their failed marketing scheme that started this mess - rather than the lame claim that it wasn't marketing - and recreate the drinking BL in a bubble bath using 2 hot lesbians.

BOOM!  With one fell swoop it includes the LGBTQ community while appealing to the "fratty" hetero male crowd.

This VP of marketing job seems pretty easy.  Too bad that chick blew it. 

[Blue Horseshoe 348]

Anheuser-Busch blames 'third party ad agency' for Dylan Mulvaney partnership, cuts ties amid marketing shakeup

.....Bud Light's parent company Anheuser-Busch is reportedly blaming a "third-party ad agency" for the brand's partnership with Dylan Mulvaney that prompted nationwide boycotts and cost them roughly $5 billion in losses. In an attempt to distance from the deepening backlash, Anheuser-Busch has reportedly told U.S. beer distributors that it cut ties with the "third-party ad agency" responsible for the Mulvaney collaboration in an effort to make amends with vendors weary over the brand's tarnished reputation, according to a source cited by the New York Post. 

The brewing giant reportedly sent a letter to hesitant distributors saying it has fired the marketing firm responsible for the polarizing sponsorship which began last month when Mulvaney, a transgender TikTok influencer, revealed that she was sent a can of Bud Light with her face printed on it as part of an ad for the beer company’s March Madness contest and as a way to celebrate a full year of "girlhood."...In the letter, Anheuser-Busch reportedly claimed that the beer can at the center of the controversy with Mulvaney’s face was not produced by the Belgian-based company or in any of its facilities, blaming the ad agency entirely for the collaboration, distributors told The New York Post....."Ad agencies send out hundreds of influencer kits a year, some of which have a customized can included. This was one of those situations," a Texas-based Bud Light distributor told the outlet.....

.....Doukeris said the company will triple media spending on advertising for Bud Light over the summer, confirming reports that the company is planning a major marketing push to recover its brand following a drastic shake-up in the brand's marketing team. Bud Light marketing vice president Alissa Heinerscheid and her boss Daniel Blake were placed on leave. Prior to the campaign, Heinerscheid said in an interview that she was inspired to update the "fratty" and "out of touch" humor of the beer company with inclusive messaging to attract younger customers....

https://www.foxnews.com/media/anheuser-busch-blames-third-party-ad-agency-for-dylan-mulvaney-partnership-cuts-ties-amid-marketing-shakeup

 

 

 

[Rosie O'Donnell 20]

Queer beer can go to hell with the rest of the fagggots

[Blue Horseshoe 348]

Bud Light’s sales drop is accelerating amid Dylan Mulvaney fiasco — and is now spilling into other Bud brands

.....Bud Light’s downward spiral has accelerated in the wake of the Dylan Mulvaney debacle — and the carnage has begun to spill into Anheuser-Busch’s other mega-buck brands....Nationwide retail sales of Bud Light were down 23.4% versus a year ago in the week of April 29 — worse than the 21.4% decline it suffered a week earlier, according to Bump Williams Consulting and NielsenIQ data.....Meanwhile, as beer drinkers discover how many other beer brands fall under the Anheuser-Busch umbrella, the backlash is widening, according to the fresh data.....The company’s flagship Budweiser brand took an 11.4% sales hit for the week ended April 29. Sales of Bud’s Michelob Ultra brand — the third-biggest-selling in the US behind No. 1 Bud Light and No. 2 Modelo Especial — were down 4.4%, according to Bump Williams data.

“It’s not just a Bud Light issue,” said Bump Williams, chief executive of the consultancy.....“It’s an Anheuser-Busch portfolio problem now.”....Anheuser-Busch’s smaller US brands also got dinged, with its Natural Light brand down 5.2% and its Busch Light seeing a 1.8% drop.....“If Bud Light doesn’t fix its trend by the end of this month, it will continue to lose market share because it will lose Memorial Day. That kicks off the summer season,” Williams told The Post. “There has to be a sense of urgency for InBev to correct these trends.”....It’s the fourth consecutive week of double-digit sales drops linked to Anheuser-Busch’s brief marketing tie-up with the transgender influencer, which began on April 1 when Mulvaney posted videos of herself sitting in a bubble bath drinking Bud Light.....

.....Rival brewers, meanwhile, are gaining market share at Bud Light’s expense. Coors Light and Miller Light each saw a more than 20% sales increase in the week ended April 29 compared to a year ago, according to Bump Williams and Nielsen data.....Pabst Blue Ribbon was up 18.9% while Keystone Light saw a 15% bump over the same period.....

https://nypost.com/2023/05/09/bud-lights-sales-drop-is-accelerating-amid-dylan-mulvaney-fiasco/

[seafoam1 2,800]

[RLLD 4,143]

I think the lesson has been learned, but not enough for them to change.  

Time for them to decide who they want to keep and lose here.   This is what happens when you decide to exploit the political factors for profit.  Good luck AB, you are going to need it. 

[Voltaire 5,197]

 Real Women of Genius  

This Memorial Day we salute you, Ms. Ivy League Marketing Expert 

Never mind blue collar workers and inebriated college frat boys.

The real way to sell beer is to find a fake women talking about March Madness with his face on a can.

Who needs revenue? You're virtue signaling.

You've found seven teenage trannies ready to chop off their lamb shanks.

You don't just defy convention, you defy warning labels.

And common sense.

So crack open a Bud Light, Oh Princess of the Sales Whiteboard.

Because no one makes a corporate mushroom cloud like you.

[RLLD 4,143]

7 minutes ago, Voltaire said:

 Real Women of Genius  

This Memorial Day we salute you, Ms. Ivy League Marketing Expert 

Never mind blue collar workers and inebriated college frat boys.

The real way to sell beer is finding a fake women talking about March Madness with his face on a can.

Who needs revenue? You're virtue signaling.

You've found seven teenage trannies ready to chop off their lamb shanks.

You don't just defy convention, you defy warning labels.

And common sense.

So crack open a Bud Light, Oh Princess of the Sales Whiteboard.

Because no one makes a corporate mushroom cloud like you.

Someone HAS to focking make this commercial....my god, please....

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,833]

11 minutes ago, Voltaire said:

 Real Women of Genius  

This Memorial Day we salute you, Ms. Ivy League Marketing Expert 

Never mind blue collar workers and inebriated college frat boys.

The real way to sell beer is to find a fake women talking about March Madness with his face on a can.

Who needs revenue? You're virtue signaling.

You've found seven teenage trannies ready to chop off their lamb shanks.

You don't just defy convention, you defy warning labels.

And common sense.

So crack open a Bud Light, Oh Princess of the Sales Whiteboard.

Because no one makes a corporate mushroom cloud like you.

Wow.  Real GC Man of Genius here, folks!

Excellent work, Volty! 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,933]

Any word from that guy in the truck? 

[Blue Horseshoe 348]

Anheuser-Busch stock downgraded by HSBC analysts over Bud Light ‘crisis’

....Carlos Laboy, a managing director at HSBC’s global beverage sector, downgraded the stock of Anheuser-Busch InBev to a hold status — meaning that investors should neither buy or sell shares of the company....Laboy said that the backlash to the Mulvaney branding partnership is a sign that there are “deeper problems than ABI admits,” according to a note that was first reported by CNBC. “Is ABI’s leadership getting the brand culture transformation right? It’s mixed,” Laboy wrote in a note that was published on Wednesday.....“The way this Bud Light crisis came about a month ago, management’s response to it and the loss of unprecedented volume and brand relevance raises many questions.....Why did its US leadership underestimate the risk of pushback given the recent experience of other firms?....Is A-B hiring the best people to grow the brands and gauge risk?...If Budweiser and Bud Light are iconic American ideas that have long brought consumers together, why did these marketers fail to invite new consumers without alienating the core base of the firm’s largest brand?” 

....In 2008, InBev acquired Anheuser-Busch — whose brands include Bud Light, Budweiser, Michelob, Busch, Stella Artois, and Hoegaarden, among others — in a cash deal worth $52 billion....The controversy appears to be taking its toll on other brands within the Anheuser-Busch umbrella. The company’s flagship Budweiser brand took an 11.4% sales hit for the week ended April 29....

https://nypost.com/2023/05/10/anheuser-busch-stock-downgraded-over-bud-light-crisis

 

Border Wall Covered With Bud Light Signs To Deter Migrants

 BabylonBee.com / SATIRE

NOGALES, AZ — In a last-ditch effort to stem the tide of illegal migrants crossing the border, locals in Arizona and Texas have resorted to hanging Bud Light signs all over the wall in hopes of scaring away would-be crossers...."Bud Light? ¡No bueno!" said one man from Ecuador upon seeing the signs. "I go home now."

Sources say tens of thousands have already turned away after seeing the ads for the beer brand, now known around the world to be the official drink of the gay community. "Most of these traditional Catholic individuals want to be nowhere near the infamous beverage that threatens to turn them and their children gay," said one official at the border. "I wish we had thought of this earlier!" South of the Texas border, patrol units have also been handing out cases of Bud Light to bands of crossers, forcing them to flee in terror and take their chances out in the desert. Officials are hoping for the crowds to be fully disbursed by the time Title 42 ends tomorrow.

https://babylonbee.com/news/border-wall-covered-with-bud-light-signs-to-deter-migrants

[Horseman 2,365]

On 5/8/2023 at 3:37 AM, listen2me 23 said:

Im sure those in the other thread who hoot and hollared for 40 pages will really light this thread up.  

Why are they dumping it out after they already bought it!  Ha ha ha ha ha, look at those dummies!

[RLLD 4,143]

Yes AB did not properly assess or appreciate the move toward engagement with the mentally ill tranny culture.

But to be fair, liberals have given the group a bullet-proof vest.  You are not allowed to even question them about their "change", if you dare to question it you are labelled and villified, whereas if you support it your position in the soclial order is raised up.

So it made sense to them I surmise, it appeared to be a win-win proposition.  But in this instance, the majority of the people who held the desire to buy their product stood up and said enough......

 

[JustinCharge 2,397]

On 5/10/2023 at 4:28 AM, RLLD said:

I think the lesson has been learned, but not enough for them to change.  

Time for them to decide who they want to keep and lose here.   This is what happens when you decide to exploit the political factors for profit.  Good luck AB, you are going to need it. 

i think they are fine.  worst case scenario is a major boycott that endures.  in that case, the WEF will bailout AB.  maybe they discontinue the brand in some areas.  then they ignore the protests and move on.

[RLLD 4,143]

3 minutes ago, JustinCharge said:

i think they are fine.  worst case scenario is a major boycott that endures.  in that case, the WEF will bailout AB.  maybe they discontinue the brand in some areas.  then they ignore the protests and move on.

I think they will be OK long term of course, but right now, they face some challenges

[Horseman 2,365]

I'd probably buy if it gets down below $50/share.  I mean this tranny thing isn't going to be worse for them than covid is it?  

[DonS 3,292]

54 minutes ago, Horseman said:

I'd probably buy if it gets down below $50/share.  I mean this tranny thing isn't going to be worse for them than covid is it?  

Then again during the height of COVID all you could do is sit at home and drink.

Granted if you're buying BL to get drunk you really don't understand how alcohol works. 

[seafoam1 2,800]

11 minutes ago, DonS said:

Then again during the height of COVID all you could is sit at home and drink.

Granted if you're buying BL to get drunk you really don't understand how alcohol works. 

You need 30 of them to get drunk.30 tastes like shlt beers.

[Engorgeous George 2,127]

2 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

You need 30 of them to get drunk.30 tastes like shlt beers.

Now made with Dylan Mulvaney bathwater for added flavor

[Blue Horseshoe 348]

Bud Light To Woo Customers With Camouflage Bottles After Mulvaney Backlash: REPORT

....Anheuser-Busch is set to temporarily produce Bud Light and Budweiser bottles featuring camouflage prints and images honoring fallen veterans...A distributor who did not wish to be identified told the New York Post that the bottles will have a camouflage print and images of the “Folds of Honor” program. Folds of Honor is a non-profit program that provides academic scholarships to children and spouses of fallen and disabled veterans and first responders....Bud Light sales have fallen by an estimated 23.4% compared to this time a year ago, with in-store sales plummeting 26% during the week ending April 22. Sales of Michelob Ultra, another Anheuser-Busch beer brand, have also dropped 4.4%....

https://dailycaller.com/2023/05/16/bud-light-camouflage-bottle-dylan-mulvaney-backlash/

 

 

 

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Anheuser Busch should just really stop trying to do "damage control" here, because they keep finding ways to make everything worse for themselves. 

By doing "camo" beer bottles, it will enrage the radical left and the most militant of the LGBT community against them, as they will see it as  type of denouncement against overall LGBT activism. And it will look like pandering, and badly done, to many who are currently boycotting AB products. 

The proceeds of the newly designed cans are actually meant to help children of fallen veterans and first responders. Which is actually a positive thing, but does the radical left care if some cop, who died in the line of duty, has a kid who can now go to college one day? Of course the radical left doesn't care, they wanted to "Defund The Police" in the first place. 

AB has found a way to yet again, piss off both sides, but keeps pissing off the LGBT community.  What's the message here? If you don't give hard line LGBT activists (I'm talking the fringe, not the entire LGBT community)  EXACTLY what they demand, they'll engage in what amounts to open extortion. 

[Blue Horseshoe 348]

 

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Anheuser-Busch loses top LGBTQ+ rating over its Bud Light response

....Last year, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation gave Bud Light parent company Anheuser-Busch a top rating for LGBTQ+ equality. But because of how the company handled backlash to a sponsored post by Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender woman, it’s now off the list....The organization informed Anheuser-Busch of its decision in a May letter viewed by CNN, after previously writing to the company in April, criticizing its response....“When we saw the company working with Dylan, that was a good sign. It was a sign of inclusion....What we were really disturbed by was the company’s reaction once the backlash started happening....In this moment, it is absolutely critical for Anheuser-Busch to stand in solidarity with Dylan and the trans community....However, when faced with anti-LGBTQ+ and transphobic criticism, Anheuser-Busch’s actions demonstrate a profound lack of fortitude in upholding its values of diversity, equity, and inclusion.”

....Brown asked A-B to make a public statement in support of Mulvaney and the trans community, offer transgender inclusion training to its executives and reach out LGBTQ+ employees to hear their concerns. He also asked to meet with A-B’s leadership team....About two weeks after the first letter, Brown sent another informing the company of the suspension of the 100% rating that had earned it entry to the list, citing a lack of response to those earlier requests....

....The foundation uses a number of metrics to rate companies for its Corporate Equality Index, like workplace protections and inclusive benefits. Last year, 842 businesses earned ratings of 100% and can say that they are a “Best Place to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality.” HRC, which advocates for equality for members of the LGBTQ+ community, has been maintaining and updating the index for about two decades.....

Shares of Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD), the owner of Anheuser-Busch, have fallen about 11% since March 31....

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/19/business/hrc-rating-bud-light/index.html

 

 

 

*****

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation calls Portland as "perfect" while also clearly attempting to openly extort Anheuser Busch HQ. 

Think about the total headspace or lack of it required to demand a company lose even more money or risk being called bigots, right after they are basically being called bigots anyway by the exact same extortionists. 

[avoiding injuries 1,510]

Never give an inch…

[RLLD 4,143]

Apparently these people are sissies for standing up for what they believe it.....per Gutter...

But of course they are not. I disagree with them, but need not label them as if some toddler (Gutter)

Kudos to them for standing up for what they beleive it, and kudos to those in opposition also taking a stand.  Both sides need to have a voice.

Now, these companies....Budweiser and the rest, are not socially "good" entities serving the wider good. No....they are companies, serving their own self interests and those of their shareholders.   This nonsense of them picking a political side is just them being manipulative assdarts.   So when they feel some pain from it, I relish it. 

Stay out of it Budweiser.....stay out of it. 

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Bud Light to buy back unsold beer following Dylan Mulvaney crisis

.....Bud Light has reportedly told wholesalers that it will buy back unsold cases of beer that are past their expiration dates as sales of the Anheuser-Busch-owned brand have lagged following its disastrous marketing partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Anheuser-Busch is looking to make amends with alienated consumers who were put off by the Mulvaney social media posts touting Bud Light, according to the Wall Street Journal....

The company is planning to have Bud Light sponsor a veterans group for the first time ever....The brand will also be promoted in commercials that will play heavily on themes such as football and country music...Nationwide retail sales of Bud Light sales dropped 23.6% versus a year ago during the week of May 6 — which was slightly down from the 23.3% decline for the week that ended April 29, according to data.... Budweiser, down 9.7% versus an 11.4% drop a week earlier; Michelob Ultra, down 2.9% versus 4.3%; and Natural Light, down 2.5% versus 5.2% the previous week.....

Meanwhile, rival beer brands competing against Bud Light — the No. 1 beer in the US, generating revenue of $4.8 billion last year — are grabbing market share at a faster clip.....Sales of Pabst Blue Ribbon were up 21.6% in the week of May 6 — slightly up from the 18.9% spike the previous week.Miller High Life gained 10.4% in sales compared to an 8.3% bump over the same time period the previous week....

https://nypost.com/2023/05/22/bud-light-to-buy-back-unsold-beer-following-dylan-mulvaney-crisis/

[Blue Horseshoe 348]

 

 

An Interview with Michael Seifert

Michael: Yeah, I’d love to. My name is Michael Seifert, and I’m the CEO at Public Sq. ...We are an app and a website that is focused on connecting....The final thing is the most important thing that we do, we connect them with the businesses that share their values. These are conservative, patriotic, freedom-loving businesses that have indicated that they agree with a set of values. And we basically expose them, whether that’s coffee shops, restaurants, hotels, electricians, or plumbers, to this group of consumers that are ideologically aligned and ready to vote with their dollars.

Jackson: What sort of values do they have to accept?

Michael: We love the United States.... We believe that people are people, we see them for the content of their character, not for their skin color, not for their gender. We do not believe in an economy based on skin color.....And we believe in a free market system of economics that prioritizes the voluntary exchange of goods between the consumers and the businesses they patronize free from as much government intervention as possible. We do not agree with the government saying some businesses are essential and others aren’t. Finally, we believe in medical freedom for everyone. So the businesses on our app, you’ll never be asked for a vaccine card or to wear a mask. These are the businesses that took a stand and showcased that they were willing to prioritize the individual rights of every single person.

Michael: Man, we’ve seen over the last few years that there’s this real need for a parallel economy to emerge. We’ve seen the tolls of woke corporatism over the past few years with companies like Starbucks matching employee contributions to Planned Parenthood, we’ve seen big banks like Chase and Bank of America actually freeze the accounts of notable conservatives. We have seen local coffee shops decide to not serve police officers in solidarity with Black Lives Matter. We’ve seen mega corporations committed to defunding the police like Seventh Generation, which is the largest household cleaning product company in the country. We keep seeing these examples. Disney is the most recent example, obviously, of a company that is weaponizing its market to advance progressive authoritarian values. The most notable example we’ve ever witnessed during the COVID season was some businesses deciding to discriminate against people. We saw some businesses decide to side with progressive authoritarianism, at the expense of their consumers. We saw other businesses that were willing to take a stand for freedom against government overreach and stand for the rights of their consumers......And so we really dreamed up public square as the solution to that problem, that people would feel like we’ve got an economy and a community that actually works for us and our values, and that we don’t have to be pushed into a corner supporting things we don’t support just because we believe there’s no other option....

https://thetexashorn.com/2022/04/20/an-interview-with-michael-seifert/

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Bud Light To Sponsor Pride Parades Despite Ongoing Boycott

....Bud Light and its parent company Anheuser-Busch are sponsoring at least three different upcoming Pride events despite backlash over the partnership with Dylan Mulvaney, a social media influencer who identifies as transgender. 

Bud Light is listed as a sponsor on the Cincinnati Pride Parade website. Planned Parenthood and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, which medically transitions minors, are both also listed. Meanwhile, in St. Louis, Missouri, where Anheuser-Busch is headquartered, the company is listed as the presenting sponsor of the St. Louis Pride Parade. A sponsorship packet explains that there are only four “presenting sponsor” slots available. The “Rainbow” sponsorship tier, located below the “presenting sponsor” tier, requires entities to pay $25,000....

....Bud Light is also listed as a “Diamond Sponsor” of Stonewall Columbus, which organizes and hosts the annual Columbus, Ohio, Pride Parade. The “diamond” sponsorship tier requires companies to donate $20,000, a document from the organization specifies. The document also adds, “All Stonewall Columbus sponsors must affirm Stonewall’s diversity, equity, and inclusion policies AND agree to donate no less than 8 hours of volunteer time during a calendar year.”

Bud Light was listed as a sponsor of the Chicago Pride Parade on a page that has since been scrubbed. Bud Light boasted that “we have a clear role to play in bringing real change and creating an inclusive and equitable world where we cherish and celebrate one another.” Corona and Corona Hard Seltzer, products of Anheuser-Busch, are listed as sponsors of the upcoming Los Angeles Pride Parade. Cutwater Spirits, another Anheuser-Busch product, is listed as a sponsor of the 2023 Chicago Pride Fest, which will occur one week before the Chicago Pride Parade. The Pride Fest is a two-day festival that will include a “best of Chicago drag performance” and “a Youth Pride Space for teens.” Children as young as 12 will be allowed to attend the “youth pride space.” 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/bud-light-to-sponsor-pride-parades-despite-ongoing-boycott

[Gepetto 1,288]

Bring back Spuds MacKenzie and the Frogs and Waaaas Uppppp!