Outrage culture. Starbucks caves to the mob

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With the madness of statues, films, TV shows etc. being taken down and banned left, right and centre, along with most big brands/companies officially supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, I was surprised to find that Starbucks went against this tidal wave and refused to allow staff to wear any BLM related clothing or accessories, because it broke their policy banning attire that advocates a political, religious or personal issue.

I suspected their firm stance would not last long though, having seen #boycottstarbucks trending on social media, and an expected, they didn’t even make it a day before caving.

Interesting, according to the article, Starbucks had already previously made an acception to their rule for clothing supporting LGBT issues.

Employees said
Starbucks exempts clothing and accessories that support LGBTQ rights and has handed out buttons supporting the cause.
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Now they have made an exception for the BLM movement, which also strongly supports LGBT issues, and is ‘pro women’s reproductive rights’.
 
So if I work at one can I wear a religious t shirt? One with a blunt message about repentance?
 
I suspected their firm stance would not last long though, having seen #boycottstarbucks trending on social media, and an expected, they didn’t even make it a day before caving.
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I really can’t imagine being someone who really cares that a corporate entity supporters whatever cause you’re championing.
 
StudentMI said:
So if I work at one can I wear a religious t shirt? One with a blunt message about repentance?
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You could try. Perhaps they’ll make an exception.
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I really can’t imagine being someone who really cares that a corporate entity supporters whatever cause you’re championing.
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Biased view. If most corporate entities publicly supported causes you were strongly against, I’m sure you’d start to notice it and become a bit fed up. That’s how Christians feel in today’s world.

Funnily enough when Christian protest against something (like a TV show they find offensive to their faith) these companies don’t seem to cave in as easily.
 
Biased view. If most corporate entities publicly supported causes you were strongly against, I’m sure you’d start to notice it and become a bit fed up. That’s how Christians feel in today’s world.
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I don’t care what corporations support. When corporations seem to support interesting movements it’s cooption - though they never really do. It’s generally just in order to appease certain stakeholders.
 
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Does anyone think Starbucks would allow its employees to wear these T/Shirts
 
Could this have been a stunt? 🤔
Starbucks has entered the world of controversy regularly - bathrooms for African Americans, symbols on their cups … and many many more …

The first thing I thought when this news story about them banning the BLM T-shirts and the report on how much revenue they have lost to the shutdown and the riots was wondering just how long before the news report of Starbucks relenting and allowing them in their stores would appear??? 🤔

Now they have had them printed for their employees … Golly, well look at that 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 … did not take more than a nano second it seems! 👍
 
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