If this was the NFL they’d both be suspended.

And all the fans should chant, “CTE! CTE!”

The smug satisfaction of saying ‘craft’ every time you say ‘beer’ is serious business.

But on the other hand... Who cares?

“People with such a platform” is just another way of saying, “corporate employee”. That employees should “lift people up and turn negatives into positives” is weasel-speak for “keep your fucking mouth shut AT ALL TIMES and toe the corporate line, or risk losing your corporate paycheck”. It’s the same mentality that…

You won’t be advancing very far.

I had this happen with an older guy at work. He’s generally “liberal” in the way rich middle-aged/old white finance guys are — supported Hillary, horrified by Trump, and now figuring out how to make more money in Trump era and “at least we’ll get tax reform if we don’t get nuked first”.

This. “If we get embroiled in politics, we can’t properly worship the almighty dollar properly... THINK ABOUT THE MONEY, PEOPLE!”

Uh, yeah, it becomes a goddamn First Amendment issue when high-ranking members of the government actively attempt to get you fired for it.

When a government spokesperson calls for you to be fired for your free speech it is a fucking First Amendment issue.

How in the fuck is calling someone a white supremacist or a bigot considered racist?

Remember kids, it’s more offensive to call out someone’s garbage politics and shocking lack of humanity than it is to have garbage politics and a shocking lack of humanity.

Looking forward to the next ESPN commercial where the school mascots have to pick sides during the cafeteria race riot in Bristol.

Kind of gives you a good idea how/why all the companies way back when decided to continue doing business with Nazi Germany.

I also like how the fear of alienating huge swaths of the country only applies to conservatives. White people’s egos need to be soothed at all costs.

“Businesses need to be politically agnostic or they risk alienating large swaths of the country whether you agree with them or not.”

I prefer a succinct “Go fuck yourself.”

The appropriate ESPN response is “we will tell our employees to stop calling him a White Supremacist when he stops being a White Supremacist.”

I remember once visiting Thunder Bay in Ontario for a few days in the early 2000s. Talking to the locals, it became clear that the most exciting thing they were all looking forward to was a Target store opening there in the next six months.