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      it’s going to be easier to share a list of companies that are still okay (or as ok as companies can be)

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    Genuinely curious to see what Pride even looks like in June. Last year I remember half the parade being hemmed in by cops. And that was under the liberal mayor.

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      I can’t exactly remember which companies but I remember some announcing that they will only do pride in states that generally support it. I live in Oklahoma so I guess I’m not seeing any pride this year. Not like companies actually cared anyways

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        I live in Oklahoma so I guess I’m not seeing any pride this year.

        I suspect we’ll still see people marching. Only question is whether they’re in rainbow colors or brown shirts.

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      I have a feeling in some places, it’ll return to more of what it was at its roots and it’ll be closer to an actual protest again.

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    We will remember where capitalists stood during the rise of fascism

    I can’t fathom where you folks find such optimism. Friends and family, neighbors and coworkers, many of the people you talk to every day, and even more of those that you don’t, will continue to depend on and sustain these companies, now and beyond. There’ll be no consequences for those calling the shots, regardless of whether the tides change or not.

    This isn’t new, and I don’t see why it’d change now. They don’t care about forgiveness, nor do they need to—how soon will convenience cover all past crimes against humanity. History shows us that companies can partake in genocide and, so long as they play the game, they’ll just get a slap on the wrist, then get right back to business. And we’ll pay them to do it.

    We don’t even stand united! Whenever you look like a paranoid lunatic to get someone to de-google, whenever you boycott scum, whenever you pay extra to buy from upstanding companies, remember: first, there are all those people who don’t care, and second, there are all those people proud to do the opposite to make sure you get fucked because they hate you. The odds are clear, the system is rigged.

    I feel like it doesn’t matter whether we’ll remember where they stood, we’ll be forgotten soon enough.

    Do the right thing, for no reason other than because it’s right. Just don’t expect that to mean anything, is what I’ve learned.

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      Starbucks ditched DEI last year before the fascists were even in power. But don’t worry, they have a trans person in their new ad so we can forgive that and all their support of war crimes now.

      I’m happy to see the representation, don’t get me wrong, but Starbucks can go fuck themselves.

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    My only nitpick is that it’s not a rise. It’s a resurgence. In the United States we never dealt with our fascists before or after World War II. Early on FDR had them in the palm of his hand to strangle and snuff out. But instead decided to work with them. Absolving them and wiping the way most the record of their crimes.

    Despite them hiding their behavior a little better. No Corporation is a friend of anyone that they don’t see as directly beneficial to themselves. It has always and will always be that way. As such no one should ever think of any corporation as an ally or a friend.

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    Huh, well critics have been calling for pride to reflect its protest roots more than the corporate party it’s become. It may well have to be a protest now.

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    The fact people were happy with these token gestures should temper your expectations as to what will happen when they do those again.

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      Were people happy? Most of the people in my circles weren’t, but maybe my friends are just cool.

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    The leadership at my company was asked if we are continuing our DEI program. The CEO is Indian, the CMO is a gay black man, and the COO is a woman. The answer was yes

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    Be warned Nazi sympathizing corporations, you’re going to go the way of Volkswagen and Hugo Boss

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    Except your average mainstream gay WILL completely forget about it and will go back to buying their limited edition rainbow edition of the vodka or whatever so they post it on their insta story.