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@mikethesnow Jesus that's rough.
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@gt12 The Spectator has an article on it. Plenty of screen grabs that don't show up in the quote unfortunately.
https://spectator.us/topic/happy-corporate-wokewash-month/
It’s June and the biggest corporations on the planet want you to know that they are celebrating gay Pride — unless you live somewhere like Saudi Arabia in which case they couldn’t care less. On their main Twitter page, Procter & Gamble have put a Pride flag in their banner and in their pinned Tweet they proudly proclaim: ‘We strive to be a champion of #LGBTQVisibility year-round, using our voice to drive acceptance, inclusion and a love for humanity.’
I guess there are no gay people in Saudi Arabia to champion, which must be why P&G’s Saudi Twitter handle has not a single rainbow flag in sight and a pinned tweet simply wishing people a blessed Ramadan.
But that is the beauty of corporate wokewashing. It allows companies like YouTube to continue to make billions of dollars from users in progressive western democracies while also respecting cultural sensitivities in places like Saudi where gays can expect to be whipped, chemically castrated and killed.
Over the years Pride has become the biggest wokewashing event on the planet. In many ways this is a testament to the success of the LGBT+ rights movement. It is now so uncontroversial to be queer that the worst corporations on the planet are summoning their courage and jumping on the bandwagon with barely a thought for their bottom line. So #BRAVE!
I’m sure the LGBT+ community are #grateful that when companies like Mercedes-Benz aren’t gassing us all to death by cheating on emissions tests, they’re changing their Twitter banner to the rainbow flag and totally not minding bum sex at all. Unless, that is, you’re in the Middle East in which case they will be gassing you to death in the most heterosexual way possible.
BMW did something similar:
Harvey Milk would be proud. Back in the 70s when gays were persecuted across the western world, companies like Unilever stayed silent. But in 2021, now that the majority of their western customer base accept and even celebrate Pride, the company is bravely celebrating right along with them. Unless of course, you’re in Saudi Arabia, where the company might just wait another 50 years.
The list goes on. On their Twitter handle Microsoft tweeted out a #PRIDE gif with a rainbow Windows logo. But on their @microsoftgulf handle, it’s less windows and more closets. There’s not a single mention of Pride month. Corporations these days really are on the right side of history.
Thank God for the British supermarket chain Sainsbury’s though who have not only changed their logo to the rainbow flag but have gone so far as to create an entire website where they break down their commitment to wokeness in numbers. They tell us that ‘5,000 colleagues attended 43 Pride events across the UK last year’ and that ‘172,000 colleagues were invited to wear an “Embrace the Difference” badge to demonstrate their support for diversity and inclusion.’ Maybe Sainsbury’s could ask their biggest shareholder Qatar how many people are currently in prison there for the crime of being gay. That might be a fun stat for their diversity and inclusion page! -
@jc hypocrisy's always sold well
Here's ours - although the company does seem genuine about D&I for it's staff wellbeing and not just as a marketing ploy. I checked and our UAE website has exactly the same D&I content as any of the other global sites. Our Saudi site toned it down a bit didn't have the same graphics talked more about global trends and didn't mention D&I courses were mandatory but still has LGBTQ in 2cm high lettering but as part of a group of other equality issues: race, gender, age, religion etc. Still pretty pleased it hasn't completely disappeared.
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@snowy said in Political Memes (memes only):
@booboo I seriously don't like that because of my mates in HKG, but had to laugh. My place in hell is secure.
Not if the Chinese authorities find us first!!! We have all partaken in subversive anti-Chinese material!!
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@canefan said in Political Memes (memes only):
@snowy said in Political Memes (memes only):
@booboo I seriously don't like that because of my mates in HKG, but had to laugh. My place in hell is secure.
Not if the Chinese authorities find us first!!! We have all partaken in subversive anti-Chinese material!!
I've done nothing of the sort and I'm still a permanent resident of HKG (so far).
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@snowy said in Political Memes (memes only):
@canefan said in Political Memes (memes only):
@snowy said in Political Memes (memes only):
@booboo I seriously don't like that because of my mates in HKG, but had to laugh. My place in hell is secure.
Not if the Chinese authorities find us first!!! We have all partaken in subversive anti-Chinese material!!
I've done nothing of the sort and I'm still a permanent resident of HKG (so far).
You liked the meme.... they know....
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@tim said in Political Memes (memes only):
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listened to it in my office with the door open. it was very audible
don't care, that's piss funny
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Went into that thinking what crazy shit does @Tim have me watching this time. Funny as fuck though.
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@kruse said in Political Memes (memes only):
@tim said in Political Memes (memes only):
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What is this? What'd I miss?
I finally figured out the hidden URL - but it's been removed from the twit. WHAT THE FUCK DID I MISS OUT ON!?
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