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  • Nike is Anti-American

    No doubt in my mind...

    Nike Nixes ‘Betsy Ross Flag’ Sneaker After Colin Kaepernick Intervenes

    Sneaker maker pulls Independence Day-themed shoe after NFL star raised concerns about symbolism

    Nike Inc. is yanking a U.S.A.-themed sneaker featuring an early American flag after NFL star-turned-activist Colin Kaepernick told the company it shouldn’t sell a shoe with a symbol that he and others consider offensive, according to people familiar with the matter.

    The sneaker giant created the Air Max 1 USA in celebration of the July Fourth holiday, and it was slated to go on sale this week. The heel of the shoe featured a U.S. flag with 13 white stars in a circle, a design created during the American Revolution and commonly referred to as the Betsy Ross flag.

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/nike-ni...es-11562024126
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    No, just lily-livered. An anti-American company would never have designed the shoe in the first place.
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    • #3
      Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
      No, just lily-livered. An anti-American company would never have designed the shoe in the first place.
      Bull, I'm tired of these America haters. The reason they caved is that they really have no love for this country.
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      • #4
        Just in time for Independence Day!



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        • #5
          Originally posted by mossrose View Post
          Just in time for Independence Day!

          Exactly... Dumping on the Betsy Ross flag no less...
          Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

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          • #6
            Originally posted by seer View Post
            Exactly... Dumping on the Betsy Ross flag no less...
            Not only anti-American, but anti-WOMAN!
            The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
              Not only anti-American, but anti-WOMAN!
              Well she was helping those rich white founders, so...
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              • #8
                And now those sneakers are worth thousands of dollars on the black market.

                I bet some Nike executive has a garage full.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                  And now those sneakers are worth thousands of dollars on the black market.

                  I bet some Nike executive has a garage full.
                  There will be break-ins at Nike warehouses as their price starts to climb

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                    And now those sneakers are worth thousands of dollars on the black market.

                    I bet some Nike executive has a garage full.
                    Sorry to breach the America-loving echo-chamber...but I'm not sure StockX qualifies as the "black market." The shoes were shipped to the stores and then recalled. Some of them apparently slipped through the recall and are now popping up on the secondary market. With one selling for as much as $2,500, I'm sure more than a few will mysteriously disappear from stock and storage rooms over the coming weeks and show up on StockX, Craig's List, eBay, and other secondary market sites.

                    I can't find a lot to suggest that the BRF has actually been co-opted by white nationalists, though it has made an appearance in more than one white nationalist context. Personally I think Kaepernick has basically ensured that it will now be adopted in exactly that way. Meanwhile, I suspect this caught Nike by surprise and left them with two basic choices: push forward with a symbol that might be associated with white nationalism, or tick off the die-hard "MAGA" crowd. I suspect their previous choices had already lost them the MAGA crowd, so they saw this as the savvy market move to not lose the "non-MAGA" crowd.

                    Interesting world...

                    (oh...and Seer... some of us who love this country don't have a problem criticizing it when necessary)

                    That's about as much effort as this topic merits. Last word to y'all.
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by carpedm9587 View Post

                      (oh...and Seer... some of us who love this country don't have a problem criticizing it when necessary)
                      Really? Tell me exactly what is offensive about the Betsy Ross flag? Or any America Flag?
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by carpedm9587 View Post
                        Sorry to breach the America-loving echo-chamber...but I'm not sure StockX qualifies as the "black market." The shoes were shipped to the stores and then recalled. Some of them apparently slipped through the recall and are now popping up on the secondary market. With one selling for as much as $2,500, I'm sure more than a few will mysteriously disappear from stock and storage rooms over the coming weeks and show up on StockX, Craig's List, eBay, and other secondary market sites.

                        I can't find a lot to suggest that the BRF has actually been co-opted by white nationalists, though it has made an appearance in more than one white nationalist context. Personally I think Kaepernick has basically ensured that it will now be adopted in exactly that way. Meanwhile, I suspect this caught Nike by surprise and left them with two basic choices: push forward with a symbol that might be associated with white nationalism, or tick off the die-hard "MAGA" crowd. I suspect their previous choices had already lost them the MAGA crowd, so they saw this as the savvy market move to not lose the "non-MAGA" crowd.

                        Interesting world...

                        (oh...and Seer... some of us who love this country don't have a problem criticizing it when necessary)

                        That's about as much effort as this topic merits. Last word to y'all.
                        Kaepernick didn't say it was the symbol of white nationalists, he said it was an "offensive symbol because of its connection to an era of slavery."

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by carpedm9587 View Post
                          That's about as much effort as this topic merits. Last word to y'all.
                          yuh
                          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by carpedm9587 View Post

                            That's about as much effort as this topic merits. Last word to y'all.
                            No, please, last word to you, good sir.

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                            • #15
                              Gov. Ducey blasts Nike for pulling 'Betsy Ross flag' shoe, vows to pull incentives for Arizona plant

                              https://www.azcentral.com/story/news...ar/1626467001/
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