They know their customers are mostly suburban and semi-rural, which means 50-90% conservative. Their official position is "forget we said that, it was an accidental post by someone who forgot what account they were logged in to". No professional company would announce they are firing some low level employee. I don't know what more you could ask for.
I'm not a white knight for Wal Mart. I just think people are overreacting to a simple mistake. I don't shop at Wal Mart because their check-out lines are always excessive and their products are often low-quality Chinese goods.
Because conservatives aren't emotionally triggered as easily, and take the time to gather their thoughts and make sure they're on the right account before posting. Because marketing companies are mostly located in downtown areas of big cities. Because marketing isn't a "conservative" job that produces something, unlike farming, maintenance work, or manufacturing. Because Twitter is a left-heavy platform that doesn't attract conservatives.
I stand by my opinion that it is an overreaction to boycott a company for an error Tweeting. No real harm was done by their statement, and it was removed as soon as it was noticed. A level-headed reaction to an error tweeting would be to make a meme and have a good laugh at them, just like people do when someone jumbles their words in speech.
Instead, we are so politically divided that touching politics even by mistake can result in "cancel culture" taking aim at a company. It used to be only the left who participated in cancel culture. It saddens me that we have to stoop to their tactics to get what we want, politically.
If you had said this was just the icing on the cake, and you were canceling Wal Mart because they import Chinese goods made by slave labor while driving small businesses away, that would be good justification for boycotting them. I would also like to know why it has taken you so long.
Why are you calling me a shill? I am not advocating on behalf of any company. I think you need to calm down.
You don't seem to know what cancel culture is, or you seem to be confused about events surrounding GOYA. Cancel culture is a weapon the left is notorious for using. They boycott companies for petty political reasons. When they tried to "cancel" GOYA, the right stepped up and countered their cancellation by purchasing a lot of GOYA products, often making grocery stores sell out.
That is ridiculous. These tweets do not go out on these big corporate accounts until they have been reviewed and vetted by marketing and public relations departments. You are a fool if you believe this story that some low level moron made a mistake. Fools like you are why our side never wins at anything.
The ugly truth about big companies is they are just as disorganized as small ones. The layers of bureaucracy you think would prevent such a tweet from happening fail to account for lazy people who want convenience and delegate their duties to others. Instead of a single person being responsible for all of the tweets, they give out the password to the account so others can shortcut the process and just post the tweets when approved.
I am not defending them. I am defending rational thought instead of knee-jerk reactions. As I pointed out in my other comment, WalMart is guilty of a lot more than just making a mistake with a tweet.
They know their customers are mostly suburban and semi-rural, which means 50-90% conservative. Their official position is "forget we said that, it was an accidental post by someone who forgot what account they were logged in to". No professional company would announce they are firing some low level employee. I don't know what more you could ask for.
I'm not a white knight for Wal Mart. I just think people are overreacting to a simple mistake. I don't shop at Wal Mart because their check-out lines are always excessive and their products are often low-quality Chinese goods.
How come "mistakes" only happen in one direction...?
Because conservatives aren't emotionally triggered as easily, and take the time to gather their thoughts and make sure they're on the right account before posting. Because marketing companies are mostly located in downtown areas of big cities. Because marketing isn't a "conservative" job that produces something, unlike farming, maintenance work, or manufacturing. Because Twitter is a left-heavy platform that doesn't attract conservatives.
That's a long way to type that lefties are emotionally unstable?? ;)
I stand by my opinion that it is an overreaction to boycott a company for an error Tweeting. No real harm was done by their statement, and it was removed as soon as it was noticed. A level-headed reaction to an error tweeting would be to make a meme and have a good laugh at them, just like people do when someone jumbles their words in speech.
Instead, we are so politically divided that touching politics even by mistake can result in "cancel culture" taking aim at a company. It used to be only the left who participated in cancel culture. It saddens me that we have to stoop to their tactics to get what we want, politically.
If you had said this was just the icing on the cake, and you were canceling Wal Mart because they import Chinese goods made by slave labor while driving small businesses away, that would be good justification for boycotting them. I would also like to know why it has taken you so long.
I dunno, man. We cancelled the fuck out of KMart 25 years ago over Rosie O'Donnell and gun stuff.
Fuck this comment. Cancel culture? What about GOYA you shill?!
Why are you calling me a shill? I am not advocating on behalf of any company. I think you need to calm down.
You don't seem to know what cancel culture is, or you seem to be confused about events surrounding GOYA. Cancel culture is a weapon the left is notorious for using. They boycott companies for petty political reasons. When they tried to "cancel" GOYA, the right stepped up and countered their cancellation by purchasing a lot of GOYA products, often making grocery stores sell out.
That is ridiculous. These tweets do not go out on these big corporate accounts until they have been reviewed and vetted by marketing and public relations departments. You are a fool if you believe this story that some low level moron made a mistake. Fools like you are why our side never wins at anything.
The ugly truth about big companies is they are just as disorganized as small ones. The layers of bureaucracy you think would prevent such a tweet from happening fail to account for lazy people who want convenience and delegate their duties to others. Instead of a single person being responsible for all of the tweets, they give out the password to the account so others can shortcut the process and just post the tweets when approved.
Fuck Walmart and duck you for defending them. The left will always take a Patsy and go on about their business.
I am not defending them. I am defending rational thought instead of knee-jerk reactions. As I pointed out in my other comment, WalMart is guilty of a lot more than just making a mistake with a tweet.