JonnyF

I think boycotting them is correct. Not because it is LGBT but because this preaching is the thin end of the wedge. We saw recently with Farage getting debanked because of his political views. Companies need to be reminded to stay in their lane, serve us their products and keep their opinions to themselves on ANY issue, not only LGBT. I don't need to be preached to on race, abortion, sexuality, religion, politics when I buy a product.

I'm far from anti LGBT. I just don't want to see images of sliced off breasts as I drink my morning coffee. The fact that you keep throwing out insults just shows the weakness of your stance. You really should address that, it's not a good look to insult everyone that you disagree with.

Until the profits drop. Then they fold like a cheap deck chair.

They'll soon withdraw it if it affects their business. Just as Bud Light did. Just as the England team dropped the rainbow armbands when facing yellow cards. The virtue signalling tends to fall by the wayside when they face actual consequences. They are as spineless as they are sanctimonious.

Which shows your complete lack of understanding. Again.

Strawman. Just keep ideology out of marketing campaigns. Focus on the quality of your product, not your views on x,y or z. Many people, myself included do not want to know what the marketing manager of the company 'stands for', we just want a decent product at a decent price. I wouldn't support Christian or straight imagery in their stores any more than I would support Muslim or trans imagery. It's not the place for it. I certainly don't want to be reminded of surgery that slices body parts off.

So how do you explain the boycott that cost the company 27 Billion?

Except it isn't. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/costa-coffee-trans-man-mural-b2385455.html

OOhhhhhhh. You really hurt my feelings ????. I'm a bit disappointed you didn't call me a Nazi though. Go on, you know you want to ????. Meanwhile I maintain my position that companies should focus on selling a good product at a good price, and not pushing their own ideologies onto their customer base, no matter what that ideology is.

Actually it is the fault of the marketing VP for not understanding that their customer base does not wish to have trans ideology forced upon them when they just want a refreshing drink. Go Woke, Go Broke.

Just as you are free to be an angry, bitter individual who resorts to hurling insults around when they have clearly lost the debate. Not saying you are of course. Just that you are free to be, should you choose such a path. ????

Why do I need to look away from images of breast removal when I enjoy a morning coffee? I'll just go somewhere else.

Totally different. I have nothing against people who have breast enhancements. Actually I like them a lot. But I do not want to be reminded of breast enhancement surgery when having a coffee. Nothing to do with bigotry. It's inappropriate in that environment. All for the ego of some virtue signalling marketing pleb. I also dislike companies forcing their ideologies on their customers. Whether I agree with that ideology or not. I am a Catholic, but I would not support companies forcing Catholocism ideology down the throats of their customers. I guess that makes me a Catholic hater, even though I am Catholic...

No it isn't. Simple as that.

I'm not upset - I just don't think that having your breasts sliced off needs to be promoted by a company that sells coffee.

Strawman. Objecting to this is not anti trans at all. I just don't want cartoons of someone with scars from double mastectomy surgery staring me in the face when I drink a coffee. I wouldn't want a cartoon of someone with scars from a liver transplant either, that doesn't make me anti alcohol. I wouldn't want a cartoon of someone with scars from breast enhancement surgery, that doesn't make me anti large baps. There's just no place for it in that environment, it's inappropriate.

Assuming the accusation were true, what type of evidence would you expect there to be? Video recordings of people discussing it? Official emails of people proposing it? Interviews on CNN where a representative of DOJ confirmed the accusations to be 100% accurate?

Another consequence of the decline of the US. I'm sure the usual suspects will be along shortly to claim Biden is doing great and to claim that debt has decreased during his tenure (a claim Joe himself made which has been disproved many times). https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/17/politics/biden-economy-facts-first/index.html Still, at least he's got a lovely family ????.

Scars from a double mastectomy to advertise coffee? Ridiculous. What's next? A set of gonads lying on a surgeon's table to advertise their scones? Hopefully Costa Coffee go the same way as Bud Light. Go Woke, Go Broke. https://nypost.com/2023/07/31/bud-light-distributors-no-longer-expect-sales-to-recover-from-dylan-mulvaney-disaster/

Smart guy that Kevin.

You forgot to include the words Fascist and Nazi. You slippin' Bro. ????

Some great package deals available from the UK. Flights are under 10,000 Baht. So you've got a pretty big saving as soon as you step off the plane. Not to mention the convenience of a 2-3 hour flight instead of 12 hours.

You appear innocent of Wrongspeak so far. Well done.???? Not so sure about Wrongthink.

Generally speaking? Woke left wingers who's default response to an interesting conversation is "You can't say that!!!".

I think once you've factored in the difference in flight costs the Greek islands are still WAY cheaper. Actually food and drink over there is really cheap. Spain also, great bottles of wine for 5 quid, huge dishes of Paella for the same. Not sure about Italy but I guess it depends where in Italy you are. Certainly the European sun, sea, sand type resorts are a lot cheaper than the likes of Phuket where you're looking at 1000 Baht for a bottle of poor quality white wine (if they even have it and will sell it to you) and 500 Baht for a 2 minute ride in a TukTuk. I think social media has really exposed the failings in the Thai tourism industry.