The Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQIA organization in the US, demands Anheuser-Busch, the maker of Bud Light, publicly reaffirm its support for the transgender community, reports The Hill.
Jay Brown, a senior vice president at the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, sent a letter to Anheuser Busch slamming the company’s response to the controversy as insufficient and cowardly.
“At this moment, it is absolutely critical for Anheuser-Busch to stand in solidarity with Dylan and the trans community.”
“However, when faced with anti-LGBTQ+ and transphobic criticism, Anheuser-Busch’s actions demonstrate a profound lack of fortitude in upholding its values of diversity, equity, and inclusion to employees, customers, shareholders, and the LGBTQ+ community,” reads the letter given to The Hill.
“This not only lends credence to hate-filled rhetoric, it exposes Anheuser-Busch to long-term business impacts with employees and customers increasingly looking for steadfast commitment to LGBTQ+ corporate citizenships,” Brown wrote.
Shut Up and Sell Beer
If Anheuser Busch is smart, they’ll say we’re not doing that anymore. We’re not political; we sell beer.
This month, Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth said they didn’t intend to divide people.
“We never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people,” Whitworth said in a written statement. “We are in the business of bringing people together over beer.”
Mr. Whitworth made no one happy with that statement.
They should shut up and sell beer. Responding to bullying isn’t working.
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If you have the “right” to do and say what you want, I have the right to not like it and say so.
By all means Anheuser-Busch should cater to the 1% who probably won’t by their products anyway.
There Companies I don’t by products from because they are just too Liberal; Ben & Jerry’s comes to mind. It’s just not that hard to add Anheuser-Busch to the list. If you want me to buy your products then don’t let me know you’re a Liberal.
The Human Rights Campaign claims to represent 3,000,000 “members and supporters” (https://www.hrc.org/ 20230429 01:19 GMT) which is less that .9 of 1% of the population.
Note they desire to dictate the policies including advertising policies of major corporations that serve 100% of the population.
To me they appear to be a group of rabble rousers that think they should be heard for their much shouting. They seem to not care a whit about the rest of us, our feelings, our concerns, etc. They don’t care about the employees who lose jobs if a company knuckles under to their demands and loses sales.
The funniest thing is their mate Dylan who is a nut trying to make himself into a celebrity so he can make money from it, probably doesn’t even care about them.
Can someone explain why a company should try to please .9% and turn off 99.1% or the population. Insanity rules.