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HeadSet says

Didn't the Libs used to be actively against "corporate greed" like Nike making so much money using exploited foreign labor and low environmental standards? Maybe this Kaepernick stunt is just a way for Nike to inoculate itself and get customers from Libs that will now forgive the exploitation/environmental sins since Nike now supports a Lib hero. Someone posted that Nike internet sales are up 35%, so maybe that strategy is working.

This is what completely baffles me. It took only a few years for the left to entirely transform from anti-corporate-greed, anti-slave-labor, anti-war, "russians-are-people-too", "have a heart for old people (incl. whites)", "technology-is-evil-and-enslaves-the-kids", "we-don't-want-no-stinkin-social-media-corporate-score", "cops are not paid well enough", "small, no violence government" to the 180 degree exact opposite in all those positions, to an amalgamation of love for corporate open-border fuck you Americans globalists, hatred of anything white/cacuasian (and now Asian since they score too well), LEOs and Russian, embracing social media leftoid scores to ostracize and fire anybody who doesn't comply with their views and use big government force to push their agenda and hatred for Trump and heartland America. They hopped into bed with figurative devils such as HRC while fucking over Bernie, embraced beelzebezos, Nike, and all the big tech conglomerates and pretty much abandoned everything they once stood for. The American people are not that dumb that they wouldn't notice that and this is the reason Trump is in office and will get re-elected if they continue to hate on their own.

HeadSet says

That New Balance 993 is one of the US made models.

True story: the 990 series was originally conceived by- and in part designed by- Steve Jobs. He was a huge fan of NB and wanted them to come up with something sportier at the time (early 80s). I just learned this a couple years ago. Been wearing some variant of the 99x for well over a decade because they're reasonably comfortable and built like a tank. I'm not even an Apple fan lol.

mell says

Hillary ran a pedophile pizza parlor ring, hilalry has a death squat, obama was born in keyna, sandy hook didnt happen, Bill Gates is a eugenicist trying to wipe out minorities, The government is controlling the weather Glenn Beck is a CIA operative. . Rooted in facts?

Some of these are indeed debatable

Lol.. which ones? I'm genuinely curious

LastMan says

If Nike doesn't bomb, then the Rs have something serious to worry about. Young people care about sneakers,

Young people do care about sneakers and brand names, not old played out politicians...you're reading way to much into this.

Evan F. says

mell says

Hillary ran a pedophile pizza parlor ring, hilalry has a death squat, obama was born in keyna, sandy hook didnt happen, Bill Gates is a eugenicist trying to wipe out minorities, The government is controlling the weather Glenn Beck is a CIA operative. . Rooted in facts?

Some of these are indeed debatable

Lol.. which ones? I'm genuinely curious

The government has tried and is trying to control the weather, it's not a grand conspiracy, but there are experiments for example to use particles (usually emitted by airplanes) to shield the sun in drought conditions and/or produce clouds. That's different from the chemtrail conspiracy, but there is a bit of overlap. There are reputable document experts that have examined Obummers birth certificate and swear - and come up with at least somewhat credible evidence - it's been assembled in one way or the other. There is no definite answer on this and it also - even if assembled in the aftermath - doesn't prove he was or was not born in the US, but the document is definitely debatable, much moreso than Trump is literally Hitler. I don't think there's any credible significant evidence for Sandy hook, Glen beck being a CIA operative, the pizza ring and the death squat (with the exception of the Seth Rich murder). But again, these are not topics the vast majority of conservatives focuses on, which corroborates my point in the previous post.

mell says

But again, these are not topics the vast majority of conservatives focuses on, which corroborates my point in the previous post.

So each one in it's time dominated the entire conservative press for months (or years for the birthers) because the vast majority of conservatives don't focus on them? How does that work? These are only examples of the extreme of extreme. The more mundane fictions are daily fare.

People living in glass houses shouldn't be shooting machine guns.

mell says

, to an amalgamation of love for corporate open-border fuck you Americans globalists, hatred of anything white/cacuasian (and now Asian since they score too well), LEOs and Russian, embracing social media leftoid scores to ostracize and fire anybody who doesn't comply with their views and use big government force to push their agenda and hatred for Trump and heartland America. They hopped into bed with figurative devils such as HRC while fucking over Bernie, embraced beelzebezos, Nike, and all the big tech conglomerates and pretty much abandoned everything they once stood for.

and who is the mythical "left"? Seriously point out all the "left" love for corporate open-border leaders. Pretty strange trump and republicans are pushing as hard as they can to roll back all rules on corporations and having trouble doing it. The tax cut barely got through, obamacare rollback died. I would think with the "left" love for corporate open border embracing bezoos,nike, big tech conglomerates support it would go very quickly. What is holding things up? Is there some kind of "dark matter" in the political process that is thwarting what you claim to be the desires of the "left" and the long standing desires of the "right" from becoming action? Serious question, want to address it or just play the usual ideologue game of strawman, dodge ball, and change the subject?

Does the handful of extremists being the "left" make alex jones nutcases and the white supremacists the "right"?

bob2356 says

So each one in it's time dominated the entire conservative press for months (or years for the birthers) because the vast majority of conservatives don't focus on them? How does that work? These are only examples of the extreme of extreme. The more mundane fictions

That's false. None of those topics dominated the majority of the conservative press for any prolonged time. Compare that to the lamestream coverage of Trump and there's no equivalency, not even in the slightest way. Btw. here's an interesting article about cloud seeding history til today, without a hysteric conspiracy bias: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/cloud-seeding-weather-control-manipulate-effects-chemicals-climate-change-a8160146.html%3famp

Interesting. Nike stock price at new high over this ad.

I wonder if this is short term hype from investors after thinking this was a good move due to a bump in Instagram followers.

I think long term, the trend will go down as a lot of families who replace shoes often will not buy the Nike brand anymore. Kapernick is a poor role model and I think most recognize this.

My kids love Nike because of the swoosh, but we'll be replacing their shoes with Reebok, Mizuno, New Balance or other competitor when the time comes. My wife and I use. Both Brooks and Mizuno.

Call It Crazy says

And snarky memes are nothing but shit for a useful mob of angry fools that wish they weren't feckless and want to be a big shot

Translation: “How dare you oppose my dogma! Who gave you kids a computer? Get off my social media!”

Aphroman says

Lmao, Trumpkins are such Failed Losers

Lol, lefties are such violent warmongering slave drivers...

www.youtube.com/embed/M5uYCWVfuPQ

Aphroman says

Mongoloids in 3rd world shitholes are not the concern of Real American Patriots and Nationalists.

Yet another glaring example of why you have seven people who ignore you and nobody trusts your opinion on anything.

Herdingcats says

I wonder how long it will take or if it is ever marked personal. Just further proof of the bias in moderation that exists at Pat.net.

10-4 I’ll mark you down as another damned racist too. Defending a racists racist comment means you support it.

Herdingcats says

Please do point out where I defended a racist. Otherwise please take back your baseless accusation of me being a racist.

What? You somehow lack the ability to scroll up a few comments? Calling for censorship of a valid point because you’re defending a racist comment is what you did. Sorry but lawyering up isn’t going to absolve you of what everyone here can clearly see you’ve done.

Aphroman says

Patrick too, so he can see what the mods are up to

Yes, @Herdingcats please let me know if something which really should be replaced with "personal" is not. I don't have time to read everything myself.

Thanks @Aphroman

Interesting climb in stock price. To be fair, I did hear some chick (total lefty) talking about how she bough Nikes to "do her part", emphatically reiterating the virtue signal at least three times. I'm sure there are plenty more like her. Good for them and Nike... the calculation may have worked.

steverbeaver says

Interesting climb in stock price. To be fair, I did hear some chick (total lefty) talking about how she bough Nikes to "do her part", emphatically reiterating the virtue signal at least three times. I'm sure there are plenty more like her. Good for them and Nike... the calculation may have worked.

lol well we will see if there is a positive or negative - if any - impact from this when the next earnings are on tap. Unfortunately their foreign sweat-shop employees won't benefit either way.

How did they manage to convince people that cheap sneakers were worth $100+ dollars and that they should fill their closets with them?

Aphroman says

mell says

steverbeaver says

Interesting climb in stock price. To be fair, I did hear some chick (total lefty) talking about how she bough Nikes to "do her part", emphatically reiterating the virtue signal at least three times. I'm sure there are plenty more like her. Good for them and Nike... the calculation may have worked.

lol well we will see if there is a positive or negative - if any - impact from this when the next earnings are on tap. Unfortunately their foreign sweat-shop employees won't benefit either way.

Nice virtue signaling

I’m sure you really care about foreign workers, like a Great American Nationalist!

Care is relative but I definitely care much more for them than some overpriced football player and people who have a safety net that every single worker inside those sweat shops is dreaming of.