• LiveLM@lemmy.zip
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    11 days ago

    So instead of paying to advertise their products on the billboard, they pay for this.
    Holy CEO brainworms…

    • billwashere@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      I’ve never understood why a company would put itself in this position. What’s the upside? Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, you know Charlie Kirk is a deeply divisive figure who could easily be described as a Christian nationalist who regularly made racist and inflammatory remarks. So what exactly do you hope to achieve by paying for a billboard like this and attaching your company’s name to it? At best, you alienate half your customer base for the approval of a small, loud minority. It’s like the “pillow guy” all over again, a perfect example of self-inflicted damage.

      At least they make it easy to avoid them I guess.

    • chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 days ago

      These idiots buy the lies they’re fed. They think anyone who is left of themselves are people who don’t work and that all the “hardworking good people” are “good Christian” good old boys like them. So to him, he is advertising.

      “That one metal company honored real American hero Kirk, so I’ll buy from him.”

      They also think they can just say no to any business that would be offended because they’d be so few of them.