Rumble CEO claims Dunkin’ Donuts declined to advertise on site because ‘polarizing’ right-wing culture
  • Prandom_returns@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    What is it woth the right and cancel culture? It feels like there’s no free speech anymore.

    Bunch of snowflakes.

  • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc
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    3 months ago

    “To be honest … I would be opposed to showing up on the current version of the platform—the right wing culture of the site is too polarizing from a brand suitability standpoint today,” the message read.

    This seems perfectly reasonable.

    • cynthorpe@discuss.online
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      3 months ago

      If they are forced to advertise places, I’m going to sue them to advertise on my ass. I can provide metrics that show it has enough visitors to warrant at least a banner ad.

  • razorwiregoatlick@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I’m confused about this lawsuit. Haven’t advertisers always been allowed to not advertise in places they don’t think align with their brand?

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 months ago

    The last time I was in a Dunkin, there was a maga shithead explaining to a group of Brown people, why the tax policies of maga were good for them. I don’t know if his diatribe was welcome or if he had them trapped as hostages by being next to them. It was a bit surreal. Anyway, I welcome the knowledge that Dunkin won’t have the likes of him around anymore.

  • Otakulad@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I remember seeing on Shitter the founder of Home Depot was supporting Trump and people were saying they wouldn’t shop there anymore.

    The snowflake Trump supports were upset people would do that because it was hurting the workers. I guess it only matters when it is their cause.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Any argument they make is just what they think will have the most chance of getting others to agree with them. They didn’t give a fuck about the workers in either case just like BP didn’t really give a fuck about the retirees that depended on their survival.

  • Etterra@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    The Bud Lite treatment: “boycott” for a few weeks and then go right back to buying their stuff. In fact I’d be surprised if they did that much in enough numbers to make even a wiggle in Dunkin’s bottom line for the quarter.

    • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I mean Bud Lite was significantly affected, but that’s mostly because the people boycotting it were the only ones buying it in the first place. I don’t think the right has a monopoly on Donuts and Coffee in the same fashion.

    • CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Rumble/Locals is a video sharing platform, like YouTube, and you don’t have any of the ridiculous no-no words & censorship of YouTube to abide by (under threat of age-gating, deletion, demonetization). You can say words like: suicide, depression, covid, vaccine, Hitler, porn, pedophile, etc etc etc without people getting all weird.

      You can stream copyrighted content & watch a movie together, as long as there’s some banter & you’re not straight ripping movies. It’s fun, it’s like watching with friends.

      Each creator can enforce THEIR OWN censorship & values on their community as they see fit, the only thing(s) Rumble/Locals does not want to see are: porn, child porn, and idk probably like extreme gore.

  • Tiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 months ago

    Of Jewish people, Fuentes has also said: “We will make them die in the holy war.”

    Aren’t these the same people who complain about being called Nazis

    • Lupus@feddit.org
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      3 months ago

      Isn’t Fuentes one of the few guys who embraces the label?

      Or do I just think that because he is one of those who doesn’t dog whistle and is just saying.Nazi stuff openly?

      Either way, that dude is super scary because he is not stupid, he knows exactly what games hes playing and he is better at it than for example Alex Jones.

      Fortunately he is still too crass for regular people.