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"The first time I ever really listened to Kyle Kulinski’s show was in the back of a cab last summer. The driver had his phone hooked up through the stereo and was pumping out an episode through the car speakers - loudly, as if looking to convert a captive audience.
“Do you like Kyle Kulinski?”
The driver, Ahmed, was a recent immigrant and apparently a die-hard fan of Secular Talk, the political talk show that Kulinski broadcasts on TH-cam. I told him, yes, in fact. I do like Kulinski, had come across his show several years ago, and, all things considered, he seemed pretty good.
“He understands what we’re up against,” Ahmed said. “Like Bernie.”
But I was surprised to hear Kulinski’s name mentioned in the same breath as Bernie Sanders, particularly with such adoration. Because what I did remember about Kulinski’s show struck me as mostly capital-P “progressive” takes on the news - the left wing of the Netroots crowd more than the democratic socialism Sanders has popularized.
It’s an impression that wasn’t entirely incorrect.
“I have no time for philosophical, airy bullshit,” Kulinski tells me from his home in Westchester, New York. “I don’t want to hear about Lenin. I don’t want to hear about Marx. I just want a super plainspoken, straightforward agenda with a straightforward way of selling it.”
With over 800,000 subscribers and nearly 670 million total views on TH-cam, selling a progressive agenda is clearly something Kulinski knows how to do - even Democracy Now, the long-standing flagship of progressive media, cannot match his reach on the platform. Chapo Trap House can certainly boast a wildly devoted fan base (and a not insignificant degree of media influence), but their audience is roughly half the size of Kulinski’s.
While Secular Talk might be more likely to be looped in with the progressive networks around Air America and Pacifica alums like Sam Seder than the more resolutely socialist world, Kulinski’s fiery rhetoric, razor-sharp class instincts, and knack for withering takedowns sets him apart from his peers. Judging by his rhetoric alone, he’s closer to a Eugene Debs than a Chris Hayes.
But unlike Hayes, Amy Goodman, or his friend Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks - who began airing Secular Talk on his web network seven years ago - the thirty-two-year-old Kulinski is virtually invisible in the mainstream media. Despite his enormous fan base, his show has never once been mentioned in the obligatory trend pieces on “the Millennial Left” pumped out by the prestige media. Nor has Kulinski’s name ever popped up at all in the New York Times, Vox, the New Yorker, New York Magazine, or the Washington Post, despite his leading role in cofounding Justice Democrats, the organization widely credited with sweeping Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the rest of “the Squad” to power.
Just last week, his Wikipedia page was deleted. The reason? “There is very simply no [reliable source] coverage of this person,” according to one moderator. In new media, he’s king - the Sean Hannity of the Berniecrat left. In old media, he’s nobody.
I suspect there are a few reasons for that. There is nothing “cool” about Kulinski’s show. (As a friend put it, “‘Welcome to Secular Talk’ sounds like something you’d hear on Egyptian radio.”) His no-nonsense social-democratic politics won’t get him much cred with the Full Communism crowd. He records his show not in Brooklyn or Los Angeles, but in a studio he built himself in his modest Westchester home. His hair is too groomed and his taste in clothes too preppy to qualify as “Dirtbag Left.” Nor has he ever attended an n+1 release party. “Not only have I not attended one,” he says, “I have no idea what that means.”
And yet he’s astonishingly plugged-in for a young man in the suburbs. Wondering how Sanders ended up on the Joe Rogan Experience? Kulinski, a frequent guest on Rogan’s wildly popular show, introduced them. “You make the most sense to me,” Rogan told Kulinski on a recent episode. “You’re a normal person.”
Much like Sanders himself, Kulinski’s show has a massive audience that just doesn’t compute with our media’s understanding of “what the kids want” or even “what the left-wing kids want.”
It’s probably for the best - the very woke and very WASP-ish decorum haunting much of the media world is nowhere to be found in Secular Talk. “Corporate Democrats over-focus on identity as a trick to divert you from the issues that unite us all - class issues,” he said on a recent episode.
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Bill Mahar can't touch Jon Stewart. Bill Mahar couldn't carry Jon Stewarts dirty laundry.
Honestly so true. Mahar seems to have brain damage and I mean that respectfully lmao
@@user-if7qp5dt7w Brains become rigid with age. Babies can learn multiple languages. Old people cannot.
@@user-if7qp5dt7w Maher was based 15 years ago
@@J3WfroN1NjA21 eh ish but yes he’s gotten way worse
Agreed!! Maher is out of touch
Disney: "There's plenty of love under the rainbow"
Translation: "There's plenty of room for _everyone's_ money in our vault".
Disney is now a company of groomers.
But not too much love.
Still salty for them cancelling The Owl House for not being 'on brand' i.e 'too much gay'.
Jon Stewart: “I really care about people that’s why I do a comedy show! I’m just a progressive who cares”
Also Jon Stewart: “who cares about the millions I have in the bank I’m just saying the right things”
@@John-gi6yhJohn Stewart has actually been out working to get disabled 9/11 first responders the care they were promised. One thing he's done more.
What have you done?
@@John-gi6yh just ignore his years long work for 9/11 first responders like a good little dumbass
John Stewart has always understood the same things George Carlin understood, and they aim at their perceived smugness at those who deserve it. So many comedians nowadays think being edgy is being lackeys of those with money.
Steward stands for racism and child rape
Here in Richmond VA we had an ad that posed a good question:
"Is it wrong to love your bank?"
Every time I saw that I thought hell yes it's wrong to love a bank you psychopaths!
...wtf?
What bank was that?
Is it wrong to love smashing your bank's windows?
Pansexual-phobe
@@sandpiperr I was Atlantic Union, but it may have been Atlantic First Union at the time. It was a small local that has been swallowed a few times since we joined.
Credit unions FTW.
Undeniably based. Love Jon Stewart.
Undeniably moronic
FACTZ
Calling out the bullshit of rainbow capitalism.
@@cr77702 ...I beg your pardon?
Yep wish we never had to see that rainbow flag again lol
He didn’t mention that Budweiser completely abandoned Dylan after the backlash. No one from the company ever reached out to make sure she was okay, and they never publicly defended her against onslaught of bigotry she faced after the promotion. Corporations have NO VALUES but $$$
Cmon dawg Dylan aint no victim he made bank off that deal and he’s mostly disliked because of his antics and narcissistic behaviour not cause he’s trans
@@ah_helou2845 this shit happens literally every time a trans person is platformed by a corporation. Do u really think these far right Christian nationalists even knew who Dylan was before this? Stop talking out your ass bc you have no idea what your talking about
@@ah_helou2845 stop being a coward and using those lame excuses for being a bigot. Just say what you really want to say. I’m sure it’s difficult that trans people are living rent free in your head
@@ah_helou2845 *She… You’re welcome 😊
@@ah_helou2845 Dylan was on the brink of suicide from the backlash. Only a sociopath would say what you said, and considering you purposefully misgendered her shows how fragmented your two-dimensional psyche is by valuing personal beliefs over the actual difference in others, perfect recipe for fascism and homogeny. The biggest irony and the brutal truth is that trans women are spiritually, mentally and biologically more real women than cis women who are not in touch with their gender identity, who allowed themselves to be defined by the society. Why or how more real you ask? Because the only thing that is truly real is the self evident experience! This is why something like transmisia would have not even existed if there was no objectification of women in this world in the first place, because they have reduced themselves into an object that has been weaponized and exploited, only trans people recognize themselves as subjects. This is why biological determinism has been throughout the history used as a tool how to oppress women. I don't expect ignorant clowns like you to ever get it. It is not up to you to determine whether someone is a man or woman, your job is to validate it as truth IF you wish to have freedom and control over your own body, and I would sugest you to take this bloody seriously. Any invalidation and unacceptance of each other's differences leads to a homogenization of humanity. LGBT have been largely outlawed and attacked within the tyrannical dictatorial regimes on this planet.
Trans people are your ticket to freedom, even though the majority of people as usual goes along with the authoritarian system where a personal belief has more value than an individual human being, that can give you the clue why we live under the corrupt systems we live in in this world.
The only stand I want these companies to take is refusal to operate, invest in or work with Israel.
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Hear hear!
BDS
The only stand I want is the fuck aside
I wouldn't care if Disney said "we cut our ties with Israel because our fans wouldn't stop bitching about it" as long as they really did it.
To drive home this point as directly as possible, I suggest always specifying the Israeli government, not just Israel, which includes the Israeli people, most of whom are innocent.
The same applies to the US and the US government.
I would add, "Don't fight unions".
Every take Stewart has done since coming back has been a banger.
FACTZ. Straight 🔥
He’s been saying stuff like this on his TH-cam channel since he left. He’s still uploading and he’s currently helping other TH-camrs doing the same.
Just not on the second amendment…
watch his andrew sullivan fiasco and tell me that was a banger
I just love what John Stewart does
Pinning medals on Nazis at Disney world?
check out his hypocrisy with the andrew sullivan fiasco and see if you still love him
Pride support this year has almost entirely vanished, mostly likely because of the terrorism aimed at Bud and at Target last year.
We gay folks have known for decades that their "support" is only about an inch deep, and it became obvious when companies that had historically been on the front line of Pride merch is gone. The company I work for in 2023 sold SO much Pride apparel from lots of different shirts to socks with basically ever sub community's flag on them. This year I think we have one tee shirt? and so far no email from our executives talking about Pride (which I only today remembered when they sent out their email supporting Juneteenth despite refusing to make that a company holiday)
and even here in San Francisco my local target had NO pride section this year.
I was pleasantly surprised to see that Michael's still sold some pride stuff this year. They stopped doing a few themed merch for a little bit. The hypocrisy really bothers me and the fake support. It feels insulting.
Target is probably closed due to the shoplifting. I am not gay, but the best way to support you folks is to treat you like everyone else, and not like you are anything special. That's how equality is supposed to work. Having a parade is not necessary. Just treat the gay or lesbian like how you treat any other person. I don't care if you are gay or straight, white or colored, even my own race, I hate everyone equally.
We gays have known this from the beginning. Why would we believe that corporations and the capitalist class suddenly like and support queer people when they actively fired us from our jobs for the entirety of the 20th century, did nothing to support people with AIDS, and even now many corporations that pretend to support queer people continue to donate millions of dollars to right-wing homophobic and transphobic politicians at the same time that these same corporations pretend to support our community in pander-filled advertising campaigns. Honestly I would prefer that corporations just say “we like the gays because we like their money”. At least that would be honest!
Society is progressing
@@Rowsy91^ free speech absolutist
DISNEY: "We have stories for everything and evryone...." Here comes Nimona and The Owl House.... DISNEY: "QUICKLY CANCEL THAT GAY SH....!!!!!"
Just seeing Jon Stewarts face gives me comfort
this here is why corporations do not belong at pride
Seeing their Pride floats make me sick.
Corporations ARE people. I mean, psychopaths are people too.
And EVERY corporation essentially behaves like a psychopath.
Corporations forget to mention that narcissism is their main agreement
Love the joke,
Hate that it fits.
When it comes to corporate personhood, I prefer to imagine corporations as Lovecraftian eldritch abominations, not as humans.
I'd call it Conservatinve Outrage Month, but I guess that could be any month.
There’s this classic rock radio station out in Nampa, Idaho. It’s 96.9 The Eagle (KKGL). Every June, the station’s logo and banner on Facebook is changed to the Pride Flag. And of course, whenever they do that, they get a lot of flak from idiots.
Because of the backlash, The Eagle announced that they will keep the flag up for another month if the station gets hate messages during the previous month. Last year, they kept the flag up until November.
This actually sets The Eagle apart from other corporations, because the station doesn’t pussy out from right-wing backlash like Target, and they’ve been doing this for the last few years now! They also have no intention of stopping either, they just announced last week that the flag is staying up in July! 😂
Awesome!
Thanks for sharing.
Unexpectedly based for Idaho, even in the Treasure Valley.
So, uh... How long have you been working for The Eagle (KKGL)? 😂
That is frickin awesome
IDK how to feel about this honestly, from the leftist critique, yes this is hollow virtue signal pandering, but also as member of a minority you can see yourself normalized in these ads, it changes what is accepted culturally even if a little bit, so I know they are not allies and at the same time I know that representation leads to more tolerance and eventually normalization.
I don't understand why Kyle cares about corporations being honest. I don't give a shit about how honest they are, I think it's good when they support gay rights and other minority rights, because that's part of the normalization process.
Corporations have no morals, so who gives a fuck how sincerely they believe something? I don't care WHY they do it, the results are positive, so I'm still glad when a corporation makes some kind of positive statement about minorities.
As empty as the statement is, it's better than the alternative, which is silence in the face of bigotry, which contributes to the normalization of that bigotry.
Jon Stewart for President.
Jon is based, and as someone who is bi/queer I enjoy him calling out these phony/greedy corporations as libs tend to fall for this BS, but he has said multiple times he doesn't want to run. Also, keep in mind good advocates don't always necessarily make for effective politicians.
Jon. But yes.
@@carnybusiness7432 he has said no multiple times in the past. But the most recent time he was asked he didn’t say yes but he definitely didn’t say no, so there may be a chance
@@carnybusiness7432he would be a jfk again… but yes
@@carnybusiness7432and besides...
Progress dies at the Virginia state line.
Budweiser should be renamed, *_Watered-down Gnats Piss Light_*
The two bottoms buns thing is real, and we (lgbtq people) absolutely realized it was trying to hard, virtue signaling stupidity. We also generally thought it was tongue in cheek and amusing lol
Let’s not forget that celebrities do this too. They talk about how gay people deserve equal rights, humanity, dignity and how we are beautiful and precious one day and then the next they’ll do brand deals with these companies, sponsor and advertise trips to Dubai, preform in Russia and attends festivals in Saudi Arabia all for money the next.
Cough cough, David Beckham and Gary Neville cough cough
@@mallardofmodernia8092 I was thinking along the lines of Beyoncé, Chris and Liam Hemsworth and Macklemore but yeah those guys too
Honestly, I believe celebrities are being a lot more sincere about it. They probably just don't think much. I mean, celebrities are actual people - I wouldn't compare them to big companies.
Are celebrities principled? No. But do they mostly mean well when they say those things? I don't see why not. It's not like they are just trying to make a profit when they say those things. But when they make deals with these companies, they simply aren't thinking about their values. Big companies work the other way around - they don't actually have values, but they think making it seem like they care about these issues helps with selling their products.
@@MaggaraMarine hahah good one, youre really making it seems like most celebs dont have PR people telling them what to say and what not to say to please the masses, and "they MEAN it" 😂 thats the best part really
Edit : oh wait wait I read it again and you actually believe celebrities dont look to make profit when they say those things? I take back what I said earlier, this is the best part 😂 you made my day ty
@@MaggaraMarine I disagree I think celebrities operate as brands… thats why so many of them come forward about how they have been cautioned into being silent on certain causes. For example Taylor Swift mentioned how she was pressured into staying silent on LGBTQ+ and politics and so many gay celebrities have been asked to stay in the closet.
I also don’t think that celebrities can claim ignorance on certain things like sponsoring and advertising trips to Dubai… people are given travel advisories on the policies of the strict homophobic laws of countries like Dubai and Saudi Arabia . But I feel like many of them want the millions of dollars it takes to support these brands and regions over standing strong in their morals values. It wouldn’t be the first time people put profits over morals and human rights.
I do think that they gain profit when they show their support for LGBTQ+ people because historically LGBTQ+ people are loyal consumers and I think that some celebrities like Chris and Liam Hemsworth are very DL with their support because they want to appeal to LGBTQ+ people without pushing away their homophobic audience.
That oreo commercial got me. 😂
I couldn’t stop thinking about the Oreo commercial after I watched this segment on Monday. It’s so bad in so many ways.
Ngl, I really thought that painting the fence rainbow was gonna be a hint that the ad was for Lowe’s or Home Depot or something like that XD
Yeah, it's all grift. But at the same time, if corporations want to sponsor my parade, I'm going to let them.
And yet corporations have the same rights we do..🤨
On their _worst_ days, they're that fucking constrained...
More actually
Stewart was wrong about one thing: he called Bud Light a beer…
I am SICK of the Bud Light slander! I like it! 😄
@@nas84payne That's fine, people have all kinds of kinks. I'm only establishing facts. 😜
also wrong on quite a few things ie the andrew sullivan fiasco
I live in a small rural town where the only pride representation many will see is from the large corporations.
While it may be annoying in the cities, it is still desperately needed in many areas.
it's completely phony though, the moment it becomes unprofitable, they will pull the rug from under you
I mean, the quote I've heard from queer friends is that:
"Oh boy, June. The month where every straight person rushes to tell me that pride is corporates"
Jon Stewart's criticism wasn't of pride month itself, though.
It was of corporations hamfisted attempts at capitalizing on people's support of pride month.
Jon Stewart continues to be awesome
Kyle get Yanis Varoufakis on the show with Krystal
That's a good shout. I would watch that.
Get Mark Blythe and Joseph Steiglitz too
Slavoj Žižek
10:40 Fun fact I learned recently.
Whenever you see one of those round up donation things, the company in question has already donated a set amount of money for tax purposes and when YOU “round up for a donation” you’re paying the company back for what they already spent on that donation not adding to it.
i also believe they might take your the donation, then donate with "their own" money as a tax right off, but they actually never spent any off there own money
Is this true!? I feel kind of betrayed for trying to be a good person.
If you look at the fine print, they also cap their donations. Which means that any extra money they get selling special edition merchandise doesn't go to the charity, they keep it.
If you want to support a cause, you're better of just directly donating to them.
@@huntermushero9362 If you support a cause and want to donate, donate directly to them.
Never feel bad for telling a business "not today" when it comes to a promotion even if they say the proceeds are going to charity, because there's usually fine print.
@@huntermushero9362 it's truly despicable the way they exploit people's empathy and good nature. Never do the round up/donation - there's some even more scummy things about it too. Read up on it
This reminds me of when Alex Hirsch called out Disney for their hypocrisy when they canceled Gravity Falls because of the gay cops.
They didn't cancel Gravity,Alex said 2 seasons was all that he planned
@@prdeadpool1380Disney still didn’t like the gay cops despite preaching inclusivity.
This plays into what annoyed me about Robin DiAngelo. She waltzes into workplaces, tells underpaid and overworked staff to be less racist, gets a big, fat pay packet, and the companies who paid her to do this use child slaves to make their products.
It never ceases to amaze me how some leftists are so perturbed by her and her work, when what you described sounds like more of a critique of the corporations that choose to disingenuously use her work in that way.
I mean I get that it’s kind messed up that she goes along with it but I don’t think her work is inherently bad.
The disingenuous corporations that don’t really care about diversity but just like the way looks are the inherently bad ones imo.
The late Michael Brooks had a saying that went something like “Be ruthless towards institutions and more understanding towards people”. Critiquing power and those that hold it is always more in our interest than critiquing those that have little or none of it.
Those Shick ads for men's razors are just like 8 seconds of a divorced dad like "hi i just shaved sometimes i don't"
As a trans-femme pansexual, the corporate monetization of pride is abhorrent to me.
As a gay man, I watched Jon Stewart's piece yesterday and really enjoyed it. I remember thinking, when corporations initially started doing this, "good for them". Nowadays I just see it for the cynical marketing strategy that it is.
All gay organizations have been hijacked by lesbians and they cranked up the turbo feminism to 10,000, using gay ppl’s social capital to spread man hatred everywhere and expect gays to take the backlash. I’m gay and they even coopted gay ppl’s identity to say it’s an umbrella term since they’re so ashamed of their own identity because of their political past
Doritos was the best.
They hired a trans that posted several times on Twitter that viciously mocked rape victims.
The alphabets were outraged that it was fired rather than the fact that it was bashing women and rape victims.
Can you speak in English and not in Reddit?
@@AloisWeimar you'd probably prefer I speak in Arabic but alas, you don't always get what you want, my dear.
Perhaps get a translator.
The good thing about rainbow capitalism is just that it indicates that society is progressing to the point that LGBT+ people and their supporters are numerous enough to be an economically good target for publicity.
It is good in the same sense that a thermometer showing you don't have a fever (or hypothermia) is good.
As someone who grew up gay in a conservative town in a conservative family, I welcome any corporate pandering I can get. It was some of my first positive exposure of the LGBTQ community.
I get what you're saying, but too often they're hypocrites and will donate money to politicians who are against the very same thing they claim to support
Why not sell the same stuff all year rather than make a big about it for special attention?
@@JC-ce1ksthe problem is that we have to realize that corporations aren’t our friends and will never be our friends. I just want people to realize that
I come from the same background and feel kind of similar. Corporate, Social responsibility has always felt "icky," but I actually look forward to June and look forward to some of the events happening around the world and conversations happening.
It was all fake. I'd rather be unhappy with the truth than happy with a lie.
"We got the most delicious fucking burger. I don't know what to tell ya. Come eat this shit"
*- Kyle the burger salesman* 😂
I would unironically at least try the burger with that kind of ad lol
Yes, corporations should just sell their products with straightforward descriptions of what they’re selling. And please provide good quality at fair prices. That’s all I ask as a consumer.
That's how i feel about any ads nowadays. Like stop trying to give me "ideas" on what i can do with your product. It's pretty self-explanatory.
The corporations play gullible and irrational people like a fiddle. The only thing that matters to them is profit...not you or even human life!
Get your pride shirts from local makers. Yes the shirts are probably made in China or Latin America but the transfers and artwork are usually made in house.
I used to work for a telecom company that hired my ENTIRE GAY BAR in customer service, and I found out many years in, that the company was donating money to Focus on The Family; a group that was actively anti-gay. Broke my heart.
Even though it’s all for profit it’s still important that companies feel the need to pay lip service to progressive ideas rather than conservative ones. Which doesn’t mean don’t hold them accountable. Tax them and break them if they attempt to break unions.
except this year the rainbow capitalism has really receeded
most of us knew that corproations didn't really support us, and that they would bolt as soon as the heat got turned on them, but it's telling just how fast they turned on us.
GAP and Old Navy usually had a pretty big Pride selection every year, but this year it's basically non existent, probably because they're afraid to be in the crosshairs the same way that Target and Bud were. And on that note, even where I live in San Francisco, the Target has no Pride apparel this year.
We also aren't even seeing the rainbow corproate logos on Twitter this year like we used to every other year. We've become a liability, so now they're pretending we don't exist.
@@anthonydelfino6171 That only adds to my point though. You rather they pay lip service to bigots?
@@Kevo6492 I'd rather not have to look to corporations for hollow fake validation at all, actually.
@@patchwurk6652 That’s not what I’m saying though?
It will make people less likely to buy the product
I think Kyle is overlooking the fact that ESG was a social credit score for corporations. That is fundamentally different than right wing patriotic pandering.
Is it so bad to believe that your sexual preferences and gender expressions actually have fuck-all to do with who you are as a person?
What? Of course one's sexuality and gender expression are important parts of who they are, just like any other aspect of one's identity. Also, a major part of identity comes from the 'feedback' you get from the world. It's not all internal. You seem incredibly naive.
@dlg5485 I disagree. In my estimation, who you are as a person comes down to many different layers. The core of who you are comes down to your morals and values and the kind of people you keep company with. Above that is your heritage and your genetics, the aspects that define your physical appearance and your family. Then, on the surface level you can maybe point to your gender and sexual preferences as a small and least important part of the total being.
BTW you don't have to be rude and accuse me of being niave if you just want to share your perspective.
@@DontStopCornPop Yes. I'm not going to say that being a nonbinary pan isn't an important aspect of myself, but that has very little to do with my morality.
...Gonna say here that society makes a way bigger deal about my gender identity and s3xu∆lity than is warranted.
On the surface I'm very different, but inside, I'm a basic human, trying hard to be good, to make a living and deal with my personal challenges.
@@grmpEqweeryour sexuality and preferences are only important to your inner self or should be, in terms of the person others see it shouldn't matter unless they're a chaser or phobe. Its not naive its just that sexuality and gender identity has no positive or negative value as its everything else that defines it. I see it in the same way as eye colour or hair colour.
Normalize worker co-ops! Not rainbow capitalism!🏳️⚧️☭🏳️🌈Ⓐ🇵🇸
Support queer-owned small businesses, not megacorporations!
I don't care what prefer in bed.
Exactly 😊
support small business regardless. keep your sexual preferences out of it. (I'm gay)
I support queer-owned small businesses.
I'm not gay.
@@D2AMONThere it is
I worked for Target and to be fair, their stores legitimately got bomb threats and threats of shootings last year. Look, their pride stuff is obviously a cash grab, but they do have a responsibility to keep their employees safe.
You do not do that by agreeing with the propositions of the terrorists for God's sake while endangering marginalized people all the more intead, you do that by standing your ground. I cant believe these kids of excuses like you have proposed here. Unbelievable!
@@Shalanaya If they were making general threats against the company itself, I would agree. But people were leaving threats at specific stores. I don't know, it's a tricky situation.
@@DannyYankouas a fellow retail worker, the company does not give a toss if you're safe, they only care about any property damage or losses they have to pay for. These stores routinely break safety standards or anonymity procedures regarding investigations either criminal or about said breaking of safety standards. The UK has much stricter laws and this is the truth here so for the US it'll be worse.
@@Shalanaya ?
I'm 60 years old and dropped cable over a decade ago - those commercials are laughably out of touch in my opinion.
If you want a cautionary tale of Corporate morality, just watch the Fallout tv show.
Nah play the video games instead .
I remember a few years ago, the left was calling John Stewart right wing because he did a virus joke.
Watching pride ads during June is like watching a second superbowl.
He is so right! Spot on!
Those _Skittles_ might actually be better since it looks like there’s no dye on them lol
In all honesty, when what happened in the real world it is very touching and heartwarming. Seeing someone whom was formerly anti-LGBTQ+ change their position to support someone close to them is a very good thing.
Well done
11:38 there are some really cute doggy paws in the bottom right corner :D
As my trans brother said, considering how bad the GOP is right now, bad representation is better than no representation at all
I can relate with the salesman job. Did it for a day and was just too honest. Felt slimy doing a pitch without giving it to people straight.
Id prefer corporate ad motivated support for lgbtq over people criticizing it.
Love your puppy dog bellied up to the fireplace!
I remember the Skittles thing from last year, I thought it was weird that during the one month where rainbows get pushed the candy whose catchphrase is literally “Taste the rainbow” is like “nah dog let’s compete with all the rainbows by not having a rainbow”. I am however quite proud of the Skittles fan community, they responded to the pandering in the one and only correct way: by demanding Lime skittles be brought back because lime flavored candy is awesome.
"If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, it is now possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without them knowing it.We are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires that control the public mind." Edward L. Bernays
"Though shall not accept speech as action from companies or politicians"
The pandering is good that’s why conservatives hate it. Attacking it is dumb.
That's exactly why I quit selling cars. I had no problem selling enough to make a decent living by selling like Kyle described, but to have a really good month you had to screw people over, and I just hated that.
Hey, creamy filling is creamy filling!
I agree with all of this. The problem is, an ad could be completely apolitical, just strictly about the product being sold, but if the couple in the ad happens to be a mixed race couple, or (*clutches pearls*) a gay couple, normie America loses their sh!t like, “why are they always trying to shove an agenda down our throats!?” There’s no agenda! Some people are gay, some families aren’t white, like get over it.
Omg it took jon stewart to watch one of your videos again. Shout out Jon! Love you Sec
When I worked at Capital One they did this bs. While they would virtue signal they woild treat their employees like 2nd hand citizens.
Boy. He just completely skipped over the fact target was selling gay and trans baby and child wear including tuck friendly little boys clothes.
Idk, as a lesbian I kind of like the corporatist’s try hard actions 😂 Except the oreo one.
It's wild you can play this much of the show uninterrupted
Almost nothing would shame a parent more than a child growing up to be one of these.
I saw the BK poster in canada two years ago.
I think YT has proven that you don't need more than 5 seconds for an ad.
"Hey, we're Xyz! We sell Abc! Come down and pick some up today!" Done.
important point regarding corporations avoiding politics in advertising; hiring a trans person to read an ad is not "getting political". if the 'culture war' isn't about the actual content of an advert the politics always finds us where we're just trying to live
Huge facts
So, Anheuser Bush is owned by a company in Belgium, Mulvaney is probably a wine drinker. But, horses do like beer, some horse owners make a mash once a week and put a beer in with their feed. I guess cows enjoy it too.
Kid you not. There was this weird Amazon Prime commercial that said that you subscribing to Amazon Primes free shipping helped shape you as a strong independent black woman. I was like...what? I dunno if it caused backlash.
For some reason, secular talk disappeared from my TH-cam feed despite being a fan... So seeing that he has blonde hair for the first time really caught me by surprised hahaha
The ignorant public asks for it...that's why corporations do what they do!! It makes the non-profit org that pander to big corporations for donations feel better bout themselves and vice versa!!
Mention of the BLM protests reminded me of a small news item I came across at the time about Wal-Mart. It had made a change of policy at its stores, that health and beauty products designed for black people would no longer be under lock and key, requiring the person to humiliatingly seek out a Wal-Mart worker to unlock the case.
"Welcome to Costco, i love you"
Why are men wearing hats in church? That's a no no
Corporate pride!
If doing nothing illegal or unethical, what’s wrong about worrying about the bottom line?
We all care about making money.
Yes, but there is an ethical difference between someone caring about the money needed for feeding herself and her family, and someone caring about money to increase her already-large wealth. Moreover, the critique is not directed to the fact that corporations care about money, it is directed to the fact that they pretend to care about minorities while, in reality, they don't.
Klye looks like an Evil Magician
What kind of watch does Kyle wear? Thought I saw the Rolex logo there for a couple secs.
If conservatives are to be believed, they are susceptible to believing this too, given how incessantly they whine about "woke" corporations.
I'll never fault marginalized communities for feeling more included and safe in our society, due to advertising campaigns from soulless Corporations. What other culturally significant signifier are they suppose to use? In our corporate controlled capitalist hellscape.
“Culturally significant signifier” (sic) that will stab me in the back as soon as the wind changes direction? No thanks.
@@FantasticBabblings Ok pedant. What's your problem with the phrase "culturally significant signifier?" Are you trying to imply that the words "significant" and "signifier" are redundant? You laser focused on that phrase for some reason. Yet failed to address the very clear question that I posed. You just lashed out like a child and said "no! I don't like that!" Let me try this again in laymen's terms. "What part of our society, that is equal to the importance of advertising in our society, are marginalized communities supposed to use as a sign that they are becoming more accepted within our society?
I got a diversity ad during the skit and didn't notice until it was over lol
Reminds me why people like Jack Hornner from Puss in Boots. He may be a horrible piece of shit, but he's honest about it and he doesn't care if people hate him; hes just having fun being him. I think we all want that freedom.
wow jon stewart with the hot takes on ad campaigns from 4 years ago. people who criticized it back then were called bigots by ppl like john stewart
Kyle's pup is dreaming peacefully in the BG :)
All I want for a company to do is to make their products safe and high-quality, treat and pay their workers fairly, and not donate to causes or work with other companies that actively aim to hurt or undermine people. That is all they literally have to do for me to be OK with them.