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Found out tonight that Montana is a red state. Dad ordered a Bud Lite at the restaurant and the waiter informed him that they haven't sold it since the "Bud Lite fiasco".. I looked up what that was and realised where we are. Do a quick Google to see how ridiculous these people are.. or just Click here
Then I thought back through my day and realised I haven't seen one black person here. I also recall seeing one of those cheap novelty tshirt stores on the main street, one tshirt being Trump with big 80's sunglasses on and it said "I'll Be Bach", which isn't even clever. There's no Bach joke there, it's just a Terminator reference and it's Back. Now I'm silently judging everyone I see.
As much as I hate America, I sure as hell do know a lot about American politics and the whole "culture war" shit. But like yeah, right-wing nut jobs essentially boycotted Bud Lite and the reason was... get this, that they sponsored a video of Dylan Mulvaney, a trans woman who has been documenting her transition on TikTok everyday. But the maddening thing about it is, is that the Bud Lite with Dylan on it was only for her, it wasn't for anyone else. So all these dickheads buying Bud Lite to shoot at it, or going into stores that sell Bud Lite and trashing the place.
And the sad thing about it... Bud Light never reached out to Mulvaney about this situation to ask if she was okay. This probably is stated in the link you posted, but I guess this is a shorter version. I just have loads of thoughts on this.