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by refurb 2175 days ago
Saying they support BLM costs them almost nothing and is pretty low risk (now that’s moved mainstream). I know my company quietly waited until it was clear nobody would bat an eye if they did a press release supporting BLM.

Hong Kong? That might actually require a bit of financial risk and negative publicity (at least in China). Now that real money is involved? “Our company believes the best way to support change in China is to do business there [...and keep our mouths shut].
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josteink 2175 days ago
> I know my company quietly waited until it was clear nobody would bat an eye if they did a press release supporting BLM.

It may have a vocal (majority?) support, but it’s still a very divisive issue.

It’s probably better to not raise any flag, unless you really mean it and genuinely want to support it.

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refurb 2175 days ago
The BLM movement has gotten to the point that if companies don’t make some statement of support they are risking negative PR.
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josteink 2175 days ago
So any BLM “support” you see these days, you might as well expect be the result of tyranny?

Interesting.

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refurb 2175 days ago
Huh? No, that’s not what I meant.

Companies prefer to not be in the news. So what they do is seek out the mainstream and align itself to it.

BLM was not mainstream 3 months ago, so companies remained quiet.

Now, not showing support for BLM runs the risk of unfavorable PR. So they put out a low risk statement.

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briefcomment 2175 days ago
I'm not sure BLM support is "mainstream". Home Depot hasn't said anything official about BLM to my knowledge, and you hear loud pro BLM people saying they should be boycotted [1], but I think they're doing fine. Their stock price is as good as its ever been.

I think what we're seeing is a case of "minority rule" [2].

[1] https://www.ccn.com/7-companies-you-should-renounce-if-you-s...

[2] https://nassimtaleb.org/2016/08/intolerant-wins-dictatorship...

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untog 2174 days ago
> More than half of voters, 57 percent, have a favorable opinion of the Black Lives Matter movement, while 30 percent have an unfavorable one.

https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=3663

So it's not much of a minority anything.

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