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[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 131 points 3 days ago (5 children)

I mean, how many companies are maintaining their DEI programs these days?

I’m not gonna say Chick-fil-A are perfect angels, but the article is about a guy who is upset because one of the locations in Utah celebrated a gay marriage and corporate backed them up. That’s a very different Chick-fil-A than in 2012.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 71 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That happened?! I’m frankly stunned.

also the guy who is upset is literally linked to at least three guys (one of whom was JOSH DUGGAR) who sexually assaulted children.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

Not really. The issue is the corporate overlords at that company donating millions of dollars to shitty things like conversion therapy camps.

They donate to a huge range of shitty things to this day.

They are trash.

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Surprisingly, Apple. https://www.apple.com/diversity/

Not trying to sound pro-them, to be clear. I just use that page as a Fascism canary.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I’m not surprised by that. Apple does plenty of evil shit, and has straight-up bribed Trump because it’s the wise business move, but they’ve been ostensibly “socially progressive” for most of the company’s history.

[–] nullroot@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Or maybe they just actually know diversity is a good thing that helps a company make better products. Apple never struck me as particularly stupid, just evil.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 5 points 3 days ago

Or maybe they just actually know diversity is a good thing that helps a company make better products.

Oh absolutely.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

They went through a very public divestment of the company from all the “family” centric hate groups. The owners still donate to them personally but the company’s charitable giving arm does not.

You could call them woke for “backing up” a gay marriage or you could say they chose not to go to the trouble of breaking heads over some gay marriage. I know the Trump era has emboldened the worst of us, but that doesn’t mean everyone is for sure willing to prove that their PR has been phony all along. They don’t have enough to gain.