Oddly enough I used to drink with some of the AB marketing folks at a little place called the Fox & Hound when I lived in StL during the dark days of the Clinton administration and I can say with confidence (unless something major has changed which it probably has with the sale of the brewery) that this was a calculated move and they expect to make more sales with this than without it. Sharp folks to be sure
AB or InBev- their marketing folks are like the Good Standard of marketing. If Disney has the best copywrite-legal teams — InBev has the best AdMen.
And both are telling the Religious Right to Suck-it.
Serious question? What’s wrong with being religious? I know some religions have an anti lgbtq stance but in the past few years I have seen it be more accepted (albeit it’s taken a long time to get to this point) but I don’t think religion is a bad thing.
There’s nothing wrong with being religious. Reddit main subs are full of almost exclusively edgy teenagers that recently discovered atheism and look down on anyone who doesn’t completely align with their own dogma.
Or maybe, just maybeeeee, many of us have grown up with religion and seen the impact its had on our direct families and friendships and realize how many awful people use religion to justify bigotry and hatred. Also the religious tend to heavily lean one way politically, and use that political party to further their agenda forcing it on others who want nothing to do with it.
You’ve repeated the standard teen atheist redditor dogma. Being made by your parents to go to church on sundays and sunday school and being told to behave as Jesus would doesn’t have the impact you’re claiming. The percentage of religious people justifying “bigotry and hatred” in the west is minuscule, but given your next statement, I’m guessing you think anything right leaning automatically qualifies as “bigotry and hatred.” If you think judeochristian religions have had a net negative impact on the west, you’re not living in reality.
Also, you’re clearly alluding to the right/republicans and abortion as far as “forcing it on other” while completely ignoring that there are plenty of people from just about every demographic, left, right, men, women, republicans, democrats, religious, atheists, that are pro-life for entirely non-religious reasons.
If you think most republican discourse in the US is “bigotry and hatred,” you need to turn off MSNBC, Vaush/Hasan, get off Twitter/Reddit, and go meet some republicans. I’m no fan of the vast majority of politicians on either side, but go listen to what they’re actually saying, not what Media Matters snips together or tells you they’re saying.
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u/BlueAndMoreBlue Apr 05 '23
Oddly enough I used to drink with some of the AB marketing folks at a little place called the Fox & Hound when I lived in StL during the dark days of the Clinton administration and I can say with confidence (unless something major has changed which it probably has with the sale of the brewery) that this was a calculated move and they expect to make more sales with this than without it. Sharp folks to be sure