Beer Drinkers Everywhere Torch ‘Pathetic’ Anheuser-Busch Statement: ‘Literally Multiple Paragraphs of NOTHING’
thewrap.comWhitworth said in part.Well, he succeeded in that goal — albeit not in the way he planned. People on both sides of the political divide did indeed come together, but only to criticize the statement.
Conservatives remained outraged that the company didn’t apologize. Supporters of trans rights called out Anheuser-Busch for appearing to distance itself from the LGBTQ community it courted with the original campaign.
And pretty much everyone made fun of the statement’s neutrality, as well as what many, many, many of them dismissed as substance-free “word salad.”“Pathetic statement from @AnheuserBusch CEO,” Democratic commentator Kaivan Schroff wrote. “To be clear they sent a trans influencer personalized cans of Budlight. [sic] That’s not “dividing” people.
Caving to these hateful bigots is what divides our country. Shame on you, Brendan Whitworth. Epic leadership fail.”“Referring to specific people’s right to exist as a “discussion that divides people” is fucking reprehensible,” another user said.“If you didnt already know what this was referring to, you would have no idea what they were talking about.
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