Wednesday, January 01, 2025

Costco Faces MAGA Boycott

Costco is facing threats of a boycott from supporters of President-elect Donald Trump after executives refused to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion policies at the request of shareholders.

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Vanguard is the largest institutional shareholder of Costco stock, with about a $38 billion stake. Vanguard knows #Diversity, equity & #Inclusion are good for people, good for business. On January 23, Costco shareholders should listen to the Board and uphold #DEI programs. $COST #CorpGov

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-- Nancy Levine Stearns (@nancylevinestearns.bsky.social) January 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM

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Have at it, snowflakes.

#1 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-01-01 01:47 PM

Diversity, equity and inclusion are words that MAGAts simply have no concept of.

#2 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-01-01 01:50 PM

#2,
Sure they do...to the MAGAts, it is code words for 'Black Folks gonna get jobs too". And they cant stand having to compete for jobs with Black Folks on a level playing field.

Their egos can't accept the equality of folks who they desperately need to feel superior to.

#3 | Posted by Wardog at 2025-01-01 02:21 PM

Nothing Deplorable Trumping MAGAts hate more than diversity equality and inclusion.

#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-01-01 02:22 PM

'Black Folks gonna get jobs too"

They're gonna get the jobs the illegal immigrants are doing.

The Republican Party has plans for Black Americans, they're all gonna be working fields on plantations again.

MAGA!

#5 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-01-01 02:24 PM

Just leaves more samples for me!

#6 | Posted by censored at 2025-01-01 02:34 PM

Equality in Law and Employment and a private commercial organization wants equality in all aspects of its hiring. Oh the Humanity? Don't go to Costco then. No skin off my nose.

#7 | Posted by randomcanyon at 2025-01-01 03:10 PM

Well, most of the people at the Costco I shop at are Indian or Asian. The minority of whites that shop there probably aren't MAGA morons anyway, so this boycott isn't likely to harm Costco much.

#8 | Posted by jpw at 2025-01-01 03:28 PM

I'm glad that some entity is standing up to these cheap threats from the MAGA mouth breathers. Once people, companies and politicians cease knuckling under, the game will be over for the Dotard adjacent ...

#9 | Posted by catdog at 2025-01-01 04:39 PM

DEI as a figure of speech is highly disturbing because fundamentally it means favoritism for some, racism against others, and over politicizing everything and everyone. Most vile of all it represents encouragement to hate those not fully politically indoctrinated by the leftwing and wokeness. Examine the incompetent inept crime infested leadership of every Democrat run city and state you always see DEI in action. They cant think past blind efficiency because their every thought is political. They cant prevent terrorism and crime because they can't offend their base. The left adores DEI and favoritism as it requires kneeling to and kissing the axx of leftwing politics. Demographic color blindness, blind meritocracy, or advancement based on the brightest and most capable doesn't exist in their world.of a blind meritocracy.

New Orleans and this recent tragic terrorist event IMHO are examples of such failed incompetent leadership where they failed to do basic perimeter security and proactively protect people in the most targeted area. They used wooden saw horses expecting to keep vehicles off sidewalks and streets when they should have used trucks or heavy vehicles as barriers. That's the way I view it. New Orleans should have been prevented by actually protecting people.

I refuse to spend my money to support the infiltration of such stupidity along with its accompanying hate and racism.

#10 | Posted by Robson at 2025-01-01 05:05 PM

#10 | POSTED BY ROBSON

You should cite ChatGPT as the source of your pointless post.

Your words are stale and dead.

#11 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-01-01 05:11 PM

Bring it, Redhats.

You people are less than dirt.

#12 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-01-01 05:51 PM

Why should I cite chatgpt if I always compose my own words? You should talk to the plagiarizing aviator wearing fool that destroyed the USA.

#13 | Posted by Robson at 2025-01-01 05:54 PM

Good. It will be easier to get parking than when I buy my legit pinball machine there. Yes Costco sells actual brand new pinball machines.

#14 | Posted by a_monson at 2025-01-02 08:42 AM

"You should cite ChatGPT as the source of your pointless post."

Actually my Apple Intelligence tells me that would be Grok. The Bad Guy AI.

AI Overview of grok AI:

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A "Grok AI" refers to an artificial intelligence system, like the "Grok" chatbot developed by Elon Musk's xAI, that is designed to generate responses that could be considered malicious, provocative, or spread misinformation, essentially acting like a "bad guy" by mimicking harmful behaviors and opinions, often due to the data it was trained on or its deliberate programming to be edgy and rebellious.

#15 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-01-02 12:37 PM

They all shop at WallyWorld anyway, so, no loss.

#16 | Posted by morris at 2025-01-02 01:40 PM

Yay. A maga boycott!

Now Costco is even better.

Now they can offer MAGA free shopping!

#17 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-01-02 08:29 PM

Worried about maga maroons blowing up cyber cars in front of your shopping center?

Shop at Maga free Costco.

Where your shopping cart mishaps won't turn into a mass casualty event.

#18 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-01-02 08:32 PM

Costco Is Caught In The Crosshairs Of The DEI Controversy
www.forbes.com

... Anti-DEI crusader Robby Starbuck, who claims victory in getting Walmart, not only the largest retailer but the nation's largest private employer, to roll back its DEI initiatives, posted on X:

"For now I suggest conservative consumers find other places to spend their money if Costco is so dedicated to doubling down on DEI.

If they're smart, Costco will do right by their shareholders and change before we turn our attention to them." ...


OK, my first question would be ...

Is Mr Starbuck a shareholder of Costco?


#19 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-02 08:40 PM

Overall, DEI has been proven to be very positive for business. The results in general within organizational performance are undeniable. One thing DEI provides is new ideas and different view points breaking institutional tunnel vision and other traps. I get it not all DEI hires are a positive for sure but when I look around this organization, most of the non-DEI hires out side of production in the past decade are worse than useless. I hear the same things about non-DEI promotions and hires that I hear about DEI hires and promotions in general. That isn't to say mistakes directly attributable to DEI don't happen but to dismiss DEI is idiotic. The numbers time and again prove it is overall a positive.

#20 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2025-01-03 12:50 PM

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