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When Did Being Politically Correct Start Hurting People?
The cost of “political correctness” without action and change
Greenwashing. Pinkwashing. Rainbowwashing. No bullying. No Trumpers. No Snowflakes. Double-mask and never go out. Masks kill. Black Lives Matter/All Lives Matter.
Is it all just for money? Or is it designed to drive people apart?
Do “Rainbow” Doritos really support LGBTQ rights? They were launched in 2015 to support the “It Gets Better” Project. If you donated $10 to the nonprofit project, you received a bag of the bright-colored snacks. There’s no information as to how much the campaign raised. And, the snacks are apparently still made — in Mexico. Not for charity or awareness. Just flavor and color.
I’m a leftist, a poor, a working person. Not a “liberal.” To me, it doesn’t matter if anyone has their own special bag of snacks. I don’t see the Frito-Lay company as a wonderful business and ally of LGBTQ people. I see Frito-Lay as a maker of junk food that contributes to the obesity epidemic and abuses its workers to the point they were forced to work extreme hours (“suicide shifts”) with minimal…
