CJ: I don't 🤣 This same sht happens on Twitter. You say something halfway outta step with the quo and you get mobbed by people asking you to defend positions you didn't take. I'm saying they made a business decision, maybe a bad one, time will tell, but it's not about being racist or directly evil.

"“I was appalled by the decision,” John Boyd Jr., president and founder of the National Black Farmers Association, said in an interview. “I see this as rolling back the clock with race relations — because the country is so divided on race, especially in rural America.”" apnews.com/article/trac...

Black farmers' association calls for Tractor Supply CEO's resignation after company cuts DEI effortsapnews.com The National Black Farmers Association is calling on Tractor Supply’s president and CEO to step down, days after the rural retailer announced that it would drop most of its corporate diversity and cli...

Businesses are going to do what makes them money. They gotta stay in business. Their customer base is largely rural Americans who don't care about these things. It makes no fiscal sense to spend money on programs to satisfy people who aren't your customers. It's unfortunate but understandable to me.

This is wild as literal customers from rural communities are the ones who are the focus of the story which you’re responding to.

I watched Kevin O’Leary on CNBC (yes, I hate myself) talking about DEI as an opposition to business people and farmers, the *constant* and irritating and wrong assumption that all those people are white

Oh I don't think it's about race. I'm not white myself, I'm American born Latino. I think it's cultural. I live in rural Georgia and don't see people irl talking about things like DEI and Pride and things of that nature. They just go to work.

So why do you think your anecdotal experience should outweigh the informed opinions of *checks notes* the National Black Farmers Association?

I don't 🤣 This same sht happens on Twitter. You say something halfway outta step with the quo and you get mobbed by people asking you to defend positions you didn't take. I'm saying they made a business decision, maybe a bad one, time will tell, but it's not about being racist or directly evil.

Sure champ

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oh no, here come the geese again

they made a “business decision” that was influenced by racism, homophobia, transphobia, etc. it’s still all of those things.

womp, womp

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