USA Universities learn the consequences of disrespecting free speech

[Shawn K. Quinn]

On 12/03/2016 10:53 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> We must pause to puzzle over this statement: What specific Kellogg 
> “values” did Breitbart supposedly violate?

Apparently customers of Kellogg had complained after seeing ads on
Breitbart. The stories I'm seeing are light on details.

They should be calling for boycotts on Allstate, Warby Parker, and BMW
too:
http://adage.com/article/digital/breitbart-urges-boycott-kellogg-brand-abandons-site-1/306971/

And those four brands are the start of an undoubtedly long list,
combined with many other companies, some of which have yet to be
actually launched, who have removed advertising on Breitbart from
consideration but said nothing about it.

> And if Kellogg is suddenly so finicky, we must ask: Why, then, does 
> Kellogg deign to sell its products, according to its website, in 180
> countries, including China?

Profit. The same reason Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Procter & Gamble, and...
well all the companies listed here:

http://jiesworld.com/international_corporations_in_china.htm

sell in China. I guess you're going to boycott all of them too?

> And also, while we’re at it, why is Kellogg’s operating in such
> oppressive, murderous, and even genocidal countries as Saudi Arabia,
> Syria, and the United Arab Emirates? How do those cynical actions
> square with Kellogg’s values, and the values of its customers—and
> former customers?

You'd have to ask them to be sure, but I'm pretty sure it's about
maximizing profits and market share. Abandoning the market just ensures
someone else will step in and take those same profits, and that will not
keep the shareholders happy.

Note that I'm not saying it's right that this is the way things are.
Public companies have to do what is in the best interests of the
shareholders, or they can get sued. Among other tragedies, this is why
there's a huge grassy field where Six Flags Astroworld used to be.

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