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To stop buying Fevertree tonic over their sponsorship of the US Republican Conference?

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verdantverdure · 17/07/2024 17:21

I don’t want the money I pay to Fevertree to go to the guys who are positioning the U.K. as an enemy by saying stuff like “the U.K. is the first Islamist state with nuclear weapons”

And the guys who want to roll back women’s rights.

I’ll cheerfully drink Schweppes bitter lemon with my gin if it comes to it.

Fevertree are dead to me now. Some of those NAT-C loons are frightening.

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Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 17/07/2024 18:15

Louloulouenna · 17/07/2024 18:11

It should be obvious to anyone who actually heard J D Vance’s comment re Britain that he was joking.

He may have been attempting to make a joke, but it was ill-advised.

EricHebbornInItaly · 17/07/2024 18:13

@iamtheblcksheep hilarious 🤣 Workshy left indeed. The left I know in my circle all work and also volunteer for the benefit of the local community (me included). My Brexit voting Trump loving inlaws didn’t work half as hard and don’t lift a finger for anyone but themselves.

Createausername1970 · 17/07/2024 18:13

Fair enough. I don't buy Nestle because of the baby milk scandal.

Louloulouenna · 17/07/2024 18:11

It should be obvious to anyone who actually heard J D Vance’s comment re Britain that he was joking.

Mercurial123 · 17/07/2024 18:10

iamtheblcksheep · 17/07/2024 18:01

Your choice. I’ve been boycotting woke liberal companies that have little regard for women’s rights for many years.

The problem you have is companies are waking up to the fact that the conservative dollar is worth far more than that of the work shy left.

Someone feeling sad about the election result?!

iamtheblcksheep · 17/07/2024 18:08

toadinthebucket · 17/07/2024 18:04

Everyone should already be boycotting that tax dodging company

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Starbucks are as liberal as they come. Even the wokest of the woke value cold hard cash over bat shit ideology.

Hilarious

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 17/07/2024 18:07

I feel for whoever's responding on X. They appear to have been taken totally by surprise. I wonder if the RNC media have overstepped by describing suppliers as partners?

Callalllaaammma · 17/07/2024 18:06

I don't think a bad joke said by one Republican should stop you buying your favourate drink but I am against cancel culture and boycotts.
50% of Americans are Republicans, Starbucks and Facebook and others also sponsored the event are you also going to boycott them as well?

Teddleshon · 17/07/2024 18:06

Don’t be ridiculous. It’s a democracy and drinks companies should be free to sell their products to whoever they like, as long as they are acting within the law.

CowTown · 17/07/2024 18:05

YANBU. And thanks for the heads up, I wasn’t aware that they’re GOP sponsors. I’ll put my money where my mouth is, so to speak.

TheKeatingFive · 17/07/2024 18:04

Well no one's forcing you to buy it. Do what you like.

toadinthebucket · 17/07/2024 18:04

DancingPhantomsOnTheTerrace · 17/07/2024 17:54

Starbucks are sponsoring as well

Everyone should already be boycotting that tax dodging company

iamtheblcksheep · 17/07/2024 18:01

Your choice. I’ve been boycotting woke liberal companies that have little regard for women’s rights for many years.

The problem you have is companies are waking up to the fact that the conservative dollar is worth far more than that of the work shy left.

EricHebbornInItaly · 17/07/2024 18:00

Thanks for the boycott list, adding to my list I’m boycotting for Palestine.

Catnipcupcakes · 17/07/2024 17:59

alittleprivacy · 17/07/2024 17:55

You're not unreasonable to stop supporting them if you want. But if nat-c is meant to be read to sound like nazi you are childishly diminishing the realities of the Holocaust and other nazi atrocities and that's frankly horrible on multiple levels.

I hadn’t noticed that.

You’re as bad as the thing you’re complaining about OP, and you know it, or you wouldn’t be trying to get it under the rador by spelling it that way.

RainbowZebraWarrior · 17/07/2024 17:59

ghostyslovesheets · 17/07/2024 17:54

Fever-Tree Mixers on X: "@blogshank Hi Mike, we haven't sponsored the RNC event. Our products are being provided at the venue, but this isn't reflective of a political endorsement. We provide products to thousands of events every year and do not have any political affiliations." / X

Thanks for this.

The Republicans have thanked 'all their partners' in the event. If I was fever tree, I'd think carefully about supplying products and therefore being linked as a partner to a political party.

To stop buying Fevertree tonic over their sponsorship of the US Republican Conference?
G123456789 · 17/07/2024 17:58

Proof of the line a lie can go around the world before the truth has got it's shoes on.

They haven't sponsored....someone had bought their product. Chill please

alittleprivacy · 17/07/2024 17:55

You're not unreasonable to stop supporting them if you want. But if nat-c is meant to be read to sound like nazi you are childishly diminishing the realities of the Holocaust and other nazi atrocities and that's frankly horrible on multiple levels.

DancingPhantomsOnTheTerrace · 17/07/2024 17:54

Starbucks are sponsoring as well

Tagyoureit · 17/07/2024 17:53

Completely correct!!

And go to aldi and their version, it's nice and it's a third of the cost!

Gorgonemilezola · 17/07/2024 17:52

Do we have a link yet?

ExtraOnions · 17/07/2024 17:51

I’m with you OP .. I won’t be using them anymore. I don’t want my money going to “Pussy Grabbing”, disability mocking, women’s-rights eroding, racist, right-wingers

Butterworths · 17/07/2024 17:51

No way what a deeply weird thing to do are you sure?

Gorgonemilezola · 17/07/2024 17:50

They're a British company - why would they do this? Do you have a genuine link?