"What was Nike thinking?"

[SCantiGOP]

That was the text of Trump's oft-maligned tweet this morning.
To give the 'businessman' a non-snarky answer, it was just reported that Nike's online sales jumped 31% after the news broke about the new ad campaign. So, maybe they were thinking about a money-making move that also fought against the climate of racism that is present in this society and endemic in this Administration.

And, while their stock price did drop about 3% when the story hit, it has since recovered much of that drop and is still trading near its two year high.

So, unlike you, maybe they were actually thinking.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Answer: That you are an idiot and can be counted on to play into their hands

[SCantiGOP]

2. Like your answer

but love your graphic.

[Eliot Rosewater]

16. Me too...tx

[ProfessorGAC]

3. You Beat Me!

Was going to post the same. Do this and get extra free pub from PINO who is too stupid to know they played him.

[HopeAgain]

4. I went out and bought a Nike shirt

Because of the new ad campaign. I had been an ardent follower of prior Nike boycotts related to labor issues, but the opportunity to piss off right-wingers by just wearing a logo was a temptation I just could not pass up.

[LandOfHopeAndDreams]

5. Come Over To The Light Side

All sane individuals and companies are welcome.

[haele]

6. Hey, once the Black Panther movie proved diversity is extremely profitable -

along with the massive non-American/non-white markets both local and global that are willing to buy products that show diversity and challenge conventional thinking, companies are beginning to realize it doesn't matter that much to their bottom line if they are careful to pander to racists and bigots anymore.

Haele

[Fred Sanders]

7. Shitler brain dead cult has a sad...RW boycotts always are like they are, total failures.

[gratuitous]

8. Nike isn't capitulating to racists and Tea Baggers!

It looks like Nike doesn't think their opinions are anything to be concerned about, irrelevant. Will these Nazis stand for this? Will they just allow themselves to be ignored?

[JCanete]

9. Nike knows what side to get on. I like the ad. I like that Kaepernick is getting corporate

support behind his stance, for the sake of visibility and sticking it to the fuckers who would have gotten off on burying him. The best news is that this represents Nike knowing who their customers are and sticking their finger in the wind and wanting to be on the right side of history... even get a little credit for it.

The bad news is, this was calculated business, and as has been reported, some Nike CEO just cut a million dollar check to the GOP in some state. Granted, that's an individual executive rather than the brand itself, but I don't like feeling like I'm being played for a buck. I rarely buy shoes, but yesterday i was considering buying a pair in support...but I'm torn.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Nike isn't stupid. They know that Grumpy Oldmen Party demographic is not the future. nt

[qazplm135]

11. they were thinking

young, multi-ethnic people buy more of our stuff than old white people do.

[genxlib]

12. That was my answer too

[Trueblue Texan]

13. I've got a new pair of Nikes!

Happy to support the values Mr Kapernick has called attention to!

[Downtown Hound]

14. I haven't bought a pair of Nikes in almost 20 years

since I learned their shoes were made in sweatshops. But I might buy one now just to support them in this one act, before I go back to boycotting them again.

[SCantiGOP]

15. Agree

They are not a socially responsible company with their overseas labor practices, but there is a component of social awareness - along with the profit motive - behind this move.
I have a nice all blue Nike golf shirt (no logos or writing except the swoosh on the sleeve) that I received or playing in a charity golf tournament. I am going to the South Carolina-Georgia game tomorrow and typically wear a garnet shirt to support the Gamecocks, but will wear the Nike shirt instead.
If I get any comments, I intend to say, "If you disagree with it, just ignore it the way Trump ignores the reason behind Kaepernick's protest."

[Retrograde]

17. That it would sell shoes?

Why else would a giant corporation do anything? Gratest bizness man indeed (typo deliberate)

[Dirty Socialist]

18. Yet those boycotting Nike are getting almost all the press

Only LeBron has been covered by the press as supporting Kaepernick and Nike.

[SCantiGOP]

19. Tiger Woods said something positive about the spots today (N/T)