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Nike pulls ‘Betsy Ross flag’ sneaker after Colin Kaepernick says it was offensive

Sneakers recalled from retailers; flag connected to era of slavery

Nike Inc. is yanking a U.S.A.-themed sneaker featuring an early American flag after former NFL star-turned-activist Colin Kaepernick told the company it shouldn’t sell a shoe with a symbol that he and others consider offensive, according to people familiar with the matter.

The sneaker giant created the Air Max 1 USA in celebration of the July Fourth holiday, and it was slated to go on sale this week. The heel of the shoe featured a U.S. flag with 13 white stars in a circle, a design created during the American Revolution and commonly referred to as the Betsy Ross flag.

After shipping the shoes to retailers, Nike NKE, -0.05% asked for them to be returned without explaining why, the people said. The shoes aren’t available on Nike’s own apps and websites. “Nike has chosen not to release the Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July as it featured the old version of the American flag,” a Nike spokeswoman said.

After images of the shoe were posted online, Kaepernick, a Nike endorser, reached out to company officials saying that he and others felt the Betsy Ross flag is an offensive symbol because of its connection to an era of slavery, the people said. Some users on social media responded to posts about the shoe with similar concerns. Kaepernick declined to comment.

Someone please punch this guy.

If a retailer held back a few pairs, I’m guessing they could make some good money.

There has got to be some money to be made for a company that is willing to cater to the huge majority of the market that actually likes this country and isn't offended by the American Flag.

Used to be able to have rational discussions with people who were left leaning. Hell, I used to be left leaning when I was young and naive. There are probably socio-economic issues where I’m indifferent are may even lean somewhat left still.

Now, I’m more likely to hate anybody on the left until they show that they still have a rational side to them.

Out here, there are just too many of them and they are on the extreme side of stupid.

Leftists are miserable. Misery loves company.

That goes for both him and Nike.

Not in the mood to be clever. Fuck you, Nike.

His white folks sure have to be proud.

Ps...I’m offended he wore #7... There is only one #7, and that is Mickey Mantle.

I find Kaepernick offensive.

I find Kraporshit offensive. What Nike needs is a great boycott of its products.

He needs to go fuck himself.
Dear Dickshit Kaepernick:

Nike has many of their products made in China, a country that has many people working in virtual slavery, even today.
Nike does this so their products can be sold at a profit instead of raising prices and paying workers more.
I don't buy their products anyway.

Fuck Nike and fuck Kaperdick

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
Fuck Nike and fuck Kaperdick

My thoughts exactly.

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
Fuck Nike and fuck Kaperdick

Yep. Haven’t given them a penny since they sided with that turd.

Yikes, might be more to the story, ie it's worse than you think

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Nike, the athletic shoe giant, has pulled a product off the shelves in response to a storm of social-media protest. The product was a sneaker collaboration with sportswear brand Undercover, whose principal designer, Jun Takahashi, published these unspeakable words on Twitter: “No extradition. Go Hong Kong!”

Nike says it made the decision “based on feedback from Chinese consumers.” Just so.

The context is this: Hong Kong, a free, liberal, democratic, self-governing city was handed over to the powers that be in Beijing — a clutch of corrupt, brutal, dishonest, organ-harvesting, gulag-operating murderers — as part of an agreement with the United Kingdom, who once had sovereignty over Hong Kong as a colonial power. Beijing wants Hong Kong to be more like the rest of China, and the people of Hong Kong do not. They recently took to the streets to force the reversal of a decision that would have subjected Hong Kong residents to extradition to the so-called People’s Republic of China for certain crimes rather than be tried in Hong Kong under Hong Kong law. Because the junta in Beijing has no compunction about drumming up charges for political purposes, this would have represented a noose around the neck of every dissident in Hong Kong. Jun Takahashi tweeted his support for liberal democrats against mass-murdering national socialists.

And Nike sided with the mass-murdering national socialists.

https://www.nationalreview.com...linary-corporations/

Vote with your pocketbook!

Nike,

Why don't you pull all of your shit out of America and sell it only outside of America. Fuckers hate America but love American dollars. If people hate America so much, why are they still here?

kaperdick can go jump off a bridge.

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
Fuck Nike and fuck Kaperdick

Well said.