Why is ADIDAS letting murderous regimes gaslight them?
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I mean... It's original founders were both members of the Nazi party. Their own history on their site doesn't mention it but it's true none the less. This is really just a knee-jerk reaction to seem non-antisemitic because they failed to drop Kanye West for being openly antisemitic for months.
Doesn't seem reasonable or fair but here we are.
For those who just read the blurb and were wondering why an Olympics 50 years ago mattered to these shoes - they were originally launched for the Munich Olympics.
I'm all for protesting but that's just in bad taste.
What exactly? The slogan itself is not so easy to pinpoint:
No I don't care for the slogan. I misread the situation and thought she purposefully referenced the massacre at the olympics. Seems like it wasn't intentional.
All good, I was genuinely confused if I had misjudged the situation.
completely unintentional? what else could they be referencing about the 72 munich olympics?