"What a bunch of grovelling mush."---Fans of Best of the Web Today

Fans of Best of the Web Today--Michael Smith

"Most of the apologies and statements of solidarity to BLM just seem so gratuitous, self-serving and disingenuous, if I was BLM, I would be offended and if I was the one offering the "apologies", I would be ashamed.
I need to order some new trail and road running shoes and I usually get them online from Zappos - but I went over to the site and there was this:

"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐙𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐝, 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫, 𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐮𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐲, 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐌𝐜𝐃𝐚𝐝𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬.

𝐀𝐭 𝐙𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬, 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬.

𝐖𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐲...
• 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬; 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐲.

• 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞.

• 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞.

𝐖𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐖𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐖𝐞’𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞, 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐲.

𝐓𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐀𝐀𝐂𝐏."

What a bunch of grovelling mush. I'm not ordering from them again."

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