Punching yourself in the face

As the Trump Administration, and Trump himself, disintegrates before our eyes into chaos, dementia and stupidity, let's look at the latest American business shooting itself in the foot to appease the MAGA hordes.

Philz Coffee is a national chain which started in San Francisco and is known for progressive support, including hanging gay pride flags in its stores. 

Until now.

Philz Coffee, a coffeehouse chain based in San Francisco, is holding firm on its decision to remove all pride flags from its stores nationwide after employees started a petition to reinstate the flags.

In a statement to HuffPost, CEO Mahesh Sadarangani said Thursday Philz “was working toward creating a more consistent, inclusive experience across all our stores, including removing a variety of flags and other decor.”

The pride flag is a symbol of inclusivity and removing it is the OPPOSITE of what they're claiming to do. By "inclusivity" do they mean including MAGA, who don't embrace anything that they consider "woke"? 

Philz should ask Target how bending the knee to right-wing authoritarianism and conservative culture wars worked for them. I haven't been in a Target, previously my go-to store, for over a year and neither have millions of other former customers. Target lost between $12.4 and $20 BILLION dollars in market value due to the boycott.

Usually these decisions are made by some rich right-wing CEO who has been looking for an opportunity to suck up to Trump. It's baffling to me that these businesses would cater to MAGA types, especially now that everything is obviously collapsing,  at the expense of their loyal customers. 

Smells like bad business to me.