Monday, September 3, 2018

In-N-Out burger boycott- Sophie Knox



Over this past week, some Californians decided to boycott In-N-Out Burger for donating 25 thousand dollars to the state’s Republican Party. Eric Bauman, a Democrat, helped blow up this situation by tweeting, “Et tu In-N-Out? Tens of thousands of dollars donated to the California Republican Party... it’s time to - let Trump and his cronies support these creeps...” A spokesman for the Democratic Party in California clarified that this was Bauman’s personal opinion and wasn’t an official Democratic policy. However, this wasn’t the first time In- -Out’s donated to the California Republican Party; the chain donated $30,000 to them in 2017 and 2016. Most people don’t realize that the company also donated at least $80,000 this election cycle to Californians for Jobs and Strong Economy, a committee who’s focus was to elect DEMOCRATS to the committee and donated $30,000 in 2016.

These past few years have been filled with pointless boycotts, and we can add this one to the list. Although some of them come from a good reason, this one, I find plain stupid. I find most boycotts nowadays completely and utterly useless. Like the Chick-Fil- a  boycotts in 2012, people won’t care in a week and go back to eating at their restaurants. The fact that people participate an ineffective boycott, that won’t  hurt the company, because they disagree with  a donation to an opposing political part shows how narrow minded this country has become. Most companies donate money to organizations you or I might think are ‘horrendous’, or who’s political views we might not agree with. I find that this article appears to be more on the “left” side, but it targets both sides of the political spectrum. The article tries to show why people might be disgusted with In-N-Out, and why they boycott it when they know it won’t damage the company. I find it quite sad that this is considered news.


http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-in-and-out-donations-20180830-story.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6114455/Angry-customers-boycott-N-Burger-25K-donation-California-Republican-Party.html?ito=facebook_share_article-home
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6 comments:

  1. Jordan GilletteSeptember 3, 2018 at 11:04 PM

    I never realized how immersed In-N-Out was in the political world! I wonder if other fast food chains and restaurants donate that amount of money to political parties. I also agree that a boycott might be a little unnecessary given that people will still most likely continue to eat at the boycotted restaurants.

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  2. Cathy HuynhSeptember 4, 2018 at 4:59 PM

    Why are people wasting energy on pointless boycotts? Yes, In-N-Out do ated to the Republican party, but that doesn't mean they support Trump. The Republican party doesn't revolve around Trump there are other representatives it isnt that deep!

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  3. willgoodellSeptember 4, 2018 at 7:46 PM

    I feel conflicted about this because I was raised on in n out lol, but this is definitely a bold move on their part. While I don't necessarily agree with their decision, I don't really think boycotting will do a whole lot, because people will still eat there and they will still make money in the end.

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  4. Perla DiazSeptember 4, 2018 at 8:39 PM

    I found this article very interesting because i never knew In-N-Out would be involved in politics and i also do agree on how boycotts now days are useless and it just shows how people are just not able to let other people support others.For example what if the citation was reversed as if in they donated the money to another political campaign then people wont be doing these types of things. -Yesenia Ramirez

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  5. Perla DiazSeptember 4, 2018 at 8:50 PM

    I think companies have a right to support whatever political party they want and I also believe that being Republican isn't necessarily a bad thing but why you are one is what counts. Also I'm pretty sure they also donate money to the Democratic party so really this whole thing is very pointless.

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  6. Zion MelakuSeptember 4, 2018 at 9:33 PM

    I clearly don't live in California, but I sure do love some In-&-Out. I'm shocked to learn that a Californian restaurant chain would support the Republican party and also shocked to learn that they are very involved in politics.

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