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Downtown Minneapolis gay bar drops Anheuser-Busch products ahead of Pride
STAR TRIBUNE ^ | June 19, 2023 | By GITA SITARAMIAH , STAR TRIBUNE

Posted on 06/20/2023 11:17:51 AM PDT by 11th_VA

Longstanding downtown Minneapolis gay bar The Saloon will no longer sell Bud Light or other Anheuser-Busch beverages because of how the beer brand handled backlash from a marketing campaign involving a transgender influencer.

With the Twin Cities Pride festival set for this weekend, the Hennepin Avenue bar announced Monday it cut ties with the St. Louis-based brewing giant and replaced its products with beer from local breweries.

The Saloon's decision follows months of controversy after Bud Light partnered with Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender woman, for a social media promotion video April 1. The brand sent her specially designed cans to celebrate her first year after transitioning...

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Once you go gay, you better not stray …
1 posted on 06/20/2023 11:17:51 AM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

Ha Ha!


2 posted on 06/20/2023 11:20:08 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: 11th_VA

LOL, they just can’t win.


3 posted on 06/20/2023 11:21:53 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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To: 11th_VA

Those dang homophobes! Wait...


4 posted on 06/20/2023 11:22:27 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: 11th_VA
That'll show 'em.

Good thing the bar didn't drop their distributor of Pink Squirrel ingredients...

5 posted on 06/20/2023 11:22:29 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: 11th_VA

Ben Dover’s ?


6 posted on 06/20/2023 11:22:39 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: 11th_VA

Sound a lot like damned if you do damned if you don’t lose lose for bud. Awwwww!


7 posted on 06/20/2023 11:23:26 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: 11th_VA

I’m normally not into schadenfreude, and do I oppose non-normal human behavior “whatevers” expropriating the word “pride”, I do love this story.


8 posted on 06/20/2023 11:24:00 AM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
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To: dfwgator
"Ha Ha!"

ROCK bush lite HARD PLACE

9 posted on 06/20/2023 11:24:00 AM PDT by 1of10 (be vigilant , be strong, be safe, be 1 of 10 .)
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To: 11th_VA

those trans are getting all the pub and all the love.


10 posted on 06/20/2023 11:24:51 AM PDT by chiller (Davey Crockett said: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead'. I'll go ahead.)
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To: 1of10

yep

its the bud lite squeeze


11 posted on 06/20/2023 11:27:02 AM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: BBQToadRibs2
LOL, they just can’t win.

They should have watched the movie War Games:

"The only winning move is not to play."

12 posted on 06/20/2023 11:33:03 AM PDT by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
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To: 11th_VA

Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?

13 posted on 06/20/2023 11:34:06 AM PDT by windsorknot
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They didn’t see that coming. Lol.


14 posted on 06/20/2023 11:34:30 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: 11th_VA
We have several coworkers, neighbors, and peers, that are steadfast gay and lesbians. They have an incredible hatred of the current nonsense that is supposed to be their private lives.

Weaponize anything to ferment chaos and division.

15 posted on 06/20/2023 11:35:35 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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“the bud lite squeeze”

I wish I could make the “bush lite” look smashed ... but I’m about at my limits for cool graphics...

Some young buck or bucket should do a cute something I could copy ...hmmm....hint hint ...anybody?


16 posted on 06/20/2023 11:39:26 AM PDT by 1of10 (be vigilant , be strong, be safe, be 1 of 10 .)
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To: rktman

Sounds like Bud is taking it from both ends.


17 posted on 06/20/2023 11:49:11 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: BBQToadRibs2

“LOL, they just can’t win.”

It’s what you get when you stick your nose in places where it has no business being.


18 posted on 06/20/2023 11:49:12 AM PDT by traderrob6
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To: windsorknot

She looks so very, very proud of herself in that picture. The OBTUSENESS is astounding.


19 posted on 06/20/2023 12:06:55 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX’)
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To: traderrob6
It’s what you get when you stick your nose in places where it has no business being.

Or your tongue if you're into Butt Lick.

20 posted on 06/20/2023 12:14:24 PM PDT by roadcat
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