tl;dr: The CEO said he was pro-Trump and he didn’t like the shooting. Certainly not a smart thing to say but not entirely bad, right? Well, he said it to the all the customers via their mailing list.
People are terrified to admit they support Trump.
This really is terrible. People should be allowed to support rapists in positions of authority without fear of being judged. We should all try to be more like the pope.
If you wanna support Trump, go for it. But don’t be surprised when you admit it, and your orders drop off a cliff.
Freedom of speech 100% does not protect you from the consequences.
Shame too, I liked their Mule Sauce but it is easily replaced by any other brand.
Free Speech: https://xkcd.com/1357/
the government can’t arrest you for what you say
That comic will be a quaint relic if a Republican gets back in power.
Calling someone a racist for refusing to provide service to a black person is hate speech, punishable by 5 years of prison with mandatory prison labor.
"The more people realize that kind-hearted, compassionate people support Trump, the sooner the hate will end.”
How can any kindhearted compassionate people ever support a bully like trump?!
That’s just physically impossible. Trump is not compassionate, nor kind-hearted.
Corporate mass media does make it possible. There’s still plenty of blame on their part for lacking the interest or critical thinking skills to understand why other people are upset. But it is a thing that can exist. That doesn’t make it acceptable.
But short of returning the media to a pre 1980 state. Which was still wildly imperfect and heavily propagandized. There isn’t a peaceful or obvious solution to this.
Forget about the content. If any company spam text/emails me about any political bullshit I’ll ban/boycott them just for wasting my fucking time. Fuck spammers.
kind-hearted, compassionate people support Trump
I won’t be going back.
I knew nothing about them before this. But I have a number of friends who are independent creators. And this was one of the more talked about thing for the last several days. One of them had never used the company and never will. And the rest have already found less fascist alternatives. So you aren’t alone. I feel kind of bad for their non-fascist employees if they actually exist. And I wish them luck on their future fash free endeavors.
I’m open to alternative options. Sticker Mule made great stickers, but is apparently a fundamentally anti democratic organization under the hood and willing to put Project 2025 in place to destroy the Republic.
Where should I take my business now?
I’ll give them a look.
There are likely alternatives.
What’s funny is they want to implement P2025, which will bankrupt the middle class, and therefore their entire business will collapse.
Yeah, but what do the fatcats care? They’ll have already bailed with their golden parachutes.
I’ve used https://www.redbubble.com/ in the past.
I’ve seen that name before, but didn’t recall them as a sticker maker. I’ll check them out. Thank you.
Maybe they don’t print custom on demand. But it’s a bit of a sticker / print market
Here’s a couple of photos from 2005 found on the CEO’s public Flickr page:
The CEO is the guy in the middle in the left photo. The photo on the right was taken the same night, possibly by the CEO, but certainly uploaded by him. At the very least he had no problem with posting it publicly, and has decided not to remove it over the years.
It’s always projection and a persecution complex. “Stop the insane political hate! I feel endangered! Sieg heil.”
It’s always the guys looking like they’d board the Auschwitz trains first who want to be Nazis nowadays.
Where are they in these photos?
As mentioned below the photo:
The CEO is the guy in the middle in the left photo. The photo on the right was taken the same night, possibly by the CEO, but certainly uploaded by him. At the very least he had no problem with posting it publicly, and has decided not to remove it over the years.
As of now, finding the Flickr page is as simple as searching for “CEO NAME Flickr”. His name is in the OP article and easily found elsewhere online by searching sticker mule ceo.
Why are people not saying his name?
Anthony Constantino. The CEO of Stickermule, who abused a company mailing list to spread Pro-Trump propaganda and who has left up a photo of his friends doing a Nazi salute on his personal Flickr account, is Anthony Constantino.
I agree. And I’d like to explain myself…
Personally, I err on the side of always trying to protect myself and my family from fascists (especially monied ones with lawyers and connections). This is even more vital when shining a light on things they probably don’t want people to see. That’s why, in this case, I’m being careful.
His name is out there and anyone can find it. I’m happy to explain how to find it, but in this case I’m just playing it safe by not repeating it myself… for whatever good it’ll do me.
Yeah if fascists harass me for spreading the name of a public figure, they would sooner harass me for tons of other shit. They’re a menace to society who should not be respected or tolerated, exactly because they do not respect or tolerate benign differences.
I understand why you might not want to give them any reason to pay attention to you, but I’d prefer if we all spoke out against them, together, and constantly.
I agree with you. I am not the most courageous person; Far from it, in fact. In this case my fear is winning. I have more to lose now than I did 20 years ago, and more people who depend on me. Thank you for your understanding.
For now I do what I can, and I hope I can count on others to help spread the word, maybe make a scene, agitate a bit. A couple of people have posted that image to sticker mule’s twitter account, some of which have been removed or hidden by “the algorithm”, supposedly. But it would be nice to see more people spreading the photos, more people asking questions. Their instagram, their facebook, wherever. Put it in the face of these neo-fascists and let them publicly defend the CEO then. But I bet they won’t. They seem even more cowardly at heart than I am.
It’s not cowardly to act in the interest of the safety of those you love. It’s only cowardly to throw people under the bus in order to achieve that end. Those of us with less responsibility for the safety of others will still speak out. Thank you for still doing what you can.
I think they meant the location at which the photo was taken and not their positions within the photo?
Yep! I’m an idiot :)
Goddammit. I walked right into that.
Let me rephrase… Ahh nevermind. I’ll just assume they were at a grocery store or behind a Denny’s.
I’m sorry! I totally misunderstood you. It looks to me like they were in Washington DC but I am no geoguessr expert. There are a lot more photos from the night on the Flickr page.
ETA: Almost certainly DC. And upon further research, one of the guys in right photo may very well be his brother (a co-founder who has since left the company).
“People are terrified to admit they support Trump,” the email read. “I’ve been scared myself.”
Now you know how Democrats feel in red states. How likely do you think it is that a Democrat is going to physically hurt you for your beliefs?
It’s the way he used the assassination attempt to endorse Trump. To try and balance things he mentions some people on his staff support Biden but overwhelmingly the letter read as a political endorsement and beforehand they were known as a neutral and reliable business. I have a business and politics are not a part of our marketing, it’s too sensitive of a subject.
They were a known Trump supporting business back in 2016. This isn’t the first time they’ve aired their political opinions.
The CEO is a right wing trump worshiper.
Dig into the company’s tweet history, and find archived tweets that were deleted for PR/white-washing reasons.
Long history of this stuff.
Don’t Worry! All these people upset about the Attempted Assassination were EQUALLY upset when someone attempted to Assassinate Nancy Pelosi or when Trump told people to Assassinate Hilary Clinton or when Republicans SHOT UP SCHOOLS AND KILLED CHILDREN to Stop the Libruls Inside!
Gross.
“The more people realize that kind-hearted, compassionate people support Trump, the sooner the hate will end.”
Kind-hearted? Compassionate? Maybe two or three in the US that have been totally off the grid fro the last eight years or so.
No one who votes for Trump is kind. No one who votes for Trump is patriotic. No one who votes for Trump is pro-military/veterans.
No one who votes for Trump is worth a shit.
I never heard of them before. Won’t be patronizing them now that I have. That’s actual Bad Publicity, so it exists.
The market will decide. If they lose sales then maybe they will kick the CEO to the curb. Money talks.
Glad I just stole some vectors from them. I unsubscribed from their emails before this because they were already insufferable.
