Starbucks Korea Faces Boycott for Vice-Chairman’s Anti-Communism Remarks
Here is the latest controversy with the cancel culture crowd, it is now controversial to be anti-communism:
There are signs of a boycott movement against Starbucks Korea sparked by Shinsegae Vice Chairman Chung Yong-jin’s recent anti-communist remarks on social media. Shinsegae is the parent company of E-mart, which owns 67.5 percent of Starbucks Korea.
Korea Times
On Monday, some netizens started spreading images on various online communities calling for a boycott.
On Jan. 6, Vice Chairman Chung had uploaded on Instagram an image of an article from Korean daily Chosun Ilbo that had a picture of Chinese President Xi Jinping and was criticizing the Korean government’s silence toward a high-level Chinese official who had referred to Korea as a “minor country.” Chung tagged the image with the hashtag, “destroycommunism” (“myeolgong” in Korean), and it set off controversy. Later that day, the vice chairman replaced the image with a photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The vice chairman has uploaded anti-communist posts on social media five times in recent months.
The incident spread to the political circle and the spokeperson for ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung subsequently tweeted that he will not drink Starbucks coffee anymore. Supporters of the DPK showed their intention to join the boycott of Shinsegae.
You can read more at the link, but maybe I missed something here; what is controversial about being anti-communist? Is it now inappropriate to be against regime’s with horrible human rights records?
I applaud South Koreans who speak up against anti-communist bigotry.
In fact, as big fans of communism, I have a perfect place for them to go so they can celebrate the wonders of collectivism.
They won’t even need to learn a new language.
Leftists are communists, pretending not to be, as effectively as the WuFlu vaccine prevents that Sino Sinus Syphilus. Or as the drunks in this video pretending to be sober:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_QyYMxn_rg
by boycott means like just Moon and his cabinet won’t go to Starbucks….since all of them are communists.
Are you playing dumb?
It’s not the anti-communist part that is problematic. It’s using red-baiting (which is often found here too) against anyone that doesn’t agree with right-wing logic, that is the real problem. If I don’t vote for Yoon, I’m a red commie. If I say a company should treat their Starbucks employees fairly (looking at you Sinshege’s boss), I’m a read commie. If I say I like the color red, I’m a red commie.
It’s typical playing the game of paranoia to take the attention off of the real topic of society.
CH, you hit the nail on the head. Leftists have no ability to recognize satire, parody, sarcam or humore. They can no longer meme, fisk, or even pee standing up.
It’s uncanny…
Nice try, communist.
It’s not the anti-communist part that is problematic. It’s using red-baiting (which is often found here too) against anyone that doesn’t agree with right-wing logic, that is the real problem.
KM got a point there. This thing started when the Vice-Chairman of the Shinsegae Group decided to red-bait which was followed by some members of the PPP.
Don’t know what motivated Mr. Vice-Chairman, but in this era, red-baiting does look out of place and it certainly doesn’t help the PPP, who are trying to convince the younger generation that they are getting with the times.