Customer boycotts you say? An anti-DEI activist calls for a boycott and you acquiesce?
Guess who’s boycotting now.
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Toyota were already in my shit list because of their anti electrification lobbying and awful EVs.
This has killed any positive feelings I had left for the company.
Don't bother. This was just an excuse.
Oh. I thought attacks meant bombing a dealership. Not whining like a little bitch on the internet. Shitass coward car company.
I really resent the framing of organized bigotry as "activism."
Robby is just another right wing weirdo.
Fucken damnit it looks like that fucken musk photo.
Damn. They make good cars though
Eh. They've been on the decline. Enshittification comes for us all.
One rando gets online for a week and they decide to fuck over millions.
Fuck Toyota, will never buy one and will tell everyone I know not too.
This is, unfortunately, much bigger than one guy one the internet in the last week. We've been hapless bystanders in the Culture War for... centuries.
Pandering to fascists... Not a good look.
Proof that rainbow capitalism has always and will forever be about money. They don't actually give a fuck about human rights
Yup, same as sustainability capitalism and environmental capitalism.
Toyota does dumb things sometimes. This is one of those times.
Fuck you Toyota. The highly politicized discussion is exactly why those groups are needed.
The fact that this "Robby Starbuck" shitbag has any type of power over anything is fucking disgusting.
He's a cat's paw for conservative activists. Specifically, he's close friends with Bill Ackman, a hedge fund manager with too much free time and a chip on his shoulder, who has made "anti-DEI" a focus of his investment strategy.
Robby whines about DEI, Ackman starts moving money to put downward pressure on the stock, people get scared, and Ackman looks like an investment guru for effectively manipulating the price of securities.
Well, I know my next vehicle won't be a Toyota
They also lobbied against emissions standards in Australia and have been dragging their feet on EVs for years.
Oh the company that donated 3x as much as the second biggest donor to the insurrection folks? They’ve been on my ‘never buy’ list ever since.
Wait Toyota denotes to Republicans? Aren't they Japanese?
It could be Toyota North America as a separate entity from Toyota proper.
Realistically you’d only have to buy one anyway, then drive it for 500k miles.
Can confirm. They're dependable. According to the Goods Unite Us app, 55% of their political donations are to Republicans.
Some others according to the app:
GMC: 54% R
Ford: 51% R
Tesla: 51% D
Hyundai: 75% D
Nissan: 83% D
Dodge: 86% D
Jeep: 86% D
Honda: 90% D
Edit: I wonder how much of that is influencing primaries. Like, is Musk pumping money into getting the most moderate option in a blue area?
Eh i only ever buy used anyway so it’s not like I’m paying them but the brand makes my skin crawl these days.
What car brand doesn’t?
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