{"id":83834,"date":"2020-08-04T20:24:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T00:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=83834"},"modified":"2020-08-04T20:24:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T00:24:10","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-august-3rd-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=83834","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, August 3rd, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Monday, August\u00a0 3rd, 2020…but before we kick off the month, despite having a different line-up prepared, every now and then we receive an item which demands top billing, such as this one from the Washington Examiner<\/em> submitted by Speed Mach:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trader Joe’s shows how to just say no to cancel culture<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

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“In an age when anything<\/span><\/em> could be considered offensive and anyone<\/em><\/span> could be canceled for it, the only solution is to stand your ground<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> Trader Joe\u2019s, a popular grocery chain, decided to do just that<\/em><\/span> after an online petition deriding its brand labels as racist began to go viral.<\/span> At first<\/span><\/em>, it seemed that Trader Joe\u2019s would give in to the mob calling for its head.<\/span> A company spokeswoman admitted last week that some of its branding (which includes playful spins on ethnic foods, such as “Trader Giotto,” \u201cTrader Jose,” and \u201cTrader Ming’s”) might<\/em><\/span> have gone too far.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

But this week, the company announced that it would not<\/em><\/span> be removing the international food labels because the intentions behind them are not and never were racist<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Rather, the brand variations are \u201can attempt to have fun<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>…<\/p>\n