Twitter raged yesterday after Nike announced that Colin Kaepernick would be included in its 30th-anniversary campaign, with an image of the former San Francisco 49ers Quarterback with the text "Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything." While the Nike campaign also includes LeBron James, Serena Williams, Odell Beckham Jr. and Shaquem Griffin, the only person that people are paying attention to is Kaep.
There were videos of people torching their Nike's in the backyard. There were videos of dudes throwing their Nike's in the trash. Some heroic sound guy even cut the logo off of his Nike socks. It was the Keurig Smash of 2017 all over again.
While some were pointing out that destroying Nike products isn't really how you boycott a company or hurt them in any meaningful way, that seemingly obvious detail was lost on almost everyone, but it wasn't lost on Stefan Heck.
Fuck you, @Nike! I just ordered 6,500 pairs of your shoes and I'm getting them sent directly to the local dump! Suck my dick! #America #Freedom pic.twitter.com/g7vDs3ExZx
— stefan heck (@boring_as_heck) September 4, 2018
Good news, fellow patriots. Just got off the phone with @Nike and they’ve agreed to drop the shipping charge.
— stefan heck (@boring_as_heck) September 4, 2018
For the haters pic.twitter.com/3ucIKbEPpW
— stefan heck (@boring_as_heck) September 4, 2018
Lemme get this straight... Some Rich White Dude just spent “$1.3 mil” so he could teach @Nike a lesson, further clog up an already treacherous landfill, that is subsequently located in a state that has some of the highest homeless(who also need shoes) rates, and dissed our nation https://t.co/WAAovr7FFq
— Kae (@KaeleeF) September 4, 2018
WAKE UP PEOPLE!! He isn't doing this for the publicity. Sure he is buying the shoes, but he can write it off and with the publicity this will bring to his company (Go Off Kings) he will come out on top. another bs PR move from some big blue checkmark. https://t.co/KYQI9ykaaV
— Not Even Allowed on Here (@theCJS) September 4, 2018
Sending them to the dump cancels out the payment. Logic, much?
— stefan heck (@boring_as_heck) September 4, 2018I’m not burning them, I’m getting them sent to the dump.
— stefan heck (@boring_as_heck) September 4, 2018
Sending them to the dump cancels out the payment. Logic, much?
— stefan heck (@boring_as_heck) September 4, 2018
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