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01-13-2007, 2:36 PM PennyLane Joined on 02-25-2006 Rank NA Urban Outiftter & Anthroplogie. I am Stunned. I just read this article about Urban Outfitters & Anthropologie.  Richard Hayne, founder and president, is an ultra right-wing conservative.  He has supports anti-gay agendas and has donated a lot of money to the Republican party. I LOVE Anthro, but now I don't want to give them my money anymore.  http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/view.php?id=5725    Report

01-13-2007, 6:18 PM handbagaddict Joined on 01-04-2006 Tempe Arizona Rank NA Re: Urban Outiftter & Anthroplogie. I am Stunned. Oh great. I was just coming on here to see if anyone had any coupon codes for Anthro and I see this.....Ugh. I have no problem not shopping at Urban Outiftters, but Anthro??    Report

01-13-2007, 6:33 PM handbagaddict Joined on 01-04-2006 Tempe Arizona Rank NA Re: Urban Outiftter & Anthroplogie. I am Stunned. Just read the article. I love no nonsense journalists like that guy!    Report

01-14-2007, 2:34 PM G.O.P 531 Joined on 02-20-2006 Rank NA Re: Urban Outiftter & Anthroplogie. I am Stunned.  PennyLane wrote: I just read this article about Urban Outfitters & Anthropologie.  Richard Hayne, founder and president, is an ultra right-wing conservative.  He has supports anti-gay agendas and has donated a lot of money to the Republican party. I LOVE Anthro, but now I don't want to give them my money anymore.  http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/view.php?id=5725 wow, really? just because the guy is a conservative? thats really a stupid reason to stop buying things from those stores... its not like they are selling 'abortion is murder' t shirts or handing out propaganda.. they are businesses, people go there to shop, no one should care what the hell the president or CEO's personal life is like...seriously at least be mature about things.    Report

01-14-2007, 5:02 PM PennyLane Joined on 02-25-2006 Rank NA Re: Urban Outiftter & Anthroplogie. I am Stunned.  G.O.P 531 wrote:  PennyLane wrote: I just read this article about Urban Outfitters & Anthropologie.  Richard Hayne, founder and president, is an ultra right-wing conservative.  He has supports anti-gay agendas and has donated a lot of money to the Republican party. I LOVE Anthro, but now I don't want to give them my money anymore.  http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/view.php?id=5725 wow, really? just because the guy is a conservative? thats really a stupid reason to stop buying things from those stores... its not like they are selling 'abortion is murder' t shirts or handing out propaganda.. they are businesses, people go there to shop, no one should care what the hell the president or CEO's personal life is like...seriously at least be mature about things. Are  you seriously that naive?  Have you ever been to Urban Outfitters?  The last time I was there, there were a whole bunch of items poking fun at Jesus, anti-Bush books, T-shirts saying "Global Warming, It's not Cool," propoganda in support of legalizing marijuana -- all of this stuff catering to liberal-minded college students.  You don't find it bizarre for an anti-gay right-wing Christian to be making his millions by selling these items?  The bad part is he then donates that same money to conservative agendas, most of which his customers would probably object to.  I find that very corrupt and evil, and if you want to support that behavior, be my guest. Have fun shopping at Walmart, GOP!  Maybe you can fill up your 10-miles per gallon SUV with the money you saved shopping there.    Report

01-14-2007, 5:06 PM PennyLane Joined on 02-25-2006 Rank NA Re: Urban Outiftter & Anthroplogie. I am Stunned.  handbagaddict wrote: Oh great. I was just coming on here to see if anyone had any coupon codes for Anthro and I see this.....Ugh. I have no problem not shopping at Urban Outiftters, but Anthro?? I know I know I know.  I totally love Anthro.  I have my share of gay friends, and I just can't give my money to someone who thinks gay sex is the same thing as incest or beastiality.     Report

01-14-2007, 7:59 PM scout Joined on 04-25-2006 Rank NA Re: Urban Outiftter & Anthroplogie. I am Stunned.  G.O.P 531 wrote: wow, really? just because the guy is a conservative? thats really a stupid reason to stop buying things from those stores... its not like they are selling 'abortion is murder' t shirts or handing out propaganda.. they are businesses, people go there to shop, no one should care what the hell the president or CEO's personal life is like...seriously at least be mature about things. what's wrong with holding stores (in this case a CEO) accountable for their actions, whether it's socially, morally, politically etc etc?  so in your eyes, a truely mature person shouldn't give a crap about what goes on in the background, just as long as they like it? also the article wasn't discussing his personal life in terms of who he is screwing or what kind of cake he likes.  we're talking about a CEO with a formidable amount of money to give, possibly to political parties some of his consumers might not agree with.  can't people care about who or what their money could be going towards?   and a store doesn't necessarily have to be selling tangible items such as 'abortion is murder' t shirts or propaganda to make it wrong.  most of the time it's not going to be that blatant.      Report

01-14-2007, 10:35 PM handbagaddict Joined on 01-04-2006 Tempe Arizona Rank NA Re: Urban Outiftter & Anthroplogie. I am Stunned. Ugh, what dumb a** comments. Exactly why the teeny boppers need to stick to their Abercrombie fashions and stop prattling on about issues that they can't yet wrap their heads around. Anyway, PL - I totally agree. I cannot continue to support a company who's CEO has an anti-gay agenda. I have no tolerance for that. Like Scout said, I DO get to decide where my money goes and it isn't to Anthro anymore. If only I had found all this out after I bought my cute new suspender shorts though...*sigh*....Oh well. Thanks for posting the article PL!    Report

01-15-2007, 9:02 AM G.O.P 531 Joined on 02-20-2006 Rank NA Re: Urban Outiftter & Anthroplogie. I am Stunned. I think that what a CEO does with his money is his business and what consumers do with theirs is their business too. Are you that idealistic that you think a CEO should actually give a CRAP about donating to organizations that his company's customers would agree with? Hell no... Not all of his customers believe in the same cause and its stupid to donate money for causes that the majority of them WOULD believe in because how the hell would the customers even find out?? Im a moderate Republican and I shop at Urban Outfitters... I dont care how ultra right wing OR ultra left wing a CEO is, as long as Im able to buy what I want. Im from the school that thinks the ONLY responsibilty of a corporation is to provide a profit to shareholders and protect their own interests so they can keep doing business, case closed. We shouldnt make corporations or CEOs America's babysitters because we have 'moral objections' to their practices... THATS what is really naive. (rant ended)    Report

01-16-2007, 10:39 AM label_whore313 Joined on 12-29-2005 Im bringin sexy baaaaaaack Rank NA Re: Urban Outiftter & Anthroplogie. I am Stunned. <BLOCKQUOTE><table width="85%"><tr><td class="txt4"><img src="/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif">&nbsp;<strong>G.O.P 531 wrote:</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="quoteTable"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" class="txt4">Are you that idealistic that you think a CEO should actually give a CRAP about donating to organizations that his company's customers would agree with? Hell no... </td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE> You've obviously never taken a marketing class. LOL Its called "corporate social responsibility", and whole heck of alot of people give a "crap" about it. You have a right to your opinion, but its soley yours. If you dont give a crap where your money goes, thats YOU. You probably werent around when people boycotted soda companies for doing business in South Africa....or more recently, BenNJerry told congress not to drill for oil in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge. Now obviously we cant keep tabs on wher everyone's money is going ALL of the time, but the info is readily available on corporate websites (that is, if you give a crap). Most websites publish reports on this, its a BIG DEAL. Its so much better to never lose it, than to lose it and get it back--you can always tell the difference. With that said, most people never get it back, so if you get it back after you lost it, thats better than losing it forever.    Report

01-16-2007, 11:16 AM PennyLane Joined on 02-25-2006 Rank NA Re: Urban Outiftter & Anthroplogie. I am Stunned.  handbagaddict wrote: If only I had found all this out after I bought my cute new suspender shorts though...*sigh*....Oh well. Thanks for posting the article PL! I bought some suspender shorts there too!  I bought them before Christmas...before I knew about this.  They're blue & peach tweed. I wear them with knee-high socks, the ones everyone hates. Love them.    Report

01-17-2007, 2:50 PM handbagaddict Joined on 01-04-2006 Tempe Arizona Rank NA Re: Urban Outiftter & Anthroplogie. I am Stunned. Those are adorable and i am totally picturing you with the knee socks and love it. The shorts I wanted were the Talkie shorts by Mint. I tried to find them somewhere else but no luck.    Report

03-23-2007, 10:55 AM tamagopink Joined on 02-17-2006 East Coast Rank NA Re: Urban Outiftter & Anthroplogie. I am Stunned. what?? I never knew this. I'm shocked.    Report

03-27-2007, 1:51 PM sofia Joined on 07-29-2006 Cambridge, MA Rank NA Re: Urban Outiftter & Anthroplogie. I am Stunned. GOP, I agree with you in that a CEOs repsonsibility is to provide maxiumum profit to his/her shareholders, but it's writing them too large of a carte blanche to allow them to abignate from any more repsonsibility. Would you say that PetroChina should or should not purchase oil from Sudan? Sudanese oil is the cheapest and it maximizes shareholder's profits. PetroChina's oil money coming into Khartoum is also the sole thing that allows the genoicide in the Darfur region to continue. A CEO has resources that impact the world, and to ignore what the use of those resources does is to ignore a moral responsibility. the sun is up, the sky is blue, it's beautiful and so are you-- dear prudence-- won't you open up your eyes?    Report

06-11-2007, 3:18 PM iheartdi0r Joined on 05-29-2007 NYC Rank NA Re: Urban Outiftter & Anthroplogie. I am Stunned. You're right. That's the same with many huge conglomerates like Starbucks coffee & even Dunkin Donuts.    Report

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