Skittles blasted over new pro-LGBTQ packaging: ‘Time to Bud Light them’By Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
August 13, 2023
Taste the wokeness.
Skittles is getting pushback from conservatives who have soured on the popular candy’s new “woke” pro-LGBTQ packaging — threatening a repeat of the boycott that cost Anheuser-Busch billions of dollars after Bud Light partnered with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
“@Skittles is trying to turn your kids into BLM & LGBTQ+ activists,” one online user tweeted on Libs of TikTok. “Their packaging also features a drag queen.
“Skittles have gone completely woke.”
Twitter user InnerPeaceKarma was more succinct.
“Boycott Skittles,” they tweeted. “Simple.”
But Saturday night, the post had 1.8 million views.
The backlash ensued after Skittles’ parent company, the Wrigley Company, which in turn is owned by Mars Incorporated, swapped its rainbow-colored packaging for new LGBTQ-friendly illustrations and messages.
The new packages are predominantly black and white and include phrases like “Black Trans Lives Matter” and “Joy is Resistance,” Newsweek reported.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/08/13/skittles-blasted-over-pro-lgbtq-packaging-time-to-bud-light-them/
