Tea at Trianon: Time to Boycott Nike?

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Monday, May 26, 2025

Time to Boycott Nike?

From Right Flank:

So long as Nike bankrolls the medical abuse of minors, there’s no reason for a single American to give them money. Effective immediately, there needs to be a halt on any purchases of the company’s shoes, attire, or other products. Investors who have Nike shares should also dump them right away.
If Nike doesn’t see any tangible consequences for their actions, zero changes will take place. They’ll continue to throw their money behind increasingly dangerous studies that harm both children and society at large.
So far, there’s been no thought for the futures of boys being experimented upon. What happens when their natural development is neutered as a result of these hormones? Who will be responsible for the psychological and emotional impacts later resulting from this?
Not Nike, at least if they get their way.
Americans should also be asking what kinds of parents would offer their kids up to be experimented on in this way. Nike may be throwing their money behind this, but they’re not the sole perpetrator. (Read more.)