re: Urban South Brewery Supporting Gun Control Lobby

Wonder if they would host an event for a gun club?

Someone needs to ask if they would hold an event for the NRA.

I find it absurd that you will inconvenience yourself (assuming you like their beer), just because someone feels differently than you

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I can say very honestly and plainly that I am not upset in the slightest. I will just buy another beer

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if you are not upset then why are you choosing to stop buying Urban South beer? What other emotion is involved in a decision to once purchase their beer and then when they do something you object to makes you decide it’s harsh enough to stop gving them your money?

I don't find it "upsetting" how people keep trying to say. They've made a choice based on their beliefs to stop supporting. They don't have to be upset to quit giving a company money based on something they don't believe in. Not sure why people keep trying to pigeonhole that particular statement. Are their people upset? Yeah those are the idiots on FB talking about trying to schedule NRA meets or go stand outside with pro gun signs

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if you are not upset then why are you choosing to stop buying Urban South beer?

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Why does it have to be an emotional decision?

It really makes no difference to me if I drink another IPA.

I get that to some people who love Urban South it may seem crazy, but you have to realize that there are different degrees of loyalty to a brand. If you absolutely love Urban South then it would take a lot for you to buy a different beer. If you are on the fringe (like me) you don’t really care about buying another beer. Try to get out of your perspective and see it from someone else’s view

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decion to take a stand

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You keep trying to pin these emotional viewpoints on us.

We don’t have to be upset or trying to protest to simply grab the next beer on the shelf. It takes very little mental effort and absolutely no sacrifice for me to just pick up the next beer.

Just try to understand that there aren’t people as dedicated to this beer as you or others may be

And that’s fine. They definitely won’t lose all of their customers but they will likely lose some on the fringe.

You are the one who came in here and said you were not going to drink their beers anymore. That’s not taking a stance, a position, a decision based on what Urban South did?

Not that there is anything wrong with that, more power to you.

I don’t think this is a big deal, of course my opinion. .

I think these companies will ultimately realize that taking positions like this are counter productive.

And I also think that this guy is being disingenuous by saying he wants to have a dialogue. A dialogue involves the other side. Where is the other side? Also, why does a dialogue involve giving money to one side?

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It’s not even that I’m loyal to US, I don’t even drink their beers all that frequently, I just find it odd to base a decision which beer I’m going to drink on anything other than the beer itself.

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That’s cool man I get it. You really like beer and you don’t care about gun control.

I’m sure there is a combination of things out there that I could get you to care about.

That’s my whole point in saying that most people won’t care, but some will. It’s a poor business decision on their part. Companies spend millions of dollars on marketing to project a certain image because they feel that is important. If this is the image the owner wants to project then let him gamble with his company. I don’t care.

I guess I’m just as confused why y’all are surprised people care about a highly political topic?

If the guy was holding a fund raiser for the Knights of Columbus and people weren’t buying the beer I would be a little surprised. But gun control? In the south? Ur really surprised?