PGA cuts ties with Trump, organizations pause political donations and Twitter permanently bans Trump’s account
Also: AWS pulls social media app Parler’s hosting, General Motors launches redesign focused on an electric-driven future, Purcotton apologizes for ad, and more.
Chinese brand Purcotton issued a
mea culpa after backlash over its recent ad, which shows a woman being followed down a dimly-lit street by a man wearing a mask. As the man approaches, the woman uses a Purcotton wipe to remove her makeup, which scares away the would-be attacker.
… Purcotton originally defended the advertisement as a creative way to advertise the “cleaning function of the product,” but as the calls for a boycott grew, the company removed the video from their accounts and eventually apologized on January 8.
Photo: Getty Images. Illustration: Chloe Krammel
The fact that the Donald Trump show has been finally and definitively canceled is small solace. It doesn t relieve us of the burden to memorialize and document all of his perversions and those of all of his enablers. The damage he has done is almost incalculable. The way he has systematically tried to disparage and destroy longstanding traditions and programs across the country is beyond regrettable. He has cheapened the achievements of people who have been previously recognized and honored by extending his clown show into every institution. His grotesque tributes, awards, and honors would be simply snide and bad jokes (and maybe in his warped mind, that s exactly what they are) if they weren t draped with historical dignity and seriousness.