There Is No Whining In The "Armed Services"

Ryan Murphy / WHRO Public Media:

Controversial military-themed brewery shuts its doors after a year in Norfolk, citing “woke mob”  —  Financial filings show the brewery was struggling financially before it relocated and had failed to start turning a profit after opening in Norfolk.  —  A controversial military-themed brewery championed …

Trevor Metcalfe / Daily Press:   Armed Forces Brewing Co. CEO alleges efforts to undermine business amid Norfolk departure

Can't run a fucking business except into the ground, but instantly screeches about the "Woke Mob". Like to see the C.E.O. s.o.b. make it through boot camp.

The market works:

Gov. Glenn Youngkin touted the brewery’s relocation after luring the company with $300,000 in tax incentives.

Armed Forces took over the former O’Connor Brewing location, attracted in part because of the huge military presence and veteran population in the community.

But when the company arrived, it was greeted with neighbors who rebuffed the company and its perceived values, with more than 800 registering opposition to the brewery as it sought city permits.

Robert O’Neill, a former Navy Seal who claims to have shot Osama Bin Laden and now makes regular appearances on right-wing media, acted as the company’s public face and also owns a small part of the company.

He’s complained about the Navy’s use of a drag queen as a recruitment ambassador, insinuated that members of the LGBTQ+ community are “pedophiles” in a since-deleted tweet and was removed from a Delta flight and banned from the airline for refusing to wear a mask in 2020.

Armed Forces Brewing said O’Neill was no longer in a public-facing role with the company after he was accused of calling a security guard a racial slur when he was arrested in Texas in 2023. However, the company still lists him as a director and advisor with his photo on its website.

Norfolk’s City Council ultimately approved the brewery and taproom over the community’s objections, the civic league and the city’s Planning Commission.

“Let the market decide their fate,” Councilman Tommy Smigiel said during the vote.

Yeah, Virginia Goobernator Youngkin, let the market decide, instead of giving some dipshit company a US$300,000
tax giveaway because they play soldier. Even w/ this rip-off of the people of Virginia the market decided, so shut your festering gob, Mr. Whiny C.E.O.! 

What'll you bet the beer sucked too?