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turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
Mon Aug 7, 2017, 11:59 AM Aug 2017

A fake Starbucks ad is trying to lure DREAMers to round them up for deportation

Source: Think Progress

Contrary to a fake ad promoted by social media users, the coffee-shop giant Starbucks will not be offering discounts to undocumented immigrants on August 11, the company has confirmed.

Created by internet trolls, the fraudulent ad titled “Starbucks Dreamer Day” reads, “All undocumented Americans will receive any item on the Starbucks menu 40 percent off” with the hashtag #BorderFreeCoffee. The word “Dreamer” is often associated with a group of undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children, as it’s named after a 16-year-old bipartisan immigration bill that seeks to legalize this group of people.

John Kelly, the Starbucks senior vice president of global communications, told The Associated Press over the weekend that the rumor is “completely false. One hundred percent fake.” The company has also taken to Twitter to respond to internet users who have promulgated the fake ad.

Internet trolls seized on the opportunity to market Starbucks to immigrants because the company is known for its progressive hiring practices, like setting goals to hire thousands of refugees and veterans.

Read more: https://thinkprogress.org/trolls-starbucks-immigrants-ice/



Maybe it time to inundate 4chan website, that is doing this sh*t, just like telemarketers, don't call back or answer the phone just send a program to override their system like one programmer did on one scam operation just awhile back.

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A fake Starbucks ad is trying to lure DREAMers to round them up for deportation (Original Post) turbinetree Aug 2017 OP
Very stupid trolls. Doreen Aug 2017 #1
Dreamers HAVE documents awesomerwb1 Aug 2017 #2

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
1. Very stupid trolls.
Mon Aug 7, 2017, 12:49 PM
Aug 2017

Starbucks is a very big humanitarian supporter. Always has been. So they are claiming that overnight Starbucks became anti-humanitarian. Need to pick another organization to make that claim with you stupid shits.

awesomerwb1

(4,256 posts)
2. Dreamers HAVE documents
Mon Aug 7, 2017, 12:57 PM
Aug 2017

ergo, they can't be "undocumented" (At least not yet.) little stupid **cks.

This country is becoming unrecognizable. Make your move now GOP for ffs.

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