I guess there'll always be customers willing to tolerate hateful, disgusting "consultants" and the greedy companies who employ them. No toleration is required.įor a more appropriate example of toleration, we'll just note that people are still buying your tights and dresses, and some are probably still buying from the Budenbenders. We love them and care for them, because (wait for it, shocking revelation to come) they're people. ![]() One more thing, DeAnne and Mark Stidham! Your statement references "tolerance," or touting your great commitment to "fighting intolerance." Let me explain something to you: decent people don't "tolerate" those with special needs. I'd prefer to eradicate people's apparent belief that making fun of the retarded is acceptable. Did you see the crocodile tears 'apology' where they trotted out the wifes sister who had Down Syndrome to prove how much they love special needs people And it was all a misunderstanding Classy to the core. Ironically, you can see LuLaRoe's application of values in part of their statement: ".joined with our commitment not to fight intolerance with eradication." Apparently LuLaRoe is worried about "eradicating" the Budenbender's business - i.e., LuLaRoe's profit. Consultants husband mocks people with special needs in live sale. And just like individual people, companies are often quite happy to use those "values" as lip-service PR tools, rather than living guidance. (Anyone know what you get when you double zero?) The sum total of LuLaRoe's response is one weak statement to distance themselves from the problem, without losing the income generated by the BudenBenders.Įvery company touts its core values, whether packaging them as a mission to the public, treatment of their employees, contribution to the environment, whatever. It stresses that the retailers are independent, that Budenbender has "agreed to use the incident as a learning experience," and that LuLaRoe is going to "redouble" their sensitivity and tolerance training and policies. LuLaRoe's response is full of non-committal, unapologetic themes as well. His "apology" just gets worse from there, including a repetition of the "this should have just stayed in the family" theme. Worse, all these mean people sent poor Bobby Budenbender mean messages, after they took his actions out of context! Budenbender quickly zeroes in on the problem: apparently this whole mess was caused by people who chose to share the video in places where "not nice people" and "people who get offended" hang out. In the half-assed "apology" video later that day, the Budenbender's trot out a relative with Down Syndrome to use as a prop, and Mr. You can find the video on YouTube if you like. ![]() He adopts the quintessential slow, shouting voice, and proclaims, "My name is Robert and I'm special! My name is Robert and I'm really special!" Meanwhile, a woman in the background (presumably Taya Budenbender) cackles as if this is the funniest thing since Gallagher smashed a watermelon. ![]() Budenbender decided to lighten the moment by pretending to be retarded. Last month, LuLaRoe "consultants" Taya and Robert Budenbender hosted a live broadcast LuLaRoe sales party.
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