{"id":1003407,"date":"2021-11-12T13:43:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T18:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1003407"},"modified":"2021-11-12T13:43:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T18:43:46","slug":"report-woke-peloton-banned-lets-go-brandon-from-fitness-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-woke-peloton-banned-lets-go-brandon-from-fitness-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Woke Peloton Banned &#039;Let&#039;s Go Brandon&#039; from Fitness Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-woke-peloton-banned-lets-go-brandon-from-fitness-platform%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1003407&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Fitness equipment giant Peloton is being accused of banning any mention of the anti-Joe Biden hashtag #LetsGoBrandon from its fitness platform. The woke company is fine with leftist hashtags like&nbsp;#BlackLivesMatter and #DefundThePolice.<\/p>\n<p>Peloton has reportedly been sending users an error message when they try to connect with other users on the company\u2019s app by using the hashtag, #LetsGoBrandon, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/news-and-politics\/matt-margolis\/2021\/11\/10\/peloton-blocks-users-from-using-letsgobrandon-hashtag-n1530466\">report<\/a> by PJ Media.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s Go, Brandon\u201d has become a popular rallying cry known for being synonymous with \u201cFuck Joe Biden\u201d since early October, when an NBC reporter at a NASCAR Xfinity Series race incorrectly stated that fans in the stands were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/10\/04\/lets-go-brandon-nascar-driver-mocks-obvious-fck-joe-biden-coverup\/\">chanting<\/a>, \u201cLet\u2019s Go, Brandon\u201d following a victory by driver Brandon Brown, when they were actually chanting, \u201cFuck Joe Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18441810\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/letsgobrandonblow1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18441810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/letsgobrandonblow1.jpg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot\/YouTube\/orgiato Blow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18642962\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pres-joe-biden-facepalm-wh-aug-5-21-ap-640x480-640x480-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18642962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pres-joe-biden-facepalm-wh-aug-5-21-ap-640x480-640x480-1.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Biden\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Biden (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>After that, Peloton users, who can add&nbsp;tags or select existing tags to connect with other users in the Peloton community, started adding the \u201cLetsGoBrandon\u201d hashtag to their profiles.<\/p>\n<p>The fitness company then apparently banned the user of the tag by removing them from users\u2019 profiles. Peloton users are now instead receiving an error message, which reads, \u201cThis tag does not meet our guidelines,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/11\/peloton-accused-of-banning-lets-go-brandon-on-app\/\">reports<\/a> <em>New York Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear when or why the hashtag was removed.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter users have also taken to social media to share their dismay, accusing Peloton of censoring its members and taking political sides.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeloton deleted let\u2019s go Brandon tag,\u201d one Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/goldenrose_79\/status\/1457394526734065667?s=20\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c[Peloton] Please stop deleting the #letsgobrandon handle,\u201d another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustaNormalDad_\/status\/1458066681868210178?s=20\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201cI paid handsomely for your equipment and monthly fees. A central selling point of Peloton is to connect with like-minded people. Conservatives use your service and have every right to connect with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Peloton] Let\u2019s Go Brandon &amp; F your woke equipment,\u201d another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/99freehold\/status\/1458868754650210312?s=20\">declared<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Others pointed to that Peloton had permitted hashtags like #BlackLivesMatter and #DefundThePolice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy\u2019d [Peloton] delete&nbsp;our #LetsGoBrandon leaderboard tag? I\u2019ve endured all their woke celebrations, and was nice to actually have OUR community to High Five. What happened to diversity, Peloton?!\u201d&nbsp;one Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ConservativelyJ\/status\/1457159882109595650?s=20\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeloton removed #letsgobrandon from their leaderboard tags. I\u2019m sure they would\u2019ve protected Trump from insult the same way,\u201d another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SubversiveMama\/status\/1456990903214620672?s=20\">quipped<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSell your Peloton,\u201d another Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigF115\/status\/1458611029265551361?s=20\">urged<\/a>. \u201cWon\u2019t let users use #LetsGoBrandon or #AllLivesMatter but does allow #BlackLivesMatter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeloton suppresses free speech and allows only left-wing political correct words. Fuck you [Peloton],\u201d another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Germanywatch1\/status\/1458658073963339776?s=20\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This wouldn\u2019t be Peloton\u2019s first time engaging in a form of corporate virtue signaling.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, in the wake of George Floyd\u2019s death, the company said it would donate $500,000 to the NAACP\u2019s legal defense fund \u2014 joining companies like Facebook and Netflix, signaling their support&nbsp;for the nationwide protests that took place last summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlack lives matter,\u201d proclaimed Peloton CEO John Foley on Twitter at the time. \u201cThis week, what\u2019s become clear to me is we must ensure this is an anti-racist organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>You can follow Alana&nbsp;Mastrangelo on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARmastrangelo\">Facebook<\/a> and Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARmastrangelo\">@ARmastrangelo<\/a>, and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanamastrangelo\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fitness equipment giant Peloton is being accused of banning any mention of the anti-Joe Biden hashtag #LetsGoBrandon from its fitness platform. 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