{"id":588476,"date":"2021-07-11T19:05:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T23:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=588476"},"modified":"2021-07-11T19:05:52","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T23:05:52","slug":"poll-brits-hate-it-when-companies-preach-about-social-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-brits-hate-it-when-companies-preach-about-social-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Brits Hate It When Companies Preach About \u2018Social Issues\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fpoll-brits-hate-it-when-companies-preach-about-social-issues%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=588476&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1221659904.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Britons would prefer that companies focus on profits rather than discuss \u201csocial issues.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The United Kingdom\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cps.org.uk\/media\/press-releases\/q\/date\/2021\/07\/06\/cps-publishes-landmark-survey-by-dr-frank-luntz-on-poli\/\"><span>Centre for Policy Studies<\/span><\/a><span> gave survey respondents ten possible ways that British business can be \u201cgood corporate citizens.\u201d Only 9% of voters indicated that they want companies to \u201cspeak out on important social issues that matter in Britain today.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Far larger <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2021\/07\/04\/drop-woke-posing-stick-day-job-companies-told\/\"><span>shares<\/span><\/a><span> of respondents \u2014 especially among Conservative Party voters \u2014 believe that it is more important for companies to \u201cmake a profit so they can continue to create jobs for British workers.\u201d Other popular responses were for companies to \u201cgo above and beyond for their workforce\u201d and \u201cinstill mutual respect and appreciation between employees and employers.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The survey also revealed that only 18% of respondents consider themselves \u201cwoke.\u201d 63% asserted that the United Kingdom is \u201ca nation of equality and freedom\u201d rather than an \u201cinstitutionally racist and discriminatory\u201d country. Meanwhile, 64% of Britons think \u201ccancel culture has gone too far and that people should be able to express themselves without fear of consequences.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>An equal percentage of Americans <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/poll-64-of-americans-see-cancel-culture-as-a-threat-to-their-freedom\"><span>believe<\/span><\/a><span> that \u201ccancel culture\u201d is a threat to freedom. 36% consider it a \u201cbig problem,\u201d while only 13% call it \u201cnot a problem.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Progressives in both the American and British popular consciousness have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=castigate&amp;rlz=1C1RXQR_enUS955US955&amp;ei=CLbkYICjCNuuqtsPmNOhyAU&amp;oq=castigate&amp;gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBAgAEEMyCggAELEDEIMBEEMyBwgAELEDEEMyBQgAELEDMgQIABBDMgQIABBDMgQIABBDMgQIABBDMgYIABAHEB4yAggAOgcIABBHELADOgcIABCwAxBDOgkIABANEEYQ-QFKBAhBGABQ20RY5UlgqUxoAnACeACAAdwBiAHKBZIBBTYuMC4xmAEAoAEBqgEHZ3dzLXdpesgBCsABAQ&amp;sclient=gws-wiz&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiAx9bUnc_xAhVbl2oFHZhpCFkQ4dUDCA8&amp;uact=5\"><span>experienced<\/span><\/a><span> \u201ccancel culture\u201d for not sufficiently conforming to the Left.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Harry Potter author and self-indentified feminist JK Rowling, for one, was blasted by transgender activists for believing that distinctions between the sexes are meaningful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf sex isn\u2019t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased,\u201d Rowling explained. \u201cI know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. It isn\u2019t hate to speak the truth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biologist and self-proclaimed atheist Richard Dawkins, for another, hinted that a consistent embrace of transgenderism\u2019s assumptions would lead one to believe that people can also change races.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn 2015, Rachel Dolezal, a white chapter president of NAACP, was vilified for identifying as Black,\u201d Dawkins said. \u201cSome men choose to identify as women, and some women choose to identify as men. You will be vilified if you deny that they literally are what they identify as. Discuss.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Fellow atheists rushed to castigate Dawkins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cRegrettably, Richard Dawkins has over the past several years accumulated a history of making statements that use the guise of scientific discourse to demean marginalized groups, an approach antithetical to humanist values,\u201d read a statement from the American Humanist Association. \u201cHis latest statement implies that the identities of transgender individuals are fraudulent, while also simultaneously attacking Black identity as one that can be assumed when convenient.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Alison Gill \u2014 an executive at American Atheists who self-identifies as transgender \u2014 likewise slammed Dawkins: \u201cThe progress of science has helped us better understand who we are as trans people\u2026 We need science communicators like Richard Dawkins to put in the time to learn this information and then communicate it clearly and accurately to the public, not reinforce dangerous and harmful narratives put forward by the opponents of equality.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britons would prefer that companies focus on profits rather than discuss \u201csocial issues.\u201dThe United Kingdom\u2019s Centre for Policy Studies gave survey respondents ten possible ways that British business can be &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314444,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1221659904.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Poll: Brits Hate It When Companies Preach About \u2018Social Issues\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-588476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1221659904.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Poll: Brits Hate It When Companies Preach About \u2018Social Issues\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}