Titleist bans customers from personalizing golf balls with 'Let's Go Brandon' message but allows 'K**l Trump': Titleist bans customers from personalizing golf balls with 'Let's Go...

Oldsailor65 Loc: Iowa

Titleist bans customers from personalizing golf balls with 'Let's Go Brandon' message but allows 'K**l Trump'

Customers are banned from personalizing Titleist golf balls with the anti-Biden slogan "Let's Go Brandon." The golf equipment company alleges that the popular rallying cry against President Joe Biden is forbidden because the saying is "inconsistent" with Titleist's "values or brand identity."

In October, an NBC Sports reporter either misheard or went into damage control when the crowd at Talladega Superspeedway was chanting, "F*** Joe Biden!" The NBC Sports reporter claimed that the NASCAR crowd was cheering on winning driver Brandon Brown by screaming, "Let's go, Brandon!"

The video clip immediately went v***l. The anti-Biden slogan morphed into a lightning rod that sparked hip-hop songs that notched the top spots on iTunes and ignited multiple controversies.

Now, Titleist has prohibited the words "Let's Go Brandon" from being printed on golf balls.

In late October, social media strategist Caleb Hull ordered Titleist golf balls personalized with the phrase: "Let's Go Brandon!"

However, Titleist emailed Hull to inform him that the company would not sell him the personalized golf balls.

"Thank you for your recent My Titleist golf ball order," the email reads. "Unfortunately, we cannot process your custom order in its current form and, as such, we have held it in our system. Should you like to provide a different customization, please let us know so we may update your order and release it for processing."

When you attempt to create a custom golf ball with the message "Let's Go Brandon" on the Titleist website, you receive a notification that states: "Sorry, one or more of the words you have chosen cannot be used. Please see our Terms and Conditions to learn more about what we will imprint."

The Titleist terms and conditions reads: "Acushnet Company (the parent company of Titleist) reserves the right to reject orders for imprints on our products that may, in our sole discretion, be inconsistent with our company values or brand identity, including, but not limited to logos, designs and/or personalizations that are negative in nature, advocate violence or illegal activity, or are slurs, h**eful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene or pornographic."

Fox News noted, "It is unclear which of those categories the phrase 'Let’s Go Brandon' violated."

The outlet added, "Certain political and vulgar messages that Fox News Digital tested on the website did not receive the same error message including 'F Trump,' 'ACAB,' 'A****a,' 'K**l Cops,' 'Impeach Trump' and 'K**l Trump.'"

https://www.theblaze.com/news/lets-go-brandon-titleist-golf-balls?utm_source=theblaze-breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20211210ShopTrending-Titelist&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%20TheBlaze%20Breaking%20News

saltwind 78 Loc: Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

Oldsailor65 wrote:

Titleist bans customers from personalizing golf ba... (show quote)

Old, So what? It may be rude, crude, and unacceptable to you, but it ain't against the law. Personally, I can't stand the pillow man, but we have freedom of speech.

woodguru

Oldsailor65 wrote:

Titleist bans customers from personalizing golf balls with 'Let's Go Brandon' message but allows 'K**l Trump'

Customers are banned from personalizing Titleist golf balls with the anti-Biden slogan "Let's Go Brandon." The golf equipment company alleges that the popular rallying cry against President Joe Biden is forbidden because the saying is "inconsistent" with Titleist's "values or brand identity."

In October, an NBC Sports reporter either misheard or went into damage control when the crowd at Talladega Superspeedway was chanting, "F*** Joe Biden!" The NBC Sports reporter claimed that the NASCAR crowd was cheering on winning driver Brandon Brown by screaming, "Let's go, Brandon!"

The video clip immediately went v***l. The anti-Biden slogan morphed into a lightning rod that sparked hip-hop songs that notched the top spots on iTunes and ignited multiple controversies.

Now, Titleist has prohibited the words "Let's Go Brandon" from being printed on golf balls.

In late October, social media strategist Caleb Hull ordered Titleist golf balls personalized with the phrase: "Let's Go Brandon!"

However, Titleist emailed Hull to inform him that the company would not sell him the personalized golf balls.

"Thank you for your recent My Titleist golf ball order," the email reads. "Unfortunately, we cannot process your custom order in its current form and, as such, we have held it in our system. Should you like to provide a different customization, please let us know so we may update your order and release it for processing."

When you attempt to create a custom golf ball with the message "Let's Go Brandon" on the Titleist website, you receive a notification that states: "Sorry, one or more of the words you have chosen cannot be used. Please see our Terms and Conditions to learn more about what we will imprint."

The Titleist terms and conditions reads: "Acushnet Company (the parent company of Titleist) reserves the right to reject orders for imprints on our products that may, in our sole discretion, be inconsistent with our company values or brand identity, including, but not limited to logos, designs and/or personalizations that are negative in nature, advocate violence or illegal activity, or are slurs, h**eful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene or pornographic."

Fox News noted, "It is unclear which of those categories the phrase 'Let’s Go Brandon' violated."

The outlet added, "Certain political and vulgar messages that Fox News Digital tested on the website did not receive the same error message including 'F Trump,' 'ACAB,' 'A****a,' 'K**l Cops,' 'Impeach Trump' and 'K**l Trump.'"

Titleist bans customers from personalizing golf ba... (show quote)

K**l trump or cops is not okay

pegw

Oldsailor65 wrote:

Titleist bans customers from personalizing golf ba... (show quote)

I think lets go Brandon is an obsene slur. And you have absolutely no class using it.

proud republican Loc: RED CALIFORNIA

pegw wrote:

I think lets go Brandon is an obsene slur. And you have absolutely no class using it.

And k**l Trump or k**l Cops is not obscene???? 🙄🙄🙄 LET'S GO BRANDON!

LogicallyRight Loc: Chicago

"Let's go Brandon is a joke". We all know from where it came and what is behind it. But it is still a funny joke and that is all. But they would accept "K**l Trump" or the like shows it for what it really is, a L*****t based decision by Titleist and as such, if I was a golfer, I would personally boycott Titleist products.

Oldsailor65 Loc: Iowa

pegw wrote:

I think lets go Brandon is an obsene slur. And you have absolutely no class using it.

I have HIGH CLASS unlike stupid liberals!!!

albertk

saltwind 78 wrote:

Old, So what? It may be rude, crude, and unacceptable to you, but it ain't against the law. Personally, I can't stand the pillow man, but we have freedom of speech.