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Midnight Writer
(22,856 posts)It would be enlightening to learn who proposed this design, and who all supported using this symbol
royable
(1,347 posts)how does it differ? How could the stage have been more "badly" designed so as to more closely resemble the rune?
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Invite a bunch of unhousebroken puppies in, you're going to get piddled on. Don't rent to these fuckers anymore. You know what they are. They've shown you personally, in no uncertain terms.
gibraltar72
(7,622 posts)Cirque du So-What
(27,418 posts)Go tell all your hotel buddies not to do business with nazis next year.
cate94
(2,875 posts)Hyatt didnt design the stage.
Cirque du So-What
(27,418 posts)They shoulda known these knuckleheads by reputation and not allowed them to run amok with their nefarious nazi plans.
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)Thomas Pritzker -- $4.4B as of 3/1/21
Tom Pritzker, one of 11 billionaire heirs in the Pritzker clan, serves as the executive chairman of hotel giant Hyatt.
Hyatt Hotels dates back 1957 when Tom's father, Jay Pritzker (d. 1999), purchased the first Hyatt House motel near Los Angeles International Airport.
https://www.forbes.com/profile/thomas-pritzker/?sh=4b232a473864
Pritzker Family -- Also includes J B Pritzker, Governor of Illinois. The family controls Hyatt.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pritzker_family
LetMyPeopleVote
(153,634 posts)Link to tweet
CPACs organizers vehemently denied any link between the stage design and the Nazi symbology, calling the criticism outrageous and slanderous.....
As the controversy continued on Sunday, Hyatt Hotels said in a statement that it had addressed the concerns with the conference and denounced any use of hate symbols.
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We take the concern raised about the prospect of symbols of hate being included in the stage design at CPAC 2021 very seriously as all such symbols are abhorrent and unequivocally counter to our values as a company, said Hyatt, which had faced pointed criticism for hosting the event.
The hotel noted it allowed the event to continue after organizers told us that any resemblance to a symbol of hate is unintentional.
qazplm135
(7,465 posts)there's no meaningful purpose for that cutout except to complete the rune design.
If it were solid, I might say, coincidence.
Well that and the also purposeless white part that's only there for one reason too.
Caliman73
(11,767 posts)I have seen round stages, triangle stages, rectangles, and squares. All manner of stages. The design of the CPAC stage was deliberate OR CPAC people are the stupidest, most obtuse people ever! The second part is probably accurate, but the still did the stage on purpose.
LetMyPeopleVote
(153,634 posts)MagickMuffin
(16,995 posts)They appear to court both party's but seem to favor the Q'Party a little more than the Democratic Party.
I guess time will tell.
https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?cycle=2020&vendor=Hyatt+Hotels
bluestarone
(17,994 posts)With all the money they made, the last four days. DONATE DONATE DONATE. To any useful cause they choose.