Move sparks praise but chain says hotel independently operated and cancellations ‘not reflective of Hilton values’
But sadly, the Hilton chain ditched it.
So remember: if you’re in Lakeville, MN and you need a place to crash, this hotel seems like a decent one. As for the other Hiltons, I guess I’ll find me another hotel to stay at, because I don’t like collaborators and fascist enablers.
Per the article, the company that owns the hotel is apologizing for the denial of ICE agents, so I’m not sure how much better they are either.
Companies should be punished for aiding POS ICE and DHS
Well, this is one of the precious few things you can do as a consumer: give your money to companies and individuals that behave honorably and decently.
And if enough people do it, it has real weight. The only thing corporations care about at the end of the day is their bottom line: they suck up to Trump because they think there’s money to be made doing that, and they’ll stop the minute they realize there’s a silent, critical mass of people who choose to reward those who don’t.
Sounds like I won’t be visiting a Hilton hotel ever. I hope everyone follows suit.
Fuck your kowtowing to bullies.
chain says […] ‘not reflective of Hilton values’
And what are those values?
Number go up
distant echos of ‘states rights’
In a statement, a Hilton spokesperson said the brand’s hotels “serve as welcoming places for all” and that the hotel that canceled the reservations was independently owned and operated. The cancellations “are not reflective of Hilton values”, the spokesperson said.
I see the problem here. This particular hotel realized that being tolerant and welcome to all means that you have to not tolerate intolerance. Hilton corporate misunderstood this as the Paradox of Tolerance and wrongfully assumed they needed to tolerate these pieces of shit.
Had they understood that tolerance is a social contract and need not be applied to those who didn’t follow it, this whole mistake could have been avoided.
