We’ve reached the stage where so much of the raw hatred looks less like real news and more like something The Babylon Bee would write as satire. This is one of those stories.
In a recent pathetic example, a Washington state teenager's innocent trip to a Build-A-Bear store — where the drama usually centers around whether to dress a stuffed teddy bear in a denim jacket or a tutu — quickly escalated into a contentious political showdown.
Sixteen-year-old Evi McCormick told KING 5 TV in Seattle that she and her friends stopped by the store to create custom teddy bears, following a trend she’d seen on TikTok. But when she tried to name her bear after Charlie Kirk, co-founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, who was brutally assassinated in September, an employee at the register rejected her request outright.
Yeah, nothing quite says "brave corporate conviction" (AKA "visceral hatred and disgusting behavior") like an irate employee screaming at a teenage girl that her teddy bear's birth certificate cannot be tolerated — by the "tolerant" left, that is.
Build-A-Bear refuses Washington teen's request to name stuffed bear 'Charlie Kirk'https://t.co/DGA2anVTaF
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) October 3, 2025
As reported on Friday, McCormick said of the employee:
She just didn’t agree with it. She didn’t support it and she told me, ‘We’re not doing this,’ folded it up in a force and threw it away.
Kailie Lang, one of McCormick’s friends who witnessed the exchange, said: "It definitely made us all very uncomfortable." As it should have.
So have we officially reached the place where even the name of a kid's teddy bear propels the left into histrionic fits of political rage? The question is rhetorical — of course we have, and it couldn't be more disgraceful.
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After hearing about Evi McCormick's experience, KING 5 TV decided to pay a visit to the relevant Build-A-Bear store, where the manager promptly refused to speak with the outlet, instead referring the station to corporate headquarters.
Translation: The store manager is a coward.
Later, a Build-A-Bear customer service representative told the outlet that “The case is being handled internally by the appropriate department.”
Translation: The Build-A-Bear customer service department is also cowardly.
More:
McCormick’s mother, Amber, said she called the company’s corporate office and spent 45 minutes on the phone. She said the company initially offered a $20 gift card for the poor customer experience. Days later, she received a follow-up call with an apology.
According to Amber McCormick, Build-A-Bear said the incident should not have happened and promised to retrain employees in the Seattle area and nationwide to keep politics out of the workplace.
“She said that their goal is to try to prevent this sort of situation from happening to anybody else,” Amber McCormick said.
Uh-huh. Did I mention that the sign posted inside the Build-A-Bear store where the incident occurred reminds customers not to use “indecent or distasteful” names?
Hmm. I wonder how many "birth certificates" from that store are inscribed with "George Floyd"?
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