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 Papa John's Pizza has decided to flip its virtual bird at white supremacy. 
 
 The pizza company's Twitter account posted a three-part apology for CEO and Louisville resident John Schnatter's weeks-old statement that blamed the NFL and anthem protests for a decline in sales. 
 
 In the following days a white-supremacist publication claimed it as their official pizza. 
 
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 In the tweets, the company apologized to anyone who its says may have found the comments on its declining sales divisive. 
 
 It then used an emoji to express its feelings toward Neo-Nazis. 
 
 The statements made on our earnings call were describing the factors that impact our business and we sincerely apologize to anyone that thought they were divisive. That definitely was not our intention. (1/3) — Papa John's Pizza (@PapaJohns) November 15, 2017 
 
 We believe in the right to protest inequality and support the players’ movement to create a new platform for change. We also believe together, as Americans, we should honor our anthem. There is a way to do both. (2/3) — Papa John's Pizza (@PapaJohns) November 15, 2017 
 
 We will work with the players and league to find a positive way forward. Open to ideas from all. Except neo-nazis — 🖕those guys. (3/3) — Papa John's Pizza (@PapaJohns) November 15, 2017 
 
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 Papa John's came under fire a few weeks ago when the company's founder, John Schnatter, blamed the NFL for the pizza chain's recent drop in sales. Specifically, Schnatter took aim at the wave of anthem protests and said the NFL's failure to stop the demonstrations was hurting his company, which has been the official pizza sponsor of the NFL since 2010. 
 
 "The NFL has hurt us by not resolving the current debacle to the players' and owners' satisfaction," Schnatter said in an earnings call on Nov. 1, via Bloomberg. "NFL leadership has hurt Papa John's shareholders." 
 
 The pizza company was swiftly criticized by many for pressuring the league to suppress the player protests, which began as a way to bring attention to police brutality and racial injustice in America. It got worse for Schnatter when the far-right website The Daily Stormer declared Papa John's to be "the official pizza" of the alt-right. 
 
 Since then, the company remained relatively quiet, saying only that they "condemn racism in all forms" and doesn't want neo-Nazis eating their pizza. 
 
 But on Tuesday night, Papa John's official Twitter account published a string of tweets addressing their statements on that earnings call. 
 
 The statements made on our earnings call were describing the factors that impact our business and we sincerely apologize to anyone that thought they were divisive. That definitely was not our intention. (1/3) — Papa John's Pizza (@PapaJohns) November 15, 2017 
 
 We believe in the right to protest inequality and support the players’ movement to create a new platform for change. We also believe together, as Americans, we should honor our anthem. There is a way to do both. (2/3) — Papa John's Pizza (@PapaJohns) November 15, 2017 
 
 We will work with the players and league to find a positive way forward. Open to ideas from all. Except neo-nazis — 🖕those guys. (3/3) — Papa John's Pizza (@PapaJohns) November 15, 2017 
 
 So, that's certainly more of a "sorry you were offended" apology than a "sorry, we screwed up" apology, which is something. If there's a "negative consumer sentiment" surrounding the Papa John's relationship with the NFL, as Schnatter claimed a few weeks ago, it'll be interesting to see if this semi-apology helps them any. If not, they could always try making better pizza. 

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– Papa John's Pizza has walked back founder and CEO John Schnatter's claim that NFL player protests are behind falling pizza sales. In a series of tweets Tuesday, the chain apologized to anyone who found the remarks "divisive," and said it was open to ideas from all, except neo-Nazis, USA Today reports. Days after Schnatter's controversial remarks, the white supremacist Daily Stormer site claimed Papa John's as the "official pizza of the alt-right," reports the Louisville Courier-Journal. "We believe in the right to protest inequality and support the players’ movement to create a new platform for change," Papa John's tweeted Tuesday. "We also believe together, as Americans, we should honor our anthem. There is a way to do both," the company continued. "We will work with the players and league to find a positive way forward. Open to ideas from all. Except neo-nazis—[middle finger emoji] those guys." Schnatter, who was strongly criticized for what was seen as an attempt to stifle protests, made his remarks during a Nov. 1 earnings call, in which he disclosed a decline in sales. At CBS, Pete Blackburn describes the Tuesday tweets as "more of a 'sorry you were offended' apology than a 'sorry, we screwed up' apology." He says it will be interesting to see whether the "semi-apology" boosts sales—and if not, "they could always try making better pizza."