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Boycotts work! (Original Post) ihaveaquestion 6 hrs ago OP
boycotts Be Leave On 5 hrs ago #1
Seriously, what a stupid move on their part. Baitball Blogger 5 hrs ago #2
Haven't stepped into a Target since January Prairie Gates 5 hrs ago #3
KnR Hekate 3 hrs ago #4
Economic boycotts maybe one of the few remaining ways to protest,.... magicarpet 3 hrs ago #5
I've been told many times here boycotts are stupid. .... I ignore them. Hotler 3 hrs ago #6

Prairie Gates

(5,093 posts)
3. Haven't stepped into a Target since January
Sun May 25, 2025, 01:31 PM
5 hrs ago

We used to go once a week and got several of our essentials there (cat food, soaps and shampoos, shaving stuff, etc.).

They decided to throw in with the MAGAs, indicating that they didn't want our family's business. So I'm withholding it.

magicarpet

(18,274 posts)
5. Economic boycotts maybe one of the few remaining ways to protest,....
Sun May 25, 2025, 03:25 PM
3 hrs ago

..... trDUMP, Musk, and the ultra rich oligarchy. Presently it is more difficult to punish protesters who use purchase boycotts.

As summer approaches major retail boycotts might be a wise way to inform the hyper-capitalists that selling out to trDUMP/Musk will adversely impact their cash register profits.

Protests with violence will feed right into the ReThug game plan where Martial Law will be enacted by these Nazis. Any form of violence would hand them a very dangerous level of control over our government.

Hotler

(13,117 posts)
6. I've been told many times here boycotts are stupid. .... I ignore them.
Sun May 25, 2025, 03:44 PM
3 hrs ago
They do work. The more people that participate the bigger the results. We should be strangling our spending and dragging this economy to a stand still. Boycotts are a safe way to protest without giving them the chance to shoot or arrest you in the streets.

This is a reminder.
https://democraticunderground.com/10113602
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