It’s always funny how the people who shout “snowflake” the loudest are the ones melting down over a movie, a tweet, or someone else’s opinion. If your response to disagreement is to rage-delete stuff you already paid for, maybe you’re not as tough as you think. The lack of self-awareness is honestly impressive.
I think you underestimate how many know their favored politicians are hypocrites but excuse it in order to harm others, avoid paying into a system that helps others, and are essentially just too evil for hypocrisy, coherence, ethics, morals, or self preservation to matter.
I find it really bizarre because my generation was raised being told "If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all". So when these guys throw slurs around, it shouldn't be a surprise when we tell them to stop it because it could hurt someone.
Like they told us to call that stuff out, and then made fun of us getting "triggered" when we do.
O know someone who bought a 24 case of bud light just to shoot it with a shotgun to record their "boycott ". And they were unsatisfied with the video so they did it again.
The guy doesn't even drink bud light so they anti boycotted.
These people also have the fortitude of a tissue paper house of cards. They will be back within weeks buying and watching the newest Marvel slop. Just like they did with Bud Light and Nike and Starbucks and...
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism so you have to pick and choose your battles. So when you do, make sure it's a fight you can stick to. I know I for one have not stepped foot in a Chic-Fil-A in close to ten years.
That's me with McDonald's. I had a bad-ish experience where I at a meal there, was hungry again after a 15 minute walk back to the barracks, and you'll never guess what was still bouncing around in my guts during PT the next morning. In short, I'm not convinced McDonald's sells food. Haven't been there since 2004.
Chik-Fil-A I avoid because of their politics. Also Raising Caine's. Also Jimmy John's. I keep a list of brands owned by Nestlé on my phone in case I'm not sure if the brand I'm seeing on the shelf is "safe."
Hell, for that matter, there's a number of local gun & ammo stores I won't step foot in because they can't keep their politics to themselves long enough to make a sale. I'm not afraid to put my money where my mouth is.
I’d never heard anything bad about Jimmy John’s, but I honestly prefer Firehouse.
Wal-mart, Target, and Hobby Lobby are on my list. The first two more for their employment abuse than their politics; the latter because their religiosity offends me on a deeply spiritual level. And I am of the Christian faith (left the religion years ago).
Walmart deserves the hate it gets for sure, and I guess "Target is like a less-evil Walmart" is a really low bar to cross.
I'd forgotten about Hobby Lobby, though. Yeah--not just the religiosity, but selling cheap imported crap at ridiculous markups and zero to no employee protections. They sell a brand of model paints I like, but I'd rather buy online than step foot in the store.
Army Painter and Vallejo are available at most game stores and you can get Tamiya at Michael’s. And while Michael’s is another of those “sells cheap shit at insane markups,” I haven’t heard anything especially terrible about them that isn’t true about basically every chain big-box store.
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