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Stacey Abrams: Don't boycott corporations over voting rights yet (Original Post) msongs Apr 2021 OP
I respectively disagree with Stacy on this. The only way to call attention to this blatant JohnSJ Apr 2021 #1
sorry MFM008 Apr 2021 #2
sorry Georgia, hard ears yuh won't hear, own way yuh gine feel Celerity Apr 2021 #3
Hold corporations to their professed values taxi Apr 2021 #4

JohnSJ

(92,190 posts)
1. I respectively disagree with Stacy on this. The only way to call attention to this blatant
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 12:34 AM
Apr 2021

racist attack on our democracy is hit them where it will get their attention. Talking won't cut it


taxi

(1,896 posts)
4. Hold corporations to their professed values
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 01:19 AM
Apr 2021

at the link:

In speeches I give to young activists and seasoned advocates, I urge them to speak up, show up and stand up. We can expect no less from the economic pillars of our communities. So I ask like-minded Americans to hold corporations to their professed values — by measuring their actions and demanding they stand with us.


It will take a little while for businesses using the wrong messaging to catch up with the rest of us, but they will. It is becoming more clear every day that being a Republican is a symbol of weakness; some companies will of course wallow in their weaknesses, selling pillows and military gear to a shrinking crowd of outcasts.
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