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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI love Penzeys!
Not only are their spices amazing, they are an awesome company! They will continue to get my business.
About Republicans
As weve now said on our first-ever About Us page on our website, theres something unique about humankinds relationship with spices that time and again have caused spices to be a driving force for change. We live in a time calling out for change and for solutions to the very real problems our country and our planet face. Theres two very different futures ahead for us totally dependent on whether we solve these problems or not. With so much at stake we feel obligated to use the unique position spices hold in our lives to try to help promote the solutions to these problems as best we can.
Watching the slow decline of the Republican Party over the last half century, and the steep decline/bottom falling out over the last decade, it can be easy to see the nonsense that has overtaken the party as pretty much random. Once you start seriously looking at the problems America and the world face and who and what are standing in the way of solving those problems, it quickly becomes clear there is nothing random to what the Republicans are promoting.
The Republican departure from conservative values and embrace of what, from a distance, looks a whole lot like insanity didnt happen by chance. All of it has been intelligently crafted with the goal of preserving the position of those who profit from the inhumanity that is at the very roots of pretty much every problem we are facing. From the environment, to racism/discrimination, to health, to saving our democracy at home and growing it abroad, half the time Republicans are intentionally blocking the solution to the problems we face. The other half of the time they are the problem we face.
The truth of our time is weve arrived at the point where theres no way to respect the nonsense the Republican Party is promoting and have any hope of overcoming the problems we as a nation and we as a planet face. Given the choice between saving America and planet Earth or saving the feelings of Republican voters, we are choosing to side with saving our country and our world. Im sorry its come to this.
More at link:
https://www.penzeys.com/shop/about-republicans/
llmart
(17,622 posts)Though nowadays I rarely cook, I do give them as gifts.
Penzeys is a company and family on the right side of history. Though we've already gone through horrendous times recently because of the cult of trump, we will prevail. I know that in my heart. I may not live long enough to experience it, but I just feel like right will win out in the end.
StarryNite
(12,116 posts)My daughter often gives them to family members and we all love them and wind up ordering more.
Croney
(5,017 posts)My husband has to limit his salt intake, and Penzeys has many great salt-free spice blends. My favorite is Green Goddess, a salad dressing blend but I put it on any vegetable dish.
I give Penzeys gift boxes to my Rethug relatives. I think they know what the message is, but they don't say anything. 🙂
cyclonefence
(5,151 posts)I've received gift packs from them--the products I've used were really excellent--but now I'm going to make a point of buying from them.
Reverse boycott!
StarryNite
(12,116 posts)SeattleVet
(5,903 posts)Habitation
(5,717 posts)ultralite001
(2,551 posts)and a great company...
That is all...
Snarkoleptic
(6,235 posts)Arizona Dreaming is a nice SW blend.
Plus they have nice mugs and voting-related stickers.
Easterncedar
(6,269 posts)And Ive been so happy at the stand up activism of Bill Penzey the past several years. The Princess Bride cast reunion they supported was magic. The response to the BLM protests was thrilling.
I came for the spices, which are fabulous, and have stayed for the loving uplift.
MerryBlooms
(12,248 posts)A Penzeys email as SPAM. Happy to see DU has moved forward. 😄
I LOVE Penzeys! Great products, great messaging. 🥰
FoxNewsSucks
(11,704 posts)I signed up for their email list because I really liked the store in a WI town I visited on vacation. Never heard of them before that, and was glad to find out they had a store not too far from me.
I was so glad to realize from the newsletter that they were a really good liberal company.
I'm not surprised about your post, it's really sad that there's a sect here which goes after the "far left"
RussBLib
(10,635 posts)one of the only places I could find Mexican Oregano, except for my back yard!
lindalou65
(391 posts)My husband and I have spent significant amounts ordering from Penzeys and always are satisfied. Great spices and definitely a great company.
Thanks for posting this!
RussBLib
(10,635 posts)I guess while supplies last - says "Choose Love" on it. Pretty too.
I just placed an order
Ferrets are Cool
(22,957 posts)LoisB
(13,030 posts)FakeNoose
(41,637 posts)It's in the Strip District, on Penn Avenue. I'll make a point of shopping there from now on.
Thanks for the tip!