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UTUSN

(70,680 posts)
Wed May 11, 2016, 02:23 PM May 2016

My exit comment to iHeartRadio upon Unsubscribing

They're LIMBOsevic's parent company, having major financial problems including inheriting a bad deal of paying LIMBOsevic. So before I knew who they were I downloaded and never used the site but kept getting e-mails. In the Unsubscribe link they provided multiple choice reasons - like, too many e-mails or don't use the site or (whatever).

Under "Other" I said, "I don't want anything to do with Rush (LIMBOsevic) or any wingnuts."

One of my other vanity boycotts is Home Depot, already known for its wingnut owner who now recently endorsed DRUMPF, but where I actually stopped going there was when they welcomed the Open Carry gunnuts.

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TacoD

(581 posts)
1. Clear Channel changed its name to iHeartMedia in 2014 to escape negative Clear Channel reputation nt
Wed May 11, 2016, 02:26 PM
May 2016
 

silvershadow

(10,336 posts)
2. Yes, and it was pretty crafty of them. I didn't know about it for quite some time,
Wed May 11, 2016, 02:32 PM
May 2016

and I downloaded iHeart and listened for a short time. I hope they drown in their debt and never recover.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
3. Good for you, UTUSN.
Wed May 11, 2016, 02:38 PM
May 2016

I briefly flirted with boycotting the Kochs, but that turned out to be effectively impossible. Instead let's commit to no man being above the law. Unfortunately, most of their crimes over the past 40 years and more have "run," but there should be more occuring all the time.

Unfortunately, we have to control Congress before we can up the penalties for maintaining murderously dangerous condiions in refineries, poisoning whole rivers and towns, keeping stockpiles of explosive chemicals next to schools, etc., from misdemeanors to felonies with just sentences. Charles is 80, which means it's way too late for true justice, but he'd at least die in prison.

UTUSN

(70,680 posts)
4. "effectively impossible" - yep, I have a whole list of vanity boycotts, certainly the KOCHs
Wed May 11, 2016, 04:32 PM
May 2016

Like all their Georgia Pacific stuff, even the paper towels but then when I tune in to something on PBS it says "made possible by a grant from Charles and David KOCH".

A couple of my Quixotic boycotts have been the local newspaper that carries Ruben NAVARRETTE's ugly mug and the wingnut cartoons "Family Circus" and "Mallard Filmore" (do they still make that?). Yaas, I literally turned my face dramatically to skip past them. Eventually I cancelled the home delivery, a first in my lifetime family. They have a free online version, skimped down, but all I wanted was the Local news and the Letters to the Editor, so much for their "balanced" fare.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
6. Ultraconservatives have operated covertly for over
Wed May 11, 2016, 05:19 PM
May 2016

35 years to infiltrate every facet of American life in an attempt to "turn" us. So dismaying to try to break free of their influence.

But just look at what's happening today. 100 million people and more are rejecting what they have fought so hard for. Of course, most are not directed, don't understand just who they are fighting or just why, unfortunately. But the American people are still being rejecting them and how they imagine us and their great future once they subdue us.


 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
5. I loved Papa John's pizza until I found out he was a RWing wackadoodle.
Wed May 11, 2016, 04:37 PM
May 2016

Never eat there again, nor do I recommend it to anyone. I always tell friends that PJ's has a roach problem at all their locations.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
8. They had good banana pepper pizza for a chain.
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:22 PM
May 2016

As soon as I saw Papa Moneybags on TV, I stopped eating there. Turned my stomach.

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