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TwilightZone

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15. It's a silly, ill-considered boycott.

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #8)

Tue Mar 30, 2021, 08:32 AM

Mar 2021

It is, unfortunately, indicative of our frustrating tendency to knee-jerk react to any and all developments without considering context, a tendency that seems to have grown off the charts of late.

In addition to the points you made, with which I fully agree, Publix has been on many "best places to work" lists for many, many years.

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FYI and in keeping with the boycott on Coca-Cola products, I purchased a "Publix" brand diet cola [View all] SheilaAnn Mar 2021 OP

I think people are boycotting Publix too. Haggard Celine Mar 2021 #1

Could be but I have no choice but to shop Publix. n/t SheilaAnn Mar 2021 #3

I understand. I have to shop at Wal-Mart. Haggard Celine Mar 2021 #4

Publix s wholly owned by present and past employees and members of the Jenkins family Ferrets are Cool Mar 2021 #9

More Tangential ProfessorGAC Mar 2021 #8

I agree. Haggard Celine Mar 2021 #12

It's a silly, ill-considered boycott. TwilightZone Mar 2021 #15

wasnt publix in the eye of boycotts as well? samnsara Mar 2021 #2

I just looked it up. Haggard Celine Mar 2021 #6

Publix heiress paid for Trump rally HAB911 Mar 2021 #5

Welp, they're gone ... Pepsi Zero? uponit7771 Mar 2021 #7

I don't know HAB911 Mar 2021 #11

And so OldBaldy1701E Mar 2021 #14

It doesn't matter if everyone agrees taxi Mar 2021 #10

Thank you..n/t SheilaAnn Mar 2021 #13

Publix is innocent. Not their fault the now-unrelated heiress is a jerk soothsayer Mar 2021 #16

No there aren't. BannonsLiver Mar 2021 #17

Even better: If you're boycotting a product, send the money to people on the ground in Georgia WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #18

Good heavens. No offense but that's like boycotting Coke while buying Dasani bottled water... hlthe2b Mar 2021 #19