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(196,349 posts) Sun Jan 1, 2017, 06:27 PM Jan 2017

The "check out protest" is real [View all]

The National Enquirer is a huge Trump supporter - ridiculous anti-Hillary covers during the campaign and (in)glorious promotion of Trump since. "Trump takes charge!" was the cover last week.

I'd read about the "check out protest" here on DU. Turning around the NE and any other pro-Trump covers at the grocery store check out aisles. Then about 3 weeks ago I noticed it at the regular grocery store I go to.

I do a lot of the day-to-day shopping for our house so I popped in to the Kroger to get this and that. Yep someone has been turning around the NE and other tabloids. I saw it 2 days ago at a Walgreens too. Someone around here apparently knows about it too.

Every trip gets a turn around from me now. It may seem trivial but hey, it's something.

BTW - the NE is printed here in the Richmond area or at least it was as of 10 years ago. From what I understood they are printed face down and anyone caught taking a glimpse is immediately fired.

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The "check out protest" is real [View all] underpants Jan 2017 OP

hell...why not... dhill926 Jan 2017 #1

Cool underpants Jan 2017 #5

Wally-World has to be a target, too! lastlib Jan 2017 #25

Yes, why not? Great idea... I'm all in! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #53

Are you saying that people flip the rag over to hide the cover page? lindysalsagal Jan 2017 #2

Yes underpants Jan 2017 #4

Dollar stores have them next to the checkout...we gotta hit those, too. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2017 #7

Cool underpants Jan 2017 #8

This is very effective because this very petty underthematrix Jan 2017 #3

They live off of repetition underpants Jan 2017 #6

Ha! I turned one backwards today for the first time! No Vested Interest Jan 2017 #9

++++ underpants Jan 2017 #10

My first time - on New Year's Eve in the grocery store, tosh Jan 2017 #57

I will have to remember to do the trunaround !! Thanks for the reminder riversedge Jan 2017 #11

I do love this. It's not only a way to hurt the sales of these rags, it is also a way to show Squinch Jan 2017 #12

I've been doing that for ages wryter2000 Jan 2017 #13

That's the exact cover I turned around. montana_hazeleyes Jan 2017 #14

The story about firing is likely not true 7962 Jan 2017 #15

Do they also not realize how fast a printing press is? Johnathan146 Jan 2017 #33

I did my part in my local supermarket meow2u3 Jan 2017 #16

I did it just the other day at Walgreens. n/t TygrBright Jan 2017 #17

The Media also does not understand YET how gross Trump's photos are for many of us. Puke inducing! Madam45for2923 Jan 2017 #18

Oh good lord. cwydro Jan 2017 #19

You may be correct. But it sure feels good, without doing real harm to the No Vested Interest Jan 2017 #34

Thank you... I thought pipi_k Jan 2017 #36

None taken. Apparently I'm not the only one. underpants Jan 2017 #39

Me and the Mrs do it every time. SHRED Jan 2017 #20

Turn at least half of the stack around SHRED Jan 2017 #21

I did it last night at Publix tom_kelly Jan 2017 #22

Sooo. Resistance for you is ok as long as no one catches you, right? cwydro Jan 2017 #43

So what is your alternative action in the moment? Hekate Jan 2017 #50

I never notice tabloids. cwydro Jan 2017 #54

Do you have to judge people from so far away? tom_kelly Jan 2017 #56

Oh, because I call you out for being scared to stand up for what you believe in? cwydro Jan 2017 #62

"nervous" At turning a tabloid backwards. cwydro Jan 2017 #63

I don't go to those stores or I sure as hell would. Anything Cha Jan 2017 #23

It feels good to do SOMETHING! LAS14 Jan 2017 #24

I did it on Saturday in Luckys kimbutgar Jan 2017 #26

Small acts of protest do make a difference n/t paleotn Jan 2017 #27

If that makes you happy, go for it I guess. MichMan Jan 2017 #28

I used to move bibles and other such books to the fiction section. alfredo Jan 2017 #67

Yeah, I can embrace this wholeheartedly! Guilded Lilly Jan 2017 #29

Thank you leanforward Jan 2017 #30

My Publix had an opaque plastic sheet covering them that said only rzemanfl Jan 2017 #31

Some stores do that with mags that have "questionable" covers; 7962 Jan 2017 #35

I just saw this done today at the Kroger near Chippenham Pkwy! Nay Jan 2017 #32

Cool underpants Jan 2017 #38

What if NE catches on to this childish nonsense Henry Krinkle Jan 2017 #37

Good question... pipi_k Jan 2017 #42

Lol! cwydro Jan 2017 #44

Hahahahah!!! pipi_k Jan 2017 #45

Omg. Too funny. cwydro Jan 2017 #46

Sing it Ani. mahina Jan 2017 #48

I'm in. blue cat Jan 2017 #40

i routinely cover up right wing books at the costco dembotoz Jan 2017 #41

Oh yeah.I just stand there and read something else, then put it back on top of O'Reilly or whoever. Hekate Jan 2017 #49

ever seen this? Takket Jan 2017 #64

Appealing to the store manager to remove the poison mahina Jan 2017 #47

Now that's a plan! Mahalo, Mahina. Hekate Jan 2017 #52

Aloha no Hekate. Imua kakou. mahina Jan 2017 #59

Yesterday I was in line and saw "Trump restores dignity to the Oval Office" milestogo Jan 2017 #51

I remember bdamomma Jan 2017 #55

I went shopping with my adult sons in tow the other day. Laffy Kat Jan 2017 #58

Excellent underpants Jan 2017 #61

funny story........ Takket Jan 2017 #60

I actually did this the other day. forgotmylogin Jan 2017 #65

More slacktivism... brooklynite Jan 2017 #66

KNR Lucinda Jan 2017 #68