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cwydro

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54. I never notice tabloids.

Reply to Hekate (Reply #50)

Mon Jan 2, 2017, 07:17 PM

Jan 2017

I kinda think most people don't.

Those who do and those who believe the crap they peddle are going to buy them anyway.

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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