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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:15 PM Original message |
Name businesses that we, as good little liberals, ought not to patronize. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Any that are capitalist, make a profit, lose money,use resources, have expectations of their workers |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. Olive Garden |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. Blockbuster |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Haven't been into a Blockbuster in many years, but... |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. They won't keep certain movies in stock that have "too much sex" in them. |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. It is a bit hypocritical, isn't it? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. That's not really a free speech issue, though |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. True, and one further. Netflix doesn't have foot traffic, so customers with kids |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Too much sex for who? |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Precisely my point. |
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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. Blockbuster is so 20th century |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. pornography |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. Pizza Slut is a Republican-owned greasy fatty slime-food joint. |
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Symarip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. Why Carl's Jr? |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Their founder, Carl Karcher, Jr., was anti-choice. |
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Symarip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Holy shit, homegirl |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Yep, that too. |
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Symarip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. MMMMmmm... |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Yeah, they've got good stuff. |
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siligut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
10. Any of the ones listed here. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. Blackwater |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. Dominos Pizza, Walmart, Chik-Fil-A |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
17. Dominos |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Dominos are mostly franchised, so the owners are small businessfolk with diverse views. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. He has nothing to do with it anymore though. |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Really? I've been avoiding it for years because of him. Great news!! |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. Every business has some manager or owner who has views offensive to us. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
24. I believe in boycotting Carl's Jr. based on the fact that their food is disgusting. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Their ads are |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
28. The grocery store. That and IKEA. |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
30. DUNKIN DONUTS-owned by the Carlyle Group |
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hellbound-liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
31. Don't drink Budweiser or Coors; don't shop at Best Buy or Sears and don't root for the Yankees! |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
32. Ben and Jerry's. |
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