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ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
Fri Jul 4, 2014, 02:51 PM Jul 2014

Someone went into a Hobby Lobby and told them what we're all thinking:



"Given that a majority of Americans believe that all companies should cover birth control for female employees, reactions to the ruling were heated. Thankfully, we live in a free market society where people can vote with their wallet, and reproductive justice activists are already calling for a boycott of the corporation.

Others, however, took matters in their own hands, literally. Enter Adam Nathaniel Peck, a deputy digital editor at the Center for American Progress's ThinkProgress, who went into a Hobby Lobby store yesterday and used the company's products to send a very powerful message."



http://mic.com/articles/92703/a-customer-walked-into-a-hobby-lobby-and-told-them-what-we-re-all-thinking
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Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,771 posts)
6. I can't accept the prize. If I had real guts I'd have put the sticker on my car.
Sat Jul 5, 2014, 03:23 PM
Jul 2014

Sad to say I'm afraid to do that. RWer seem to get crazier and more violent every day.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
7. Well, even though I live in a 'blue' area, I grew up in a 'red' one and have never graced my vehicle
Sat Jul 5, 2014, 04:02 PM
Jul 2014
with any of my opinions. I can't afford the cost of the damage. Even though I grew up hearing this:

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

Now some are defending their right to commit to your death when they disapprove of your words. Don't feel bad about it.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,771 posts)
8. Thanks. I live in a RW area of PA and, sadly, wouldn't feel quite safe advertising my support for
Sat Jul 5, 2014, 04:35 PM
Jul 2014

our President indiscriminately. The RW's commitment to free speech seems to be decidedly one-sided. Most likely there are few around here who would actually overtly do me harm, but it only takes one.

Not too far from this little pocket of red is the magnificent, multicolored Longwood Gardens, and I'm off to enjoy them! Have a lovely day!


Igel

(35,374 posts)
3. Photo op.
Fri Jul 4, 2014, 10:01 PM
Jul 2014

They go in and do something that just creates a problem for the staff.

In the end, you annoy the staff, while the owners shrug.

The best is for something that causes the owners to have to lay off workers. That'll really show the owners. So it's a Catch-22. You wind up hurting most those you claim to most support. All for their own good, of course.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,771 posts)
5. Minuscule, easy, part of their job "problem" for the staff. And as good or bad as
Sat Jul 5, 2014, 03:17 PM
Jul 2014

any bumper sticker or sign, which may or may not result in shrugs.

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