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fun n serious

(4,451 posts)
Tue Oct 18, 2016, 04:03 PM Oct 2016

We are a very divided nation.

I just returned home from a DR's appt. I was talking to my doctor about Trump and my Doc shared how he feels. He said he has boycotted Home Depot and SavOn pharmacy. He asked me to choose another pharmacy because he learned Savon was ran by republicans. He said Trump is not different from what republicans believe and their refusal to vote on a SCOTUS has made him decide not to do business with any known republicans.

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BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)
2. It's your doctor's job to write the prescriptions, not tell you where to fill them.
Tue Oct 18, 2016, 05:05 PM
Oct 2016

Valid economic boycotts over a business policy or practice are one thing. A boycott over ownership's political affiliation is something else, and more dangerous to everyone than most GOP policies. It's also a slippery slope, because once started, where does it end? Would you end a years-long friendship over a vote with which you disagree?

Liberals shouldn't support excluding others because of who they are.

 

tonyt53

(5,737 posts)
4. Uh, got news for ya, many churches have an unwritten, but spoken rule about this.
Tue Oct 18, 2016, 05:18 PM
Oct 2016

You do business with the other church members anytime that you can.

 

BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)
13. And so as a liberal, you want to be more like a church? SMH
Tue Oct 18, 2016, 06:58 PM
Oct 2016

Isolationism is not a liberal value.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,857 posts)
9. I wouldn't stick around either.
Tue Oct 18, 2016, 05:46 PM
Oct 2016

I don't want to discuss or hear about politics in such a setting, period.

Dem2

(8,168 posts)
10. Typical Republican power-play
Tue Oct 18, 2016, 06:01 PM
Oct 2016

They almost ALWAYS bring it up in a public situation where they are in their home environment so it's difficult to disagree.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,857 posts)
11. Now that I think about it, you're onto something!
Tue Oct 18, 2016, 06:21 PM
Oct 2016

Republican family members: Mostly silent about politics unless they're hosting. Then it's inevitable.

Barbers (in my area): Talk about their Republican support after they've started cutting your hair.

Business managers: Force their GOP ideas on others, with many liberal-minded employees afraid to contradict them due to job retention worries.

Dem2

(8,168 posts)
12. The Old White guys at the bar do it to
Tue Oct 18, 2016, 06:53 PM
Oct 2016

Just trying to relax and have a drink.

I finally had enough this weekend and nearly removed the head of a guy I've been putting up with his racist bullshit for 20+ years.

And I didn't feel bad about it the next day either.

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