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March 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM

Boycott for Leftists Who Feel Impotent

Susan Quinn
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Those poor people on the Left can only sit back and watch the chaos from the sidelines, as Musk wreaks havoc on the U.S. government. It must seem like their world is coming to an end.

But the forces of protest have stepped up to give them something to complain about. A “grassroots group” is calling for an economic boycott against the big corporations. Celebrities like John Leguizamo, Bette Midler and Stephen King have stepped up to support them:

The one-day economic protest asks people across the country to make no purchases online or in stores across the country, and to buy only essentials like food, medicine and emergency supplies in small local brick-and-mortar businesses. ‘No Amazon, No Walmart, No Best Buy,’ the group, the People’s Union, states on its website. ‘For one day we show them who really holds the power.’

As usual, the big corporations and their billionaire friends are the villains, and this organization seeks to empower the people. But my favorite part of the article is this:

It is not clear how the group will determine if the boycott succeeded or had any effect on the bottom line for the nation’s retailers.

It’s so sad that people will be attracted to this activist call, which is deeply flawed and trite. Will the day ever come when the Left realizes that their success and well-being are limited only by their support of useless causes and their lack of self-respect?

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    Chris O@ChrisO·1y
    Susan Quinn (View Post):
    Will the day ever come when the Left realizes that their success and wellbeing are limited only by their support of useless causes and their lack of self-respect?

    Or undermined by their support of destructive causes? As long as that support benefits someone who is willing to fleece them, that day will never arrive.

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    The Scarecrow@TheScarecrow·1y

    Will there be any Kumbaya singing? That’s always important. Then you know they’re serious.

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    The Scarecrow (View Comment):

    Will there be any Kumbaya singing? That’s always important. Then you know they’re serious.

    After the drum circle. Then everyone will get on line and order all the things they put off buying during the boycott.

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    Tex929rr@Tex929rr·1y

    I was going to wait to buy that gun I was looking at, but..

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    Addiction Is A Choice@AddictionIsAChoice·1y
    Susan Quinn (View Post):
    It’s so sad that people will be attracted to this activist call, which is deeply flawed and trite.

    And led by people whose pampered lives would be impossible in the socialist systems they advocate.

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