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Merry boycotting: US shoppers avoid Trump-aligned businesses amid holiday season
(www.theguardian.com)
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Yes, the website only lists Target, Home Depot and Amazon.
https://weaintbuyingit.com/
It might be a good idea to limit it to just a few of the biggest ones at first. It makes it less daunting and easier to remember, encouraging participation. And if any of these three companies detect a noticeable drop in sales, it will make the news.
There seems to be a watchlist ticker on their site:
There's also a green "buycott" list which is confusing.
OOTL: what did Aldi do for deserving a boycott?
Thanks for pointing that out, it does look like it's a list. An actual list would be good too.
If they posted the list, because I seen the list. My family would strave because all the grocery options we have 100% support Trump.
This site looks like it was designed by a marketing company. Who the hell wants to use a ticker to see brands?
I feel like this could just be a page on github
Github freaks out normies though.
It needs to be flashy and garish and gaudy like all the other marketing material they're exposed to every day, so it feels expected and "trustworthy."
That "ticker" is like the worst possible way to present that information though. What in the Macromedia Shockwave and Geocities is going on there lol.
Flash returns! Quick! Break out the actionscript books!
Don't forget silverlight, flash but .net
But github is microsoft. So boycot the very site it is on? That doesn't make sense.
It could be on any hosted git. Forgejo or whatever. I just meant an open repository, something public
What did Target do other than the DEI flip flop flip?
Sadly, i think that's their sin. The DEI capitulation. They used to be a democratic option to Walmart.
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I heard Wal-Mart donated a million to a trans cause recently. Strategies, they have. Guess they will kill more competition and then go back to solely pandering to toothless patriots.