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Jusme wrote: ↑Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:13 pm On my line of Toxic Masculinity products, I thought I would run some ideas by the members here and see what they think. How about a cologne called "Triggered" it would have the essence of Hoppes#9 and gun powder.
"Deplorable" would be a combination of liberal tears, and the awesome fragrance of winning.

This is still in the prototype phase so, suggestions are welcome.

How about a men’s talcum powder product for our nether regions called “Smokeless Powder”. The tag line would be “guaranteed not to puff dust when you fart.”

Jusme wrote: ↑Mon Feb 25, 2019 2:28 pm Here is a video, by the founder of Project Veritas, that kind of gives an idea, of the reasons our country is in trouble. He describes the fear people have by going against the grain, and how they are perceived.

Thanks for posting that. I hadn’t seen it before.

OneGun wrote: ↑Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:25 pm I don't know if boycotts work, but I do know that not long after I vowed to not shop at Dick's anymore, they reported a sharp drop in revenues and profits.

I have the Power!

LOL. That was me, not you, silly.

AndyC wrote: ↑Mon Feb 25, 2019 1:18 pm Like I said: "I don't care. I'm simply not going to knowingly send money to people who vote against my/our interests"

And I not only have zero problem with this, I agree. My previous point was about “empty” boycott threats, and about destroying one’s own property out of anger against the object’s manufacturer.

If, for example, Ford Motor Company had done something to which I REALLY objected, I would certainly refuse to buy any Ford vehicles going forward. There ARE alternatives. But if I already owned a Ford vehicle and then Ford Motor Company subsequently did the objectionable thing, I wouldn’t sell my Ford; I wouldn’t burn my Ford to the ground; and I wouldn’t take it to the crusher. I would simply not buy another Ford when the time came.

There absolutely IS a place for voting with our wallets, and I practice that myself. I will not ever buy a Daimler Benz product because of their having been involved in the manufacture of death camp oven doors during WW2. I don’t want that stain on my soul. Depending on how this whole Benchmade thing plays out, I may never buy another Benchmade knife. What you’re saying Andy, that you’re not going to knowingly send money to people who vote against your/our interests, is absolutely valid. I’m just suggesting that maybe we don’t know for certain if those interests are being violated until we take the time to actually investigate what’s going on.

But we...I mean the editorial “we”...tend to jump on the outrage bandwagon too soon sometimes, at least in my opinion, and without having all the facts at hand. That’s why I deliberately chose the example of American made cars manufactured by UAW labor. Those workers may be individually conservative, and mostly vote the way I do, but their UNION DUES go to pay for every kind of leftist crapulence you can think of - INCLUDING things like pushing for gun control legislation. Every time you buy an American made car or truck, and I mean EVERY TIME, you contribute to the UAW’s attempts to abrogate your gun rights. So what are you going to do? Not “buy American”? Of course not. What it DOES mean is that not everything is black and white, and reflexive responses aren’t necessarily the SMART responses.

And speaking to Jusme’s point about whether or not our individual involvement will effect change - maybe it will, or maybe it won’t, but to me that’s irrelevant. If something is a matter of conscience, then I won’t violate my conscience; period; and that’s regardless of whether or not my protest is effective at stopping whatever it is I am objecting to.

One other comment.... I am sick to death and up to my eyeballs with virtue-signalling. It’s obnoxious when lefty snow-flakes do it, and I don’t like it any more when we do it. The statement: “I don’t own a [insert product here], but if I did, I would destroy it” is as empty as any SJW’s virtue-signalling. The absolute LAST thing any of us should want to sound like, is a redneck SJW.

That’s my 2¢.