Oftentimes, when the activist left stage their public temper tantrums protests, they do so in such a way as to promote maximum disruption in people’s everyday lives.
We’ve seen them do it at malls, shopping centers, and more recently, Tesla showrooms. They’ve done it with marches and “sit-ins” in the streets—where sometimes drivers have been confronted and harassed. They’ve also targeted highways and manufacturing facilities, with the especially whacked-out contingent actually sitting in front of running transfer trucks, practically daring drivers to run over them.
And let’s not forget their airport blockades as well as their little encampments, like the deadly CHAZ encampment in Seattle during the George Floyd riots and the antisemitic ones we’ve seen at liberal bastions like Columbia University after the October 7th Hamas terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians.
But in response to President Donald Trump’s war on DEI and how some corporations like Amazon, Wal-Mart, and Best Buy have responded accordingly, pro-DEI woketivists organized a different kind of protest, one in which they called for shopping boycotts at certain stores and online:
A grassroots organization is encouraging U.S. residents not to spend any money Friday as an act of “economic resistance” to protest what the group’s founder sees as the malign influence of billionaires, big corporations and both major political parties on the lives of working Americans.The People’s Union USA calls the 24 hours of spending abstinence set to start at midnight an “economic blackout,” a term that has since been shared and debated on social media. The activist movement said it also plans to promote weeklong consumer boycotts of particular companies, including Walmart and Amazon.[…]The planned blackout is scheduled to run from 12 a.m. EST through 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday. The activist group advised customers to abstain from making any purchases, whether in store or online, but particularly not from big retailers or chains. It wants participants to avoid fast food and filling their car gas tanks, and says shoppers with emergencies or in need of essentials should support a local small business and try not to use a credit or debit card.
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Comedienne Paula Poundstone was among those participating:
While I haven’t seen reports of any stores looking like ghost towns, there were many other reports of people choosing the day to shop more than they normally do since it would be peaceful for a change.
Such as this TikTokker:
“Let me get this straight. You’re telling me that for one whole day, we get no one screaming about being misgendered in public, no one throwing a tantrum over a MAGA hat, no one holding up the line to speak to the manager…and no one insulting our Jewish neighbors, conservative minorities, Christians?””So what I’m hearing is that February 28th is about to be the most peaceful shopping day in American history. While they’re sitting at home pouting, we’ll be supporting American businesses, tipping our servers, and having a liberal free day of shopping. This sounds like a WIN-WIN to me.””
I had several items in my Amazon cart that I planned on ordering Thursday night. Purposely waited until Friday to hit the order button. Also got some fast food and gas. Will also mark the below “economic blackout” days on my calendar to make sure I do a little extra shopping at some point during them, too:
So dumb. But thankfully, an endless source of material.
-Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via Twitter/X.-
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