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pecosbob

(7,511 posts)
Thu Jul 18, 2019, 10:15 AM Jul 2019

The Rubicon has been been crossed

Trump's pulled out all the stops on his campaign for a Caucasian America. Are you listening corporate America? It's time to pick a side of the fence. As consumers we have the power of life and death over you. We are waiting for your response, but not for long.


Anyone that hasn't jumped ship by now is part of their team, and as such is irredeemable in my eyes.

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The Rubicon has been been crossed (Original Post) pecosbob Jul 2019 OP
should the ides of march approach? rampartc Jul 2019 #1
Maybe, but knifelessly, and with the help of Burger King RVN VET71 Jul 2019 #13
the healthiest man ever to run for president! rampartc Jul 2019 #18
It must be those great genes of his RVN VET71 Jul 2019 #19
"the devil and donnie trump?" rampartc Jul 2019 #22
Nope. Brad Red Skull's "Strategy" is sure to be a hit with corporate America...this is their work... Anon-C Jul 2019 #2
The only thing they haven't done is get so caught up in a frenzy Baitball Blogger Jul 2019 #3
Chickens For Colonel Sanders Still In Wisconsin Jul 2019 #4
We Can Boycott McKim Jul 2019 #6
I saw the list and the only one I have is Geico katmondoo Jul 2019 #9
Where can you find the list? nt avebury Jul 2019 #10
Don't forget Trump is not beyond paying people to support him uponit7771 Jul 2019 #21
Yep, that goes for any corporation OR person who contributes $$$$$ not fooled Jul 2019 #5
For me the Rubicon was crossed 01/20/17 The Liberal Lion Jul 2019 #7
I'm getting closer to wanting two countries. Lonestarblue Jul 2019 #8
I felt compelled to move away from Texas after more than forty years there pecosbob Jul 2019 #11
No offense taken! I'm not a native, but I live here for the winters. Lonestarblue Jul 2019 #15
Good luck friend...central Texas is a beautiful place. pecosbob Jul 2019 #16
I'd say that crossing started right about the time media began treating his candidacy seriously anarch Jul 2019 #23
the most effective boycott pressure will be directed at talk radio - stoprush x 100 is easy with AI certainot Jul 2019 #12
Collegiate sports are a major part of the programming and these universities should be taken to task pecosbob Jul 2019 #14
that would also get advertising industry's attention - seeing a few protests at those unis certainot Jul 2019 #17
THIS !!!! If you're a corporation siding with Trump than you should be boycotted uponit7771 Jul 2019 #20

RVN VET71

(2,686 posts)
13. Maybe, but knifelessly, and with the help of Burger King
Thu Jul 18, 2019, 01:18 PM
Jul 2019

and McDonald's, KFC and Taco Bell, and endless hours seated on his throne with his iPhone or on a comfortable chair viewing Fox and CNN. All that awful food and sedentary fuming at the TV may finally take the ultimate toll.

One can only hope!

rampartc

(5,264 posts)
18. the healthiest man ever to run for president!
Thu Jul 18, 2019, 04:45 PM
Jul 2019

looololololololololololooololololololololol for someone who spends most of the day stareing into a mirror ………..

rampartc

(5,264 posts)
22. "the devil and donnie trump?"
Fri Jul 19, 2019, 05:56 AM
Jul 2019

I don't think guliani is the lawyer to plead his case, i'd go with plan b and learn to play the violin.

I don't even remember how dr faust weaseled out of his contract. must look that up ahter coffee.

Anon-C

(3,430 posts)
2. Nope. Brad Red Skull's "Strategy" is sure to be a hit with corporate America...this is their work...
Thu Jul 18, 2019, 10:20 AM
Jul 2019

...- place culture he's representing.

Baitball Blogger

(46,576 posts)
3. The only thing they haven't done is get so caught up in a frenzy
Thu Jul 18, 2019, 10:32 AM
Jul 2019

of hate that they Wicker Man one of their own black supporters.

Seriously, I can't understand what any dark skinned person is thinking standing shoulder to shoulder with open white supremacists. Though I do have friends who are poc who do come out on Facebook repeating the conservative right mantra when it comes to racist issues.

Bizarre.

katmondoo

(6,454 posts)
9. I saw the list and the only one I have is Geico
Thu Jul 18, 2019, 12:18 PM
Jul 2019

They are the cheapest I can get so I just cannot afford to cancel them now.

not fooled

(5,791 posts)
5. Yep, that goes for any corporation OR person who contributes $$$$$
Thu Jul 18, 2019, 11:41 AM
Jul 2019

to the GOPee. They are suppporting racism.

Of course, GOPee contributors have been supporting undemocratic activities for a long time. But now, it's time to call them out on it. There is no more hiding and acting like "good corporate citizens" (whatever the hell that means) while simultaneously enabling fascism.

Will be interesting to see whether any GOPee donors are called to account for this.





The Liberal Lion

(1,414 posts)
7. For me the Rubicon was crossed 01/20/17
Thu Jul 18, 2019, 11:45 AM
Jul 2019

trump was a racist POS from day one of his campaign. As he rode down that escalator, climbed to the top of the podium, his first campaign stance was a racist one. Have we forgotten the violence he incited at his rallies in 2016? Have we forgotten the "good people" decree? Have we forgotten that kneeling Black athletes being classified as "sons of bitches". Have we forgotten the designation of Maxine Waters as "low-IQ"? Good goodness, the Rubicon has long been crossed. trump is now, especially at his Nazi rally yesterday (7.17.19), showing us exactly what is in store this election season. In 2016 the trump faithful generally restricted their violence to rallies. Don't expect to be so lucky this time around. His goal is to intimidate. The Rubicon has long been crossed and his faithful are ready to fight. No, not at the ballot box, but rather in the streets. America is run now like the worst of the third world countries, expect our elections to be run in the same manner. I stated this long time ago on this forum, and I'll state it here in this post: trump greatest danger to the average citizen is his ability to reach all the way down to the street level and enflame his supporters into violence. Forty to 45% of the population support that asshole, and at least 30% of the population is ready to do grievous deeds in his name. The Rubicon has long been crossed.

Lonestarblue

(9,880 posts)
8. I'm getting closer to wanting two countries.
Thu Jul 18, 2019, 12:16 PM
Jul 2019

I no longer live in a state that sends more money to the federal government than it receives, but I have lived in two of top ten donor states that send federal tax dollars to the red states that are in effect welfare states that keep their taxes low so they get more benefits from the rest of us. The top ten donor states are Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, North Dakota, Illinois, New Hampshire, Washington state, Nebraska, and Colorado (though this list changes with state tax laws). The taxpayers in these blue states are subsidizing the states that produce the most hatred and bigotry because they are Republican states.

The top twelve welfare states are New Mexico, Mississippi, Kentucky, West Virginia, Alabama, Arizona, Alaska, Montana, South Carolina, Indiana, Louisiana, and Tennessee—mostly Republican states full of white evangelicals and white supremacists.

Trump is turning the country into a mockery of government. While I’m angered at the mess he has made and at the sheer hatefulness of his supporters, my personal Rubicon will be crossed if he wins re-election because that will truly signal the end of the US of A. At that time, I’ll fully support the separation of the United States into two countries, one progressive and one run by the Christian Taliban for white people only.

pecosbob

(7,511 posts)
11. I felt compelled to move away from Texas after more than forty years there
Thu Jul 18, 2019, 01:15 PM
Jul 2019

Watched the people of the state (no offense intended) get stupider and more racist year after year after year. Moved to Nevada...crazy people here are more worried UFOs than MS13.

Lonestarblue

(9,880 posts)
15. No offense taken! I'm not a native, but I live here for the winters.
Thu Jul 18, 2019, 01:26 PM
Jul 2019

I moved from the North and just could not take the long winters, snow shoveling, and cold temps. Plus, Austin is a great city to live in. I still have hopes that Texas will turn blue. Most of the major cities (all except El Paso) have turned blue. The 2020 election may not be the turning point unless we can get lots more Democrats registered and then get them to actually vote. Fingers crossed.

anarch

(6,535 posts)
23. I'd say that crossing started right about the time media began treating his candidacy seriously
Fri Jul 19, 2019, 07:21 AM
Jul 2019

In any reasonable society, he would have been laughed at and ridiculed to the point where he would never show his face in public again (oh, what a wonderful world that would be....)

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
12. the most effective boycott pressure will be directed at talk radio - stoprush x 100 is easy with AI
Thu Jul 18, 2019, 01:16 PM
Jul 2019

artificial intelligence means it is now much easier than it was then to mount boycott pressure.

it is much easier faster and cheaper nowwith artificial intelligence-enhanced transcription and a service like sonix.ai where it's $5/hr and they put it in a text program that makes it very easy to list advertisers and their contact info with very little listening. - described at republiconradio.org

RW talk radio is already way in debt and if dems start doing a little of that - which can be done with any radio station anywhere by streaming, the ad industry will get the message and do the rest - they willl have to stop bundling radio advertisers onto those stations. they will have to start asking them if they actually support trump, global warming denial, racism, putting kids in cages, threats to congresswomen, etc

the ad industry wants those ears that all those mega limbaugh stations reach and when it applies market demand the monopoly will fall apart and many stations will be changing programs.

pecosbob

(7,511 posts)
14. Collegiate sports are a major part of the programming and these universities should be taken to task
Thu Jul 18, 2019, 01:22 PM
Jul 2019

You should not be able to air political hate talk programming and also air content from public universities. If that's not exactly legal under the Constitution then these universities should be publicly shamed for their decisions.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
17. that would also get advertising industry's attention - seeing a few protests at those unis
Thu Jul 18, 2019, 01:36 PM
Jul 2019

like florida, penn state, mich state all support 10 or more limbaugh stations. that would greatly change politics in those sttates to have those stations on the defensive.

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