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garybeck

(9,932 posts)
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 01:20 PM Feb 2020

I think it is time to step up the boycotting.

We've seen it over and over again. Boycotting works. We shut down Apartheid in South Africa by divesting, which is a form of boycotting. Chick Fil-a's policies towards LGBTQ was changed from a boycott.

These people know NOTHING except money and power. That is ALL that matters to them.

It would be nice to get a million people in the streets in DC, or even a national strike. But the american people are busy working, putting food on the table. how many people are going to take time off work to go to a rally? And the rally would end and they would do nothing.

Enter the boycott. Something every single American can do from the comfort of their own home, without taking time off work, without jeopardizing anything.

My boycott idea would be, instead of watering it down and giving people a long list of companies to boycott, leaving them almost nowhere to shop, start at the top and do one at a time.

I would boycott two companies: The biggest advertiser on Fox and the biggest contributor to the republican party.

I'm not sure but I would guess that Geico is the biggest advertiser on Fox. Could you imagine if half of Geico's customers called up and cancelled their account?

Once they are taken down and are no longer the biggest advertiser on Fox, then we boycott whoever replaces them as the biggest advertiser on Fox.

If you hit them in the paycheck THEY WILL NOTICE and THEY WILL CARE. Until then, they will laugh at you.

If we start a huge national boycott system that is easy to follow and pointed at only one or two companies at a time and hits them hard for supporting Trump, they WILL NOTICE and it will have an affect.

Who's in?

REC this thread if you think it's time for a NATIONAL BOYCOTT of the biggest advertisers on Fox News and the biggest contributors to the republican party

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I think it is time to step up the boycotting. (Original Post) garybeck Feb 2020 OP
100% I'm in! Cousin Dupree Feb 2020 #1
I like this pandr32 Feb 2020 #2
It would cost them a lot more $$$ if we all bought an expensive car MichMan Feb 2020 #3
nice idea but it is fraud (and dishonest). garybeck Feb 2020 #4
Boycotts are dishonest, really? U think strikes are too? SAMi American Girl Feb 2020 #37
Problem there is that GEICO doesn't pay out. 2naSalit Feb 2020 #13
You're 100% correct about GEICO and MontanaMama Feb 2020 #26
They sure are. 2naSalit Feb 2020 #28
I'm in, with a twist. SAMi American Girl Feb 2020 #5
Welcome to DU! Maraya1969 Feb 2020 #6
WELCOME. garybeck Feb 2020 #7
Who's stepping up? SAMi American Girl Feb 2020 #33
Seems there used to be an ActBlue or something list Roland99 Feb 2020 #8
I also note local FB community groups and see who supports the #TraitorGOP Roland99 Feb 2020 #9
LONG LIST garybeck Feb 2020 #11
Yes it was buy blue. Gone Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 #29
Thanks Roland99 Feb 2020 #31
We need to hit the insurance companies hard. Initech Feb 2020 #10
Their money must be turned to poison for them as it 2naSalit Feb 2020 #12
Who advertises both on Fox and hate radio? Wednesdays Feb 2020 #14
I'm in. blueinredohio Feb 2020 #15
The most important boycott would be Fox OliverQ Feb 2020 #16
And OAN and breitbart and dailycaller Roland99 Feb 2020 #17
Geico also advertises on MSNBC mahina Feb 2020 #18
so we get them to stop advertising on fox garybeck Feb 2020 #19
Boycotts are basic civic action. Live by the market, die by the market. (eom) Malmsy Feb 2020 #20
kick lamp_shade Feb 2020 #21
I just avoid Fox altogether. jcmaine72 Feb 2020 #22
I boycott traditional television entirely. hunter Feb 2020 #23
bring it on! abakan Feb 2020 #24
CVS is a huge contributor to the Republican party. LuckyLib Feb 2020 #25
Or, just shut down Wall Street. Divest. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #27
Top Fox advertisers 2019 Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 #30
Let's do it! Six117 Feb 2020 #32
I know lots of people use these but... 2naSalit Feb 2020 #34
I'm in!! Doremus Feb 2020 #35
Already on my list: yellowdogintexas Feb 2020 #36

MichMan

(11,778 posts)
3. It would cost them a lot more $$$ if we all bought an expensive car
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 01:42 PM
Feb 2020

and deliberately crashed it the first week. If was done hard enough to total it, Geico would end up paying tens of thousands of dollars out in each claim while only receiving a week or so of premiums.

Just need to plaster it with s bunch of anti Trump bumper stickers first

37. Boycotts are dishonest, really? U think strikes are too?
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 05:40 PM
Feb 2020

Boycotting a business hits them where rhere heart is, in their pocketbooks. Not fraud, but honestly telling them you won't support liars, and they shouldn't either.

2naSalit

(86,039 posts)
13. Problem there is that GEICO doesn't pay out.
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 02:05 PM
Feb 2020

If you have a claim with them, even with full coverage, they will fuck you out of our money and not pay you a dime. It happened to me when their contracted tow company totaled my car, they told me to keep driving a car that was not drivable without $4K in repairs for starters.

When I replaced the vehicle by adding it to the other car's loan, I went directly to a different ins. company and told GEICO to shove it.

MontanaMama

(23,238 posts)
26. You're 100% correct about GEICO and
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 07:34 PM
Feb 2020

several other discount insurance companies...Progressive is another that rat fucks people out of their rightful claims. They’re renowned for it around here.

2naSalit

(86,039 posts)
28. They sure are.
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 08:28 PM
Feb 2020

When I had my last work injury I was out of work for eleven months and I let the ins. on my vehicle lapse because I had $0. When I tried to reinstate it, I had to go with Progressive for six months, as soon as that was up, I went back to my regular company. Both companies pissed me off since the original, State Farm, jacked up the rates for the first six months that I couldn't afford it. They were nicer about when I was switching back.

Anyway, you really have to shop around for insurance that you can afford. For me it's strictly liability for both vehicles because they are older. I haven't had a ticket in decades, I'm very careful when I drive and if there's an accident, it's not going to be my fault.

5. I'm in, with a twist.
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 01:45 PM
Feb 2020

Thank you. I have started new leaves and DU is one.
Your idea is good, but let us think about this and work smarter, not harder.

Garybeck, U R right, and this will be my first comment, so pardon me if I think we need to twist this a little smarter.  Let all GIECO customers (me too) insist they stop advertising on Fox, ( if they are the largest contributors ). Then let GIECO decide if they want to avoid the crisis. LET THEM CHAMPION Truth, fairness and the American way! OR NOT AND LOOSE!


Thank you for listening 

garybeck

(9,932 posts)
7. WELCOME.
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 01:51 PM
Feb 2020

your idea good. always give a person/company/entity a chance to change before you take action.

I would twist it a little more. Each time the target company is determined, first they are delivered a letter by registered mail to the CEO, explaining what we are doing and why. the letter is shared publicly. They are given a certain amount of time to pull their ads from Fox, or the boycott begins.

i like it. it's good marketing. also helps get the word out, with the letter.

33. Who's stepping up?
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 10:13 PM
Feb 2020

Thank you for your kind reply and suggestion to give it the corporate uph! I would like to know who and when the letter is written ( you sound qualified. After it is sent, with a deadline I think all us Gieco customers should call in to back it up! Watcha say everyone?

Roland99

(53,342 posts)
8. Seems there used to be an ActBlue or something list
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 01:53 PM
Feb 2020

Of companies that didn’t advertise on hate merchant shows

I remember it listed here years ago

Roland99

(53,342 posts)
9. I also note local FB community groups and see who supports the #TraitorGOP
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 01:54 PM
Feb 2020

And will refuse to use their services or recommend them to others

Initech

(99,909 posts)
10. We need to hit the insurance companies hard.
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 01:56 PM
Feb 2020

Allstate, State Farm, Progressive, Geico... these are some of the biggest advertisers on TV period. Maybe if they got the hint, it would start a ripple effect.

jcmaine72

(1,773 posts)
22. I just avoid Fox altogether.
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 03:38 AM
Feb 2020

Never tune in to their propaganda news channel, website, or any of the other channels, apps or services they own and operate. If a baseball or football game I want to watch is on Fox, I'll download or stream a pirated copy of it. They can go straight to Satan's gloryhole.

hunter

(38,263 posts)
23. I boycott traditional television entirely.
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 11:47 AM
Feb 2020

Television made Trump, they can eat him.

There's no cable, no satellite, no broadcast television in our house.

We watch DVDs and Netflix. Netflix is $8.99 a month.

abakan

(1,815 posts)
24. bring it on!
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 01:30 PM
Feb 2020

I have been boycotting, walmart, home depot, chick fil-a, and a number of others i can't remember now, for years.
I don't have geico so I can't help there. What is the second company?

LuckyLib

(6,814 posts)
25. CVS is a huge contributor to the Republican party.
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 07:31 PM
Feb 2020

It is not difficult to transfer your prescription list from one drugstore to another. Boycotting these companies and letting them know why is critical.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
30. Top Fox advertisers 2019
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 08:32 PM
Feb 2020

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PUBLISHED 07/26/19 1:37 PM EDT

UPDATED 02/06/20 2:00 PM EST

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Leading advertisers
Sandals Hotel

Procter & Gamble

Tivity Health Inc (Nutrisystem & South Beach Diet)

Liberty Mutual

Expedia

Allstate

Bayer

GEICO

IAC (Angie’s List, Match.com, & OurTime.com)

MyPillow

General Motors

Lifelock

NewDay USA

Glaxosmithkline

Carvana

Pfizer

Dine Brands Global (Applebees & IHOP)

USAA

Abbott Lab (Ensure & Glucerna)

Kraft Heinz

2naSalit

(86,039 posts)
34. I know lots of people use these but...
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 10:51 PM
Feb 2020

Walmart, Amazon. All those already mentioned are already not on my list of goods and service in use in my life. I tell people I won't use/shop at these places because they are against my religion.

Doremus

(7,261 posts)
35. I'm in!!
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 11:04 PM
Feb 2020

If we can harness even a small fraction of the astronomical buying power of the American public we will get their immediate attention

It’s the 2020 version of a general strike.

yellowdogintexas

(22,114 posts)
36. Already on my list:
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 01:08 AM
Feb 2020

Walmart; Chic-Fil-A, Hobby Lobby, anything I can identify as a Koch product. Paper products are the easiest: Georgia Pacific is their paper company, Dixie products and I think one other.

P & G is a big advertiser on Fox News. Now P & G has had its own trials and tribulations with the RWNJ religions groups over their "Satanic" corporate logo. P & G stood firm and refused to change the logo which they had used for over 100 years. They might be responsive to a letter campaign, considering how they were harassed. (Bonus, they sued Amway over this) With P & G I'd rather do that than boycott.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procter_%26_Gamble#Logo_myth

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