So apparently everyone is now boycotting WalMart

[Rabrrrrrr]

The liberals, of course, because it's an evil, filthy, shitty miserable company that should be hunted down to extinction by the Feds.

But also now the conservatives, the bread and butter of WalMart, are boycotting because WalMart is donating 5% of their on-line sales to a Gay/Lesbian activist group in Washington, DC and one in, I think, Arkansas (maybe Alabama, I can't remember).

Yep - we (the liberals) boycot them because of their evil employee practices, low pay, destruction of mom and pop shops, strongarming of city leaders, and monopolistic unethical pricing policies of goods.

The righties boycott them because they give money to people who are trying to make gay people accepted as people.



Is this the end of WalMart?

No, of course it isn't, the conservatives mostly won't care when WalMart comes out with prices that are lower than any other company can match on Black Friday.

[Midlodemocrat]

1. I would venture to say that the folks who shop at Wal Mart here

only care about the low prices and couldn't care less who Wal Mart donates to.

That's how uninformed they are. It's really sad, actually.

[last_texas_dem]

2. Yeah

The vast majority of Wal-Mart shoppers are pretty apolitical and just lovin' the "value" of that cheap made-in-China stuff.

It is amazing that the wingnuts had no problem with any of the numerous questionable policies and actions taken by Wal-Mart but jumped ship over their alleged "pro-gayness." Actually, it's not really that amazing. Not even that surprising, really. Those people are scary...

[Deep13]

3. I'm not boycotting. I just don't go there.

[El Fuego]

4. I don't shop at Wal-Mart anyway.

My small-town relatives are just shocked that I never go to Wal-Mart. They strongly and openly disapprove of my non-Walmart lifestyle with almost religious fervor. "What? You never shop at Wal-Mart?" It's like telling them you don't go to church. It's just unheard of for them. Wal-mart seems to be the center of their universe.

I simply don't need anything from Wal-Mart. I don't live near a Wal-Mart. Anything I want to buy, I'll get it from another store that's more convenient for me to get to. And for me, I'd rather pay a few extra bucks and not have to step foot in a Wal-Mart.

[youthere]

5. NOt me...

I can't get enough mass-produced, overpriced, poorly-made pieces of shit.:puke:

As a side note, my MIL took a job there last year and their employment practices are everything people say they are. Believe it or not, she was actually written up for being on the clock TWO MINUTES over her 40 hours-never mind that she was in the middle of ringing up a customer at the time...I guess you're just supposed to drop your shit and go.

[grace0418]

10. Well that sure explains the customer service there. I never shop there but

I have to go there sometimes for work (my company supplies them with some cards and scrapbook supplies). I've never been in a more miserable place in my life. Those ads with the cheerful greeters at the front of the store are such a farce! The employees look miserable (understandably), the place is always trashed, and the people that shop there are just horrifying. They roll over merchandise with their carts, they rip open packages then leave them on the floor like a bunch of animals, their dirty kids wreak havoc in the store... *SHUDDER* ...Common courtesy and social norms seem to just fly out the window when you shop there or something.

I HATE walking into that store.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. well some people are also just poor, and though walmart perpetuates poverty

as an individual one may not be able to help shopping there

[Kerrytravelers]

7. Thankfully, no WalMarts near me! Whew!

Our city and the surrounding ones basically said "find someplace else." I live in a pretty liberal area that has a huge number of small, independent businesses that thrive because of this. There isn't one for 30 miles or more.

However, I do feel sorry for those that can't afford much outside of WalMart. However, I've read that Wal mart really isn't that much cheaper. They are only cheaper when they first come to town. Once all the other businesses are shut down, they raise their prices.

I've also seen, on Frontline, I believe, that the items along the aisles are the cheapest, but the items in the center of the aisles are the same prices you'd find anyplace else. The items that are cheaper have a high rate of breaking, so then people come back and buy the more expensive items, thereby making a larger profit for WalMart than if they'd bought the more expensive one to being with.

[noonwitch]

8. I prefer Meijer, even if they are slightly more expensive

I used to shop at this very expensive little grocery store in Royal Oak, that I loved, called the Holiday Market. I still will go there for certain things I can't get elsewhere-Crystal Hot Sauce, the store's home-made greek sausage (with spinach and feta cheese), and some other things. But their prices for produce are just too high.

Meijer is a union company from my hometown. They treat their employees well, and are a good civic sponsor. Their produce is almost always fresh and they sell almost everything you could need. Fred Meijer built the Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, which are really something to see. the gardens preserve a natural wetland area, and the outdoor gardens feature some really cool artwork, like the DaVinci horse statue.

[AllegroRondo]

9. I never understood Rightie boycotts

like the Disney one a couple years ago. "We're boycotting Disney because the dont discriminate against gays the way we want them to!" Yeah, thats really bright.