I'm curious- are you saying you do not support any business in any way that supports left wing politicians or anti-gun stances?
For example, do you take the time to research out what hospitals you have in your area that do not have anti-weapon policy?
Would you condemn someone the same way you do charles if they voluntarily watched ESPN, (or 75 percent of TV channels, for that matter) movies with Sylvester Stallone or matt Damon in them?
Am I somehow not pro-rkba even though I watched the super bowl, even though they shot down the Daniel defense advertisement because of their "stance on guns"?
Where exactly is the line?
I don't know where your line is but I now know where Charles' line is since he explained it quite well.
There are some businesses where I do not have much choice (hospital?) but to support them even if only temporarily but I do not use the circular logic that the money and time saved supporting an anti RKBA agenda will be used to fight the anti RKBA agenda as an excuse to justify intentionally supporting a business that has an anti RKBA agenda just because it is convenient or I can save some money. When I have the choice of which business to support I do not support the business with an anti gun agenda even though it is inconvenient, time consuming, and more expensive, to drive further in order to support the business with a pro, or at least neutral, gun agenda.
And quite frankly.... trying to frame fully supporting the RKBA as impossible because nearly all businesses are anti RKBA in some fashion is an attempt at redirecting the discussion from talking about intentionally supporting businesses known to have an anti gun agenda for the sake of convenience and/or saving money.
And looking at fully supporting the RKBA from the perspective as being impossible because nearly all businesses are anti RKBA in some fashion is to admit defeat. But consider this: How is it possible for those businesses to continue with an anti RKBA agenda? Could it be because some pro RKBA folks are helping them stay in business by willingly and intentionally supporting that anti RKBA business because it is convenient and/or saves them money?
Not to mention that looking at fully supporting the RKBA as impossible is a way of justifying supporting businesses with an anti RKBA agenda since... hey... every business is like that so it gives an excuse (soothes the conscience) to support anti RKBA businesses.
But then... perhaps I've been looking at this whole thing wrong right from the start and Charles has it right? Maybe I should start intentionally spending my money supporting businesses with an anti RKBA agenda. Then use the money and time I saved supporting the anti RKBA agenda to fight the anti RKBA agenda!
Originally Posted by utbagpiper
...for me, the benefits of Costco membership are too large to forego over a Corporate policy that has gone no further to actively attack my RKBA than to have an unenforced "no gun" policy in their stores and to support left wing politicians ... I believe the time and money I save shopping at Costco for the items they carry can be better applied to advancing RKBA than would be any benefit of denying Costco that money and spending more time and more money buying those items at other locations.
Should Costco move to using their profits to actively attack my RKBA, I would have to re-evaluate my calculations on this one.
Increase in font size added by me for emphasis.......