Only to a leftist is not giving someone your money an attack.
UK’s Daily Mail reports this story with some pretty loaded language.
The conservative group One Million Moms has launched an attack on JCPenney for featuring a lesbian couple in its new Mother’s Day promotion.
The group released a statement urging its members to take action against the brand’s store managers, in the hope their complaints will be passed on to head office.
According to its website, One Million Moms (OMM) is angry JCPenney is ‘taking sides’ in the ‘cultural war’ on gay rights.
JC Penney can do whatever they want and if enough people are upset about it and don’t want to buy from them anymore they may or may not change their policy. But not buying something from someone is hardly an “attack.”
They’re not throwing rocks through windows like the Occupy Wall Street thugs. They’re not going to buy something but somehow that’s labeled “an attack” by the left.
This fits in with how the left paints everyone on the right. If we want the federal government to stop handing over millions of our dollars to Planned Parenthood every year, we’re “attacking” Planned Parenthood.
When the Catholic Church says it doesn’t want to pay for someone’s abortion pill, that’s a “war on women.”
So let’s get this straight. Whenever people resists liberals getting other people’s money, it’s an attack.
Look, remember when Susan G. Komen didn’t want to pay protection money to Planned Parenthood anymore, it was called an attack. But when Planned Parenthood rallied the Democratic Party and the White House to announce that they wouldn’t be funding Komen anymore nobody said they were “attacking” Komen.
Look, if Michael Moore went on a diet I wouldn’t call it an attack on Wendy’s. It’s not an attack.
I do not want to pay for someone’s liberal agenda. It’s just not. I don’t go see George Clooney movies anymore. I don’t buy newspapers anymore. And I don’t donate to Komen. Why? Because I don’t want to. And that’s not an attack.
May 3, 2012 at 9:05 pm
JCPenney is still around? Ok, I will continue not buying there. 🙂
May 3, 2012 at 9:08 pm
From the wiki: "On April 6, 2012, the company announced plans to trim its work force, laying off nearly 13% of its home office staff in suburban Dallas, and closing a call center in suburban Pittsburgh."
I guess they got nothing to lose and might as well double down.
May 3, 2012 at 9:17 pm
"I don't buy newspapers anymore."
Don't you buy the NCRegister?
If we all bought (more/only) conservative media and products, there would be more of a conservative voice and less talk of conservative attacks.
May 4, 2012 at 12:23 am
Generally speaking, if organized crime has a more evenhanded approach than your political ideology, it's considered a worrisome sign. And the mafia knows the difference between an attack and merely not paying up. Seems the US left no longer does.
May 4, 2012 at 1:42 pm
Well, that really tears it. JC Penney has the best quality clothing in our area.They tend to be better than Sears and our other choices are Wal Mart, K Mart and Old Navy (which has zero for dressy clothes or clothes in general for people over 16). We simply don't have a lot of the retail stores that other areas have and the independents around here seem to cater to people who are size 2 and rich. Fashion Bug left, Macy's never came, and the really great independent that was around when I got married got forced out of business by chains like Fashion Bug that have now deserted us. Guess that means online shopping or traveling 70 miles to shop. Hey, it's one more credit card I won't be tempted to use.
May 4, 2012 at 4:23 pm
Liz – consider buying one less item (get that at Lands End, maybe, who has a nice presence in Sears stores) and telling JCP they lost one sale because of this.
I think in a way that's more realistic than saying "I will never ever…." which I think they don't believe.