I
miss the influence of another Donald, Donald Wildmon
of the American Family Association. He influenced my life and the
course of the nation even though most have never heard of him or met
him.
Wildmon’s
organization put out a monthly magazine which was for the most part
just another pro-family publication but for a good while he featured
a column on boycotts. He recognized that we all cannot boycott
everyone. There are too many businesses that have taken the profits
and moved to the dark side. Honestly, you cannot avoid them because
you need to stay alive. In our part of Texas you cannot buy
groceries if you don’t frequent companies that support far left,
degenerate wokeness.
Wildmon’s
theory was that we needed to agree to pick out one and focus our
financial efforts on that one. If we worked together we could bring
any corporate giant to its knees. For instance, what is the moral
difference between shopping at Walmart or Target? None. They both
provide what numerous department stores used to give us. Wildmon
would suggest picking one and sticking to our guns. He would make
recommendations in his magazine. He would give us updates on how it
was going. It was the only part of his magazine I read every
month.
It can work. We don’t hear about it any more but
I am convinced that we started the decline of
K-Mart when we boycotted them. They used to be everywhere. I used
to buy certain items there. When they came on the list I changed my
habits. I think the issue was starting to sell soft core
pornography. When they stopped selling it and were removed from the
list my habits had changed and I rarely went back. I often see large
buildings that were once K-Marts.
One of our problems is
we are those cats that refuse to be herded. For the benefit of our
grandchildren we need to learn to listen. If anyone knows some place
where a voice with any following is doing this, let me know.
The
shotgun approach does not work.
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