Opus 2026-217: Another Donald

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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