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'Christmas' Saviors: We're Winning the War (Boycott of Dick's Sporting Goods)
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| 11/19/10
Posted on 11/19/2010 12:29:22 PM PST by My Favorite Headache
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To: My Favorite Headache
oops just dropped 800 bucks there yesterday mainly on nonliberal toys.........
oh well
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posted on
11/19/2010 12:32:33 PM PST
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: yldstrk
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posted on
11/19/2010 12:34:28 PM PST
by
Celtic Cross
(I AM the Impeccable Hat. (AKA The Pope's Hat))
To: My Favorite Headache
Shop at Bass Pro Shop instead — they have a huge traditional Christmas gig every year.
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posted on
11/19/2010 12:35:41 PM PST
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur)
To: My Favorite Headache
Well, apparently they don’t sell real guns, so I don’t really care.
To: Blueflag
I did not know that CVS also hates my deeply held values - I will be buying my cotton balls elsewhere from here on out.
To: Blueflag
Thanks, I will check it out
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posted on
11/19/2010 12:38:01 PM PST
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: My Favorite Headache
The argrument seems a little weak.
What should you call your promotion that covers Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years?
Calling it Christmas seem disingenuous
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posted on
11/19/2010 12:43:49 PM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
(Overproduction, one of the top 5 worries of the American Farmer for decades.)
To: My Favorite Headache
Dick’s bought out Galyan’s about 6 years ago. Too bad, Galyan’s was a much, much better store especially wrt the shooting sports. I never was much of a fan of theirs, now even less so.
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posted on
11/19/2010 12:45:08 PM PST
by
bereanway
(I'd rather have 40 Marco Rubios than 60 Arlen Specters)
To: My Favorite Headache
"And while Dick's may be "the 'most anti-Christmas' of all," only eight retailers remain on the Companies Against Christmas list, including Barnes & Noble, CVS, and RadioShack."
Wow, a lot of companies I happen to frequent...
To: ozzymandus
Well, apparently they dont sell real guns, so I dont really care. What do you mean by real guns? I bought a bolt-action .243 there last year.
This isn't good news. I have some sports stuff to buy, and our DSG is much larger than our Gander Mountain.
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posted on
11/19/2010 12:46:45 PM PST
by
nina0113
To: My Favorite Headache
Why is the American Family Associating waging a war against “Holy Days” (the origin of the term Holiday)?
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posted on
11/19/2010 12:48:17 PM PST
by
mnehring
To: Balding_Eagle
I volunteer in a reenactment group and started with December’s newsletter looking like this: “Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukauh, Happy Yule, and Happy New Year.” Finally, decided Happy Holidays might cover it.
To: My Favorite Headache
I don’t know what the deal is here, but I should point out that there are genuine Christians who don’t celebrate Christmas because they don’t agree that it is Christian. There was a time in this nation, and in Protestant Europe when that was more the norm than exception. Not everyone who chooses to pass on Christmas is a member of the evil, devil, heathen faction, or a cultists, or a liberal airhead, and not everyone who chooses to celebrate Christmas is Christian, or even pretending to be one. ...But, since I wasn’t planning on buying anything from Dick’s Sporting Goods, my failure to boycott is meaningless. God bless all of you, and may you have a wonderful holiday season with the blessings of Christ in whatever you choose to celebrate or not celebrate.
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posted on
11/19/2010 12:50:06 PM PST
by
pallis
To: HungarianGypsy
Hehe, that’s how I see it too.
There are still (probably) a lot of businesses that are truly anti-Christmas, but the simple ‘Happy Holidays’ sale at Thanksgiving time doesn’t seem like a good way to measure it.
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posted on
11/19/2010 12:54:37 PM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
(Overproduction, one of the top 5 worries of the American Farmer for decades.)
To: My Favorite Headache
What a DICK!
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posted on
11/19/2010 12:58:37 PM PST
by
mowowie
To: pallis
I dont know what the deal is here, but I should point out that there are genuine Christians who dont celebrate Christmas because they dont agree that it is Christian.
There was a time in this nation, and in Protestant Europe when that was more the norm than exception. Not everyone who chooses to pass on Christmas is a member of the evil, devil, heathen faction, or a cultists, or a liberal airhead, and not everyone who chooses to celebrate Christmas is Christian, or even pretending to be one. ...But, since I wasnt planning on buying anything from Dicks Sporting Goods, my failure to boycott is meaningless. God bless all of you, and may you have a wonderful holiday season with the blessings of Christ in whatever you choose to celebrate or not celebrate. You are correct...I know many Christians who don't observe Christmas for the reason you cite. However...these retailers know darn well that without Christmas; there would be no holiday, and no yearly profit margins. A majority of the people in this country celebrate Christmas, and for retailers to stick it in their eye by referring to this time of year as 'Holiday' is just plain stupid. I don't observe Christmas, but I'll admit that the PC 'Holiday' crap is annoying...
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posted on
11/19/2010 1:02:17 PM PST
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: Balding_Eagle
I just hope none of the people complaining about their holiday sale that starts before Thanksgiving also complain about how the Christmas shopping season keeps starting earlier and earlier.
I’ve always found this issue kind of silly. Maybe that’s because I live in the desert and nobody says “merry Christmas” when temps are above 75. It never feels like Christmas here, unless the weather stinks.
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posted on
11/19/2010 1:03:05 PM PST
by
discostu
(Keyser Soze lives)
To: My Favorite Headache
They Love Our Milk And Honey,
But Preach About Some Other Way Of Living..."
If they are so against Christmas, they should show a little pride in their convictions and just shut the store down from Thanksgiving until New Year.
But I guess they DO beleive in those Christmas DOLLARS, huh? Hypocrites.
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posted on
11/19/2010 1:04:21 PM PST
by
FrankR
(Don't let the bastards wear you down!)
To: Balding_Eagle
What should you call your promotion that covers Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years?
How about a year end sale?
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posted on
11/19/2010 1:11:45 PM PST
by
Average Al
(Obama: The Pulitzer Prize Schmuck.)
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