Posted on 03/07/2023 8:47:36 AM PST by Twotone
What does it mean to be a conservative wireless network? Or a conservative dating app? What about a cookie company that makes Donald Trump–themed gingerbread men? As mainstream corporations have embraced progressive political positions in recent years, some conservatives are responding by providing a politicized consumer experience of their own.
"People are seeing a shift in corporate America having a lot of influence on politics," said Chrissi Bretz, the director of outreach at Public Sq., a database of conservative-oriented businesses. "We're seeing large corporations spending money on agendas."
In interviews with Reason, right-wing business owners at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) consistently framed their companies as reactions to mainstream corporations—and mainstream culture—which they characterized as hostile to conservative interests.
"Right now, there's a lot of parts of the country, especially on mainstream dating apps, where we feel like it's a hostile environment for us. We want our own place where it's easy to connect, where we know everyone there is kind of like us," said John McEntee, co-founder of The Right Stuff, a conservative dating app. "The left dominates culture and industry…. So you could say, 'Well, what's the left-wing dating app?' Well, it's Tinder."
"You shop your values," said Magda Khalifa, founder of Triangle Fragrance, a perfume company. "And if we just keep giving money to brands that do not represent our values—faith, family, freedom, all the things that have made America great—well, our country is going to evolve."
It seems that, for any service, there is an explicitly right-wing alternative that is gaining popularity among strident conservatives. Instead of Google, conservatives can use Tusk, a "Freedom-First" web browser and search engine. Truth Social famously appeared in 2021 as a refuge for conservative commentators who had been deplatformed by Twitter moderators.
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LOL. Real skanks and fake bots - just like the Left in the real world.
Like the Anthony Fauci, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Robert Mueller votive candles?
Forgive my cynicism, but after witnessing the chameleon-like changes exhibited by more than a few of these so-called “conservative” companies after they gained a level of acceptance, I’m not quite willing to jump on the bandwagon.
Now, back to my not-Black Rifle coffee.......
Never heard of “tusk” search engine.
It is unreasonable for Reason to call right wing companies “bizarre.” What’s bizarre about them ? Are left wing companies bizarre?
They are only bizarre to left wing lunatics that have no tolerance for anything other than their beliefs and agenda........they’re A LOT like muslim extremists in that way......anything outside their little bubble must be destroyed.
My coffee is from Whiskey Morning Coffee, just west of Fort Worth. My favorite brew is the Texian Army brew.
“Strident conservatives...” Riiiiiight.
As opposed to left wing biz that in reality just exist to launder money for Deep State...?
>’Well, what’s the left-wing dating app?’ Well, it’s Tinder.”
This is on the spot. The big names like Facebook, Twitter, etc. claim(ed) to be for everyone, but in reality only promoted the State and anti-morality, banning truth, promoting perversity, and collaborating with oppressive government.
So the alternatives, which are maligned daily as being anti-(insert term here) and extreme right wing, are so called by simply *not* suppressing speech and by *not* promoting wokism.
Remember: wokism isn’t a religion. They just have a creed, things you must and must not say and do, practices you must follow, and their leaders coincidentally like dressing up like Baphomet.
I think we’ve had enough Republican transgender people and drag queens like George Santos, “Lady MAGA,”
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