“Publix grew a pair. Going there today to support!”
Not me. Camera Hogg still managed to neutralize them as a political player...they gave in on that, and have not double-backed, as far as I can tell.
What they SHOULD have done was something like promise $500k MORE to conservative causes for each time there’s a die-in...then watch the fun.
They are a business with workers of all political and physical stripes. Their customers are politically diverse. The best thing for their business is to be apolitical. I could see my old aunt who has shopped at Publix for as long as I can remember (more than 45 years) find another place to shop. She’s in her 80s. She’s a brainwashed liberal loon. I have spoken to her once since the 2016 election, and she was as nutty as can be about how Trump was in it for the money. hah.
Publix should have immediately said we don’t give in to extortion and political bullying attempts. People would have respected the company for standing up.
Instead it withered under the pressure. People will remember that for a long time. I know we will.
Yup. Publix agreed to stop making political contributions because of the whiny little Hitler Youth. When they cowboy up and resume donating to candidates who make sense, we’ll go back to shopping at Publix. Half measures don’t count.