Well said. I get a a real kick out of people who feel that insulting Walmart is like insulting the US flag or the US Constitution. Sure Walmart is a business and we conservatives are supposed to be pro-business, but Walmart should not be thought of as an unimpeachable American institution that exists to solely to promote traditional American values.
It is a a global corporation and it’s number #1 concern is profits, not patriotism, not conservatism, nor even to “help” the American worker. Walmart exists to benefit Walmart. If a person can find cheap deals there, fine, shop there. Heck, I’ve been know to by household cleaners, toilet paper and the like there. I am not perfect.
But if you critique Walmart in the slightest you get called a communist around here. (Oh, the irony in that statement is rich).
Agreed. It’s not like I say everyone should boycott Wal Mart, not at all. I just say that my family will never shop there and then I say why.
I used to shop at Wal Mart but then someone on FR posted a story (and pictures) of Chinese troops executing teenagers who had protected China’s occupation of Tibet. It was graphic. This one girl about my age was dressed in a cute sweater and a couple pictures later her head had been blown off.
The only thing I could think was that >> I << had paid for the bullet that killed that girl.
Now I don’t shop at Wal Mart because most of what they sell is from China and when I shop elsewhere I don’t buy anything made in China...and that’s not easy but you can do it.