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Posted on 01/24/2021 4:57:37 PM PST by FLT-bird

I deleted my Facebook profile (even though I had hardly used it in years).

Last week I cancelled my YouTube TV.

I just switched away from AT&T for my smart phone.

This phone is the last Apple product I will ever buy.

I already used DuckDuckGo instead of Google.

I deleted Safari and Mozilla and switched to Brave.

I didn't ever buy much from them but now I've deleted my Amazon account entirely.

After finding out the owner is a Leftist, I've bought my last coffee from Black Rifle Coffee.

I closed my Bank of America account a year ago when they came out as anti gun.

I switched away from Turbo Tax about a year ago when they came out as anti gun.

I'm currently looking for a good alternative to paypal.

I have not been shy about telling any of these companies that going woke has costs. Have you started purging Leftist companies from those you buy from?


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To: Private Joker 29

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More info or links, please.


61 posted on 01/24/2021 8:25:44 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Allegations of vote fraud cause you to 1)Provide contrary evidence or 2)Censor and erect razor wire)
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To: Nathan _in_Arkansas

My tennis coach gloated about a “peaceful transition of power,” to which I replied “so far, but the night is young and antifa hasn’t started.”

I went home and cancelled tennis lessons with him, and blocked his phone and email. Cancel Culture is a two way street.


62 posted on 01/24/2021 8:29:11 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Allegations of vote fraud cause you to 1)Provide contrary evidence or 2)Censor and erect razor wire)
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To: Reddy

Same here....(My only brother is a died in the wool Democrat). So is one of my sisters and the other who isn’t even a hardcore Democrat really hates Trump.

It hasn’t ruined my relationships with them but I shake my head when they talk about anything remotely political. They swallow the NPR BS hook, line and sinker.


63 posted on 01/24/2021 8:30:34 PM PST by FLT-bird
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To: FLT-bird
Have you started purging Leftist companies from those you buy from?

Yes. Been doing that for a long time.

64 posted on 01/24/2021 8:32:23 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Widget Jr

I switched to Dissenter browser and like it better than Firefox which I have been using since it was Netscape.


65 posted on 01/24/2021 8:41:42 PM PST by Clay Moore (Mega prayers, Rush )
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To: FLT-bird

Use 2ndvote to find businesses and service providers that share your conservative values


66 posted on 01/24/2021 8:42:59 PM PST by tbw2
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To: FLT-bird

Yes. Yes, I have. Working toward as close to 100% as I can get, though my social media presence is currently ZERO until Parler comes back online and I register with the other, non-leftist ones.

The fact that this thread has only 65 comments is PATHETIC.

No hypocrite here, but clearly many here are unwilling to admit that they are themselves.


67 posted on 01/24/2021 9:02:04 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: FLT-bird

Some of us have never “platformed.” So there is nothing to undo.

IMHO, social media, by and large, is insane. Waste of time.


68 posted on 01/24/2021 9:25:10 PM PST by upchuck ("When anything gets too numerous it's likely to get hit by some plague" ~ Ish in "Earth Abides")
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To: FLT-bird

I have canceled and sent e-mails to Amazon, Goolag and Netflix. They can kiss my a**.


69 posted on 01/24/2021 9:27:47 PM PST by Amberdawn (Want To Honor Our Troops? Then Be A Citizen Worth Fighting For.)
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To: FLT-bird

There is Zelle as an alternative to paypal, but I know nothing about the company. Probably another virtue-signaling leftard outfit.


70 posted on 01/24/2021 9:28:56 PM PST by Amberdawn (Want To Honor Our Troops? Then Be A Citizen Worth Fighting For.)
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To: FLT-bird

I regret that I have no platforms to exit from.

However, I may just write them letters telling them, I’m done with you and your crap. I am keeping a list of businesses to never buy anything from.


71 posted on 01/24/2021 9:33:55 PM PST by greeneyes ( Moderation In Pursuit of Justice is NO Virtue--LET FREEDOM RING)
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To: FLT-bird

In reference to gmail;
What are good alternatives? I don’t want another android or Microsoft account. Definitely not Yahoo.
What’s a good place to go?


72 posted on 01/24/2021 11:29:45 PM PST by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: FLT-bird

Thank you for the intel on Black Rifle Coffee. I just recently checked out their website with the intention of supporting them. After reading the numerous negative comments on the service end of the process, noticing the push for automatic delivery and the cost I decided against it. Back when I used to listen to Hannity on the radio I distinctly remember him singing their praises. I never thought he was very bright but he did get rich playing conservatives, just a another bum to me now.


73 posted on 01/25/2021 1:24:19 AM PST by WinMod70
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To: FLT-bird
Installed custom, Google-free OS on my phone. Will shut my FB down within one week. Closed Twitter, Instagram and moved Google Drive files over to a similar service owned by a guy who loathes Hillary Clinton. Closed Netflix six months ago. Switched to Brave browser a year ago - do it, it's excellent. Traded YouTube for Vimeo and Rumble. Uninstalled Chrome and all Google-related apps and services from my laptop.

Yes, doing this stuff is a pain and takes some effort, but once you're done, you're done. I am not putting money into the pockets of those who want to remove traditional Americans from the public square, or worse. No freakin' way.

74 posted on 01/25/2021 2:26:57 AM PST by Rocco DiPippo
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To: FLT-bird

Buy an Android phone, then go over to the LineageOS website, download the appropriate firmware for you phone and install it. Tutorials abound on how to do that without messing up your phone. Install the LineageOS firmware but do not install the Gapps (Google apps) package that comes as a separate package. Once OS installation is finished, install Aurora Store which gives you access to apps on Google Play without any Google services installed on your phone. Freedom from leftist snooping, adware and data mining! And your phone will run much faster than with the Google garbage installed on it. PM me if you decide to do it - I’ll walk you through the process. Well worth it!


75 posted on 01/25/2021 2:33:34 AM PST by Rocco DiPippo
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To: FLT-bird

People could make money helping people do this.


76 posted on 01/25/2021 2:57:49 AM PST by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: FLT-bird
It is very hard to "deplatform" the devil as in no long doing businesses with liberal activist companies, since most are or are Chinese. But on 1-18 I sent this to Amazon (dave@amazon.com; helbling@amazon.com;jeff@amazon.com, and a adapted copy to Walmart (Dacona.Smith@walmart.com;John.Furner@walmart.com;Janey.Whiteside@wal-mart.com)

In the light of Amazon's regrettable decision to “indefinitely” suspend contributions to members of Congress who voted against certifying the results of the presidential election then I (we, as I am not alone) am “indefinitely” suspending doing business with Amazon, whom I - as purchasing agent - have sent $1,622.16 [by the grace of God] in over 45 transactions in the past year (2020 and until 1-11-21) alone. I have encouraged others to take the same action as myself, and I recently excluded you from a significant automobile tire purchase after I read of your political decision.

Walmart is also being excluded and others who have essentially disrespected 75 million voters, and which will give business to others. I do not support violence in response to the election, nor do I claim there is "widespread" voter fraud, or to be able to prove that there was enough voting irregularities or fraud to change the election, but that with over 150 allegations of such then this warrants an investigation. When then will you punish those who did not certify the results of the presidential election, and who in good conscience should not when there is so much that still needs investigation? And on the other side Hillary Clinton said Biden shouldn’t concede if the election was close. Will you punish her for that counsel?

Challenging vote counts is not new or restricted to Conservatives. I wonder what Walmart's response was to Democrats who never accepted Bush’s election in 2004, with Democrats (including Sen. Boxer) lodging a formal challenge to the electoral votes from Ohio (the House voted 267 to 31 against the challenge). After their candidate (Kerry) lost, the liberal Boston Globe reported :

More than 4,000 votes vanished without a trace into a computer's overloaded memory in one North Carolina county, and about a hundred paper ballots were thrown out by mistake in another. In Texas, a county needed help from a laboratory in Canada to unlock the memory of a touch-screen machine and unearth five dozen votes....

Since 2000, watchdog groups have intensified their monitoring and cataloging of complaints and errors. The nonpartisan Verified Voting Foundation and other groups built a database of more than 30,000 ''election incidents" reported across the country this year. Most were routine, but nearly 900 involved significant e-voting problems, including malfunctions that shut down machines, lengthening waits at the polls. There were 42 reports of total breakdowns of machines in New Orleans and 28 in Philadelphia and ''15 reports of catastrophic machine failure" in Mercer County, Pa.http://archive.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/12/01/voting_errors_tallied_nationwide?pg=full

Certainly the election system needs a lot of work, but with all the allegations that need investigation you should not be punishing those who find certifying the results of the presidential election to be unwarranted as yet. --

Repent ye therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out (Acts 3:19) http://www.peacebyjesus.net [Note: by "purchasing agent" I mean that in addition to purchases of personal and ministry items I also search for the lowest prices and purchase them for a neighbor with kids and tenants, which he re-reimburses me for.]

77 posted on 01/25/2021 3:31:44 AM PST by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned + destitute sinner + trust Him to save + be baptized+follow Him!)
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To: FLT-bird

https://conservapedia.com/Conservative_companies


78 posted on 01/25/2021 4:24:18 AM PST by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned + destitute sinner + trust Him to save + be baptized+follow Him!)
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To: FLT-bird

Got rid of wife’s FB, both of our Twitter account, Amazon Prime.

Have someone coming today to install new internet connectivity and will cancel ATT Internet and Uverse TV this afternoon or tomorrow.

Will have anew phone provider by end of month to get rid of ATT 100%


79 posted on 01/25/2021 4:35:40 AM PST by trebb (Fight like your life and future depends on it - because they do.)
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To: FLT-bird

“And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.”

Revelation 18:4

twitter = hateful and unclean bird - Revelation 18:2


80 posted on 01/25/2021 4:58:51 AM PST by captmar-vell
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