Does seem to me like some time ago FR people were suggesting we boycott REI. Can’t remember the reason. Did I dream that?
I missed the FR boycott, but it doesn’t surprise me. REI is a pretty tree-huggery kind of store. I’m sure the politics are way left, but I really try not to think about it! I just do my browsing and shopping amongst the granola people. No biggie.
The nearest REI location to me is in Austin, right next to a Whole Foods (I love that store, too!). I’m pretty sure that mine was about the only vehicle in either store’s parking lot with a McCain/Palin sticker on it back then, and the only one with a “Nugent 2012” sticker on since Romney’s campaign.