USAA, a large financial services company serving the military and owned by its policyholders, dropped its advertising on Hannity this week after being pressured by Media Matters and other progressive organizations. The company claimed it was a policy decision not to advertise on political shows. However, the company continued to advertise on Rachel Maddow and other progressive shows until conservative groups pointed out the hypocrisy. This week the USAA member forum on its internal website, and the USAA Facebook page have displayed a firestorm of member/owner comments deploring the decision to end advertising on Hannity. The overwhelming majority of USAA policyholders commenting on social media forums are incredulous at management’s action and many are declaring they are dropping their accounts.
The limited response by USAA underlings (note top management of USAA has not released a statement to the owners), suggest management is indifferent to the significant loss of business it is experiencing. Somehow the free market does not seem to work when CEO’s (Parker at USAA and Murchoch at Fox) are faced with a choice between progressive ideology and loss of business. Loss of business seems to be acceptable if the progressive agenda is furthered by business decisions customers find repugnant.
The left today seems to be making an all out assault on free speech and is using every weapon in its arsenal to silence conservative voice in the media. Intolerance and politics of personal destruction have become the norm in the USA as the freedoms once cherished by a united people are eradicated by the leviathan state and leftist elitists.
It is beginning to appear the next 12-24 months will determine if the nation will remain a beacon if individual liberty or if it will succumb to those who which to control the lives of other human beings with the tyranny of government. So far there seem to be few in public life willing to publicly stand for liberty against the onslaught. Notably the GOP establishment and Congress have seemingly abdicated the field as have many of President Trump’s insiders.
The pressure on Sean Hannity must be unbelievable. He deserves our prayers.
Chisel that in stone and erect it in the town square! We are in a civil war! ...let us pray it does not become a shooting war!