[vanity] What ever became of the February 28 boycott?

March 2, 2025

[BenLurkin]

Have been looking for news articles on it -- but there isn't anything after February 28.

[j.havenfarm]

Not sure, but in other news, half a drop was removed from a tub full of water without much perceptible impact

[fella]

It was the usual Deep State AstroTurf movement to use the MSM to propagate its agenda.

[BipolarBob]

It was postponed until Feb. 29th. Didn’t you get the memo?

[rlmorel]

It is is interesting. Now that USAID had cut off money for many of their astroturfing "protests" they have to print their own signs. In that picture I took Friday in Cambridge, MA, their signs are illegible and look like they were made by grade schoolers.

Now that they have to make their own signs, it says a lot about them (even though, as described below, they had someone else print them up for them when they were funded by groups like USAID, which says even more about them, and none of it good.

In the analysis below, look at the handmade conservative signs for contrast.

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I have been to a fair number of demonstrations, and have noticed the stark difference in the way participants on both sides express themselves through both in-demonstration behavior, and the signs carried to express their point of view.

I took the time to document it a couple of years ago as shown below. I took two pictures, one showing a large gathering of liberals, and one showing a large gathering of conservatives.

Here is an example of what the liberal protesters carry when they want to make a point. This analysis was from the Antiwar protesters at The Gathering of Eagles on March 17, 2007. What you see in this picture is absolutely, 100% TYPICAL.

Here is an example of what the conservative protesters carry when THEY want to make a point. This analysis was from the Taxpayer March on Washington on 9/12/2009. What you see in this picture is absolutely, 100% TYPICAL.

Conservatives not only show wit and originality in the content of the materials they use to express themselves, but also spend time making them both readable and legible. They take pride in their handiwork, and they can do this because they have a deeper understanding of the issue at hand.

Liberals often have mass printed signs that lack originality and wit in an attempt to ensure everyone has a sign (created by someone else) that says something that the "someone else" want them to express. When you see liberals carrying their own handmade signs, they often look like this, poorly lettered and shallow in content:

I have seen this contrast over and over again. What I have concluded from this is that while liberals may have some form of conviction about a subject, it is because they want to believe something they have been told without thinking it through. Most of them have an "understanding" of an issue that is a foot wide and a fraction of an inch deep. They will doggedly stay within that framework regardless of facts and logic, and their expression of that viewpoint in their signs and banners illustrates a lack of depth, understanding and originality.

[bigbob]

I’ve been thinking of buying a new phone so I made sure to do it on that day.

[GOPJ]

The press is a little uncomfortable with how most Americans see them now a days... They don’t seem to jump as fast or high as they used to when democrats told them to jump. Maybe something happened that was small and they didn’t bother to cover it.

[Vermont Lt]

Unfortunately, I had to go to Costco on Friday. The lines remained long. Although…they move them right along.

[far sider]

It crippled our economy. Didn’t you notice?

[ridesthemiles]

SAME HERE

[Bernard]

The local facebook groupies talked it up, except you were supposed to shop at the illegal alien grocery store in town. I did not see any follow-up yesterday or this morning.

[napscoordinator]

Thursday and Saturday had historic numbers of store revenue from the liberals. /sarc.

[FrankRizzo890]

I did my part! The wife and I went out to dinner, then grocery shopping, and I filled up the car as well.

FWIW at the gas station there were lots of people. Some of them filling up gas cans and everything else. Could be a coincidence but the area or Washington that I live in is very right leaning.

[Cobra64]

Boycotts are stupid, and so are the people who engage in them. You stock up today with the stuff you are going to boycott tomorrow. Really? The stupidity on this planet is astounding.

[dfwgator]

Goebbels’ Jewish boycott in 1933 was a flop, even Hitler told Goebbels to drop it.

[FamiliarFace]

I had a big shopping day on Friday, and I noticed that everywhere I went, it was packed just like it usually is. I went to CVS, the little bagel shop one town over, the big grocery store (Meijer), followed by filling up the gas tank, and then a pretty big Costco trip to round it off. Oh, and I placed 3 orders on Amazon on Friday morning before I left. From my view, it looked like a normal busy shopping day.

[arthurus]

p-f-f-f-f-f-t . . . .

[tennmountainman]

Boycott of What?

[Spktyr]

Same reason why they abruptly dropped coverage of the Day Without A Mexican boycott in LA. The only notable effect was less traffic.

[Organic Panic]

The organizers are losers and have no money anyway.

[Captainpaintball]

They moved it to the 29th.