More companies sever ties with NRA, now include United, Delta, Hertz and MetLife
A growing number of companies are announcing plans to sever ties with the National Rifle Association following the shooting massacre Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in South Florida that killed 17 students and staff, sparking renewed calls for gun control.
One of the first companies that said it would cut ties with the gun-rights lobbying group was First National Bank of Omaha, which announced Thursday that it would not renew a co-branded Visa credit card with the NRA.
A slew of other companies -- including United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, MetLife Insurance Co., Hertz and Best Western -- have followed suit, announcing plans to terminate special discounts and benefits for NRA members.
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And as petitions circulate online urging companies to #BoycottNRA, the pressure to disassociate from the NRA is growing. #BoycottNRA has already trended on Twitter.
If anyone is interested in following the latest up-to-the-minute tweets there, you can use this link: #boycottnra
If you like to avoid the coverage on the mainstream media and the "alternative facts" from politicians who weren't even there, here's a really excellent site for seeing what those who were actually there are saying about what they experienced:
Parkland students
Here's a good article from that link:
It seems the boycott is having an impact since the NRA is already publicly whining about it.
Can't wait for these boycotts to boomerang back on the companies that caved in. It'll be just like when Media Matters tries to start a boycott on Fox News personalities or Duck Dynasty.
Or Chick fil a.
Or Hobby Lobby ......
They aren't boycotts. They are severing business affiliation. Thanks for playing.
They severed ties under threat of boycott from the uninformed masses. Now they face boycotting from the informed masses. But thanks for playing, and trying to score.
They did? I know that you've got a link to inform us all about it right Uncle Bruce?
I guess you didn't click on the link to read the whole article did you?
But you can read the actual call for boycott here:
Note this statement:
But Uncle Bruce, it isn't a boycott of the NRA.
You said it was a boycott 'from the uninformed masses' yet you link a list of targets that contains quite a plethora of INFORMATION and a twitter feed that contains even MORE INFORMATION. So you've refuted your own claimed that this is 'uninformed' vs 'informed'.
In FACT, it seems that those you are labelling as uninformed are actually using the NRA's own data. The NRA has dangled these 'perks' in front of their membership for decades and these companies have benefited from their affiliation. Now the worm has turned and karma has caught up with all of them.
The 'informed' have used this affiliation as an economic motivation tool and that tool is now being used against them. Turn about is fair play and the free market is reacting to the reality of changing times.
Comment removed for CoC violation [ph] The stupidity of my action was thinking you wanted a serious answer. How utterly stupid of me to think that you would somehow learn something from what I posted.
IN fact, what just happened was I handed you your ass in a hand basket. And now you want to play word games. Comment removed for CoC violation [ph]
Anyone who thinks the NRA is somehow remotely responsible for this or any mass shooting is fucking idiot. They are UNINFORMED MASSES WHO FOLLOW THE LATEST LIBERAL DOGSHIT DOGMA.
Let me repeat:
Anyone who thinks the NRA is somehow remotely responsible for this or any mass shooting is fucking idiot.
Yeah. They're uninformed. And the sad part is, we have dumbass stupid fucks on NT who follow this dogshit dogma of blaming the NRA.
Which camp do you fall in Dulay?
I thought that you were above gratuitous personal attacks, especially based on ancestral nationality. I see that I was wrong.
You should read the comment a little closer. I was poking fun at myself.
Anyone who thinks the NRA is somehow remotely responsible for this or any mass shooting is fucking idiot.
The NRA fights tooth and nail to not only maintain the status quo that provides weapons to the mentally ill and potential terrorists, but also seeks to promote a twisted solution that will coincidentally increase gun sales and gun industry profits. Anyone who denies that is just in denial of the reality around them.
You didn't need to comment for me to know what camp you fall in Hal. But thanks for playing.
As with most aspects of life there are many more than just two binary points of view when it comes to firearms. I resist thinking of this topic as 'either/or'.
This independent, centrist, liberal, environmental scientist, outdoorsman, hunts, target shoots and owns several shotguns, handguns and rifles (including an AR-15).
Used to be a paramedic and have seen/treated my share of gunshot victims. As such, I easily understand the points of view of all commenters to this seed.
Let's all blame the Chinese for inventing gunpowder! (Surprised Trump didn't think of that).
Kinda fun at first
How?
DD got cancelled so it must have worked.
It looks like your article got hijacked. :0(
I'm not sure much will change unless generation Z votes out the politicians that the NRA has bought and paid for. The US is slowly being turned into a third world country where killing each other is a part of life and the NRA is cashing in. I am hoping that these young people will stay focused on what they need to do to stop this madness.
Are you kidding? These young people are confused about what's in their shorts, and are eating Tide pods.
No, I'm not kidding. Voting out the NRA politicians is a start. Then maybe Americans can have an honest conversation. One that isn't polluted with money.
Certainly not the ones I've seen interviewed. These students are very thoughtful and well spoken, much more so than many of our "lawmakers".
Yes, I agree Pat.
There will never be an honest conversation when dumbasses blame the NRA or the gun, rather than the real problem.
smh - some people are just too narrow minded to see the big picture.
I just hope you get some type of kick back from the NRA like the docs do when they over-prescribe opioids to their patients.
You know, it's actually a good comparison. The country has an opioids epidemic and we also have a gun epidemic. Both are controlled by big money and both have their addicts who can't look beyond their own needs to see how it's destroying those around them. Every once in a while the addict has some clarity and will "briefly" feel bad about how their actions have impacted others but in the end they'd kill their own mother to get that fix.
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Telling Marco Rubio that he looks like a mass shooter is not thoughtful or well spoken. Even youthfulness doesn't excuse that level of idiocy.
What's wrong with you? What an incredibly horrible thing to say. My niece overdosed in October and we buried her after 2 years of her being clean. I'm now waiting for that same call. I just can't believe you would say this to me on an open forum...... I'm just baffled.
Sorry it was a serious question as I was concerned. Stay safe.
You must realize that the NRA has nothing to do with any of this and it will not be going away. This silly media sideshow will have dissipated by next week. In the meantime, the NRA membership will continue to grow and the organization will live long and prosper.
I don't doubt it but I'm an optimist at heart. Big companies own the country because they own the politicians. But you're probably right, the NRA and it's members will probably win and more people will be murdered.
No, that was an exchange between me and another member who knows some history about my son and he was using the open forum to attack me personally. You're right though, it was something that should have been said off line. I apologize for my part.
If the makeup of the electorate stays the same that is true. If, on the other hand, Millennials and Generation Xers get out and vote their stated beliefs then real meaningful change is entirely possible. We are, after all, a representative democracy and so there is hope...
I'm not surprised. Nope-- I'm not surprised in the least....
Not a member of the NRA. Haven't been for many many years. But I'll repeat, for those too thick skulled to understand:
There will never be an honest conversation when dumbasses blame the NRA or the gun, rather than the real problem.
Well, we are talking about the NRA here, but to derail the discussion a bit with a blatantly off-topic remark, I should mention that big pharma also owns the politicians....
To be honest, I'm very surprised. I always thought he and I had a good rapport. (shrug)
Agreed!
Well, I guess we will have to agree to disagree. Oh wow - look over there......titties!
That should keep him occupied for a bit.
While typically on sites like NT most people are sure that there's only one factor responsible for something, the fact is that there are several influencing the same event. (This is true on both sides of the issues, BTW)
Some things are starting to change-- albeit slowly.
But I think its important to realize that there is more than one factor that will have an important impact on the upcoming mid-term elections.
Do you think that these "new type" of student activists (the young students who personally witnessed what happened during this recent event) are "lazy"? Maybe they are, maybe not. I could be wrong, but it seems to me that currently they are pretty fired up, and it may be that in fact they are really taking a lot of action....?
Where did they say Marco Rubio looked like a mass shooter ? Some people were saying the AR 15 should be renamed "Marco Rubios" because they are easily bought.
I was curious, so I googled too see which senators were the top recipients of NRA money. (Rubio is one of the top 10):
I was curious, so I googled too see which senators were the top recipients of NRA money. (Rubio is one of the top 10):
Here's a link to several very detailed lists -- lots of information about that plus some other related items. (You can also find both your Senator as well as Congress-person there).
This is one of the great pluses of the internet and google. The students leading this movement also have this information at their fingertips. As we all know "knowledge is power".
There was no personal attack it was a question directly related to you comments about your desire to buy a gun and your comment I was responding to. The fact that the moderators misinterpreted my comment to be a personal attack is out of my control. As I stated I was concerned for your safety.
Blaming the NRA for mass shootings is about as ridiculous as blaming Planned Parenthood for spreading STDs or the ACLU for neo Nazis.
Please do continue poking those sleeping bears of a voting block. We need them all awoken by November 6th...
Well, until you vote out all politicians that accept money from ANY special interest group-they will be beholding to those groups, based on your comment.
So, is it about special interest groups holding sway or just the ones you disagree with?
Waiting for the perfect scenario in which every business is on board is the equivalency and dare I say advocacy for doing nothing.
The smart thing to do is to start small and build on reaching the goal not ignoring it because it doesn't have 100% inclusivity.
Well maybe they can re-brand and call themselves the National Carpet Association. We all have to work together and some will have to sacrifice more than others for the good of the country.
The new rallying cry!:
Rugs don't kill people-- people kill people!
What the hell is he eating?!! hahahahahahaha
Tide Pods
Very witty......hahahahahaha
Buzz's Oriental Travel and Tour Emporium. (Leave your guns at home.)
The probable consequences of teachers taking their guns to school reminds me of a Johnny Cash song:
Johnny Cash - Don't Take Your Guns to Town
The net result of all this hysteria is that thousands of people are joining the NRA and seriously looking at buying a gun.
Sheep will be sheep.
Link?
I'd be very interested in seeing some proof of that too.