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Ken Mclay's avatar

I am in constant battle with my wife, my children and grandchildren trying to explain why I refuse to take them to certain places or to purchase things from certain locations or made in certain places. I have explained I refuse to financially support my enemies. To do that is to condone their actions against me. I started out by making a list of musicians I wouldn’t support, actors I wouldn’t buy their movies. It didn’t take long to realize it’s easier to just decide whose music or movies you would pay for. They have come to accept I will not pay for Netflix or Disney. No going to MacDonalds. No Bud Lite, no Stella, no Hoegarten. No seafood packaged in Asia, sorry Captain Highliner. Blue Jays saved me thousands of dollars and thousands of hours of my life when they took a knee in an empty stadium for BLM. Same with the Raptors when they painted their busses with big BLM logos. No more yearly flights to Toronto or expensive tickets to see politicians playing games. If I want to see that I can turn on C-Span, except listening to them nauseates me. Not all movies are made in Hollyweird by overpaid propagandists. Daily Wire has some excellent movies on their site. Jason Aldean, Kid Rock, John Rich and Tom MacDonald are still making new good music. Authors are easy. Read the book jacket of their latest book before you buy it. Read a couple of reviews. You’ll know if you should support them or let it rot on the shelf. Don’t get me wrong I’m not stupid enough to throw out things I already paid for but I don’t care if Neil Young tops the charts for an entire year, I’m not supporting him with any more of my hard earned money. That’s the first step. Stop supporting them. Stop giving them air. Find and support alternatives that hold the same values that you do. Make some hard choices to give up old favourites or more likely old habits if you think you are supporting and financing the war against you. Pass those ideals on to the face constantly in their phone generation. Lead by example.

Sorry, I’ve gone off again, but at least I’m not in England so the cops won’t be knocking on my door, yet. Tomorrow could be another story.

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Rachel Aubin's avatar

Exactly

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