Publix Caves to Li'l Hitler

BREAKING: @Publix suspends corporate funded political contributions after coming under fire for giving money to gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam. Planned “die-in” protest is now cancelled. @nbc6 pic.twitter.com/qlW5TTLP2S
— Jamie Guirola (@jamieNBC6) May 25, 2018

I'm sure David French is busy writing up a piece right now.

Oh wait, no, he only scolds the right. The left's bullying he has lots of patience for.

And speaking of weakling bullies.

Posted by: Ace of Spades at 03:43 PM

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1 Publix...

It was nice knowing ya.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 25, 2018 03:45 PM (gNteG)

2 On to Poland!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2018 03:45 PM (qJtVm)

3 Peace in our time!

Posted by: Neville Chamberlain at May 25, 2018 03:46 PM (CPfoe)

4 He has dead eyes. Cold, dead eyes.

Posted by: The Wolf at May 25, 2018 03:46 PM (pxOl8)

5 Reprisals - when?

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 25, 2018 03:46 PM (fA1SL)

6 Anyone want to buy a lightly-used backbone?

Posted by: Publix at May 25, 2018 03:47 PM (CPfoe)

7 On to Poland!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2018 03:45 PM (qJtVm)

I say, all we have to do is be nice to the chap and we will have peace in our time.

Posted by: Neville Chamberlain at May 25, 2018 03:47 PM (/qEW2)

8 What the hell?

Posted by: Max Power at May 25, 2018 03:47 PM (q177U)

9 They never learn. Never give in to this crap, corporate shitweasels! Learn from chik-fila, ya dummies.

Posted by: eastofsuez at May 25, 2018 03:47 PM (YGXSK)

10 Camera Hogg has all the worst qualities of a self absorbed teen.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2018 03:47 PM (vw6r3)

11 Jolly good move, old boy!

Posted by: Dicks Sporting Goods at May 25, 2018 03:47 PM (CPfoe)

12 Fucking hell.

Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at May 25, 2018 03:47 PM (dEQP3)

13 Snowball in Animal Farm was a hog, right?

Posted by: The Wolf at May 25, 2018 03:47 PM (pxOl8)

14 Well, fuck Publix, I guess.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 25, 2018 03:48 PM (AzW6q)

15 @3 Bastard!

Posted by: Neville Chamberlain at May 25, 2018 03:48 PM (/qEW2)

16 When once you've paid the Danegeld the Dane never goes away.

Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at May 25, 2018 03:48 PM (RD7QR)

17 Sad !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/365 at May 25, 2018 03:48 PM (xJrIn)

18 Hobby Lobby would have cleaned the youngster's tiny clock.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 25, 2018 03:48 PM (CPfoe)

19 good lord will these corporate clowns ever learn.

Posted by: Fox at May 25, 2018 03:48 PM (hdFyL)

20 Cowards.

Posted by: steevy at May 25, 2018 03:48 PM (LiyEm)

21 Congrats, Publix! You caved to a teenage bully!

Posted by: tu3031 at May 25, 2018 03:48 PM (O5Q3r)

22 I hope the people who were going to Publix to engage in some buycotting are pulling out of the checkout line.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2018 03:48 PM (qJtVm)

23 * breaks out The List. Adds 'Publix' *

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 25, 2018 03:49 PM (fA1SL)

24 Publinks went whole Hogg

Posted by: mcsausage bisquick at May 25, 2018 03:49 PM (2kF+m)

25 The NRA will fund raise on this Khmer Rouge Youth and rake in $$$. Probably add members. Whenever the Weather Underground kiddies do this, thats what usually happens. Meanwhile, Publix will lose LOTS of business. Get woke, go broke.

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 25, 2018 03:49 PM (ZHDqf)

26 Very busy stockbrokers right now, processing sales orders.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at May 25, 2018 03:49 PM (7ZVPa)

27 They should have stopped him at Munich.

Posted by: Clemenza at May 25, 2018 03:49 PM (CPfoe)

28
Willowed (because I was saying my Rosary):

If I have to apologize for the invasion, I will do so only after every superannuated leftist, retired or in Congress, apologizes for selling South Vietnam down the river, for apologizing for the Soviet Union for years and for applauding the Idiot God's Libya coup and Apology Tour that unleased the refugee crisis.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2018 03:49 PM (BWL+E)

29 Dammit!! Another thing I can't boycott because there aren't any Publix stores around here. Frustrating!

When is someone or company going to sue this little prick for extortion? I won't bother asking why DoJ can't go after him on RICO charges.

Posted by: JTB at May 25, 2018 03:50 PM (V+03K)

30 Give a mouse a million dollars...

Posted by: Huck Follywood, coffee drinker at May 25, 2018 03:50 PM (NVmJr)

31 Stupid useful idiot child.... I am talking about American Progressives.....

Posted by: kraken at May 25, 2018 03:50 PM (zSVEm)

32 Next - The Sudetenland!

Posted by: The Wolf at May 25, 2018 03:50 PM (pxOl8)

33 I've a Mexican grown pineapple that looks just like John McCain in profile.

Posted by: 13times at May 25, 2018 03:50 PM (K3B2k)

34 Really bad move on their part. Won't add a single customer, will cause some to not shop there.

Posted by: Memories at May 25, 2018 03:50 PM (mwcEF)

35 I wish I lived near one so I could boycott it.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at May 25, 2018 03:51 PM (G8hDY)

36 I will not stand idly by when I see Herr Hogg's ware mocked!

Posted by: J Goebbels at May 25, 2018 03:51 PM (zmOU8)

37 You know how you get MORE threats and extortion???

By bowing to it...

F them.... WAR!

Posted by: Don Q.... at May 25, 2018 03:51 PM (NgKpN)

38 Publix family members were killed in a plane crash.
These were the founding members. The good die young. Still a great store but this is the Ingraham dive. Not a good look Publix.

Posted by: rod of correction at May 25, 2018 03:51 PM (WX+x0)

39 What state is Adam Putnam running in for Governor? If I ever have any money I think I'll float some his way.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2018 03:51 PM (vw6r3)

40 Damn it. I seriously just finished writing a "steel your spine" email to them five minutes ago. I've shopped at the same Publix for over a decade. The people there have watched my kids grow from infancy andrecognize us in sight. They're always friendly and say hi and ask us about our week. They're a great grocery store, but they're damn expensive. I can get my groceries for a lot less at Aldi or Walmart, but Publix has always been insanely active in the community and supported the locals, and so I've always been happy to spend a little more for the atmosphere, organization, and community support.

This is seriously disappointing.

Posted by: Mandy P. (Not Patinkin), lurking lurker who lurks at May 25, 2018 03:51 PM (Ajsny)

41 Why isn't that little cocksuker in school?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 25, 2018 03:51 PM (wYseH)

42 Hey, Davey! Just to let you know - when you and Shaved Guevara had your Tide Pod of the Will thingy in D.C., I was out buying a light autoloading rifle. Keep it up, junior. Keep it up; you're not helping your cause in the least.
And a very special and heartfelt fuck you to Publix.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Slavic Customer Service Rep. at May 25, 2018 03:51 PM (fA1SL)

43 FVCK!

STOP! CAVING! ALL THE TIME!

GROW A PAIR!

THIS PIG IS A FVCKING NOBODY! IGNORE HIM!

Men without chests, indeed.

Jeebus, I need a drink.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 25, 2018 03:51 PM (xPJvm)

44 He will be wearing a dress and eyeliner soon... take it to the bank... fame is fleeting, after all....

Posted by: kraken at May 25, 2018 03:51 PM (zSVEm)

45 For fuck's sake. Is it too much to ask for ONE company to tell these fuckers to fuck off?!

I kind of had hopes for Publix, as they are based in Florida and get a lot of their business from gun-toting rednecks. Guess they felt like they could do without it.

I hate this, because Publix is the only decent supermarket in our area. Guess it's Walmart from now on...sigh. This is the first time I've actually been motivated to go through the trouble of writing a letter to a corporation to express my disappointment.

Posted by: Ex-liberal at May 25, 2018 03:52 PM (R1mDg)

46 I swear, it's like these corporations never talk to their actual customers. If they had held out they would have benefited. Now they look like corporate jellyfish no better than Starbucks.

Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at May 25, 2018 03:52 PM (RD7QR)

47 Suck my girl dick, Publix. Suck it hard.

Posted by: Sponge at May 25, 2018 03:52 PM (F4u7C)

48 What will the lesson be, here. What can it possibly be.

Posted by: m at May 25, 2018 03:52 PM (0bRDi)

49 I have already emailed Publix to remove me from their email list and pointed out to them I would no longer be shopping in their stores due to caving to David Hogg. They are too expensive anyway, I will only miss their chicken.

Posted by: LMD Outer Banker at May 25, 2018 03:52 PM (YuQLm)

50 I've already let them know that I won't be shopping with them any longer--been a customer for decades. To be honest, I'm sick of over-paying for their produce anyway.

Anyone who would like to call Publix, the number is
1-800-242-1227.

Pretty good bet that they heard from the gun-control nuts but didn't hear from us in time.

Posted by: girldog at May 25, 2018 03:52 PM (g5YYQ)

51 Oh, and I also wish I was in line with a full cart that I would abandon with a note: here, have Hogg help you put this all back.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at May 25, 2018 03:52 PM (G8hDY)

52 2 On to Poland!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2018 03:45 PM (qJtVm)

Exactly.

Posted by: m at May 25, 2018 03:52 PM (0bRDi)

53 http://bit.ly/2KQJ8HV
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Thread by @paul_serran: " (1) A thread on "Korea: the Road to Reunification".

Posted by: Internet Tough Guy at May 25, 2018 03:52 PM (y3aQB)

54
How fuking stupid can that company be? The little turd's boycott of Laura Ingraham's sponsors got her higher ratings. The shithead called for a boycott of Vanguard and BlackRock and that was ignored in seconds. Go fark yourself should be the only response that douchebag ever gets

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 25, 2018 03:52 PM (SiINZ)

55 Cool. Boeing just advertised on Pandora, but simply asked for a moment of silence in memory of those who actually gave their all making this lucky country great.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, coffee drinker at May 25, 2018 03:53 PM (NVmJr)

56 Publix rolled over because they are owned by Progressives... can you possibly think of another reason?

Posted by: kraken at May 25, 2018 03:53 PM (zSVEm)

57 Sadly, I am already an NRA life member. I suppose I could get memberships for my kids.

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at May 25, 2018 03:53 PM (xQfPr)

58 Don't look at me, I'm just here for the Dick's jokes.

Posted by: garrett at May 25, 2018 03:53 PM (di+2x)

59 Backwards Boy is gonna be so disappointed. He was on his way to this Publix and was going to 'film'.

Posted by: Tami at May 25, 2018 03:53 PM (Enq6K)

60 I am so glad that the Publix Chamberlain has won peace in our time. As their extortion and destruction continues, I suppose that their competitors can look forward to plenty of lebensraum.
#GetWokeGoBroke

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 25, 2018 03:53 PM (I2dne)

61 39 What state is Adam Putnam running in for Governor? If I ever have any money I think I'll float some his way.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2018 03:51 PM (vw6r3)

Florida. He's currently our Agricultural Commissioner.

Posted by: Mandy P. (Not Patinkin), lurking lurker who lurks at May 25, 2018 03:54 PM (Ajsny)

62 Soooo, how are Publix minority hiring and promotions numbers? Have they avoided building stores in urban neighborhoods? Do they just hate bad publicity enough to throw money around?

I think I know how this racket works, somebody fire up the outrage machine! I AM!!! SOMEBODY!!! I AM!!! SOMEBODY!!!

Posted by: Rev Jesse Jackson at May 25, 2018 03:54 PM (jp0Bv)

63 Suck my girl dick, Publix. Suck it hard.
Posted by: Sponge at May 25, 2018 03:52 PM (F4u7C)

That sounds tight!

Posted by: Lando Calrisian officially "Pansexual" at May 25, 2018 03:54 PM (q177U)

64 Glad we don't have a Publix here for me to boycott. But I still wish we had our Harris Teeter. They had the best meat department in town.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 25, 2018 03:55 PM (mpXpK)

65 Ha. Got you Publix! I preempted my boycott by not spending a single penny in your stores over 34 years and will continue to not buy your shit.

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 25, 2018 03:55 PM (+087i)

66 who else thinks this is actually getting a little scary? Weren't we always taught that a bully will keep going until you stand up to him? These corporations are falling like dominoes.

I have not even followed this story. I have better things to do that to led the MSM lead me around. But isn't the story that this corporation donated to a candidate Hogg does not like? And he got them to stop donating? Is this for real?

Posted by: Quint at May 25, 2018 03:55 PM (n13/j)

67 Congrats, Publix! You caved to a teenage bully!
Posted by: tu3031

Funny thing? He's not even old enough to buy a gun.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 25, 2018 03:55 PM (3oX+R)

68 Goddamn miserable cowards. I'm getting so sick of this little two-act play.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at May 25, 2018 03:55 PM (H8QX8)

69 I hope they make him a spokesperson. Put him in lots of commercials.

Posted by: m at May 25, 2018 03:55 PM (0bRDi)

70 Florida. He's currently our Agricultural Commissioner.
Posted by: Mandy P. (Not Patinkin), lurking lurker who lurks at May 25, 2018 03:54 PM (Ajsny)

I assume he supports the rights of gun owners and that's why Hogg loudly snorted.Is Adam Putnam a good candidate?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2018 03:55 PM (vw6r3)

71
Surrendering to Hogg is like surrendering to France.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 25, 2018 03:56 PM (SiINZ)

72 56 Publix rolled over because they are owned by Progressives... can you possibly think of another reason?
Posted by: kraken at May 25, 2018 03:53 PM (zSVEm)

Corporations are spineless and piss their pants when brought into the spotlight in a media echochamber.

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 25, 2018 03:56 PM (+087i)

73 No Publx where I live.... HyVee and Dierberg's.... been all over the country, and HyVee is hands down the best Supermarket....

Posted by: kraken at May 25, 2018 03:56 PM (zSVEm)

74 I wonder what Publix thinks their million bucks actually buys them? Whatever their thinking I bet it was not being the next Target Stores.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, coffee drinker at May 25, 2018 03:56 PM (NVmJr)

75 Way to go Publix.

Your Corporate Policy is now being run by someone who's previous 'big concern' was hiding his spontaneous erections from his Gym teacher.

Posted by: garrett at May 25, 2018 03:57 PM (di+2x)

76 I never even heard of Publix before. Looking at their website, the nearest one is in Fredericksburg, VA. That's a mite inconvenient for grocery shopping. So I will continue to not shop there.

Posted by: rickl at May 25, 2018 03:57 PM (xjiRE)

77 Now what?

What should we do about the Great Corporate/Communist Convergence, in light of Ace's prisoners' dilemma post earlier this week?

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 25, 2018 03:57 PM (87ijN)

78
57 Sadly, I am already an NRA life member. I suppose I could get memberships for my kids.
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at May 25, 2018 03:53 PM (xQfPr)

Get one for Li'l Hitler Hogg, then out him.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 25, 2018 03:57 PM (NoLse)

79 So Publix caves to some pimply faced snot nose attention whore.

Over the next few weeks, business will suffer.

Publix reverses their decision...

Getting tedious...

Posted by: Tami at May 25, 2018 03:57 PM (Enq6K)

80 I'm sorry for the Publix employees who are the ones who wil suffer but I still hope the store sees their sales go down to nothing. Here's a company with the reputation and means to fight this Little Hitler and they don't even try. Fvck 'em. I hope they get what they deserve.

Posted by: JTB at May 25, 2018 03:57 PM (V+03K)

81 Publix trying to squirm:

As the largest private employer in the state of Florida, and with the majority of our stores and our corporate headquarters located here as well, we have a history of supporting candidates focused on job growth and a healthy Florida economy.

We regret that some of our political contributions have led to an unintentional customer divide instead of our desire to support a growing economy in Florida.

Publix cares about our associates, customers and the communities we serve. It is important to understand that the vast majority of our giving is focused on organizations whose mission supports youth, education and the plight of the hungry and homeless within our area of operation.

As a result of this situation, we are evaluating our processes to ensure that our giving better reflects our intended desire to support a strong economy and a healthy community.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at May 25, 2018 03:58 PM (G8hDY)

82 RESPEC

Posted by: two black guys in Starbucks at May 25, 2018 03:58 PM (/qEW2)

83 That sounds tight!
Posted by: Lando Calrisian officially "Pansexual" at May 25, 2018 03:54 PM (q177U)
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LOL.

Hey, I saw "Solo" this morning and it was quite enjoyable. No narrative sucker punches, just lots of action and blastin' and double dealin', and we learn how Han met Chewie.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2018 03:59 PM (qJtVm)

84 I wrote them a note saying the only way I will go into one of their stores is when it closes due to lack of business and is replaced by an Aldi.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at May 25, 2018 03:59 PM (G8hDY)

85 Posted by: Mandy P. (Not Patinkin), lurking lurker who lurks at May 25, 2018 03:54 PM (Ajsny)

I assume he supports the rights of gun owners and that's why Hogg loudly snorted.Is Adam Putnam a good candidate?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2018 03:55 PM (vw6r3)

Yes on all counts. Ron DeSantis is running, too, and I suspect he will win the R primary. But I would vote for Putnam. He's from a more rural community and a very large swath of the state is still very rural, so he gets it. The dorks from the cities, especially little bully in S Florida don't understand the rest of the state at all.

Posted by: Mandy P. (Not Patinkin), lurking lurker who lurks at May 25, 2018 04:00 PM (Ajsny)

86 Publix is mostly employee-owned. Maybe they can oust their leadership.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 25, 2018 04:00 PM (I2dne)

87 ...and we learn how Han met Chewie.

SPOILEr ALERT : Kenyan Mailorder Bride Scam.

Posted by: garrett at May 25, 2018 04:00 PM (di+2x)

88 The closest Publix store to me is all the way over in Columbia, SC. 70 miles away.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 25, 2018 04:00 PM (mpXpK)

89 People, don't just boycott Publix.

LET THEM KNOW.
Seriously. it takes only a few minutes. Go to their site and send them an email. Or call them at 1-800-242-1227.

These assholes cave to the fascist mobs, then they join them.

Posted by: JC at May 25, 2018 04:00 PM (mJXUS)

90 If I have to apologize for the invasion, I will do so only after every superannuated leftist, retired or in Congress, apologizes for selling South Vietnam down the river, for apologizing for the Soviet Union for years and for applauding the Idiot God's Libya coup and Apology Tour that unleased the refugee crisis.

Amen.

To which I'd add: and after they renounce and apologize, all of them liberals, liberaltarians, and whatnot, for the rest of the omerta.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 25, 2018 04:00 PM (87ijN)

91 Publix announcement in shorthand summary... " We are cowardly, country club corporatists, who think Trump and his backers are icky anyway, so we will pay the extortion and go home to our gated communities...."

Posted by: kraken at May 25, 2018 04:01 PM (zSVEm)

92 >>The dorks from the cities, especially little bully in S Florida don't understand the rest of the state at all.

To be fair, nobody understands Florida.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 25, 2018 04:01 PM (/tuJf)

93 When is someone or company going to sue this little prick for extortion? I won't bother asking why DoJ can't go after him on RICO charges.

Posted by: JTB at May 25, 2018 03:50

I dunno. Right after they lock up Jesse Jackson (Rainbow Coalition) and Al Sharpton for them same type of stuff?

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 25, 2018 04:01 PM (Dhht7)

94 But I still wish we had our Harris Teeter. They had the best meat department in town.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 25, 2018 03:55 PM (mpXpK)
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We have Hairy Teats AND Wegman's AND Whole Paycheck AND Aldi's.

But I live in a Publix desert.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2018 04:01 PM (qJtVm)

95 I'm boycotting Publix by default since they do not operate in my area.

Dumbasses.

I'm always a bit skeptical of corporations spending money on political bullshit, especially if I am a shareholder (I routinely vote for those shareholder resolutions that call for public disclosure of political contributions.) However, I understand the need for lobbying, unfortunately.

What gets me is this instant caving in to public outcries. Do some fcking research before donating, and be prepared to defend your action.

Spineless, craven, potentially incompetent douchebags, indeed.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 25, 2018 04:01 PM (8iiMU)

96 They are getting comments. Got this auto response:

Thank you for taking the time to share your comments with us. We have received your information and a Customer Care specialist will be assigned to your case. We are currently receiving a high volume of customer contacts. While we will make every effort to respond to you within 24 to 48 business hours, please be aware that you may experience a delay. If you do not hear back from us in a timely manner, please contact a Customer Care representative at 1-800-242-1227.

Sincerely,

Customer Care Team

Posted by: WitchDoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at May 25, 2018 04:01 PM (G8hDY)

97
Publix suspends corporate funded political contributions after coming under fire for giving money to gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam.

We need to hold them to that and make sure they've suspended all political contributions and not just the ones to conservative causes. I'm sure they donate to liberals too.

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at May 25, 2018 04:01 PM (10vO4)

98 Damn.

Do they have stock?

Because NOT shorting them, yesterday, was a bad idea.

Posted by: garrett at May 25, 2018 04:02 PM (di+2x)

99 forget twitter or email, call. Anytime you want to make your voice heard, you call. The left will always dominate when it comes to tweets, retweets, and other means that take little effort.

Posted by: Quint at May 25, 2018 04:02 PM (n13/j)

100 It is All About Trump.... if Hillary had won, there would be none of this...

Posted by: kraken at May 25, 2018 04:02 PM (zSVEm)

101 Sadly, I am already an NRA life member. I suppose I could get memberships for my kids.
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at May 25, 2018 03:53 PM (xQfPr)

Get one for Li'l Hitler Hogg, then out him.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

Golf Clap.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 25, 2018 04:03 PM (3oX+R)

102 >>To be fair, nobody understands Florida.

Looks like a Wang.

Filled with crazy shit that tries to kill you.

Some of it is the Wildlife.

Good Fishing.

Posted by: garrett at May 25, 2018 04:03 PM (di+2x)

103 Publix rolled over because they are owned by Progressives... can you possibly think of another reason?
Posted by: kraken at May 25, 2018 03:53 PM
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Isn't Publix one of those companies owned by its employees?

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CBD:

Florida schools get out real early, and they start back in August. Guess it's the heat.

Posted by: IrishEi at May 25, 2018 04:04 PM (HiDrR)

104 We are currently receiving a high volume of customer contacts.

While we will make every effort to respond to you within 24 to 48 business hours, please be aware that you may experience a delay.

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Yeah. On a Friday afternoon of a three day holiday weekend.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 25, 2018 04:04 PM (3oX+R)

105 66 who else thinks this is actually getting a little scary? Weren't we always taught that a bully will keep going until you stand up to him? These corporations are falling like dominoes.
Posted by: Quint at May 25, 2018 03:55 PM (n13/j)

Nah, just scary for dumb corporations. Watch their bottom line.

Posted by: m at May 25, 2018 04:04 PM (0bRDi)

106 I not only hope their sales go down... I hope they get taxed and their property appropriated as well. If they're going to give in to the commies the "fair share" they need to pay should be getting larger and more painful.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 25, 2018 04:05 PM (87ijN)

107 I would be surprised if Publix did not have an elite Board of Directors, and not a Worker's Committee running things....

Posted by: kraken at May 25, 2018 04:05 PM (zSVEm)

108 Hmmm. Shame I have no Publix around here to boycott.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 25, 2018 04:06 PM (p+Wdc)

109 Publix goin the way of the NFL and Starbucks... and Dick and Yeti. SMFH

Posted by: USNtakim prfoundly deplorable! at May 25, 2018 04:06 PM (0OmEj)

110 Look, they just don't want bad publicity. The last thing they want is all kinds of dirtbags descending on their stores this holiday weekend stirring up shit and making customers nervous. That's what it comes down to. They'll never learn--or they'll learn the hard way.

There are no Publix stores in my area--or in my region--to boycott.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 25, 2018 04:06 PM (7uYFy)

111 Because NOT shorting them, yesterday, was a bad idea.

Posted by: garrett at May 25, 2018 04:02 PM (di+2x)

Privately held...I think mostly by employees.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 25, 2018 04:07 PM (wYseH)

112 Seems to me that for the amount of time Camera Hogg seemed to not spend in school he shouldn't have been able to graduate, but I guess rules are different for kids of progressives who live in progressive cities.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2018 04:07 PM (vw6r3)

113 Hot fake blonde Cheryl Casone has replaced big- mouthed Melissa Francis today. She is wearing some nearly fluorescent red-with-a-tint-of-orange number.

And floor-trading wench Nicole Petallides is wearing her sexy tight pink dress with the black zipper that goes down the front. Grrrrr......

The stock story today is the drop in oil prices, like 4% today.
Ummm....I think that is long term a good thing overall.
But, the talking heads always need to scream about something.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at May 25, 2018 04:07 PM (8iiMU)

114 Get one for Li'l Hitler Hogg, then out him.
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I think last time the Hogg made demands NRA memberships went up dramatically. Didn't Loesh or the other Board Members thank him for his support?

Posted by: mustbequantum at May 25, 2018 04:08 PM (MIKMs)

115 Ya remember how everyone says, "If I could only go back in time, I'd kill Hitler."?

Posted by: RI Red at May 25, 2018 04:08 PM (zkOmb)

116 nood

Posted by: m at May 25, 2018 04:08 PM (0bRDi)

117 Publix is the only supermarket I've ever been in where you buy bait. Not good bait but still came in handy in a pinch.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 25, 2018 04:09 PM (/tuJf)

118 I'm actually afraid for this little shit Hogg. He's pissing off a lot of people --and it only takes ONE to go too far.
He's just a dopey kid when you get right down to it....

Posted by: JoeF. at May 25, 2018 04:09 PM (7uYFy)

119 I never even heard of Publix before. Looking at
their website, the nearest one is in Fredericksburg, VA. That's a mite
inconvenient for grocery shopping. So I will continue to not shop
there.

Posted by: rickl at May 25, 2018 03:57 PM (xjiRE)

That is reasonable, that is what a normal would do. But the Left does not play it that way. They have massive internet groups all ready to tweet, retweet and whatever other crap they do. These guys hadn't heard of Publix either, and they don't care where it does business. . They get orders and respond en masse. Now they know they can get pretty much any company to bow down. Hell, they took out the entire rental car industry in a week.

Posted by: Quint at May 25, 2018 04:10 PM (n13/j)

120 I would be surprised if Publix did not have an elite Board of Directors, and not a Worker's Committee running things....

Posted by: kraken at May 25, 2018 04:05 PM (zSVEm)

Yeah, I am intrigued and might look into it. But this owned by employees thing sounds like a bunch of BS. I am sure some "employees" are more equal than others. I doubt the janitor is sitting in a lot of board meetings.

Posted by: Quint at May 25, 2018 04:13 PM (n13/j)

121 How exactly do companies perform assessments like "if I succumb to this SJW bullying and cave, it will cost me X, but if I resist it will cost me Y for such and so months, until people forget".

It seems to me as if they are overestimating the effects of twitter protests and making miscalculations.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 25, 2018 04:15 PM (/qEW2)

122
Nice job Publix. On the weekeend that we remember the brave men and women who fought and died for the Constitution you cave to a bully that is trying to strip people of their 2nd Amendment Constitutional right

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at May 25, 2018 04:19 PM (10vO4)

123 Wow. So the First Amendment is dead at Publix.

Good to know.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 25, 2018 04:19 PM (SeyTv)

124
My letter to Publix -

Allow me to congratulate you for your craven public caving to bullying from the full-of-himself Constitutional scholar, Mr. David Hogg. As a long-established enterprise, I had thought that your stance in the public marketplace would have been dictated by things more substantial than a sniveling attention whore who has corraled the press' attention for this week. It appears that you will learn your lesson about what actually represents a mature and well-considered public position the hard way.

I will state for the record that I am not one of your regular customers, but when our household travels to Florida on vacations, we more often than not have purchased groceries from your stores. Thank you for making it perfectly clear that those of us who support the God-given rights secured for us by the Second Amendment do not have a fellow traveler in you or your organization. Having such knowledge allows us to share the fruits of our labors with those in whom we can place our trust when the enemies of these inalienable freedoms come to suppress or extinguish such rights.

I wish you all the benefits you so richly deserve for being so craven.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 25, 2018 04:21 PM (NoLse)

125 Here's the publix contact site where you can leave a message. It won't do much good to gripe about it here.

https://corporate.publix.com/contact (for email)

Phone number 1-800-242-1227

Posted by: girldog at May 25, 2018 04:22 PM (g5YYQ)

126 Why wasn't I consulted?

Posted by: Retired strike busting goon at May 25, 2018 04:23 PM (7PllL)

127 I do the grocery shopping for the family and -- until this afternoon -- Publix has been my usual grocery store. Just sent Public corporate an e-mail telling them I will be shopping more at Kroger's and less with them. And why.
.
Henceforth, Publix will be 'neutral' about support for public affairs -- like Delta Air Lines.
.
Oh! Did you know? Mr. Hogg tweeted a 'thank you' to Delta yesterday for the FOUR charter flghts Delta put on so he could fly to DC and protest the 2nd Amendment. Delta management had been saying THREE charters. That's what their CEO describes as 'being neutral.'

Posted by: RNB at May 25, 2018 04:25 PM (DjjZJ)

128 Isn't this outright blackmail? Why is this allowed?

Also for the record, my gut tells me David Hogg is probably going to take his own life someday. I don't know why I think that. And I'm not one of those people who would rejoice in that or tell him to, I think that's evil.

It's just that fragility positively screams from every single part of him. I hope someone who loves him (obviously not his parents because they have encouraged this) can step in before it's too late.

Posted by: JJTownsend1977 at May 25, 2018 04:28 PM (PsdJu)

129 To be fair, nobody understands Florida.

Looks like a Wang.

Filled with crazy shit that tries to kill you.

Some of it is the Wildlife.

Good Fishing.
Posted by: garrett at May 25, 2018 04:03 PM

There was a true crime show on ID Discovery called The Truth is Stranger than Florida.

Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at May 25, 2018 04:31 PM (2NqXo)

130 So, from that nbc6 tweet, we learn that @Publix suspends corporate funded political contributions. Did they also cough up the requested-by-Hitler $1mil? I'm not seeing a full story anywhere on this, yet.

Posted by: m at May 25, 2018 04:32 PM (0bRDi)

131 https://corporate.publix.com/contact

Tell 'em how you feel. You do it here.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 25, 2018 04:32 PM (Y9uH4)

132 Delenda est?

Posted by: George LeS at May 25, 2018 04:33 PM (59GGI)

133
>>To be fair, nobody understands Florida.
Looks like a Wang.
Filled with crazy shit that tries to kill you.

Florida - America's Australia

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 25, 2018 04:33 PM (IqV8l)

134 I just did some quick math and figured that I've spent well over $100,000 in their stores over the years. That is a low estimate.

No more.

Posted by: girldog at May 25, 2018 04:35 PM (g5YYQ)

135 Will Dickman's Rendering be next or will they roll the Hogg?

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at May 25, 2018 04:36 PM (KxbBq)

136 Here's a Miami Herald story on the capitulation:

https://preview.tinyurl.com/yckyrpex

Posted by: m at May 25, 2018 04:42 PM (0bRDi)

137 Wonder what those cameramen and reporters think when they're giving serious airtime to a ditzy highschooler?

Posted by: m at May 25, 2018 04:44 PM (0bRDi)

138 Lost my business forever.

Posted by: Steve at May 25, 2018 04:52 PM (cOANc)

139 I don't think there's a Publix near me, and now I won't bother to find out.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 25, 2018 05:00 PM (l9m7l)

140 Wrote Publix shopped only there during the 20 years I was there. i want my money back. Told them we'll see who spent more money with them. Davids Hoggs group or all the poeple who they have now offended by submitting to Hoggs blackmail.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at May 25, 2018 05:20 PM (DdV1P)

141 They stopped contributions, but didn't pay anything of the 1M asked for?

Not worth a boycott yet. I'm ok with neutral companies.

It is an example of the Alinksy shifting though.

Posted by: goodluckduck at May 25, 2018 05:30 PM (rwaEp)

142 Thanks you've just empowered a thug and a bully, I can shop else where.

Posted by: Rose at May 25, 2018 05:38 PM (qHeFI)

143 Up until now, I've done nearly all my grocery shopping at Publix. I think I'm going to go to one of their stores this weekend, fill up my cart with my usual stuff, then leave the cart sitting in an aisle with a note attached explaining my displeasure and showing them exactly how much money they lost.

Posted by: Ex-liberal at May 25, 2018 05:58 PM (R1mDg)

144 Who did McCabe fuck on that $70000 table?

Posted by: toraboraUs.

Posted by: GnuBreed at May 25, 2018 06:05 PM (0ogQG)

145 SO there's not one business that will fight back against a kid with a media microphone? We are just going to be controlled by gun haters and liberals? NO ONE fights back?

Posted by: AnnaS at May 25, 2018 06:20 PM (l4l/z)

146 GnuBreed you'd be surprised. Years ago I knew of a Senator from a Rocky Mountain state (and yes he was a Democrat and a good friend of Teddy Kennedy and some Democrat Senator from Louisiana) who shtupped his ugliest female assistant on the floor of his office. Well I thought she was ugly and concluded the dude or "Senatorial dud" had lousy judgment. And the floor was probably dirty.

Now that's not the case with McCabe's conference table. I'm willing to bet (or at least fantasize) that McCabe's subordinate "Sroker" Strozk banged Ms. Paige good and hard on that table. Sort of breaking it in as it were.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at May 25, 2018 06:40 PM (Sda6L)

147 To be fair, I have a certain amount of sympathy for companies that just want to wash their hands of political controversy and stay neutral, which is what Publix appears to be trying to do here. However, if a company is going to do this, the best strategy is to wait out the controversy and then quietly make the changes later, when nobody's paying attention.

Just put out some boilerplate about "we welcome input from all our customers" yadda yadda yadda until the mob goes away, then quietly change your policies to be more neutral. When you very publicly make such changes in direct response to a Red Guard mob, you just look like a weakling giving in to bullies, and you're inviting bullies to push you around some more.

Sure, today they're just "suspending all donations," but next it will be agreeing to pay ransoms to a panoply of crazed leftist groups. Then it will be affirmatively signaling their alignment with these activist groups in their advertising. And on and on and on. That's how companies get converged.

Just ONCE I'd like a company to ignore the leftist mob. You'd think at least one company would realize there's a big market opportunity there.

Posted by: Ex-liberal at May 25, 2018 06:45 PM (R1mDg)

148 I have sand in my vagina

Posted by: pUBLIX at May 25, 2018 07:17 PM (FTPVM)

149 Best path forward...

Get a group of folks and go down to the Publix and stage a "die in" claiming you're part of the Hogg organization. This should piss off Publix.

Make lots of popcorn

Posted by: SMOD at May 25, 2018 09:05 PM (e8kgV)

150 Publix pretty much sucks, in general, so they never had our support to begin with.

My question is, how do we resist this soiboi, if the corporations won't? What is our plan?!!!

Posted by: Joe Bar at May 25, 2018 09:06 PM (wexIo)

151 Ah Publix, the publix I have been in startles the customer used to the lower prices and same products from Ingles, which stuns the customer with it's higher prices than Walmart.
Publix, you are an overpriced, over rated purveyor of groceries.
Kneeling before the SJW/Virtue Signalling will only make you lose money.
Kneeling before a l'il Twit makes you look weak.
C'ya well actually not I never did C'ya in the first place.

Posted by: obsidian at May 26, 2018 10:26 AM (ARK2U)

152 I just let Publix know through their website that they are dead to me.

Posted by: Dude at May 26, 2018 01:35 PM (9XizI)

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