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Re: time to reconsider using Amazon
« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2018, 03:25:18 PM »
Which they try to offset by those smiley face benign old-timers greeting people as they sit at the front door.  Hmm...come to think of it, maybe I should apply. :)
Uhh...on the other hand, I think I'm having second thoughts.  :facepalm:

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Re: time to reconsider using Amazon
« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2018, 03:57:35 PM »
Does Walmart use the SPLC to make its policies?  Is Walmart specifically anti-Catholic or anti-Christian?

There are thousands of options to Walmart, Amazon, Home Depot, Target, etc.  Get online and find them if you are so inspired.

1. No, there are not 1000's of options, especially for the large bulky items that I mentioned.
2. I am not so inspired. I don't have the time to research, nor drive for hours to get to a place that isn't Home Depot for my concrete. Gas is expensive. I have a big family that won't fit in a so called "smart" vehicle. I have a family to raise and a life to live. Ditto for paying more. I am not so wealthy that I can afford to pay more for everything. So the cheapest stores (that rely on volume rather than high markup) will get my business.

You can't buy 80 lb bags of concrete online. It's not economically feasible to ship large items like a 10 foot 2x4, or a heavy bag of concrete. Such things must be bought locally. Alternative local sources either exist or they don't, depending on where you live. There's no room for mystery or debate there.

Maybe in the 1950's or 1970's there were local stores to sell you this stuff, but not anymore. The big box stores have taken over. It's a shame, I'm not happy about it, but that's the reality we face today: we either buy from them, or do without. I have made my choice; everyone else is free and welcome to make theirs.

I will also point out -- big box stores didn't take over on MY watch, it was the Baby Boomers who oversaw the destruction of the majority of small businesses and mom & pop stores. When Wal-mart was taking over all across the country, I was just out of high school. It's the Baby Boomers who wanted the convenience, etc. They (as a group) actually had a choice, and they made their choice.



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Re: time to reconsider using Amazon
« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2018, 04:19:27 PM »
All I'm saying is that it is time to make some hard choices.

There are enough businesses out there that are not actively anti-Catholic and/or anti-Christian to do business with, we don't need to lick the boot that kicks us.

What if all the grocery stores near you supported the LGBT movement, liberalism, political correctness, etc.

Would you die of hunger for your principles, would you move, or would you *gasp* compromise?

Personally, I'm compromising my principles completely in the area of shopping. I have completely given up on sticking to any principles in this area. It's the exact opposite of how I am with regards to resisting Vatican II (where I'm ready to do anything, even die, for my beliefs).

Perhaps it's because resisting Vatican II is required to be a Catholic, or to save one's soul. It's important, and will have a direct effect on my children. But Divine and Church law say absolutely nothing about supporting a Home Depot that makes generous contributions to sodomite causes. (I also remember there was a small anti-Abortion protest outside a new Target, many years ago, in the Midwest city I grew up in.) Furthermore, there are so few REAL (7 days a week) Catholics today that we're not going to change anything in this regard. Half the country wants the criminal Hillary for president, for crying out loud!

The Church teaches that as long as you are not personally, directly donating to the sodomites or Freemasons, you're in the clear. If that wasn't the case, we'd all be in trouble -- or living a very different lifestyle than we live today (think: Bear Grylls)

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Re: time to reconsider using Amazon
« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2018, 04:35:33 PM »
Amazon and Walmart are very close competitors for the items I typically buy, but I generally opt for Amazon because they not only give me a kick back through their credit card, but, ironically, they also give a few pennies to my chosen organization... currently the Texas Homeschool Coalition. For every 1 good organization that has been unjustly banned from the program, there are hundreds which have not.

Re: time to reconsider using Amazon
« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2018, 05:54:46 PM »
I'm not saying "be ridiculously scrupulous" about your purchasing decisions.  Don't emote, just think.