year of the boycott

When i was in junior high or thereabouts there was a long list of brands that my family avoided buying the products of because they supported Planned Parenthood. Off hand i remember that we stopped buying GeneralMills, Johnson&Johnson, and Betty Crocker, just to name a few. That was the first time i remember noticing that we bought generic versions of cereal and other foods. I don't know that it hurt those companies, and i doubt my parents wrote them letters, but i know that it made me feel unsullied.

After the elections results were posted i really felt like boycotting Hollywood. The trouble is that i don't know which directors, producers, and actors are liberals. Many times it feels like they all are, but i know there are exceptions such as Angie Harmon, Bruce Willis, and Patricia Heaton. Well today on Twitter i came across an article talking about anti-gun supporters and it may surprise you.  Levi Strauss (beloved of the 49ers), Sly Stallone, George Clooney (didn't he just make an assassin film not so long ago)?  Why would Sly be trying to put himself out of business?  Oh well, they always did rub me the wrong way.

I think that with the internet boycotting will be a lot easier, to get the lists, to read the facts, to tweet it in their faces.  What to boycott?  I'll start with the NRA list of those who are anti-gun.  I'll look into buying fewer things that are made in China and/or sweatshops.  Another Planned Parenthood boycott wouldn't be amiss.  And i am definitely concerned about making sure i see films that promote ideals that i believe in rather than a Progressive agenda.

So unfortunately it looks like i won't be wearing new Levis any time soon or eating Sara Lee poundcake.  But some of these celebrities astonish me.  RDA has been sending mixed signals for over a decade (Stargate was definitely pro-gun, but MacGyver not so much), but Mark Harmon, Benjamin Bratt, Drew Barrymore, Kevin Costner, Matt Damon, Dennis Quaid?  Astonishing, considering they have played cops, an angel, cowboys, assassins, soldiers.  Sean Connery apparently feels that only 007 should get to carry heat (like that's going to happen).  Time Warner is so broad that i don't know if i can avoid it entirely.  And Sprint...i use their cell phone towers.  I don't know if i can afford to switch.  A distressingly large number of people on this list are celebrities that i enjoy films of.  Is there a list of actors that are pro-gun?