Reader comments from www.advocate.com. (The Advocate Poll).* "The tactic of boycotting advertisers and companies has been used by right-wingers for decades. It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to give these bigots a taste of their own medicine." * "Boycotting as a whole is overrated Overrated was a Horde World of Warcraft guild, based on the US Black Dragonflight Realm. On November 2 2006, the majority of the guild members were indefinitely banned from the game for use of (or directly benefiting from) a third-party "wall-hack", used to bypass content . If you do not like a product, don't buy it. If you don't like the fact that a company advertises on a show you don't like, get a life." * "Except for Michael Savage's views on gays, I agree with him on everything else!" * "I wouldn't boycott, although I find Michael Savage Michael Savage may refer to:
hurt - give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" what he says." * "Any corporation claiming citizenship in this man's savage nation isn't worth my patronage." * "Your Savage Nation poll has been 'FReeped.'" [The right-wing Web site FreeRepublic.com directed its visitors to Advocate.com to vote no in an attempt to skew (1) The misalignment of a document or punch card in the feed tray or hopper that prohibits it from being scanned or read properly. (2) In facsimile, the difference in rectangularity between the received and transmitted page. the results in Savage's favor.--Ed.] THE ADVOCATE POLL SPONSORED BY SUBARU In the April 1 issue, readers were asked: Would you boycott products of companies that advertise on shows like The Savage Nation? Yes 54% No 42% Undecided 4% Note: Table made from pie chart. |
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