re: #136 Jay C

Funny thing though: campaigns to punish advertisers for running ads on disapproved-of shows always seem to be more effective than the huffy “boycotts” wingers like to announce in response. Advertisers can be obviously seen to pull ads (and affect the outlets’ revenue: reputedly, Rush Limbaugh’s show is now a red-ink generator thanks to public campaigns): but very few of them seem to have their bottom-lines harmed by RW boycotts (or lefty ones for that matter).

As far as I can tell, rightwingers simply don’t boycott well. They scream about boycotting something they’re never or rarely going to purchase (high-end sportscars, for example) or they say they’re going to boycott and then immediately break their own boycott because they apparently have no short-term memory (Disney, Budweiser, the NFL).