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Thu Jan-08-04 03:43 PM
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What is the "Don't shop Day" all about? |
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I've heard it from The Ed Schultz show just a few minutes ago.
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Thu Jan-08-04 03:47 PM
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1. well I just looked in activism and events |
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I don't see anything about it there . This is the first I'm hearing about it on the Ed Shultz show that is .
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Thu Jan-08-04 03:50 PM
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2. Me too! Mr. Shultz said that this came from junior. |
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By the way how do you spell Ed's last name?
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Thu Jan-08-04 03:51 PM
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3. It's an antidote to affluenza |
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A consumer-empowerment day to say no to consumption. I think it's called 'buy-nothing' day.
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Thu Jan-08-04 04:00 PM
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4. It is a thoroughly racist initiative sponsored by Americanpatrol.com |
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See here: http://www.americanpatrol.com/FEATURES/031228-DONT-SHOP-DAY-JAN-12/031228_Feature.htmlThey seem to be a bunch of chauvenists obsessed with immigration control, especially where it involves brown skinned people.
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Thu Jan-08-04 04:05 PM
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5. It's called "Buy Nothing Day" |
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The idea is to strike a blow to consumerism. I believe it was started by the Media Foundation, which is the group that puts out the magazine Adbusters. I recommend checking it out if you haven't, although the magazine is often times just a whine fest.
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Thu Jan-08-04 04:11 PM
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Buy Nothing Day is Nov. 29th the busiest shopping day of the year and sponsored by Adbusters
this other thing looks like something else
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Thu Jan-08-04 04:42 PM
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7. A good article from an Arizona newspaper |
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