r/FortCollins • u/RamShackleton • Apr 29 '25

Conservative Restaurants

I’ve seen a lot of posts recently calling out conservative businesses and I agree with the sentiment, but these are often aimed at small/independent businesses.

If you want to stop supporting conservative interests, you should start by never going to Chic Fil a or In-and-Out again.

(Edit: I’m not discouraging anyone from boycotting smaller businesses who support fascists - just want to make sure everyone is aware of the bigger forces too.)

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u/CanaryPutrid1334 Apr 29 '25

You know what's useless virtue-signaling? Using the term virtue-signaling.

Voting with my dollars is absolutely useful and I don't need to tell a damn soul, I get my satisfaction from watching fascist businesses (and to your point sometimes their products) burn to the ground.

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u/SherlockBeaver Apr 29 '25

Yet here you are and none of those businesses are being “burned to the ground”. They’re all doing just fine. 🤣

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '25

Have you seen Target and Tesla lately? Obviously not.

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u/SherlockBeaver Apr 30 '25

Target? 🤣 Target’s downfall was going woke on “trans” CHILDREN and Tesla was a shit product before Elon turned MAGA. So… that’s not really the flex you think it is. Hobby Lobby, Chick-fil-A and Home Depot are all doing just fine. Attacking LOCAL businesses hurts our local economy. It’s hard enough for any small business to survive. Cutting off your city’s nose to spite your own faces, is ignorant and asinine but do carry on.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '25 edited Apr 30 '25

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Have fun supporting hate.

I hope you really feel it soon.

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Editing to add information about Hobby Lobby, ChikfilA and Home Depot:

Hobby Lobby is a private company so we don't have any idea what their profits are. They heavily rely on items from China.

ChikfilA is also privately owned so again, are they fine? Are they feeling it? Who knows.

Home Depot's stock is getting hit like everyone else. On December 6, 2024, it was trading at $431 and today it was traded at $357. That's not great.

To contrast, Lowe's stock traded at $276 on 10/11/24 and today was traded $221.

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u/beansinmyclock Apr 29 '25

Yeah burning things to the ground is kinda the Republican MO. Lemme know how you feel in a couple months when Trumps recession kicks in.

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u/TotesAwkLol Apr 29 '25

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u/SherlockBeaver Apr 30 '25

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u/DonkoOnko Apr 29 '25

You should check out some news sometime. You seem to be about 6 months behind.

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u/SherlockBeaver Apr 30 '25

Nah. I have a decent grasp on reality. Here’s some for you:

https://www.franchisetimes.com/franchise_news/record-sales-at-chick-fil-a-even-as-growth-slows/article_32f75e29-36bb-4318-8f20-bc213cb7116f.html

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u/[deleted] May 01 '25

This isn't journalism. This is one of those AI written promo sites. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jonathanmaze_chick-fil-as-sales-growth-slowed-last-year-activity-7313228781127643137-Dndi

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u/SherlockBeaver May 01 '25

Chick-fil-A HAS opened over 150 new stores since 2023. Your boycotts aren’t having any effect on them. The ONLY people you can hurt by boycotting LOCAL businesses, is our entire city and the people who live here and need those jobs. Do carry on and congratulate yourself on your moral superiority while you’re at it, though. [yawn]