Voting With Dollars
While I was filling in for Todd Starnes on his national show yesterday, the topic of Direct TV booting Newsmax from their selection of channels came up a fair amount. Direct TV says it’s a financial issue, but Newsmax says it’s censorship of conservative views—and there’s plenty of evidence to support that, given how Direct TV tossed One American Network News from the system a year ago.
Some, including President Trump, have pledged to stop doing business not only with Direct TV, but with AT&T, Direct TV’s parent company.
More than one caller joined our national conversation, including one who said he got so mad about it that he called his broker to sell off all his stock in AT&T. When I asked him if that might lead to a financial loss, he said he didn’t care—that he could not invest in a business that took action like this against Newsmax.
Another called to say he had sold off his holdings in woke companies—all but one share of stock in each. The reason? Because as a shareholder, he was a part-owner and eligible to vote for members of the board, policy changes that come before shareholders, and more—even attending the annual meetings, if he wished.
As I’ve said before, sometimes it’s hard to have optimism, given how crazy so many things are in our lives these days. No, you alone can’t fix the problems we face…but you alone can do what you #can# do—not giving woke companies your hard-earned money, cancelling services when you can find an alternative that suits you better, etc.
No one of us can affect massive change. But massive amounts of us working individually can. So perhaps think of one thing you can do, however small…you’ll feel better for doing it, and who knows…you could be triggering a movement.
