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A couple of years ago I lost my job at a small Virginia newspaper when liberal Democrats threatened a boycott unless my column was pulled.

I learned then, that the Left – supposed advocates of free speech, democracy and diversity – are a well organized and wide spread collection of fascists determined to outlaw ideas that offend them, personally attack those who oppose them, and destroy the livelihoods of those who disagree with them.

I grew up in an area where the Democratic Party power brokers openly refer to themselves as the “Clarkton Mafia,” so I’m used to hard nosed politics. I wasn’t surprised to learn of a national effort dubbed, “Buy Blue”. Buy Blue, along with the “Conservative Boycott List” and “Don’t Feed the Beast” are part of a national effort by liberals to punish those who oppose them politically, and to starve the conservative movement of its funding by cutting off the revenue of its donors.



Last week I began touring the state of North Carolina, promoting The North Carolina Conservative. The North Carolina Conservative is a boldly conservative newspaper, so we knew there was no point in courting liberals either as advertisers or subscribers – they don’t support us, and we don’t want them (although, a little fertilizer does aid growth, so maybe we should allow one or two). However, many companies only purchase ads through agencies, so this necessitated pitching our publication to advertising firms. Immediately, the liberal contempt surfaced, when the president of an Asheville, NC based advertising firm responded to our introductory letter, “I would not recommend to any of my clients that they advertise in your newspaper, because I have committed my life to fighting the evil and destructive lies of conservatives that are ruining our nation.”



Fair enough; we don’t want her business anyway. We’d love the money, but this newspaper is by and for conservatives. If liberals want to vote with their pocketbooks, then more power to them. However, as we toured the state and spoke to conservative business people, it became clear that their businesses were being hurt by the liberal boycotts. For instance, a restaurant owner in Chapel Hill, NC had the temerity to place a Bush/Cheney sign in his business. For this, the local Democrats launched a public campaign to drive him out of business. His lunch clientele has nearly disappeared. In Boone, NC an antique store owner was threatened with a lawsuit for offending a pair of lesbians by displaying a Christian symbol in front of his business. In Whiteville, NC an auto dealer experienced a more drastic reprisal for daring to publicly challenge the Democratic machine that runs his county – his vehicles were egged. This is happening in a red state!



Decades ago, liberals began networking to support each other and further their leftist goals. This is why college faculties and government bureaucracies are almost uniformly comprised of Democrats (and unaffiliated liberal nutballs). In the private sector, green, feminist and gay groups recommend liberal friendly businesses for their members to invest in. Gays, especially, network effectively by placing rainbow flags and stickers on their businesses as identifiers.



I propose that conservatives engage in a reverse boycott. In North Carolina, I hope The North Carolina Conservative will become an effective vehicle to know what businesses support conservatism. Nationally, conservatives can identify and support each other by organizing. In each state, and nationally, there should be a registry of conservative owned businesses. Conservative owned businesses should also begin identifying themselves publicly with symbols. For instance, if I drove into an unfamiliar town, looking for a place to get lunch, fill up my car with gas or stay the night, if I saw a business with a conservative slogan in the window (or any conservative message), I would patronize that business.



If we do this nationwide, it may do more to promote conservative values, conservative politics and a sense of unity and community than anything else we can do. Imagine stepping into an unfamiliar restaurant that had a conservative identifier out front and a conservative talk radio station playing in the background – it would be a sign that here, you are among friends. Conversation would flow more easily, business deals would happen spontaneously, political clubs and church groups would know where to meet on friendly ground, etc. If conservatives can network well, we may all become rich and ready to take over arty little resort towns one day… just like gays!


JUDSON COX

Judson Cox is a political columnist from the mountains of North Carolina. He is quickly gaining recognition as one of the most popular and influential voices of his generation. As a college student, President of the Foundation for Conservative American Values and Editor In Chief of the North Carolina Conservative (soon to be North Carolina’s largest circulation newspaper) he has a unique perspective on matters of politics, economics and culture. Judson Cox is a member of "Right Writers of America"

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