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  1. Junkieturtle

    Junkieturtle Well-Known Member Donor

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    Please. This forum is full of right-wingers who do the same exact thing. Pretending it's only left-wingers is nonsense at best and outright dishonesty at worst.

    Here's the real truth. It's a human thing. Some people will do it, others won't. It's got nothing to do with what side of the aisle you're on.
     
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    Go MAGA, get broke.
     
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    Due to his unhinged obsession/addiction with Trump and voter fraud Mike is a cash cow for years now with all the latest batshit conspiracies,charlatans and loony politicians.

    He has paid out 10's of millions to lawyers,so called forensic experts,ex-intelligence, his symposiums,he pays travel,lodging for quacks on and on.

    All which led him to being sued by Dominions and Smartmatic.

    He's paying for all of Kari Lakes lawyers, he did the same for the disgraced Tina Peters and god knows who else he financially backed.


    The list of self-serving moochers is endless and Mike's family/true friends stepping in for some kind of intervention is long gone.

    It's quite sad and obvious that Mike is mentally unwell, for starters, with all his insane predictions giving dates when the SCOTUS will vote and Trump would be back in office and keeps making a complete fool out of himself yet the Republicans/charlatans have no problem continuing to milk him and continuing to use and abuse a man who believes just about any insane conspiracy.
     
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    Russian oligarchs? Saudis?
     
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    I was about to type the same thing. I don't care for Lindell much, but if they shut down, there will be some American workers who will lose their jobs.
    Lindell had what amounted to a fad going on, like "Sham-wow", and should have realized that the success would wane as time went on, which means he needed to come up with a better business plan, but instead chose to get involved in the political scene. That may have even hurt his sales.
    His business suffered from his poor business plan and poor choices, including blowing a bunch of money for nothing.
    Good luck to his employees finding another job!
    Good thing there seems to be jobs available. If you're one of them, consider moving to Eastern N. Carolina. Lots of manufacturing jobs open here!
     
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    And medical schools too... where mental illnesses are taught....

    Lindell Syndrome
     
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    My Pillow will go the way of Idi Vit-Amins and Pol Pot-stickers....

    Come to think of it, I can't remember the last time I saw a My Pillow commercial.... I guess Mike can only afford to advertise on NewsMax these days...
     
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    And Fox, he's all through out the day on Fox.
     
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  9. jcarlilesiu

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    Having different opinions than somebody doesn't make then a jerk, that's snowflake speak.

    I work with, both as customers and vendors that I don't agree with politically.

    That's called being an adult.
     
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    All conservatives should boycott liberal owned businesses! Oh, wait. Never mind, they all work for the government or own some random herbal tea yoga studio that acts like a gallary specializing in local shitty art.
     
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    jcarlilesiu Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Force people to buy one?

    Where do you get this stuff?
     
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    jcarlilesiu Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Apples to Buicks.

    When you buy one of these pillows, and voluntary and elective transaction, is there something in the packaging pushing a conservative narrative? Does the sale come with a lecture about conservatism you have to sit through?

    If I boycotted the NFL because I didn't like the political stance of the commissioner, that would be silly. Paying money to see men play football, and being subjected to their disrespect of the national anthem and flag is not what I paid for.

    Nice try.
     
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    When Lindell gave up drugs and alcohol he became addicted to religion, which is not that uncommon for ex-addicts then along came Trump and the "big lie" which he then incorporated into his religious addiction.
    He does have the platform and the money to do what he wants with.
    That "God" endorses his voter fraud business and that "God" chose Trump is talking for their Christian "God" who conveniently has the same political beliefs as he does..lol

    'Mike Lindell says God endorses his pursuit of election-fraud claims'
    'The Christian Evangelical has also said he beileves God chose Trump to be president.'

    snip:

    "I have over probably 50 to 70 people that I pay, that all they're doing is on this election,” Lindell, 60, said in an interview. “I guess Cause of America would be a little piece of that.” The group helps connect other groups with lawyers.


    Lindell, who says he is a former cocaine addict and attributes his reform to his Christian faith, has said he believes God chose Trump to be president. Now Lindell says God endorses his pursuit of election-fraud claims.


    “God has given me an amazing platform,” he said. “I’m using it the best I can.”


    very-very long article with a lot of info I had not read before,
    https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-705444
     
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    How many millions do ya think Lindell paid the person who came up with this so-called evidence?
    Mike's a tragicomedy.


    U.S.
    'Mike Lindell Claims He Has Election Fraud Evidence To Jail Millions 'For Life'
    BY JENNI FINK ON 1/12/22 AT 3:01 PM EST

    "We already have all the pieces of the puzzle," Lindell said. "When you talk about evidence, we have enough evidence to put everybody in prison for life –300 some million people."

    It's unclear who Lindell was referencing when he mentioned 300 million people (according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the current population of the U.S. stands at just over 332 million). It's also unclear what evidence he has that could prove a criminal act occurred or what crime he believes he can prove."


    https://www.newsweek.com/mike-linde...ion-fraud-evidence-jail-millions-life-1668743
     
  15. Izzy

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    When talking about Lindell and his spending/wasting by now 50 (?) million on the "big lie" you can not separate it from his religious beliefs about himself.

    'Mike Lindell Cites 'Divine Appointments,' Prophet's Words to Explain Affinity for Trump'
    BY JASON LEMON ON 6/19/21 AT 11:47 AM EDT

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    "During a Friday speech at the Health and Freedom Conference in Tampa, Florida, the controversial businessman touted the "divine" manner he was introduced to the former president.

    "Divine things started happening to me ... I was picked out of 12 people to pray with [former 2016 Republican presidential candidate and Trump's former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development] Ben Carson in a room at the National Prayer Breakfast," Lindell explained.

    He remarked that "this one prophet guy, he said, 'A couple of you in this room are going to become great friends and change—and help change the course of history.'"


    Lindell said that this took place when Carson was still running for president. "Anyway, these divine appointments kept happening all the way up to where I met Donald Trump in the summer of 2016." The audience began to cheer when the MyPillow CEO made this remark.

    cont:
    https://www.newsweek.com/mike-linde...prophets-words-explain-affinity-trump-1602266
     
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    At least we don’t cheer the government doing it like you people do. If you call personal boycotts fascism I would hate to see what you call a state government attacking private businesses due to disagreement.

    Oh wait, you support that! Should tell everyone everything they need to know about this narrative
     
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    It’s not fascism, it’s called capitalism. 20 years ago, Republican used to believe in Capitalism. In capitalism, consumer are always right and as a business owner your job is to provide what consumer wants.

    I don’t like Lindell and I will not buy his product. Same goes for any business in America, if they don’t make me happy , I will not buy their product. This is the fundamental of capitalism.

    Lindell business going down because 70% us GDP are in Blue state. We don’t like his politics and we will not give him our hard earn money. That’s how Capitalism works.
     
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    Are you saying I need to give my hard earn money to people who I disagree with ?

    Do I have freedom not to give my hard earn money to people I don’t agree politically?

    Real political extremis is that you think despite my political differences I need to give my hard earn money to someone who’s view is completely different then mine.
     
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    The modern GOP /MAGA people don’t believe in capitalism.
     
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    Except when it conveniently isn't, eh?

    There's also a long list of companies Trump told Republicans/Conservatives to boycott.

     
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    It would be very interesting to see that list of lenders. I suspect those 'poor bastards' are likely idiots with Right leaning political views.
     
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    NewsMax/Fox

    Tomato/Tomahto...
     
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    If God chose Trump to be president, he's either really bad at math or isn't fully read into our Electoral College system...

    I thank you for reading that very-very long article about Mike Lindell so I don't have to...
     
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    I had to google these, they didn't even sound familiar. Even after googling neither were familiar.

    I assume he has radio advertisements still as well.

    I'll never understand someone who owns a business taking sides politically. It just makes no sense to me.
     
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    Lindell has different opinions than I do?

    Here I thought he wad a viciously stupid, anti-American ass that suffers from delusions and views a 80 year old who paints himself orange as a god.
     
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