{"id":350165,"date":"2018-02-28T10:32:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T09:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-boycotts-against-nra-have-backfire-effect-galvanize-conservatives\/"},"modified":"2018-02-28T10:32:29","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T09:32:29","slug":"prison-planet-com-boycotts-against-nra-have-backfire-effect-galvanize-conservatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-boycotts-against-nra-have-backfire-effect-galvanize-conservatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Boycotts Against NRA Have Backfire Effect, Galvanize Conservatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/02\/25\/nra-boycott-backfires\/\"><strong>Daily Caller<\/strong><\/a><br \/>February 26, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>The liberal campaign against the NRA has successfully pressured some companies to sever their partnerships with the gun rights group but it\u2019s having another, unintended effect: galvanizing conservatives who feel the NRA has been unfairly attacked.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Liberal activist groups turned the NRA into a scapegoat for the Florida school shooting that left 17 people dead and immediately launched a pressure campaign meant to weaken the NRA, which touts itself as the nation\u2019s longest-standing civil rights organization.<\/p>\n<p>Liberals have threatened boycott campaigns against companies like FedEx, for having discount partnerships with NRA members. On that front, the activists have had some success, as several companies including United Airlines and Delta Airlines caved to the pressure and severed their ties with the NRA. Left-wing website ThinkProgress, a project of the George Soros-funded Center for American Progress, has since <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/juddlegum\/status\/967848888458768391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">taken credit<\/a> for launching that boycott campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Two left-wing gun control groups,\u00a0Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense and Everytown for Gun Safety, are pressuring Amazon, Apple and Google to ban the NRA\u2019s channel from their streaming platforms. So far, their censorship campaign has been unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/02\/25\/nra-boycott-backfires\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Monday, February 26, 2018  at  7:49 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/boycotts-against-nra-have-backfire-effect-galvanize-conservatives.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/boycotts-against-nra-have-backfire-effect-galvanize-conservatives.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily CallerFebruary 26, 2018 The liberal campaign against the NRA has successfully pressured some companies to sever their partnerships with the gun rights group but it\u2019s having another, unintended effect: galvanizing conservatives who feel the NRA has been unfairly attacked. 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