Steve Pope wrote:

> MaryMc > wrote:
>
>> Blinky the Shark > said:
>
>>> Steve Pope wrote:
>
>>>> Even back when I ate fast food, I mostly avoided Carl's Jr. due to
>>>> Karcher's rightist politics.
>
>>> Okay, I wouldn't even know about the politics of someone like that. Do
>>> you actually research the founders/owners/officers of companies to
>>> determine if you will use their products?
>
>>Not a s a rule--but when thery're way out there fo all to see, I do take
>>note. Karcher's active support for extreme right-wing causes goes way
>>back. He was biggest financial supporter of the Briggs Initiative in
>>California, the first anti-*** ballot initiative, back in 1978 (it would
>>have fired all *** teachers and public school employees, and anyone who
>>put forth the opinion that being *** was an acceptable way to live). He
>>was a big supporter of John Schmitz, who was a far-right loony and John
>>Birch Society member (and, at the time, the state senator for my district
>>in Newport Beach). He gave to the campaign to defeat the Equal rights
>>Ammendment, and anti-choice organizations, and other causes I strongly
>>disagreed with.
>
> Thanks for filling in the details.
>
> I would have to add that anyone U.S.-based (or at least, in California)
> who hasn't heard about Karcher's politics probably doesn't follow these
> issues to begin with.

I'd offer that most people don't, down to the level of Guys That Own
Burger Joints.


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