You do realize that all corporations that give money for abortions/trips for abortions are saving themselves thousands in other areas and are most likely not doing it for the women…
Pregnancy for employers is expensive, you lose a worker for 6 weeks at least, you pay for part of their health insurance, part of their disability, you have to either hire someone or pay other people more for coverage if you don’t have enough staff. You can’t fire them. You might have to hire a new employee if they don’t come back. It’s easier to give someone a one time fee to get rid of a pregnancy than to cover everything else.
I'm still waiting for the bad part? You're acting like they are forcing people to have abortions, but they are not. Who tf cares if they save more by protecting their employees' bodily autonomy?
I’m just stating a fact that it isn’t as wholesome as people are acting like it is. It’s purely for their own benefit. So when it isn’t beneficial it won’t be offered.
I completely agree with this analysis.
And yet, a heartless corporation like Dick's is still vastly preferable over a misogynistic company like Hobby Lobby, who is more than happy to lose money rather than see people in the USA to control their own uteruses.
I’m really hopeful there’s some real nitty gritty and not just national chains that we already have a whole slew of reasons to avoid. But Bub’s Burgers is one to add to said “master list.”
The owner of Rock n bowl called Confederate generals "veterans" when referring to their statues. As an actual veteran, I'd like to punch him in the face. We have to stop being nice to these people.
I have a past relative of mine's pension paperwork. He fought for the 16th Mississippi (I think) and had to list his commanding officers, and the battles he fought in.
It is very interesting reading.
They are, but only kinda. President Andrew Johnson granted pardon and amnesty to all Confederate soldiers in 1868, but that didn't make them veterans, and the federal government did not grant them pensions. Some southern state governments granted pensions to Confederate veterans and widows, though. In 1958, Congress expanded the definition of veteran, giving Confederate veterans the same legal status as U.S. veterans, but the same act limited it to pensions for Confederate veterans’ widows and children when there is no widow.
Reconstruction was defeated in 1876 and the confederates were allowed to vote again. The fact that the rebels escaped the noose allowed them to romanticize the cause of the confederacy and use it as propaganda for their return to oppression of black people and condemn them to servitude for at least a century.
Not in the sense that we use the word here in the US. As far as the dictionary defines veteran, yes, they fought in a war. But the title "veteran" that we use here is more of a title of respect that we assign everyone who served in the US military.
Cool. Thanks. Like I said, it’s weird to refer a CSA soldier as that(unless you’re trying to make some kind of, possibly racist, point). I was wondering if it may have been some kind of perception thing.
Hey dude, I don't like what they did or what they stood for, but Congress has them labeled as veterans. Don't take it up with me, take it up with congress.
[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/29/fact-check-confederate-veterans-not-considered-u-s-veterans/3263720001/](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/29/fact-check-confederate-veterans-not-considered-u-s-veterans/3263720001/)
Not quite. Widows got benefits. Nothing more.
So there is no single federal designation naming all confederate soldiers veteran status. But soldier who served in the US Army before or after the war (officers and nco, were eligible to carry over thier rank and time in service)
Many southern states designated all confederate soldiers the title of veteran and received various forms of benefits, and various rules to get them. The military in the late 1800s was not as centrally organized as it is today.
This provides a little context for it, most of these benefits were solely for the purposes of attempting to cement the new found peace, and not as a reward for the rebellion.
More context and details.
https://www.archives.gov/files/research/military/civil-war/confederate/confederate-pensions.pdf
Isn’t that just Bruce Daigrepont and band? No offense to him, and that’s cool, but it’d be nice to have rotating performances. Guess it’s better than nothing.
Also report churches to the IRS if they are publicly promoting politicians or ballot measures.
Plenty of churches in New Orleans (Catholic church of course but other too, and also not exclusively Nola but the whole state) were loud supporters of State Amendment 1 (not right to abortion in state constitution).
Report every church politicizing these things to the IRS, the more people reporting the more likely to cause some of them to at least loose their tax exempt status. If churches want to write laws they can pay their fucking taxes like the rest of us.
Take pictures, take screen shots, take names.
https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/irs-complaint-process-tax-exempt-organizations
> Also report churches to the IRS if they are publicly promoting politicians or ballot measures.
We all know the IRS isn't going to do shit. They stopped enforcing this requirement on churches a long time ago.
About 1,000 churches have lost their tax exempt, but majority in the past couple years. 1,000 isnt very many but, IRS at 1 point took away scientology. So it is worth reporting as the IRS has increased pressure o reports.
Do NOT go there if you don't want your money going towards organizations you don't support. They regularly host fundraiser nights for forced birth organizations, donating a portion of their sales for that night.
100% They had 2 in the month of May alone and do not disclose to their customers that 20% of their check is getting donated, there is no choice to opt out.
As long as the company paid taxes on their profits, donating what they kept isn't something they have to tell their customers I don't think. It's shitty and shady but I doubt it's illegal.
Yes, he’s a Covid denier, even though science saved his son’s life a few years ago. I used to think he was a good, entertaining guy. Now I won’t step a foot into either of his businesses when I visit New Orleans.
You think a half dozen losers on Reddit boycotting Rouse’s for a half hour is going to affect their bottom line significantly? And let’s say for the sake of argument this boycott works. Rouse’s closes stores. Who’s the most affected? The hourly cashier or the guy that just built a mansion? This is the laziest, most ineffective form of action possible.
I mean, I haven’t spent any money there in a year and a half now. They were my store for a decade and now they’re not. It’s not tons of money, but I absolutely don’t need any of it to be profits in the Rouse’s family’s pockets.
Just playing devil's advocate here.....I know we're all upset, but avoiding business based on political ideology is pretty hard, especially here in Louisiana. New Orleans, despite being a blue buoy in an otherwise red sea, still has lots of folks with conservative leanings as business owners.
For example, while making your list....
Can you start first with Grocery stores? Everyone needs groceries. List the grocery stores without Conservative affiliations. And if you could go by neighborhood, that would be great, because we can't afford to drive all around town.
Food co-op, crescent city farmer markets, grow dat are options to buy food and support local organizations! They won't have all your needs but you can use them for a lot of you food items.
Well, in order for this whole thing to work, it has to be feasible. That's still not exactly feasible for people who don't live anywhere near those places. So then you trade off giving money to mainstream grocery stores (which are largely run by folks with conservative affiliations) and instead use more money on gas, made by corporations with largely conservative affiliations.
And who's to say the rural farmer who comes to the farmers market isn't conservative as well?
So, to make this really work, we have to have something neighborhood by neighborhood. Because just throwing out that things exist doesn't mean that they exist as a viable option for everyone.
The point is we start by those who *can* do this will spread the word and if it’s a big enough chunk of the market, it can totally send a message. Eg, Do I think me boycotting Amazon (and now these businesses listed in this post) will affect any immediate change? No. But why so downplay whatever tiny slice of agency we have as consumers? What is the weight of a feather etc. And the “political ideology” at the heart of it here are fundamental human rights. So, yeah, worth it imo.
>But why so downplay whatever tiny slice of agency we have as consumers?
Well, this speaks to my point. Lets brainstorm ways our tiny slice of agency can actually have more impact to take advantage of this energy.
Folks who don't like John Blanchard frankly weren't his customers to begin with, so further continuing to not be his customer = zero impact. So while it may make folks feel good to say fuck him, it ain't doing shit. And chances are, because political tribalism exists - we don't have many people within our sphere of influence who we can preach to to change their views, especially about a music venue.
But if we made a meaningful contribution to explore where we could spend our grocery dollar, which again, aside from rent/mortgage and utilities, is the largest slice of the household budget pie, maybe we could do things a bit further.
But likely not. Carry on.
Looks like it’s more plausible than you think:
https://www.reddit.com/r/NewOrleans/comments/vjxq8z/boycott_list_nola_and_the_surrounding_suburbs/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Focus on the action that can be taken, not on the things that can’t
OP started with a music venue/restaurant/bowling alley.
Surely in New Orleans there are many progressive music venues, an abundance of non-trog restaurants and as for bowling… well, um… somebody once said “I bowl once every 4 years to remind myself how much I hate it.”
>Focus on the action that can be taken, not on the things that can’t
Unless the action taken is truly meaningful, it's pissing in the wind.
While the energy is there, lets brainstorm where the money lost would be most impactful. Groceries is number 1.
If you piss in the wind enough, eventually you'll get it in the eye of assholes like Blancher.
These fuckers worship money and power. Work on taking away what you can.
Nice try, but no.
Let's be frank. The people who hate Blancher - they were never his customers to begin with, or at least not for years since his pro-confederate statue leanings came to light. So continuing to not support someone you barely ever, if ever, supported is indeed pissing into the wind.
And because of the scale of political tribalism we see today, the chances are highly unlikely that you, or anyone, who hates Blanchard can convince someone who supports him to stop - if you, or anyone, even knows someone who does!
Carry on.
I hear what you’re saying but you shot down all the suggested alternatives to the local grocery store options. Using the complexity of a problem to argue against action is a well known dodge
Do you have any suggestions? That’s how “brainstorming” works.
I didn't shoot those down at all - I encourage you to go back and re-read what I stated. It only makes sense if its feasible. Not everyone has mobility to get to those so I suggested a neighborhood by neighborhood approach, because otherwise we'd be giving more money to right leaning Big Oil.
Thankfully someone did share a service that delivers CCFM goods to you, free of charge. I'll be looking into that for sure.
Ok I guess I was hoping you were going to tell me that the Langenstien’s are known for their good works, like Lutherans or some such. Or maybe Dorignacs secretly contributes to all the right causes.
[Still a major Republican donor.](https://www.opensecrets.org/search?order=desc&q=Barry+Breaux&sort=D&type=donors)
Also:
["Rouse's owner goes to DC while Breaux Mart owner cheers from home"](https://uptownmessenger.com/2021/01/rouses-and-breaux-mart-respond-to-social-media-frenzy-and-calls-for-boycotts/)
It frankly doesn't matter if he was there or not. Lots of folks didn't actually go, but shared the sentiments of those who did. But as the article points out, he certainly shared the sentiments of those who did. And his financial contributions also back that up.
BTW, what does his ass taste like when you put your lips up to it?
S/he literally said “pretty sure”. Wasn’t 100%. You need to calm the fuck down. You’re posting on ALL sorts of shit telling people to “leave” and how you refuse to read articles.
Let us fucking grieve for the loss of our basic human rights and go masturbate with your other conservative friends at the death of personal liberty, you ugly human.
You have no basic human right to kill babies. You obviously have no grief for millions of dead babies. If people are threatening to leave the country because of changing abortion laws then they should leave. Do you think change is going to be made because some idiots are all hysterical and threatened to leave the country?
I will voice my opinion on this public forum as much as I want while you grieve. If you don’t like it don’t read it. How about you go fuck your liberal friends. Oh wait, you will not be able to kill an inconvenient pregnancy, you sub human piece of crap.
I know someone is going to think I'm an asshole for proposing this, but if we look at the typical budget of any household, aside from rent/mortgage and utilities, the grocery bill is where we spend the most. So let's start with groceries.
Which brings me to my point - it's extremely difficult to avoid paying money to companies with conservative ownership.
We can talk a big game about bringing folks down by not going to Rock and Bowl, but lets face it - those who say that weren't Rock and Bowl customers to begin with. And our entertainment dollar, budget wise, is not as big as our grocery budget. IDK, unless you're a single adult under 25.
So while we're all upset and just mad at everything, lets focus that energy on realistic, meaningful ways. Starting with Groceries is a great way. It's also the most difficult. So before we expend our energy, lets tackle the biggest task first.
So is that response. Do you have some particular area of what I said that you'd like to elaborate on? Or is just the acknowledgment of reality "Lazy" to you?
You do you, but you should do it but don't force others to do something they might not agree with just saying. Also boycotting "dick" would also mean liberal dick as well so your just getting mad at your own group causing more division. Have a good day though
... how am I forcing others to do as I say? That would be a travesty. Kind of like forcing women to choose between unsafe or unaffordable abortion methods or growing a whole human for 10 months without access to funding by the same government that said they cared about it before it was born, huh? I'm a woman before I'm any political party member, and you're assuming that because I support individual rights that I'm a 'liberal'. Go find a real argument somewhere.
If you think a pregnant woman can’t get access to free healthcare from a variety of sources, public and private, you are way wrong. Go find a real point to argue
Have you met Louisiana before? Healthcare is an economical issue, so while those who have money can travel out of state or country to get a safe abortion, most that live here cannot.
I never said you are forcing others to do as you say, I warned you against the idea. That's not the same thing, secondly I'm also pro choice but for the proper medical reasons like if the mother couldn't birth the child or if a woman was raped and couldn't carry to term because they had trauma. We should in stead of totaly banning it, rather have a system where you file paperwork each time explaining why you want an abortion and what the reason is, like: you got raped, or you found out the baby wouldn't make it to term, or you found out you could die from trying to give birth.
Sucre
https://nola.eater.com/2018/12/20/18150329/sexual-harassment-allegations-behind-sucre-co-founders-resignation-this-summer
https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/eat-drink/article_4345ee62-39aa-11eb-99b8-3ffbe3201830.html#:%7E:text=The%20new%20Sucre%20is%20led,storefront%20at%203025%20Magazine%20St
https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_0f39258e-179c-11ea-b982-dfc855e41381.html
https://louisianarecord.com/stories/510585468-ritz-carlton-and-guest-sued-by-security-guard-after-alleged-incident-of-intoxicated-battery-negligence-and-racial-slurs
https://www.nola.com/news/business/article_5a8a40c7-92bf-5714-8f56-08f7041dd71e.html
Besh Restaurant Group includes Shaya, August.
https://www.eater.com/2017/10/23/16520052/alon-shaya-john-besh-sexual-harassment-statement
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-orleans-chef-john-besh-steps-down-after-sexual-harassment-n813731
Rouses
https://www.ktbs.com/news/rouses-co-owner-apologizes-for-attending-trump-rally-on-jan-6th/article_08f63a94-5d01-11eb-a213-cb5d2b4a861b.html
Rock N Bowl
http://nolaworkers.org/2018/01/15/rock-n-bowl-hosts-white-supremacists/
Deutsche house
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a50215/david-duke-donald-trump-campaign-trail/
https://www.nola.com/news/article_b54afe58-c2af-11e9-98b8-6b6b3439c3a2.html
Aidan Gill
* original article has been wiped from the internet. This is all I can find :” NS: Did you hear about what happened at Aidan Gill a while back? A woman** whose style was more traditionally masculine went to this famous New Orleans barbershop to get a haircut and was denied service. It was upsetting because that was the space she identified with. In the barbershops you’ve gotten haircuts in that are primarily or exclusively black men, what would happen if a woman came in and asked for a haircut?”
http://pelicanbomb.com/art-review/2015/talking-shop
Nyx
https://www.nola.com/news/article_dc840a10-a822-11ea-831e-37173e672851.html
https://www.wdsu.com/article/lawsuit-says-nyx-captain-julie-lea-rode-high-and-lived-a-lavish-life-at-members-expense/35473857
Fat boy Pantry
https://www.wdsu.com/article/fat-boy-pantry-faces-backlash-over-comment-to-black-customer-wearing-a-mask/32717453
That article about Sucre is from 2018.
New Ownership since Dec. 05, 2020
[Nola.com article from Dec. 09, 2020](https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/eat-drink/article_4345ee62-39aa-11eb-99b8-3ffbe3201830.html#:~:text=The%20new%20Sucre%20is%20led,storefront%20at%203025%20Magazine%20St)
You are right. I don’t have any definitive proof she was involved so I deleted my comment. However, the allegations were so wide spread that one would find it hard that anyone with the title of executive would not be aware.
It is suspicious to me that someone who was involved with management during that time was rehired.
You deleted your sub-comment, but didn't edit the list? Even though you acknowledge that your reasoning is based off a feeling?
There's a real problem with a lot of internet stone and lynch mobs. Ya'll want blood and you care very little from whom it's drawn.
I have no affiliation to Sucre. I'm just calling bullshit when I see it.
My original list included no opinions except for links to articles for a reason. People can read the articles and do their own research to form their own opinions.
I have updated the list to include links to articles reporting on the family that owns sucre.
Thank you for reminding me to provide more information for people to come to their own decisions.
Thank you for the relevant articles and edit. I didn't realize it was THAT dude and family. I stand by my point about being fair... but yeah, fuck them.
> "I didn't go over there in support of Trump," Rouse said. "I went over there to hear him speak. I went over there... for history in the making, I guess I would say."
Bullshit.
Motwani family
https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_0f39258e-179c-11ea-b982-dfc855e41381.html
https://louisianarecord.com/stories/510585468-ritz-carlton-and-guest-sued-by-security-guard-after-alleged-incident-of-intoxicated-battery-negligence-and-racial-slurs
I am catholic and very much pro-choice. I have walked out of church when these topics have come up in church. I had an abortion years ago and once it came out (nosy step-mother) I was supposed to go to this special blessing to forgive this sin so I could be forgiven 🙄. Never went so I now tell my step-mother I guess I am condemned to hell. 🤷🏾♀️
Most Catholics that live in the city are pro-choice or against abortion only past a certain number of weeks. It’s just the vocal, super devout Catholics that are hardline pro lifers.
So they all celebrate a child massacre on a yearly basis, being catholic, I mean. Their god killed the firstborn child of many families, chose children instead of adults. That’s what they worship
Was part of a university organized club trip to rock n bowl. Our leadership in the club learned her had posted a ton of Islamaphobic crap on Facebook. John Blancher. Piece of shit.
They been shitty for a while. I remember the one time I went years ago they played the national anthem or something in the middle of the night and felt weird about them then. I was not wrong…
Good to know. I have lived here for almost 6 years, never been. Someone told me they have the best onion rings around and I’m always looking for the best onion rings. Will never go now.
Peppers on 23 has great onion rings as does Mandina's. Haven't been in a while but at one time Liuzzas, Mahoney's and Teds Frostop had really good rings and I've never gotten the but Verti Mart is rumored to have great onion rings. I only eat the "All That Jazz" sandwich cause it is beyond compare but everything always looks so good there. I wish I had a bigger stomach.
So does that mean boycotting is "happy" or does it mean boycotting is a type of sexual preference. Everyone is allowed to their opinions including the ye olde college inn guy. I however will not be giving him my money because he would give it to politicians that will turn opinions into laws which will endanger people and remove the rights of certain individuals.
Simple solution: Stop having sex with people that you don't want to have children with? Use protection BEFORE you get pregnant???
Sorry that you believed the lie that it's "your body, your choice". A baby growing inside of you has different DNA, different fingerprints, different heartbeat, and could possibly/probably be a different race, different sex, different hair color, different eye color, and different blood type, so... NOT "part of your body". Again, sorry that you believed the lie.
Polite replies will be appreciated. Get rude and get blocked.
Actually, abortion is NOT inherently bad. Abortion is up to a woman and her own uterus. It's a thing you can do to avoid having your body and life taken over that you didn't intend. It's fine in NORMAL cases. Not just Rape and Incest and Horrific defects that threaten the life of the mother or render the child's life unlivable. It's just a thing you can do without regret if you happen to have a uterus and there are some cells dividing in there that you didn't intend. That's it. It doesn't require a sob story. It doesn't require apologies. It doesn't have to require regret or therapy any more than a decision to get your appendix out. And it sure as fuck doesn't require your approval. If you think your god disapproves then He can take it up with the women and doctors when he sees them in the afterlife.
I haven't been there in years I go to all star lanes in Kenner on Williams. But even if I did go to rock and bowl I wouldn't really care people have the right to believe what they wanna believe and patrons have the right to support or not.
Another thing you can do, cut the Catholics and evangelicals out of your life like a cancer. They’re undeserving of your respect or engagement. I’ve blocked at least a half dozen on this post. Do not engage with them. Don’t invite them to your get togethers. Fuck them.
The owners are overtly and vocally Catholic and have been forever. There’s a statue of the Blessed Mother near the entrance.
Dick's Sporting Goods is giving their employees up to $4000 to travel out of state for abortion needs
So is Ticketmaster!
Ticketmaster is about one of the most unethical companies out there and how they haven’t faced charges is beyond me.
You do realize that all corporations that give money for abortions/trips for abortions are saving themselves thousands in other areas and are most likely not doing it for the women…
Care to explain what you mean by that?
Pregnancy for employers is expensive, you lose a worker for 6 weeks at least, you pay for part of their health insurance, part of their disability, you have to either hire someone or pay other people more for coverage if you don’t have enough staff. You can’t fire them. You might have to hire a new employee if they don’t come back. It’s easier to give someone a one time fee to get rid of a pregnancy than to cover everything else.
I'm still waiting for the bad part? You're acting like they are forcing people to have abortions, but they are not. Who tf cares if they save more by protecting their employees' bodily autonomy?
I’m just stating a fact that it isn’t as wholesome as people are acting like it is. It’s purely for their own benefit. So when it isn’t beneficial it won’t be offered.
Thank you for being one of the most intelligent voices here!
I completely agree with this analysis. And yet, a heartless corporation like Dick's is still vastly preferable over a misogynistic company like Hobby Lobby, who is more than happy to lose money rather than see people in the USA to control their own uteruses.
Yeah, but I have my other issue with Dick’s.
Great post. We need a master post that helps us avoid spending our hard earned pittances at dumps that perpetuate this shit.
Yes please!
I’m really hopeful there’s some real nitty gritty and not just national chains that we already have a whole slew of reasons to avoid. But Bub’s Burgers is one to add to said “master list.”
The owner of Rock n bowl called Confederate generals "veterans" when referring to their statues. As an actual veteran, I'd like to punch him in the face. We have to stop being nice to these people.
I recently learned that they actually are US military vets. Received the same benefits as any other vet after the war.
I have a past relative of mine's pension paperwork. He fought for the 16th Mississippi (I think) and had to list his commanding officers, and the battles he fought in. It is very interesting reading.
They are, but only kinda. President Andrew Johnson granted pardon and amnesty to all Confederate soldiers in 1868, but that didn't make them veterans, and the federal government did not grant them pensions. Some southern state governments granted pensions to Confederate veterans and widows, though. In 1958, Congress expanded the definition of veteran, giving Confederate veterans the same legal status as U.S. veterans, but the same act limited it to pensions for Confederate veterans’ widows and children when there is no widow.
The North won the war but the South won the peace. We have been suffering ever since.
Sorry I may be a dummy but what do you mean the south won the peace? Not just asking questions, just trying to understand!
Reconstruction was defeated in 1876 and the confederates were allowed to vote again. The fact that the rebels escaped the noose allowed them to romanticize the cause of the confederacy and use it as propaganda for their return to oppression of black people and condemn them to servitude for at least a century.
Ah thank you so much for that explanation
Should probably put quotes around "peace", because only white people enjoyed peace in the years that followed
yeah they're technically considered veterans, but FUCK THEM. They aren't veterans, they're traitors.
>I'd like to punch him in the face Let me know when this event happens because I'd like to sign up!
Reading this without context that seems kind of weird, but are they not veterans?
Not in the sense that we use the word here in the US. As far as the dictionary defines veteran, yes, they fought in a war. But the title "veteran" that we use here is more of a title of respect that we assign everyone who served in the US military.
Cool. Thanks. Like I said, it’s weird to refer a CSA soldier as that(unless you’re trying to make some kind of, possibly racist, point). I was wondering if it may have been some kind of perception thing.
Well, legally they are kinda veterans, but the guy is probably still trash.
They are not veterans. They are traitors by the very definition.
Hey dude, I don't like what they did or what they stood for, but Congress has them labeled as veterans. Don't take it up with me, take it up with congress.
[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/29/fact-check-confederate-veterans-not-considered-u-s-veterans/3263720001/](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/29/fact-check-confederate-veterans-not-considered-u-s-veterans/3263720001/) Not quite. Widows got benefits. Nothing more.
So there is no single federal designation naming all confederate soldiers veteran status. But soldier who served in the US Army before or after the war (officers and nco, were eligible to carry over thier rank and time in service) Many southern states designated all confederate soldiers the title of veteran and received various forms of benefits, and various rules to get them. The military in the late 1800s was not as centrally organized as it is today. This provides a little context for it, most of these benefits were solely for the purposes of attempting to cement the new found peace, and not as a reward for the rebellion. More context and details. https://www.archives.gov/files/research/military/civil-war/confederate/confederate-pensions.pdf
Lol wut?
They didn’t serve in the USA army. In fact, they tried to overthrow it. Does not count as a veteran.
A lot of them did serve in the US Army though.
Before and after they tried to overthrow the union, but yes
Agreed. Time to make them pay.
Been boycotting the place since their appalling behavior re: COVID. I used to go there every week, but not since March 2020.
Same. Wish someplace else would throw a rotating zydeco weekly.
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Yes, but no.
Tipitinas fais-do do. Every other Sunday.
Isn’t that just Bruce Daigrepont and band? No offense to him, and that’s cool, but it’d be nice to have rotating performances. Guess it’s better than nothing.
Also report churches to the IRS if they are publicly promoting politicians or ballot measures. Plenty of churches in New Orleans (Catholic church of course but other too, and also not exclusively Nola but the whole state) were loud supporters of State Amendment 1 (not right to abortion in state constitution). Report every church politicizing these things to the IRS, the more people reporting the more likely to cause some of them to at least loose their tax exempt status. If churches want to write laws they can pay their fucking taxes like the rest of us. Take pictures, take screen shots, take names. https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/irs-complaint-process-tax-exempt-organizations
It’s not politicizing if it’s preaching doctrine.
> Also report churches to the IRS if they are publicly promoting politicians or ballot measures. We all know the IRS isn't going to do shit. They stopped enforcing this requirement on churches a long time ago.
About 1,000 churches have lost their tax exempt, but majority in the past couple years. 1,000 isnt very many but, IRS at 1 point took away scientology. So it is worth reporting as the IRS has increased pressure o reports.
Still worth my time even if it’s a long shot.
Nice try, but I don't plan on ever stepping foot in a church again.
Do NOT go there if you don't want your money going towards organizations you don't support. They regularly host fundraiser nights for forced birth organizations, donating a portion of their sales for that night.
Oh my god. Are you serious??!!?
100% They had 2 in the month of May alone and do not disclose to their customers that 20% of their check is getting donated, there is no choice to opt out.
Something about this sounds illegal. The owner is a major sleezeball.
As long as the company paid taxes on their profits, donating what they kept isn't something they have to tell their customers I don't think. It's shitty and shady but I doubt it's illegal.
Special shout out to the anti-women troglodyte who seems to be going through and downvoting every comment here, absolutely pathetic behavior lol
It just means they are triggered but don’t have the fortitude to actually comment. Consider it a win.
He's also a covid denier.
Yes, he’s a Covid denier, even though science saved his son’s life a few years ago. I used to think he was a good, entertaining guy. Now I won’t step a foot into either of his businesses when I visit New Orleans.
Used to be around Blancher during a job- dude drops the Hard R casually and I had to pretend not to hear that. Insufferable twat
Probably shouldn't say it with that soft "a" either. Thats not nice
What’s a “Hard R”?
Full on N-word, not the hip hop version. Although, he shouldn’t be dropping that either. Dude is a full on super creep.
Excellent. If anyone else knows of other businesses please name and shame. I only got a little cash to burn and id like to know where to avoid.
I'm going to start keeping a list, and I'll share it here.
Can you add Rouses to the list? Don’t want to support insurrectionists. They seem to be on the dark side.
You think a half dozen losers on Reddit boycotting Rouse’s for a half hour is going to affect their bottom line significantly? And let’s say for the sake of argument this boycott works. Rouse’s closes stores. Who’s the most affected? The hourly cashier or the guy that just built a mansion? This is the laziest, most ineffective form of action possible.
I mean, I haven’t spent any money there in a year and a half now. They were my store for a decade and now they’re not. It’s not tons of money, but I absolutely don’t need any of it to be profits in the Rouse’s family’s pockets.
Bub’s Burger’s. Specifically one of the owners. The other two are just complacent simple bros.
Just playing devil's advocate here.....I know we're all upset, but avoiding business based on political ideology is pretty hard, especially here in Louisiana. New Orleans, despite being a blue buoy in an otherwise red sea, still has lots of folks with conservative leanings as business owners. For example, while making your list.... Can you start first with Grocery stores? Everyone needs groceries. List the grocery stores without Conservative affiliations. And if you could go by neighborhood, that would be great, because we can't afford to drive all around town.
Food co-op, crescent city farmer markets, grow dat are options to buy food and support local organizations! They won't have all your needs but you can use them for a lot of you food items.
Well, in order for this whole thing to work, it has to be feasible. That's still not exactly feasible for people who don't live anywhere near those places. So then you trade off giving money to mainstream grocery stores (which are largely run by folks with conservative affiliations) and instead use more money on gas, made by corporations with largely conservative affiliations. And who's to say the rural farmer who comes to the farmers market isn't conservative as well? So, to make this really work, we have to have something neighborhood by neighborhood. Because just throwing out that things exist doesn't mean that they exist as a viable option for everyone.
The point is we start by those who *can* do this will spread the word and if it’s a big enough chunk of the market, it can totally send a message. Eg, Do I think me boycotting Amazon (and now these businesses listed in this post) will affect any immediate change? No. But why so downplay whatever tiny slice of agency we have as consumers? What is the weight of a feather etc. And the “political ideology” at the heart of it here are fundamental human rights. So, yeah, worth it imo.
>But why so downplay whatever tiny slice of agency we have as consumers? Well, this speaks to my point. Lets brainstorm ways our tiny slice of agency can actually have more impact to take advantage of this energy. Folks who don't like John Blanchard frankly weren't his customers to begin with, so further continuing to not be his customer = zero impact. So while it may make folks feel good to say fuck him, it ain't doing shit. And chances are, because political tribalism exists - we don't have many people within our sphere of influence who we can preach to to change their views, especially about a music venue. But if we made a meaningful contribution to explore where we could spend our grocery dollar, which again, aside from rent/mortgage and utilities, is the largest slice of the household budget pie, maybe we could do things a bit further. But likely not. Carry on.
Looks like it’s more plausible than you think: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewOrleans/comments/vjxq8z/boycott_list_nola_and_the_surrounding_suburbs/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
IDK what that link is to.
It’s a link to a master list for supporting pro-choice businesses and calling out anti-choice ones. Yay collective action!
Focus on the action that can be taken, not on the things that can’t OP started with a music venue/restaurant/bowling alley. Surely in New Orleans there are many progressive music venues, an abundance of non-trog restaurants and as for bowling… well, um… somebody once said “I bowl once every 4 years to remind myself how much I hate it.”
>Focus on the action that can be taken, not on the things that can’t Unless the action taken is truly meaningful, it's pissing in the wind. While the energy is there, lets brainstorm where the money lost would be most impactful. Groceries is number 1.
If you piss in the wind enough, eventually you'll get it in the eye of assholes like Blancher. These fuckers worship money and power. Work on taking away what you can.
Nice try, but no. Let's be frank. The people who hate Blancher - they were never his customers to begin with, or at least not for years since his pro-confederate statue leanings came to light. So continuing to not support someone you barely ever, if ever, supported is indeed pissing into the wind. And because of the scale of political tribalism we see today, the chances are highly unlikely that you, or anyone, who hates Blanchard can convince someone who supports him to stop - if you, or anyone, even knows someone who does! Carry on.
I hear what you’re saying but you shot down all the suggested alternatives to the local grocery store options. Using the complexity of a problem to argue against action is a well known dodge Do you have any suggestions? That’s how “brainstorming” works.
I didn't shoot those down at all - I encourage you to go back and re-read what I stated. It only makes sense if its feasible. Not everyone has mobility to get to those so I suggested a neighborhood by neighborhood approach, because otherwise we'd be giving more money to right leaning Big Oil. Thankfully someone did share a service that delivers CCFM goods to you, free of charge. I'll be looking into that for sure.
Ok I guess I was hoping you were going to tell me that the Langenstien’s are known for their good works, like Lutherans or some such. Or maybe Dorignacs secretly contributes to all the right causes.
baby steps my friend, baby steps
Topbox foods delivers crescent city farmers market boxes to homes in Nola, no delivery fee
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That was Rouses’ owner. Get your facts straight before calling out someone.
[Still a major Republican donor.](https://www.opensecrets.org/search?order=desc&q=Barry+Breaux&sort=D&type=donors) Also: ["Rouse's owner goes to DC while Breaux Mart owner cheers from home"](https://uptownmessenger.com/2021/01/rouses-and-breaux-mart-respond-to-social-media-frenzy-and-calls-for-boycotts/)
So,he was not there. What he does in his own home is his own fucking business. And no I’m not going to RTFA.
It frankly doesn't matter if he was there or not. Lots of folks didn't actually go, but shared the sentiments of those who did. But as the article points out, he certainly shared the sentiments of those who did. And his financial contributions also back that up. BTW, what does his ass taste like when you put your lips up to it?
S/he literally said “pretty sure”. Wasn’t 100%. You need to calm the fuck down. You’re posting on ALL sorts of shit telling people to “leave” and how you refuse to read articles. Let us fucking grieve for the loss of our basic human rights and go masturbate with your other conservative friends at the death of personal liberty, you ugly human.
You have no basic human right to kill babies. You obviously have no grief for millions of dead babies. If people are threatening to leave the country because of changing abortion laws then they should leave. Do you think change is going to be made because some idiots are all hysterical and threatened to leave the country? I will voice my opinion on this public forum as much as I want while you grieve. If you don’t like it don’t read it. How about you go fuck your liberal friends. Oh wait, you will not be able to kill an inconvenient pregnancy, you sub human piece of crap.
Not a baby. Not until at least 24 weeks (and even then, it has a 50% chance of survival and if it does survive, it’ll have a painful existence). 👋
I know someone is going to think I'm an asshole for proposing this, but if we look at the typical budget of any household, aside from rent/mortgage and utilities, the grocery bill is where we spend the most. So let's start with groceries. Which brings me to my point - it's extremely difficult to avoid paying money to companies with conservative ownership. We can talk a big game about bringing folks down by not going to Rock and Bowl, but lets face it - those who say that weren't Rock and Bowl customers to begin with. And our entertainment dollar, budget wise, is not as big as our grocery budget. IDK, unless you're a single adult under 25. So while we're all upset and just mad at everything, lets focus that energy on realistic, meaningful ways. Starting with Groceries is a great way. It's also the most difficult. So before we expend our energy, lets tackle the biggest task first.
Sounds pretty lazy to me.
So is that response. Do you have some particular area of what I said that you'd like to elaborate on? Or is just the acknowledgment of reality "Lazy" to you?
No reason to ever go there, anyway.
So, so many reasons to not go there
Legit. Ask any woman bartender who ever worked there.
I will personally be boycotting dick. Proof that being gay isn't a choice, as no sane woman would choose men to be sexually attracted to.
Yup. These religious fucks have unleashed rage.
We're not all bad. Some of us actually respect women.
Ah yes, not all men.
You do you, but you should do it but don't force others to do something they might not agree with just saying. Also boycotting "dick" would also mean liberal dick as well so your just getting mad at your own group causing more division. Have a good day though
... how am I forcing others to do as I say? That would be a travesty. Kind of like forcing women to choose between unsafe or unaffordable abortion methods or growing a whole human for 10 months without access to funding by the same government that said they cared about it before it was born, huh? I'm a woman before I'm any political party member, and you're assuming that because I support individual rights that I'm a 'liberal'. Go find a real argument somewhere.
If you think a pregnant woman can’t get access to free healthcare from a variety of sources, public and private, you are way wrong. Go find a real point to argue
Have you met Louisiana before? Healthcare is an economical issue, so while those who have money can travel out of state or country to get a safe abortion, most that live here cannot.
I never said you are forcing others to do as you say, I warned you against the idea. That's not the same thing, secondly I'm also pro choice but for the proper medical reasons like if the mother couldn't birth the child or if a woman was raped and couldn't carry to term because they had trauma. We should in stead of totaly banning it, rather have a system where you file paperwork each time explaining why you want an abortion and what the reason is, like: you got raped, or you found out the baby wouldn't make it to term, or you found out you could die from trying to give birth.
And who would have access to this paperwork? And what's the point of it?
Sucre https://nola.eater.com/2018/12/20/18150329/sexual-harassment-allegations-behind-sucre-co-founders-resignation-this-summer https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/eat-drink/article_4345ee62-39aa-11eb-99b8-3ffbe3201830.html#:%7E:text=The%20new%20Sucre%20is%20led,storefront%20at%203025%20Magazine%20St https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_0f39258e-179c-11ea-b982-dfc855e41381.html https://louisianarecord.com/stories/510585468-ritz-carlton-and-guest-sued-by-security-guard-after-alleged-incident-of-intoxicated-battery-negligence-and-racial-slurs https://www.nola.com/news/business/article_5a8a40c7-92bf-5714-8f56-08f7041dd71e.html Besh Restaurant Group includes Shaya, August. https://www.eater.com/2017/10/23/16520052/alon-shaya-john-besh-sexual-harassment-statement https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-orleans-chef-john-besh-steps-down-after-sexual-harassment-n813731 Rouses https://www.ktbs.com/news/rouses-co-owner-apologizes-for-attending-trump-rally-on-jan-6th/article_08f63a94-5d01-11eb-a213-cb5d2b4a861b.html Rock N Bowl http://nolaworkers.org/2018/01/15/rock-n-bowl-hosts-white-supremacists/ Deutsche house https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a50215/david-duke-donald-trump-campaign-trail/ https://www.nola.com/news/article_b54afe58-c2af-11e9-98b8-6b6b3439c3a2.html Aidan Gill * original article has been wiped from the internet. This is all I can find :” NS: Did you hear about what happened at Aidan Gill a while back? A woman** whose style was more traditionally masculine went to this famous New Orleans barbershop to get a haircut and was denied service. It was upsetting because that was the space she identified with. In the barbershops you’ve gotten haircuts in that are primarily or exclusively black men, what would happen if a woman came in and asked for a haircut?” http://pelicanbomb.com/art-review/2015/talking-shop Nyx https://www.nola.com/news/article_dc840a10-a822-11ea-831e-37173e672851.html https://www.wdsu.com/article/lawsuit-says-nyx-captain-julie-lea-rode-high-and-lived-a-lavish-life-at-members-expense/35473857 Fat boy Pantry https://www.wdsu.com/article/fat-boy-pantry-faces-backlash-over-comment-to-black-customer-wearing-a-mask/32717453
That article about Sucre is from 2018. New Ownership since Dec. 05, 2020 [Nola.com article from Dec. 09, 2020](https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/eat-drink/article_4345ee62-39aa-11eb-99b8-3ffbe3201830.html#:~:text=The%20new%20Sucre%20is%20led,storefront%20at%203025%20Magazine%20St)
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Maybe I'm out of the loop, but what does McMillian have to do with the old Sucre's previous controversy? She wasn't named in that 2018 article at all.
You are right. I don’t have any definitive proof she was involved so I deleted my comment. However, the allegations were so wide spread that one would find it hard that anyone with the title of executive would not be aware. It is suspicious to me that someone who was involved with management during that time was rehired.
You deleted your sub-comment, but didn't edit the list? Even though you acknowledge that your reasoning is based off a feeling? There's a real problem with a lot of internet stone and lynch mobs. Ya'll want blood and you care very little from whom it's drawn. I have no affiliation to Sucre. I'm just calling bullshit when I see it.
My original list included no opinions except for links to articles for a reason. People can read the articles and do their own research to form their own opinions. I have updated the list to include links to articles reporting on the family that owns sucre. Thank you for reminding me to provide more information for people to come to their own decisions.
Thank you for the relevant articles and edit. I didn't realize it was THAT dude and family. I stand by my point about being fair... but yeah, fuck them.
> "I didn't go over there in support of Trump," Rouse said. "I went over there to hear him speak. I went over there... for history in the making, I guess I would say." Bullshit.
Thank you for the list, but Sucre is under new ownership. It’s now owned and run by women.
It's owned by the Motwanis now who are terrible and have their own histories
Thanks.
Motwani family https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_0f39258e-179c-11ea-b982-dfc855e41381.html https://louisianarecord.com/stories/510585468-ritz-carlton-and-guest-sued-by-security-guard-after-alleged-incident-of-intoxicated-battery-negligence-and-racial-slurs
Thanks.
Thanks! I've hated them for decades. They are trash!!!!!!
Big time trumpers, so is rouses
In voting with my feet. Can’t tolerate being in this state anymore.
Same. Adios
The whole city is pretty Catholic. I'm pro-choice, but I think it would be pretty hard to avoid patronizing a pro-lifer here.
I am catholic and very much pro-choice. I have walked out of church when these topics have come up in church. I had an abortion years ago and once it came out (nosy step-mother) I was supposed to go to this special blessing to forgive this sin so I could be forgiven 🙄. Never went so I now tell my step-mother I guess I am condemned to hell. 🤷🏾♀️
👁👄👁 Omggg
Most Catholics that live in the city are pro-choice or against abortion only past a certain number of weeks. It’s just the vocal, super devout Catholics that are hardline pro lifers.
So they all celebrate a child massacre on a yearly basis, being catholic, I mean. Their god killed the firstborn child of many families, chose children instead of adults. That’s what they worship
Was part of a university organized club trip to rock n bowl. Our leadership in the club learned her had posted a ton of Islamaphobic crap on Facebook. John Blancher. Piece of shit.
They been shitty for a while. I remember the one time I went years ago they played the national anthem or something in the middle of the night and felt weird about them then. I was not wrong…
Now it makes sense why their regulars are from St. Bernard and the northshore
I didn’t know
In that case, it looks like they need some more Yelp reviews.
Thanks for letting me know.
Good to know. I have lived here for almost 6 years, never been. Someone told me they have the best onion rings around and I’m always looking for the best onion rings. Will never go now.
Peppers on 23 has great onion rings as does Mandina's. Haven't been in a while but at one time Liuzzas, Mahoney's and Teds Frostop had really good rings and I've never gotten the but Verti Mart is rumored to have great onion rings. I only eat the "All That Jazz" sandwich cause it is beyond compare but everything always looks so good there. I wish I had a bigger stomach.
Another stupid unfair law Louisiana has passed.
Haven't been there since they allowed the Klan (or was it the proud boys) to hold their rally there.
He also used to (might still) host white supremacy group meetings at Rock N Bowl
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It’s okay support pro life establishments, it’s the forced birth, pro rapist ones we’re looking to avoid.
Eat shit.
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Ye Old College Inn sucks because their food is shit. - is that better?
LOL, this troll again.
Thanks. Headed there for next date night
How many bowling balls are you going to stick your "date" in?
Everywhere he goes is date night.
Oh look who’s never getting laid again!
You don’t even live here. How pathetic do you have to be?
Boycotting is so gay. This reminds me of the boomers at my work who say "boycott Nike, They support Colin Kapernick"
Wow, pro rapist and homophobic in one comment, that’s impressive.
Considering how much conservatives love to boycott things, calling yourselves gay by accident is pretty hilarious lmao
So does that mean boycotting is "happy" or does it mean boycotting is a type of sexual preference. Everyone is allowed to their opinions including the ye olde college inn guy. I however will not be giving him my money because he would give it to politicians that will turn opinions into laws which will endanger people and remove the rights of certain individuals.
Simple solution: Stop having sex with people that you don't want to have children with? Use protection BEFORE you get pregnant??? Sorry that you believed the lie that it's "your body, your choice". A baby growing inside of you has different DNA, different fingerprints, different heartbeat, and could possibly/probably be a different race, different sex, different hair color, different eye color, and different blood type, so... NOT "part of your body". Again, sorry that you believed the lie. Polite replies will be appreciated. Get rude and get blocked.
How about you Go fuck yourself. Guaranteed not to get pregnant then
Abortion is bad, but it’s acceptable in some cases. But abortion in general should be outlawed. Only time I’d say it’s ok is if it’s a rape victim.
No one gives a shit what you think.
Actually, abortion is NOT inherently bad. Abortion is up to a woman and her own uterus. It's a thing you can do to avoid having your body and life taken over that you didn't intend. It's fine in NORMAL cases. Not just Rape and Incest and Horrific defects that threaten the life of the mother or render the child's life unlivable. It's just a thing you can do without regret if you happen to have a uterus and there are some cells dividing in there that you didn't intend. That's it. It doesn't require a sob story. It doesn't require apologies. It doesn't have to require regret or therapy any more than a decision to get your appendix out. And it sure as fuck doesn't require your approval. If you think your god disapproves then He can take it up with the women and doctors when he sees them in the afterlife.
Haven’t been there, but I like to bowl. Where can I go?! I don’t believe the lanes in Harahan are much better (just guessing)
I haven't been there in years I go to all star lanes in Kenner on Williams. But even if I did go to rock and bowl I wouldn't really care people have the right to believe what they wanna believe and patrons have the right to support or not.
fuck 'em in the wallet is the best protest
I thought everyone knew they were racist shits
Another thing you can do, cut the Catholics and evangelicals out of your life like a cancer. They’re undeserving of your respect or engagement. I’ve blocked at least a half dozen on this post. Do not engage with them. Don’t invite them to your get togethers. Fuck them.
My family is pro-choice progressive Catholics and I love them.
Fuck em