These two trends have intersected to create a uniquely dumb category of activity: the ostentatious and not particularly believable right-wing social media claim to have totally disavowed the products of whichever company has most recently made a public statement that was supportive of civil rights or diversity.
In recent years, as the Daily Beast documented, companies that right-wing entities have called for boycotts of, or claimed to be personally boycotting, have included Amazon, Budweiser, Gillette, Keurig, Macy’s, Netflix, Nike/the NFL, Nordstrom, Starbucks, and Target.
And on that note, here are two moments in time from this week in the world of modern American conservatism.