By Thursday afternoon there was an official list of advertisers to boycott. The Twitter community had quickly identified that 9 of the 14 advertisers had Twitter accounts and went into action.
Three of the companies were actually responding to twitter requests to boycott the Rush Limbaugh show by Thursday evening: @ProFlowers,@theSleepTrain, @eHarmony
@ProFlowers at 7:01 pm tweeted: We would like to assure you that we do not endorse the views expressed by Rush LImbaugh. We understand your concerns and value your feedback
@theSleepTrain at 9:22 pm tweeted: Thanks for your concern. We are currently pulling all of our ads from Rush Limbaugh.
@eHarmony at 7:04 pm tweeted: We’ve never paid for ads on Limbaugh show. We’re looking into the matter of “network buys” & will let you know what we discover.
As I was watching this unfold I had to blog about it: Rush Slut Rant Backlash Social Media.
When you distill all of this down, there is an assault on women and their reproductive rights. Or to borrow a twitter handle War_On_Women. The flash point being whether contraceptives should be made available at no cost through health insurance plans. The whole issue of improving a person’s quality of life is one of the reasons I gravitated toward health insurance in the first place. Then when I have to suffer through illogical and irrational arguments against healthcare policy in America, I just lose it.
Of course, all I can do is blog about it. I can’t change anything.
On the progress side of Day 9 of the 21 Day Challenge, I was able to increase Twitter followers and research one of the life insurance companies I am looking at. I guess I’ll save the research for another post.