United, Delta, and the NRA: Why was there a "AAA" discount thing in the first place?
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NRA hits back at United Airlines, Delta, other companies for cutting ties
Two major airlines — United Airlines and Delta — said Saturday that they are notifying the National Rifle Association that they will no longer offer discounted rates for NRA members in the latest display of corporate backlash to the pro-gun organization.
United said it is canceling its program for discounted rates to the NRA's annual meeting while Delta said it was dropping its contract for lower rates through our group travel program.
United is notifying the NRA that we will no longer offer a discounted rate to their annual meeting and we are asking that the NRA remove our information from their website.
Delta is reaching out to the NRA to let them know we will be ending their contract for discounted rates through our group travel program. We will be requesting that the NRA remove our information from their website.
Both companies said they had asked the NRA to remove these offers from its website.
"United is notifying the NRA that we will no longer offer a discounted rate to their annual meeting and we are asking that the NRA remove our information from their website," the airlines said on Twitter.
The moves, in the wake of a mass shooting that killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Fla., follow decisions this week by rental car companies Hertz, Enterprise and Avis Budget to end their NRA discounts.
The NRA defended itself Saturday in a statement while condemning firms that have decided to cut off their relationship with the organization: "The law-abiding members of the NRA had nothing at all to do with the failure of that school's security preparedness, the failure of America's mental health system, the failure of the National Instant Check System or the cruel failures of both federal and local law enforcement."
The NRA continued by saying that corporations who "decided to punish NRA membership is a shameful display of political and civic cowardice."
"Let it be absolutely clear. The loss of a discount will neither scare nor distract one single NRA member from our mission to stand and defend the individual freedoms that have always made America the greatest nation in the world."
The pro-gun lobby has come under sharp criticism, particularly from students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school, for opposing efforts to curb the sale of semi-automatic rifles like the AR-15 used in the shootings.
A Change.org petition calling on 25 companies to break ties with the NRA had received almost 7,000 signatures by Saturday morning.
In other similar moves:
• MetLife said it would stop providing discounts for auto and home insurance. "We value all our customers but have decided to end our discount program with the NRA," the company told USA TODAY in a statement.
•Cybersecurity firm Symantec, which offered NRA discounts to its LifeLock identity theft protection service and Norton anti-virus software, told USA TODAY on Friday that it had "stopped its discount program with the National Rifle Association."
•SimpliSafe, a home security services company, also ended its NRA promotions. "We have discontinued our existing relationship with the NRA," CEO Chad Laurans said in a statement.
•Wyndham Hotel Group said in a statement that it "ended our relationship with the NRA late last year."
•North American and Allied Van Lines said in a statement that no longer have an affiliate relationship with the NRA effective immediately, The New York Times reports.
In addition, Amazon, Apple, Google and Roku are under pressure to end streaming of the NRA's NRAtv.
Hollywood celebrities including "Law & Order: SVU" executive producer Warren Leight and actors Misha Collins, Evan Handler, Amy Hargreaves, Alyssa Milano, Tara Strong and Ally Walker on Thursday began pushing Amazon to stop streaming NRAtv, the NRA’s public relations channel, through Amazon Fire.
Amazon Fire is one of the most popular devices that allow people to watch Internet-streaming broadcasts through their television sets. Other video streaming products, including Google’s Chromecast, Apple TV, and Roku, were also under pressure to remove NRAtv from their services.
NRAtv features 36 channels which covering topics such as politics, hunting and gun collecting. Some of the most popular are talk show-like formats.
Contributing: Elizabeth Weise, in San Francisco
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NRA It Will BE An Ugly Year
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FOM, I don't understand why
FOM, I don't understand why you wrote AAA discount in the subject when it's not mentioned in your post or the article you linked. What's that about?
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b/c capitalism. pretty simple
b/c capitalism. pretty simple.
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FOM, I don't understand why
FOM, I don't understand why you wrote AAA discount in the subject when it's not mentioned in your post or the article you linked. What's that about?<<<
Perhaps I should've encapsulated "AAA discount thing" or maybe written "AAA sort of discount thing" ... since it wasn't meant to be a literal reference to AAA, but rather how the NRA has apparently engaged similar marketing tactics (there's probably an official marketing term) that pair NRA membership with discounts for travel / lodging / and other services as does AAA.
And not only did United and Delta go along with it, they've apparently promoted this relationship as "business as usual" ... effectively normalizing membership in a lobbying organization that has stood in the way of sensible regulation for quite some time. How do you walk that back?
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Fuck the NRA! Where are they
Fuck the NRA! Where are they in fighting for my rights to concealed carry on a plane?
9/11 would have been thwarted by passengers with Glocks, just like school shootings will end by arming teachers.
That’s right, with concealed carry on planes, we’ll have no more rude airline employees, no more crying babies, no more sitting on the tarmac for hours, unable to even piss.
Wheres the NRA in this fight?
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^ I believe you've "hi-jacked
^ I believe you've "hi-jacked" an episode of "All In The Family".
Why did the meathead repeatedly always ask "How can you say that Arch?!?"
I mean, didn't he ever figure it out that he just says these things because that's part of his nature?
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Meathead was a bit meat
Meathead was a bit meat-headed.
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Battle lines are being drawn.
Battle lines are being drawn...
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For the ladies, NRA Women.tv
For the ladies, NRA Women.tv
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http://www.latimes.com/nation
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-delta-nra-20180226-story.html
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>> NRA It Will BE An Ugly
>> NRA It Will BE An Ugly Year For You
Ugly??? They'll set fundraising records. They were already setting records and this shit is just fuel to the fire.
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Thanks for the explanation,
Thanks for the explanation, FOM.
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Ender, do you like guns
Ender, do you like guns because you like to go shooting, or more for protection?
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Happy to at least try and
Happy to at least try and explain judit.
Perhaps if there's another city / state in the region that would be willing to offer up a giant carrot to Delta to shift their significant presence out of Atlanta and to a new hub city, it might snub what has effectively been the root of just about all of our problems ... the infestation of special interest into the realm of governance.
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>> Ender, do you like guns
>> Ender, do you like guns because you like to go shooting, or more for protection?
All of the above. But I will say having children and securing your guns appropriately really limits your ability to use them for protection.
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Have you considered bear
Have you considered bear traps?
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Or bears?
Or bears?
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Oh my!
Oh my!
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Ender, if someone broke into
Ender, if someone broke into your house at night and was stealing your television would you shoot them? They don’t even know you’re there in this hypothetical.
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I'd defend myself. I'm not
I'd defend myself. I'm not motivated to shoot someone over my possessions.
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https://www.huffingtonpost
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/oren-cohen-childs-room_us_58544350e...
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Does it concern you that
Does it concern you that bringing a gun into that situation could escalate to the point that you end up killing someone?
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My wife's brother-in-law has
My wife's brother-in-law has an ex-wife that was raped and beaten after breaking out her handgun. Used it against her. Then stole it.
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Guys who rape and beat women
Guys who rape and beat women are probably good guys until you point a gun at them.
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>> Does it concern you that
>> Does it concern you that bringing a gun into that situation could escalate to the point that you end up killing someone?
Yes. That is why it's the last resort.
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The NRA defenders seem to
The NRA defenders seem to ignore that the NRA has a spokesperson calling out the media saying they LOVE mass shootings etc. They are abhorrent. Reap: Sow
If you want that discount join AARP or AAA or USAA or any other association.
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>having children and securing
>having children and securing your guns appropriately really limits your ability to use them for protection. <
get a sword.
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>> get a sword.
>> get a sword.
We got plastic lightsabers. Lots of them.
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Here's the NRA home page:
Here's the NRA home page:
https://home.nra.org/
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>>>>>they hide behind labels
>>>>>they hide behind labels like 'Democrat,' 'left-wing,' and 'progressive' to make their socialist agenda more palatable, and that's terrifying
Sack up, little man.
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