The Macy's Day Thanksgiving Parade

[gopiscrap]

is nothing but a Capitalistic Orgasm. Fuck big business. I'd love to see a parade with floats of NFL Players kneeling, SPLP workers, community organizers etc

[Irish_Dem]

1. Good point. We should be thankful for the good things in our society. Not capitalism. nt

[democratisphere]

2. Of, By and For the Corporations.

We the People are expendable.

[Archae]

3. Another "I don't like it so it should be boycotted!"

"Capitalistic orgasm?"

Notice the name?
MACY'S Parade.

That's right, a store in New York City.

I see lots of different parades in the news, and I attend a couple each year.

I don't like how politicians use public parades for promotions, but I'm not going to boycott all parades.

[edhopper]

4. Show me the post that said it should be boycotted

the OP gave a very apt description of it. Do you disagree.
Or is criticism no longer allowed?

[gopiscrap]

5. thank you

[Rocket_Scientist65]

13. Maybe because it's NOT

an "apt description" of it. It's a tradition that's been on going for 93 years now...pretty much longer than most people have been alive. Dear god, is there anything some of you can find NOT to complain about. REALLY? On Thanksgiving no less. Yes the OP is absolutely and completely disgusting bullshit. Good grief, I been enjoying reading DU for a long time but it's posts like this that do make the left look like complete idiots.

[gopiscrap]

17. bullshit it's letting our minds rot

from Capitalistic and conservative bullshit. This parade should be seen in the true context that it is: a giant orgasm of capitalism trying to get you in the mood to buy Christmas shit

[gopiscrap]

20. segregation was a tradition

doesn't make things right just because they are tradition

[Rocket_Scientist65]

24. So now you're equating a Thanksgiving parade

with segregation. Really???? More unadulterated bullshit. Oh i'm sure when that Charlie Brown balloon went by it was just dripping with racism. Sorry but no, you don't get to somehow insist that all traditions are bad just because some actually were. I've been voting a straight Dem ticket for the past 33 years and this is literally the kind of shit....yes shit, that embarrasses our party to no end and drives voters away. Oh that evil Macy's! How dare they put on and sponsor a fun and much loved parade....we need to politicize it instead!

[gopiscrap]

25. I learned from a very early age

(when the US was lying to us about being in Vietnam) and my father died because of it...everything in life is politics...fuck everything else...nothing is more in important than politics

[tymorial]

36. Oh please.

So ridiculous . Thankfully I have a solution

[bettyellen]

58. Wow. Equating the two is pretty damned offensive.

[secondwind]

28. I like tradition. There are bigger fish to fry, IMO

[DashOneBravo]

47. It's the "I hate America" left

[Leith]

6. Meh on the Parade

I'm waiting for the dog show.

I know many people don't like dog shows, but I like seeing beautiful and well-cared-for animals.

[ksoze]

7. Sound like a bunch of grizzled old men

The parade is for kids. Relax and try and remember when you were a kid and watched it. The parade had the same amount of corporate sponsorship and we all survived. "Get off my lawn".

[calendargirl]

12. This.

I'm blessed and thankful that my children get to hear music and watch dancing and corny balloons rather than hear about uninvited tongues thrust down women's throats and Chinese jails-just for one day. Happy Thanksgiving.

[gopiscrap]

15. when I was a kid and watched it I already knew it was a giant commercial for suckers

from about age 9 on

[anneboleyn]

37. Exactly. It is and has been the MACYS Thanksgiving Parade for decades. This is nothing new.

[DashOneBravo]

31. +1

[lunamagica]

43. MTE. The children watching aren't thinking about corporations. They love the magic of the

parade. The musical numbers, the floats, the balloons Santa...it makes them happy. Why should anyone damp their fun with such bitterness?

[femmocrat]

8. It was ok, but too many commercials.

NBC is repeating it at 2:00 if anyone missed it and still wants to watch. Happy Thanksgiving!

[Dreamer Tatum]

9. Why not organize one yourself? nt

[Brother Buzz]

10. The fortieth annual Pasadena Doo Dah Parade was last Sunday, and not a peep from the MSM

The Pasadena Doo Dah Parade is the antithesis of capitalism. It's a rigged system, I tell you, rigged!

[msongs]

11. they could have a separate parade for all the people they've laid of from closed stores nt

[oasis]

14. Parades, turkey dinners, family togetherness, holiday joy.

I say we should do away with it all and get the hell back to work.

[Buns_of_Fire]

16. It doesn't interest me, but I don't see any harm in it.

I actually perform a small part of a public service. If EVERYONE wanted to see the parade in person, there wouldn't be enough portapotties!

Either way, there are probably more people watching the parade than watched the Rump Inauguration. Which makes him less popular than SpongeBob SquarePants.

[RhodeIslandOne]

18. I watched it as a kid. The balloons were cool.

It's nostalgia, even though I do not watch anymore.

Have a drink. You are very angry on so many things. It's unhealthy.

[brooklynite]

19. Wy don't you organize one?

Nothing more tiring than "I don't like X and you shouldn't either" posts...

[gopiscrap]

21. I have organized a parade before

also many demonstrations of thousands of people

[brooklynite]

22. So then, why are you complaining that nobody's doing your job?

By the way, are you having an ordinary dinner tonight? I'd hate to think you were indulging in consumerist excess in honor of White European imperialism.

[gopiscrap]

23. I am having an ordinary dinner tonight

wasn't complaining about not having a parade am complaining about the commercialism of this one

[Generic Other]

40. This should be a Black Friday classic but it's not

We need to collab on a music video sometime.

[Blue_Adept]

41. "Parades in the United States"

How many of them are "commercial" like this one?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category arades_in_the_United_States

Very few I'd hazard a guess, and that's just the larger ones and not all the little ones and all the individual town ones.

But keep tilting at that windmill, cause you got a bone to pick and gotta puff yourself up with what you've done so you can crap all over what others enjoy.

[Blue_Adept]

42. "Parades in New York City"

26 in this category; which ones should we also single out as being too commercial, or is there an acceptable level of commercialism?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category arades_in_New_York_City

[BBG]

26. Capitalist for sure but

The Pillsbury Doughboy balloon still made me laugh out loud.
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[dhill926]

30. at least he won't be texting photos...

of his junk....

[BBG]

32. Hmmmm

Maybe that explains the occasional twitch. His handlers would try to make the balloon wave but it was a twitchy wave and somewhat unsettling.

[dhill926]

35. hahaha....

[Progressive dog]

27. Macy's sponsors the fireworks on

Independence day, too. No one is forced to go to or watch any parade. They don't even force anyone to buy from Macy's.

[marybourg]

29. It's just another form of advertising, like any other

form of advertising. It's not a government activity or a public utility. If a non-profit can afford to put one on and thinks it's in their interest to do so, they can take your suggestions.

[bluestarone]

33. you see it works this way

for the people like you there is a remote to shut tv off! and for others the remote for leaving it on! simple huh?

[DashOneBravo]

34. Don't watch it.

I don't. Kids love it and I'm sure most attending are quite happy for the fun day.

[Blue_Adept]

44. But it's rotting their minds and someone must save us from ourselves!

After all, according to some in this thread, nothing - NOTHING - is more important than politics!

Pardon me while I go enjoy some time with my loved ones!

[DashOneBravo]

46. I'm sure there is a TV playing

You are a bad person.

[Blue_Adept]

48. Hah! Busted!

I like my rotting mind!

[Generic Other]

38. The best alternative

[melman]

39. I haven't watched it in years

But I loved it when I was a kid and I'm glad it's still going.



also - "I'd love to see a parade with floats of NFL Players kneeling, SPLP workers, community organizers etc"

That sounds fantastic.

[lunamagica]

45. Would such a thing be fun for little kids? Must everything be a lesson? Don't they deserve

some magical fun, just to have a good time?

[gopiscrap]

56. No they need to learn as soon as possible

the corporations of this country will lie to you and screw you out of your money if you let them. They need to know that this is backed up my the republican party aiding and abetting it

[lunamagica]

57. Hanging out with you must be so fun!

[greytdemocrat]

59. You're a meanie!!!!

No ice cream for you!!!!

[Laffy Kat]

49. I stopped watching it years ago.

It's nothing like it used to be. It's one long poorly directed commercial now.

[Raine]

50. I like it the way it is except for too many commercials.. nt

[stopbush]

51. ?

“Macy’s Day?”

[dubyadiprecession]

53. The sponsor of the parade, might have been a give away.

We all know the nature of this beast.

[SharonClark]

54. Bah humbug to you, too.

[LeftInTX]

55. My son saw it in real life in 2012

I haven't watched it in years.

We used to watch it when we were kids. My mom would make Pillsbury cinnamon rolls on Thanksgiving morning and we would watch the Macy's parade.