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Liberals Attack Hotel Conglomerate Over Discounts to NRA

Dec. 23, 2012 9:20pm Mytheos Holt

In the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting, gun control advocates have reacted with unprecedented fury against those who want to preserve existing protections for the right to keep and bear arms. Their fury has arguably been stoked by the National Rifle Association’s recent press conference.

Pressure Group Avaaz Targets NRA Discounts At Wyndham Hotels

Medea Benjamin of CodePink is removed by a secretary personnel as she protests during NRA CEO and Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre’s news conference at the Willard Hotel prior to a news conference the association has scheduled December 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

As a result, an anti-gun pressure group known as Avaaz is attempting to pressure organizations that give discounts to NRA members into dropping those discounts as a sign of social disapprobation. Their first target is the hotel conglomerate Wyndam Hotels Worldwide, which owns the chains Ramada, Days Inn, Wingate and Super 8 – and Best Western.

Avaaz protesters march in favor of the Kyoto protocol (Photo Credit: Deepkyoto)

The campaign itself is relatively conventional – Avaaz has started a petition with 66,000 signatures asking the hotels to get “out of bed” with the NRA, and has also asked its members to leave comments on Wyndham Hotels Worldwide’s Facebook page. The Guardian reports:

Avaaz, a global campaign network of 17 million people, is targeting Wyndham Hotels Worldwide – which owns Ramada, Days Inn, Wingate and Super 8 – and Best Western. Both are listed on the gun rights group’s website under the heading “friends of the NRA” because they offer members discounts through its business affiliates programme.

Both hotel chains’ Facebook pages are full of messages urging them to “get out of bed with the NRA”, many of them threatening to stop using their hotels until they do.[...]

oseph Huff-Hannon, senior campaigner at Avaaz, said: “It’s time for mainstream companies like Wyndham Hotels to get out of bed with the extremist NRA. Their affiliation is a toxic approval of how this gun lobby has made America less safe for our children. The NRA’s influence is already waning and the tragic events in Newtown must mark the end of the group’s stranglehold on our politics.”[...]

A spokesman for Wyndham Hotels said: “We are a hospitality company focused on our service promise to be responsive, be respectful and deliver great experiences to our customers, guests, partners and communities, as well as to each other. As part of our company’s core values, we serve diverse individuals and organizations.”

This is not the first time that Avaaz has targeted a hotel chain over support for causes that it deems politically unsavory. In 2011, they attacked Hilton Hotels for allegedly contributing to sex trafficking. According to Avaaz, that effort was successful. However, it is not clear whether attacking the NRA will prove to be as politically easy as attacking sex traffickers.

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Bigmac1947
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 11:10pm
President Obama’s Administration provided over a 100K plus to illegals to buy assault weapons in Arizona like AR-15, AK-47′s etc. for Mexican criminals and drug runners. Hundreds of Mexicans have been killed in Mexico, our American Border Patrol and now a Mexican Beauty Queen. Maybe you radicals should go after Obama before you go after the NRA. I guess all you Obama voters have blood on your hands. Waiting for comment from liberals on Fast and Furious.

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- cemerius
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:54am
  Don’t hold your breath Bigmac!! Liberals have removed ALL sanity from this once great country……..it is in it’s final days! Liberals be WARNED that just like a Phoenix the Great American experiment will come back full swing……
  
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- cessna152
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 6:08am
  Stalin, hitler and Mao implemented weapons buy backs, registrations and bans. How’d they end up? Hundreds of millions dead. Sad as the instances are… They are rare. 40-80 deaths a year. However when firearms are confiscated its 2.5 million deaths per year via genocide.
  
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- TheCalmOne
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 6:22am
  There have been no mass shootings in Australia since the national gun buy back in 1994.
  
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- johnpaulkuchtajr
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 6:44am
  Well said BIGMAC!
  
  Just days ago, NY Governor Cuomo said that “confiscation” was on-the-table.
  
  This showdown may be a lot closer than you think!
  
  Got ammo?
  
  “Remember Benghazi and ALL the Traitors!”
  
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- OhioRifleman
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:26am
  @ The Calm One
  
  You are correct, no mass shootings. However, the Australian government has implemented a pretty good population control measure by way of restricting guns, what with the 300% spike in armed assaults and similar spike in overall murders.
  
  Stalin would be laughing his arse off at how stupid Western governments truly are.
  
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- libsrparasites
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:35am
  @thecalmone
  
  You are a typical leftist POS that doesnt tell the whole story in order to fit it into your narrative.
  
  You left out the fact that gun crime in Australia is at an all time high because the criminals are the only ones that have guns. This kills far more Australian than mass shootings, which are rare even in this country.
  
  You are further proof that liberalism is a mental disorder…
  
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TexOkie
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 11:09pm
” … to get out of bed with the extremist NRA. ”

Who are the extremists? Who is going to the extreme by attacking a third party?

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- Chuck Stein
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:30am
  good point
  Real Extremists habitually tag those they seek to bully as “extremist”
  
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- pavepaws
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:11am
  Maybe it’s time for the gun control advocates to just shut up.
  
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- cessna152
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 6:09am
  I guess I’ll be staying at wyndams from now on
  
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Bigmac1947
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:55pm
Great idea: It’s time the NRA members publish the names of all non gun owning liberals in the newspapers. This way, the criminals can rob their homes and assault their families without the risk of weapon resistance. Then we will see who cries about self defense rights. I’m am so sick of these wimps.

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- Walkabout
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:29am
  The liberals would sue & say it is an invasion of privacy or disturbing the peace.. Or maybe they would sat that it is an implied threat. The end result is that they would try to throw in jail & then sue you in civil court.
  
  Much easier to “advertise” that people who belong to group X generally don’t have guns. This could not be the Democrat Party. there might not be blue dog Democrats after Nancy Pelosi ran them out of office, but there are blue dog Democrats. I think you have to specify several organizations like Code Pink.
  
  - Point out that certain groups do not believe in fire arms.
  - Also point out that they are relatively better off. Must be nice for Code Pink to fly all over the world to protest like in Egypt. Gotta have money to do that. Say $1,500 for a round trip after taxes, housing, utilities & food. They gotta have money.
  - Stand aside & let the games begin
  
  Should you feel guilty? HeII NO!.These are the same people that send union members & OWS to people’s houses. They have it coming.
  
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denkat56
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:53pm
Tolerance, compassion, these are some of the words that liberals don’t use unless it benefits them. If the hotel denied rooms to any group, they would be sued. These rights were forced upon them by liberals like you. Maybe you should be careful of what you wish for you might get it. Complain all you want, its your fault.

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- Walkabout
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:41am
  For their next act, liberals will have AARP pressure various businesses to not give The Association of Mature American Citizens (AMEC) members discounts.
  
  Why? Because liberals are at war with us.
  
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wordweaver
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:45pm
This will backfire.

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- CatB
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 11:40pm
  Yes … I stay in these hotels .. have used the chain member rewards .. but NOW I will make the reservations in with my NRA membership. ;-)
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:33am
  Maybe Code Pink or Planned Parenthood don’t have group discounts. But other liberal groups certainly do. Time to go after them.
  
  Code Pink or Planned Parenthood have blood on their hands.
  
  One day Morsi & the Muslim Brotherhood will fall. Political prisoners will be released. That is when I want Code Pink to make a return trip to Egypt to explain to the masses how it was all for the best.
  
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CloudNine
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:43pm
@ Encinom –
Great – Enema (aka Encinom) is back! Just what we need. I am surprised you are still alive over these past several years. Is it hard to breathe with your head up your “arse”? For those of you unfamiliar with this quack, ignore “it”. There is never any relevance to “it’s” comments! You still have the Rod Serling “Fathead” on your wall, Mr. Enema?

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Midwest Blonde
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:42pm
This article is wrong on so many levels…. I work for a Days Inn and I’ve never heard of an NRA discount; I also worked in the past for Best Western, and had never heard of that discount either.

Also, Wyndham does NOT own Best Western.

I for one, will make sure if, I know someone is NRA, give time some kind of discount ….

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Bigmac1947
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:34pm
The democrats that are complaining about the NRA have a thousands times more blood on their hands from the non-stop abortion of innocent children. We can turn that against you. At least we have morals.

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- applehill
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:45pm
  Amen!
  
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applehill
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:31pm
Feel free to let them know how you feel on twitter. @Avaaz

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ricks525
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:19pm
If you do not agree with Liberals they want to bully you and shut down your business.Stay strong Wyndham.

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gyro
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:17pm
This is were I will stay
Wyndam Hotels Worldwide, which owns the chains Ramada, Days Inn, Wingate and Super 8 – and Best Western

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BlasberryStrat
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:16pm
These uneducated Lemmings can post and picket all day long if it makes them so happy that they want to paint their faces. When it comes vacation time and they start searching for ‘deals’, they will be the first in line to grab the hotel rooms that they are vomiting all over now.

ALL of you people need to grow up and get a grip. You are simply trying to make yourself “feel good” and “feel useful” about something tragic that has happened. Turn back time and it will happen again. Killing has been going on since the dawn of man. You’re mad at YOURSELF because you want to “make a difference”, but then forget about it on Christmas day. No killing is the NRA’s, members, or guns fault. It’s the fault of the shooter and YES the fault of society. I cannot believe that someone can think that an NRA member from 10 States away is the cause, but the video games and music about “killing whores and cops” has no effect on young people that pound Red Bull in order to keep playing for hours. Hell, I smoked pot because of Pink Floyd for god sakes. And you think Gangsta Rap is just good clean fun. NO WONDER YOUR 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IS PREGNANT! Open your eyes and SEE what’s molding YOUR kids lives! Your ‘baby momma’ ain’t the fault of the NRA honey!

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jungle J
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:06pm
the enemy within is activated by hate and mental illness.

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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:09pm
  Indeed, and the liberals are showing their madness is growing by the hour.
  
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- Techcon
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:26pm
  “Avaaz”
  
  If I’m not mistaken, that’s German for, “Shower with a chimney.”
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:38am
  Techcon
  Nice
  
  I never heard of them before this week. They have 1 million members in the U.S. Well the NRA has 4 or 5 million.
  
  Founded in 2007 by liberals. Just another liberal front group. Probably same membership as Hand Gun Control Incorporated.
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avaaz
  
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- nzkiwi
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:51am
  I think that “madness” is wrong.
  
  Does anybody else think that this all seems a little too organised? Doesn’t this seem like a manufactured grassroots action? “Astroturf” I think you guys call it.
  
  It has that contrived feel about it that we have seen before. It seems to me that someone is pulling the strings behind the scenes here.
  
  It doesn’t seem like madness to me. It seems like one prong of a co-ordinated multi-pronged attack. I think that the gun control people feel that this is their best opportunity to acheive their aims and they are going all out to try and create a division, a class warfare in a way, between those who support the Constitution and the 2nd Amendment and those who would see the west subservient to the UN.
  
  They are playing the “race card” simultaneously. They are gratuitously insulting to individuals whose arguements they find difficult to counter, and they repeatedly set up straw men to be demolished.
  
  I think that we should pay close attention. Far from being mad, these guys are clever and very determined.
  
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seniorveteran
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:06pm
Two words for liberals: GROW UP!

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Lordchamp
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 9:58pm
So in other words they are inciting discrimination.

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ricks525
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 9:54pm
Add your comments

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yiska8
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 9:52pm
Well these chains of hotels just earned A+++ rating from me without ever having been to one. Liberal freaks just gave us travel saving tips. Man, they are stupid sheep. I hope these hotels have a Chick-fil-A nearby.
Liberalism is a mental disorder.
As we all have daily proof.

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Improvise.Adapt.Overcome
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 9:52pm
My guess is that they will cave. I hope they don’t, but they know we need a cheap, clean (maybe) room for a night, and will still patronize their place. On the other hand, they know the left is well funded and will not give up until it gets what it wants, as these demonstators have shown they do not have jobs.

Sometimes it sucks to know that I took an oath to defend these Jackwagons. I wish they would do the same for me. All things being equal of course. :)

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- Flag-Man
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:53am
  Semper Fi
  
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ricks525
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 9:51pm
Wyndham,I know where I am stating the next time I go out of town next time.Also I am a Wyndham rewards member.Stay strong against the Avaaz bullies.

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BigDaddyTex
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 9:46pm
Can you smell it?
Can you SMELL it?!?!?!
Smells like another…..Chick-fil-a!!!

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- Dodsfall
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 9:50pm
  I find it more akin to Kristallnacht. Finding a group to demonize and ostracize is a common thread throughout socialism’s history.
  
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- noczars
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 9:57pm
  You bet it’s another Chic-Fil-A. Support every Wyndom Hotel; Ramada; Days Inn; Wingate; Super 8 and Best Western. When obama said Cherrios was false advertising, we bought 10 family size boxes; when he said Whole Foods was not organic; we bought all of our vegetable from them; we bought a $50 gift certificate from Chic-Fil-A plus went to lunch one per week for a month; when calif. said they SUGGEST no meat on Mondays, we made a vow to eat ONLY Chicken or PORK every Monday. It always backfires. Also when they said they were going to start gun control, sales went up 80-90%
  
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Uechi
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 9:39pm
Do the words kiss my grits meanb anything? The world is on fire, we have a Marxist President and Senate and these weenies are worried about hotel discounts? Do the words stupid and petty ring a bell?

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Oneirishman
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 9:33pm
I’m gonna have to visit a Wyndham Hotel on my next vacation!

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mrunner
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 9:32pm
I have to believe that the majority of the truly “anti gun” crowd are of the far, far left variety. I would think that Wyndham would welcome their boycott. I don’t believe Wydham accepts food stamps anyways- but I am sure they will like not having to air out the room from the pot smoke and the unbathed masses when a liberal has rented a room.

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- BODYBAG
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 9:44pm
  You’re absolutely correct on all points.
  Its high time our side started playing hardball like the left does.
  Turn the tables on them.
  Close down the facebook pages and go after Avaaz members with clubs.
  That’ll teach ‘em that guns are unnecessary after several of their members
  have their skulls cracked open like a cantaloupe.
  
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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:10pm
  Very true.
  
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- mrunner
  Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:15pm
  @Bodybag – Enjoyed that response. LOL We could expend far less energy if the peta, social issue, gay marraige, free abortion on demand lefties all wore shirts “Anti-Gun Advocate” and took strolls through the neighborhoods of the other major group of Obama voters- the give me free stuff, I hate whitey, no personal responsibility group. Would be entertaining to watch the one group of lefties obliterate another group of lefties. The Obama Zombie Apocalypse is coming. Good to know you are ready.
  
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ares338
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 9:29pm
They can give discounts to whoever they damn well wish to give them to. Do these people not have anything productive to do?

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OVMAMA
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 9:27pm
“Where the frigg…, is the frakin DUCT tape!!!!!!”

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