# FedEx Retains Partnership With NRA: Is It Over For FedEx? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 27, 2018, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedex-retains-partnership-with-nra-is-it-over-for-fedex/809646 "2018-02-27T02:42:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedex-retains-partnership-with-nra-is-it-over-for-fedex/809646/21 "2018-02-27T19:20:35Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > How’s that? Is FedEx the only shipper there is? If they can’t use fedex, they just can’t deliver packages anymore? > > Not only do they have other options in UPS or the USPS, but they are also doing their own delivery service. > > Amazon’s been looking to cut ties with some of their third party deliveries for quite some time, this could well be the reason to cut FedEx loose, and it’s not gonna cost Amazon anything. No, they’re not. However, I think if they need a variety of sources for shipping, they wouldn’t cut out a huge provider like that. Hell, most of the time, the guy that delivers my packages is a dude in street clothes in an unmarked car. That leads me to believe that Amazon’s demands for shipping are sufficiently high that they need all the help they can get. Plus, there are just some times when political activism against something you respect can reach a tipping point to where it backfires. See: Chick-fil-A. Am I a super Fed Ex fan? No, but I think they provide a good service and were highly innovative. I don’t mind it if Amazon drops FedEx, but I do mind _why_ they do it, and would strongly reconsider doing business with them if they canned Fedex for any other reason than it being no longer economically feasible. Iron fist activism doesn’t sit well with me. ---
**Author:** ![Corry\_El](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@Corry\_El](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corry_El)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedex-retains-partnership-with-nra-is-it-over-for-fedex/809646/22 "2018-02-27T19:32:14Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > Am I a super Fed Ex fan? No, but I think they provide a good service and were highly innovative. I don’t mind it if Amazon drops FedEx, but I do mind _why_ they do it, and would strongly reconsider doing business with them if they canned Fedex for any other reason than it being no longer economically feasible. Iron fist activism doesn’t sit well with me. Doesn’t sit well with me either, but moreover I think it’s a general risk for big companies to be perceived as engaging in it, especially to the extent of acting against some other company because _that_ company won’t take a favored political position, not even as a direct statement about a political issue. And especially Amazon, which is becoming a potentially enormous political target, from potentially either side of the US divide and various politicians abroad (against which it will need the support of the US govt, and not just when one US party is in power), just by being so enormous a company. It would be a big added risk for Amazon in particular to throw its weight around that way. IOW I think the question is whether Bezos becomes dangerously (to himself) hubristic from Amazon’s amazing success. If he were to started doing stuff like dropping Fed Ex without a very convincing reason it was a coincidence and nothing to do with gun politics, that would be a sign he was. ---
**Author:** ![Razncain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@Razncain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razncain)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedex-retains-partnership-with-nra-is-it-over-for-fedex/809646/23 "2018-02-27T19:37:23Z")
Not over for FedEx. Corportations don’t know which side to go on. Delta Air Lines has the opposite problem for not siding with the NRA. Georgia’s lieutenant governor threatened to prevent Delta Air Lines from getting a sweet tax cut after it chose to end its discount program for the NRA. > [@](#): > > Says Republican Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, president of the state Senate and a leading candidate to succeed Gov. Nathan Deal, tweeted that he would use his position to sink the proposed sales tax exemption on jet fuel. > “I will kill any tax legislation that benefits @Delta unless the company changes its position and fully reinstates its relationship with @NRA,” Cagle tweeted. “Corporations cannot attack conservatives and expect us not to fight back.” I guess allowing kids to be armed to the T is more a conservative issue than protecting them with stricter legislation to prevent messed up kids from ever getting their hands on such weapons. [https://www.yahoo.com/news/georgia-republicans-upset-delta-cuts-210140600.html](https://www.yahoo.com/news/georgia-republicans-upset-delta-cuts-210140600.html) ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedex-retains-partnership-with-nra-is-it-over-for-fedex/809646/24 "2018-02-27T19:55:29Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > No, they’re not. However, I think if they need a variety of sources for shipping, they wouldn’t cut out a huge provider like that. Hell, most of the time, the guy that delivers my packages is a dude in street clothes in an unmarked car. That leads me to believe that Amazon’s demands for shipping are sufficiently high that they need all the help they can get. The reason that they do that is not because they are struggling, but because they are eliminating third party shippers where they can already. They are doing their own delivery service. > [@](#): > > Plus, there are just some times when political activism against something you respect can reach a tipping point to where it backfires. See: Chick-fil-A. I did see chick-fil-a, and the response told me that bigotry is still a big problem in this county. > [@](#): > > Am I a super Fed Ex fan? No, but I think they provide a good service and were highly innovative. I don’t mind it if Amazon drops FedEx, but I do mind _why_ they do it, and would strongly reconsider doing business with them if they canned Fedex for any other reason than it being no longer economically feasible. Iron fist activism doesn’t sit well with me. So, it is okay for elected officals like the LT gov of georgia to threaten to punish corporations for not falling in line, but amazon, a private entity, may not choose who it does business with? ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedex-retains-partnership-with-nra-is-it-over-for-fedex/809646/25 "2018-02-27T21:04:49Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > The reason that they do that is not because they are struggling, but because they are eliminating third party shippers where they can already. They are doing their own delivery service. Eh, not a fan. I like whoever’s delivering to look reasonably official. > [@](#): > > I did see chick-fil-a, and the response told me that bigotry is still a big problem in this county. So, counteracting boycotts of places you like is bigotry? What if it had nothing to do with LGBT? What if Chick-Fil-A was affiliated with the NRA, and and somebody decided to organize a boycott of Chick-Fil-A, and I decided to give them my business that day, because I like Chick-Fil-A? I wouldn’t be a bigot, but I surmise I would be labeled some of other variant of a bad person, right? (btw, I don’t like Chik-Fil-A… putting pickles on a chicken sandwich is a worse abomination than anything two dudes could do together) > [@](#): > > So, it is okay for elected officals like the LT gov of georgia to threaten to punish corporations for not falling in line, but amazon, a private entity, may not choose who it does business with? No, two wrongs don’t make a right. Like I said, I don’t really care if Amazon cuts ties with FedEx, but if they do it over politics, and it doesn’t align with mine, I might not be as enthusiastic a customer. I am MUCH more upset with Amazon for being instrumental in shutting down the IMDB boards, than probably anything else they will ever do in the future. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedex-retains-partnership-with-nra-is-it-over-for-fedex/809646/26 "2018-02-27T22:12:15Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > Eh, not a fan. I like whoever’s delivering to look reasonably official. Can’t disagree, and i’ve had some interesting interactions with Amazon delivery drivers, but it’s what they are doing, hopefully they will straighten things out. > [@](#): > > So, counteracting boycotts of places you like is bigotry? What if it had nothing to do with LGBT? What if Chick-Fil-A was affiliated with the NRA, and and somebody decided to organize a boycott of Chick-Fil-A, and I decided to give them my business that day, because I like Chick-Fil-A? I wouldn’t be a bigot, but I surmise I would be labeled some of other variant of a bad person, right? > > (btw, I don’t like Chik-Fil-A… putting pickles on a chicken sandwich is a worse abomination than anything two dudes could do together) No, the owner of Chick-fil-a was engaging in bigotry. That was the reason for the boycott. There are many who don’t know or don’t care, so they eat there anyway, that’s not bigotry, but it is a bit of ignorance. But, there were many who went there not because they liked the sandwiches, but because the liked the political position of the founder. That’s affirmatively supporting bigotry, and I don’t see why you would do that unless you agreed with it, and the only reason I can see agreeing with bigotry is if you are a bigot yourself. If they were being boycotted due to their affiliation with the NRA, and you crossed the boycott, then I would label you as an NRA supporter. It’s not that odd a thing. If a company is called out for a practice, and you shop there with the knowledge of the boycott, then you are supporting the thing being boycotted. > [@](#): > > No, two wrongs don’t make a right. Like I said, I don’t really care if Amazon cuts ties with FedEx, but if they do it over politics, and it doesn’t align with mine, I might not be as enthusiastic a customer. And that is your choice as a consumer and private entity to avoid doing business with those who support policies that you do not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedex-retains-partnership-with-nra-is-it-over-for-fedex/809646.md?page=1)