As a small business owner, I am sick and tired of being shit on while simultaneously generating enough revenue to multiple governments to pay to feed/cloth/house/educate dozens of families annually. I have been reluctant to turn business political, precisely because I abhor political "woke" pandering corporations. I don't want to be what I despise. I just want to do what I do regardless of politics. I also am willing to take your green money, even if it comes out of sticky red hands.

Today, however, was somewhat interesting. I met with some clients, who walked in the door, holding masks in their hands. Obviously, I did not have one on, nor did I even have one. The first thing they did was start to mention they brought them and could put them on. Before they finished the sentence I was like "get those things outta here, we don't do that around here..." And you would not believe how big their eyes got and the smiles on their faces. It was greatness.

Honestly, I am somewhat afraid of the amount of shit publicity I inevitably will get for going there. I'd like to hope that revenues would increase in spite of the cancel attempts. But I do fear what local/state governments might decide to inconvenience me with for drawing attention to myself.

Any based business pedes have any advice here? How did you all manage the heat? Or did you get any at all? Did you get awful shit written in the papers about you? I would love to read about your experiences.