In and out a lot today, but I just have to respond quickly to this:
"Why do you care so much about democracy?"
REALLY?! WOW! This "question" is set up in a pure sanctimonious, self-serving manner of a completely self-unaware narcissist.
"What gives you the right to tell me what to do?
Wrong, asshole ... The First Amendment does NOT give you the right to tell other people what to do. It gives you the right to speak out against our government without threat of government retaliation. You can certainly try to tell other people what they can do, but as you point out, they are perfectly within their rights to tune you out - and to shun you and quit doing business with you - as you are now finding out.
David, you're an idiot ... and you have blindly done irreparable damage to your business. Good luck with that, pal.

The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence