Not all forays into politics are equal. Two companies in the news in the past few days highlight this lesson. This is the story of In-N-Out versus Nike. And the Silent Majority has spoken.

Let’s start with In-N-Out Burger. Liberals decided to call for a national boycott because In-N-Out committed the sin of donating to the Republican Party. How idiotic is the idea of boycotting a company for making a political donation? Almost every company, even the small businesses you buy from, is run by someone who has a political opinion.

The right to have that opinion is protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. It’s what so many millions of young Americans have died for on bloody battlefields all over the world.

Most businesses — or their CEOs — make political contributions. Participating in politics is as American as apple pie. Most of us never know the politics of the businesses we buy from. Or care. If I like a product, I’ll buy it. I don’t care who you donate to. But boycotting businesses who give to the Republican Party is idiotic.

First, the GOP controls the presidency, Senate and House. It has a large majority of the country’s governors and lieutenant governors. It controls the majority of state legislatures. The GOP dominates America.

Yet liberals and the liberal media paint political conservatives as extremists. Liberals are kidding themselves. Pure delusion. Our views are common sense and mainstream. You’re the radical, extreme ones. You’re the ones who are out of touch.