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This is just a practicality argument. The people best placed to stop Trump are members of Congress, they need votes to stay in office, so we need to convince th
by burkaman 10y ago
This is just a practicality argument. The people best placed to stop Trump are members of Congress, they need votes to stay in office, so we need to convince their voters. "Holding people accountable" isn't productive.
- RodericDay 10y agoBoycotts are so effective many places make them illegal.
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- a3n 10y agoOne of LL Bean's board members thinks they're Unamerican and bullying.
- icebraining 10y agoHow do you boycott 60 million random people? The statement was about voters, not companies or other organizations.
- RodericDay 10y agoseems to me like the comment was obviously about other big decision-makers
- ahartman00 10y agowould you want to lose your job because your boss said something they shouldnt have? or just something that ~50% of the population disagrees with? because the companies you are thinking about boycotting very likely have ~50% of their employees who have similar political positions to you. you're hurting them too.