Neither of which are arguments against doing it. With your logic, ending slavery in a time when it was legal, would be a PR disaster, and illegal in most juris

Neither of which are arguments against doing it. With your logic, ending slavery in a time when it was legal, would be a PR disaster, and illegal in most jurisdictions. Oh wait... It may even lead to a civil war. Oh wait... That has happened... Oh wait... It was actually a good thing! That's how progress gets made - by changing existing norms and laws because they suck. Recruiting AND job searching at this moment clearly sucks. Which's not to say blacklisting is THE solution. It's A solution, which's a lot better than nothing, at least it gets the conversation going.