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I'm not sure BLM support is "mainstream". Home Depot hasn't said anything official about BLM to my knowledge, and you hear loud pro BLM people saying they shou

I'm not sure BLM support is "mainstream". Home Depot hasn't said anything official about BLM to my knowledge, and you hear loud pro BLM people saying they should be boycotted [1], but I think they're doing fine. Their stock price is as good as its ever been. I think what we're seeing is a case of "minority rule" [2]. [1] https://www.ccn.com/7-companies-you-should-renounce-if-you-support-black-lives-matter/ https://www.ccn.com/7-companies-you-should-renounce-if-you-s... [2] https://nassimtaleb.org/2016/08/intolerant-wins-dictatorship-small-minority/ https://nassimtaleb.org/2016/08/intolerant-wins-dictatorship...

untog 6y ago
> More than half of voters, 57 percent, have a favorable opinion of the Black Lives Matter movement, while 30 percent have an unfavorable one. https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=3663 https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=3663 So it's not much of a minority anything.
- briefcomment 6y ago
  I think my point is more that people who actually change their behavior based on whether or not a company explicitly supports BLM is not a majority. It is probably a small minority. If that 57% actually boycotted businesses not supporting BLM, Home Depot would change their tune quickly.