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I stopped drinking Yuengling when they got cozy with Trump in 2016. So many other superior breweries in Philly - Yards, Victory, Attic just to name a few.
by vrosas 3y ago
I stopped drinking Yuengling when they got cozy with Trump in 2016. So many other superior breweries in Philly - Yards, Victory, Attic just to name a few.
- pdntspa 3y agoI don't really believe in this whole stupid 'boycott them because they don't align with my values' bullshit, people should be free to express their political opinions however they see fit
- brewdad 3y agoAnd I can choose not to give my money to someone who will use it to fund politicians who want to actively harm members of my family. Ain’t capitalism grand?
- pdntspa 3y agoAs someone targetted by the GOP's bullshit, I still don't care. Half-assed personal boycotts don't present the kind of numbers needed to effect change. Trump and his cohorts getting their asses locked up does. Burning everything to the ground that belongs to neonazis does. The BLM protests did far more damage and effected far more change than the combined power of everyone who boycotts Chik-Fil-A, Hobby Lobby, or Yuengling.
- monodeldiablo 3y agoThey're not mutually exclusive. I can boycott products made by sociopaths and vote/protest/run for local office.
- debaserab2 3y agoPersonal boycotts don't have to have a large impact or meaning outside of however you feel about them. They're just for you: you can decide to allow your principles affect your economic activity or you can default into the powerless assumption that it's not worth the effort. I think it's a worthwhile exercise to ask yourself before you make a purchase somewhere that you feel OK with the ethical implications of your purchase - and I say this as someone who does compromise on my ethical positions constantly for convenience. It still matters.
- heartbreak 3y agoThe personal boycotts of Bud Light are hurting Anheuser-Busch InBev, aren’t they? Sales are down 30% in Q2.
- pdntspa 3y agoAnd they'll likely be back to normal next quarter
- monocasa 3y ago> people should be free to express their political opinions however they see fit But that doesn't apply to boycotts?
- pdntspa 3y agoIt does. Not sure what that has to do with anything though.
- Reubachi 3y agohave you reread your comment back to yourself this morning and seen the irony?
- pdntspa 3y agoWhat, because I say other people are free to express themselves politically? All I said dude was that I don't believe in it and that I think what they were doing is stupid. Other people can do what they want, even if its pointless. Because pretty much everyone does shit (like boycott) more because it makes them feel good ("look at me! I'm stickin it to the man!"), not because it is effective. I suppose if everyone measured their activities on effectiveness it might create a hole in the space-time continuum, so many idiotic jobs and actions would be eliminated.
- rsynnott 3y ago> people should be free to express their political opinions however they see fit By, for instance, boycotting companies they disagree with?
- pdntspa 3y agoAlso, which of these have the most chance of being sold in California?