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If we stopped frequenting all businesses that make political decisions we disagree with, we'd have no businesses left. That's sort of the reality of it. I still
by cmelbye 15y ago
If we stopped frequenting all businesses that make political decisions we disagree with, we'd have no businesses left. That's sort of the reality of it. I still shop at Target despite donations to a republican candidate for governor in Minnesota, I still eat at Chick-fil-A despite donations to groups against gay marriage.
Are you boycotting every company that supported SOPA, including many many book publishers, Nike, Ford, Nintendo, Disney, and Wal-Mart? Do you refuse to watch movies produced by members of the MPAA? Have you stopped purchasing music from record company members of the RIAA? If not, then "don't sell out," and more importantly, don't tell the grandparent commenter what to do.
- pessimizer 15y agoYou really find Chick-fil-a appetizing and support gay rights at the same time? I'm jealous of you - I once loved it, and now the idea of eating there makes me slightly ill. It's your own personal decision about what you want to support in this world, but everybody gets to have an opinion about it esp. if you announce it on the internet. Inertia because inertia is not an argument, it's just what inertia is. When you shop at companies that do things that are morally reprehensible to you, while avoiding a million other options, that just sounds like apathy.