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This line of thinking bothers me. A while back, I saw mention of someone making (or considering making) a phone app that could take a picture of some product i

This line of thinking bothers me. A while back, I saw mention of someone making (or considering making) a phone app that could take a picture of some product in a store and tell you if the manufacturer was associated for or against your political party. That's horrifying. We should not make it easy to ostracize anyone you have a difference of opinion with. Boycotts and similar applications of force should not be impulse decisions. Bifurcating society along ideological lines is not conducive to everyone getting along. Stifling unpopular opinions is not good for political discourse.

bydo 12y ago
There's a pretty large difference between ostracizing an individual for voicing an opinion and choosing not to financially support a multinational conglomerate for contributing to political causes contrary to one's beliefs. I do agree that splitting everything on US party lines would be utterly ridiculous, but I don't see what would be wrong with making it that much easier to boycott corporations opposed to, say, paying their employees livable wages, or reproductive rights for women, or marriage equality. Though I also don't see what's wrong with boycotting a company simply for spending a fortune aggressively and offensively marketing their aggressively mediocre adjunct lagers.
frandroid 12y ago
horrifying!!