Do you boycott?

ZenMode said:
I won't watch a Will Smith movie after the Chris Rock incident. I also won't pay for anything Kanye West related. That includes streaming his songs.

It's much easier, but I would never stay at a Trump hotel or buy anything that is sold by and benefits Trump.

There are more, but they aren't coming to mind.
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I stopped watching Will Smith movies after seeing how bad they are.
 
The "christian" chicken place and Hobby Lobby are on the list. We've cut back on Amazon, even for our business. One local restaurant chain that I used to eat at frequently was boycotted after the CEO complained that "Obamacare" would put them out of business. It didn't. Neither has my boycott but I still feel good about the decision. A couple of other local restaurants that are loud and proud Trumpsters have been banished from my finances.

I've never understood why businesses feel compelled to flaunt their politics. I stay away from any political display with mine, although my closure for the health and safety of my customers, staff, family, and myself during COVID was taken as one by some. Business is hard enough without undermining it with hot political takes. You might as well say, "I don't want the money of anyone who voted for someone different from me."
 
I have a good friend who calls Chick-fil-A "Hate Chicken"... but he still gives in and eats it a couple times a year.

I have kids, so that means I am forced to eat McD's and Chick-fil-A semi-regularly. Once removed from the equation I doubt I will partake in those, but not for political reasons. Fast food just makes me feel like ass now that I am older, used to be able to power down anything and be right as the rain.

Nowadays, whenever on vacation my family most fears the words "Dad going to get us fast food breakfast and coffee/espresso"....
 
I don’t actively boycott any business but there are two local businesses I avoid giving money to.

One is a large brewery in Charlotte whose owner has donated a lot of money to the Trump campaign. When I learned of that I didn’t want any of my money to contribute to that.

Another is a bar right by house whose owner participated in 1/6 (he was not charged with anything and to my knowledge did not commit a crime). I don’t really care whom the owners of businesses vote for or what their political views are, but taking part in 1/6 was a bridge too far for me. That bar smells like shit anyway, so that was enough to keep me out of it before I learned of the whole 1/6 thing. Though it was one my my go-to spots in the late-90s/early-00s. But back then every bar just smelled like smoke.

That’s not to say I would never go to these places and spend money there if someone invited me to meet them there, but I’m not going to choose to spend money at these places otherwise.
 
Oddball said:
I have a good friend who calls Chick-fil-A "Hate Chicken"... but he still gives in and eats it a couple times a year.

I have kids, so that means I am forced to eat McD's and Chick-fil-A semi-regularly. Once removed from the equation I doubt I will partake in those, but not for political reasons. Fast food just makes me feel like ass now that I am older, used to be able to power down anything and be right as the rain.

Nowadays, whenever on vacation my family most fears the words "Dad going to get us fast food breakfast and coffee/espresso"....
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I get it re: Chic-fil-a. I have two kids and a Chic-fil-a within walking distance of my house. It’s unavoidable. Granted, I take bites of their fries and nuggets and they taste so good. And I initiated a special trip to Chic-fail-a with my kids a few days ago so that I could get a peach milkshake. I do the same around Christmas when they have their peppermint milkshake.

Funny enough, my kids do not like McDonald’s.
 
4thgenheel said:
he's a couple of weeks behind but that's okay, i bet he's happier.

without social media, i count on this board and my friends to keep me informed on a lot of things.
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Thing is he doesn't even do message boards...if it wasn't for our pretty regular phone calls he wouldn't know who's on the team. He is a historian and keeps up with the events in the region of his focus fairly well but even there he's behind. I couldn't do it.
 
Note that I wrote that I don't eat Chic-fil-A...but I've got a kid and have bought plenty of it. Like I said, I'm not advocating boycotting things I'm just doing it myself.

@OGtruthhurts can do whatever he wants and I don't care though if he were to wake up and start boycotting criminal authoritarian traitors I think we'd all appreciate it.
 
I canceled my Amazon prime membership over the Jeff Bezos spiking the WaPo editorial fiasco.

I’m sure it hurt him significantly. But, it will probably help me save money by preventing me from buying things the aren’t necessarily necessary.
 
Rock said:
I canceled my Amazon prime membership over the Jeff Bezos spiking the WaPo editorial fiasco.

I’m sure it hurt him significantly. But, it will probably help me save money by preventing me from buying things the aren’t necessarily necessary.
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My issue with Amazon is the prevalence of fake goods. I generally use Amazon for research, but then try to buy whatever I find directly from the retailer. The prices are usually not far off. Although "free" shipping is hard to pass up.
 
Rock said:
I canceled my Amazon prime membership over the Jeff Bezos spiking the WaPo editorial fiasco.

I’m sure it hurt him significantly. But, it will probably help me save money by preventing me from buying things the aren’t necessarily necessary.
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yeah we also cancelled wapo and prime
 
I started boycotting Nike and Adidas after all the payola stuff in college basketball recruiting years ago. Admittedly that now seems tame in comparison to the current pay for play scene.

Why the hate for McDonalds, who gives more kids their first job than anyone else in the US? Walmart reduced RX prices on generics for everyone when they instituted their low cost generic drug program. Walmart's mission statement is "to save people money so they can live better". This guiding principle, established by founder Sam Walton, emphasizes providing affordable products to help customers improve their quality of life. It's synonymous with their slogan, "Save money. Live better." I guess I can dig down on the sources in donbosco's post to see why the People's Union has their panties in a wad.

There's lots of places that I don't patronize because I think their products suck. I view boycotts as being over more political or moral issues.
 
BubbaOtis said:
I started boycotting Nike and Adidas after all the payola stuff in college basketball recruiting years ago. Admittedly that now seems tame in comparison to the current pay for play scene.

Why the hate for McDonalds, who gives more kids their first job than anyone else in the US? Walmart reduced RX prices on generics for everyone when they instituted their low cost generic drug program. Walmart's mission statement is "to save people money so they can live better". This guiding principle, established by founder Sam Walton, emphasizes providing affordable products to help customers improve their quality of life. It's synonymous with their slogan, "Save money. Live better." I guess I can dig down on the sources in donbosco's post to see why the People's Union has their panties in a wad.

There's lots of places that I don't patronize because I think their products suck. I view boycotts as being over more political or moral issues.
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I'd never heard of the People's Union before today.
 
I’m about to boycott the United Fucking States of Amurikkka.
A music colleague of mine is renting out their house in Greensboro and moving to London for 18 months. A trial run. If they like it, they’ll relocate permanently. He’s a pro musician and he tours Europe frequently. He knows another musician that moved to Paris for a couple of years, didn’t like it so much and switched to London and loves it.
Expensive cities in which to reside no doubt. But he and his wife are empty nesters and can afford it.

My wife (fluent in Spanish) has been wanting to move to Northern Spain for 4.5 years now. Since 1/6/21.

But in terms of boycotting… yes! Most definitely. Most of the ones enumerated on this thread do I try to avoid. Papa John’s Jimmy Johns all the damn Johns, Chick-fil-A, Home Depot, Mickey Ds (tho will admit to grabbing an egg McMuffin on a road trip), MalWart, Hobby Lobby etc. etc.

What did Lowe’s Hardware do? Our local Ace Hadware is ok, but it’s managed by a Trumper so it’s not my fave.
 
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