Do You Boycott?

[DubaiSis]

I chose Always, although that's not pristinely true. There are times when I am so incensed by a company's stupitude (Chik-fil-A) that I will boycott them and talk about it, share it on FB, etc. Many more times, I will consider them something to avoid if possible. I don't like Walmart's practices and will choose Target, or other when given a choice. But I'm not going to actively boycott them because I don't care that badly. You just can't care that badly about everything!

I won't be eating at Chik-fil-A again, or until something dramatic happens. However, with them being a mostly red state fast food chain (perception maybe?), this outing of themselves as homophobes might work to their favor. I did notice that the line at the new Chik-fil-A at Fashion Island which had long lines 2 weeks ago (it was new) has no lines now at lunch time. But I'm not willing to say those behind the Orange Curtain are boycotting. Likely, they had a 3-days worth of calories splurge at the opening and now it's back to more healthy lunches. But I could be wrong and it really is distate for bigotry that's holding people back.

The only other thing I can think of that I've actively boycotted for a long time was Tom Cruise movies. I rescinded that so that I could see Rock of Ages, and I'm on the fence about whether he gets my future entertainment dollars or not. He (or more likely his publicist) seems to have shoved a sock in it to keep him from preaching the word every day and as loud as he can. Your religion is your own business, but when you tell women not to treat post partum depression in every way possible, you've overstepped.

And that's sort of how I choose. You're allowed to be Republican, Christian, anti-choice or whatever other thing I don't agree with, but once you start hurting people's lives with intention, then that's a different thing.