Off-Topic: Already done when it really matters
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MartiniMan
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Already done when it really matters
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10/25/2019 11:49:31 AM
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I debated responding to this because it is so dumb, but I have a few minutes so here goes. It is one thing for a corporation to provide financial support to some organization and entirely another to openly promote values in their advertising that I find objectionable. I am quite sure all those corporations give money to organizations that you dislike but none of us are asking you to boycott them. I switched from Gillette to Dollar Shave Club because of their advertising. I no longer shop at Dicks because of the stupid reason for their decision to no longer sell guns (although as we now know it was because their CEO was setting up a run for political office). I don't buy coffee at Starbucks because of their very vocal statement that if I don't believe what they believe on certain social issues then don't buy our product.......not to mention they burn their beans. I don't spend my life looking to be offended like you leftists and will only respond to egregious behavior on the part of a corporation.
But I am not advocating boycotting corporations simply because they donate money to groups I dislike or disagree with because that is kind of dumb. But if they take the route of Gillette, Dicks or Starbucks I will certainly go out of my way to find a competitor and take my business elsewhere. But that's my personal decison and your mileage may vary.
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