Gypsy
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Circe|1380860759|3531923 said:makhro82|1380856915|3531898 said:I would never knowingly buy anything from anyone that oppresses or subjugates anyone. Once you know something you have a RESPONSIBILITY so it is not at all hypocritical or melodramatic. I think we will just have to agree to disagree because whenever someone disagrees with you they become "melodramatic". Certain issues are important to ME and I will never budge on them and one of them is the fair treatment of humans. I'm going to go there with race again, but I as a Black woman can never imagine buying something from a company who thinks that gays should be treated differently. I would not buy from a company that does not promote women because they believe their place is in the home, but hey that's just me. You are free to do with what you want with your money.
This was more or less word-for-word what I was thinking as I read along, so I will bow to the more eloquent voice and add an enthusiastic +1.
I do think it's interesting that we're debating the ability to boycott, as if companies are somehow entitled to our money. Free market FTW and all, but ... WHAT? I never thought much of CFL, but if I found out that the proprietors of my favorite Chinese place down on 55th where I've been going since I was 12 were bigots, I'd have a much harder time choking down the fried rice, somehow.
(They're not. They're awesome. I just had to add that, since I love them and would not want to impugn them even by association. Guilt, expiated!)
Agree.