Poll (US and CA): Do you boycott particular businesses due to political/social issues? Why?

[Contrarian]

Poll: Do you boycott particular businesses due to political/social issues? Why?

I posted this in the American forum because you folks are more polarized, it seems. 😄

For me: While I see that some people may react strongly about boycotting businesses for political reasons, I personally try not to focus on their politics, instead, I try to focus on the product or services they provide. I am sure, the authorities in 2023 will not allow someone to operate if their politics were that extreme anyways.

---> I am talking about big chains, not some corner store Joe which made some ridiculous statement. 

• Does anyone engage in boycotting in 2023? Why do you do it? 

One case that I remember is when Chick Fill came to Canada, even though that company made efforts to distance itself from controversial positions and even went to support causes directly or indirectly for LGBTQ causes, they were still met with protests. Right now, I am sure, every diverse member of society is there eating at one point or another.

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[Perspektiv]

Nope. I will buy from a business almost no matter what.

I usually will leave politics out of it. 

IE Walmart employs shady practices on their manufacturing side. They use predatory practices in some instances.

But to me, 20$ jeans, are 20$ jeans.

"But they employ kids"

So does Nestlé. Many other brands. 

My mentality, is that kid would be living in squalor, or hustling or worse for the same money.

You have not experienced this level of poverty, until you can understand how difficult a decision it would be, to sell your child. 

[WestCanMan]

I don't buy Nike.

Openly supporting anthem-kneeling in support of the blatant BS about M Brown, Rayshard, etc was way beyond the pale for me. It seems like it was just to foment racial division. 

I get that a lot of leftists are finally aware of the fact that M Brown was a violent criminal who didn't deserve to be supported, but they did support him, along with all of the violent protests, for months after it was already known what he did. 

[Infidel Dog]

I guess...

Won't buy Halal.

Won't buy an advertised project if I have an un-advertised one as an alternative.

Every once in a while I find myself forced to watch network TV and from there I get the impression advertisers don't like me as a white guy and don't want me buying their products. So, given the opportunity, I don't.

Anyway...I find you're paying about 2 dollars on a 10 dollar bill for the advertisement.

[Contrarian]

5 minutes ago, Infidel Dog said:

Won't buy an advertised project if I have an un-advertised one as an alternative.

Every once in a while I find myself forced to watch network TV and from there I get the impression advertisers don't like me as a white guy and don't want me buying their products. So, given the opportunity, I don't.

Anyway...I find you're paying about 2 dollars on a 10 dollar bill for the advertisement.

Any specific examples of a brand? 

[Infidel Dog]

4 hours ago, Contrarian said:

Any specific examples of a brand? 

Why?

Double-checking for a "gotcha?"

Or do you like my idea and want to join?

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[Contrarian]

6 minutes ago, Infidel Dog said:

Why?

Double-checking for "gotcha?"

Or do you like my idea and want to join?

I am curious if you open your mouth or type via the keyboard about something if you have a specific example. 

• I had one, the other one had one. 

this is like saying I don't like something. 

Ok, then. 

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[Infidel Dog]

Oh, what the Hell...

I don't care either way.

Advertised product costing $2 more on a $10 bill: Pepto Bismol versus Wal Mart no name.

Ads that tell us male whites suck.

Can't afford network TV, eh?

Ok, here's a trope that's starting to bug me. The one that says if a good looking white women is in a satisfactory relationship it can't be with a white guy. (Well maybe...rarely...in varying situations.)

There's tons more but you know where and how to look now. Happy investigating.

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[Infidel Dog]

Speaking of Pepto Bismol...

How far did you want to take this nonsense? I may need some soon. Well, it will be Wal Mart no-name actually.

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[bcsapper]

I haven't had any Beluga caviar since Russia invaded Ukraine. 

[Contrarian]

7 minutes ago, Infidel Dog said:

Speaking of Pepto Bismol...

How far did you want to take this nonsense?

Which nonsense, the one that I am asking questions about brands and politics and you contribute with nothing but just garbage? 

Just move along if you have nothing to value to offer or answer like in high school and you will get a reply in fashion. 😄

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[WestCanMan]

4 hours ago, Infidel Dog said:

I get the impression advertisers don't like me as a white guy and don't want me buying their products. So, given the opportunity, I don't.

TBH, I'm getting fed up with the over-representation of hijab-wearing people in ads and giving their opinions on the news.

1) They're only about 1% of Candians, if that 

2) They're always promoted as a shining beacon if tolerance and inclusivity but the hijab is actually a tool for religious bigotry and cultural genocide in a lot of large countries to this day. Hundreds of millions of women face violent persecution if they don't have one on whenever they're outside of their home, and in some places like Afghanistan, even inside if their windows are open.

Wearing a hijab is like saying "Screw the b!tches in Iran for being too stupid to wear a hijab, they're only getting what they deserve. Same for the women in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, islamic state, etc who get raped or murdered for going outside looking like whores."

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[Perspektiv]

2 minutes ago, bcsapper said:

I haven't had any Beluga caviar since Russia invaded Ukraine. 

Thats like white tiger milk.

[Infidel Dog]

1 minute ago, Contrarian said:

Which non-sense, the one that I am asking questions about brands and politics and you contribute with nothing but just garbage? 

What garbage is that? That no-name Wal-mart Pepto Bismol costs about $2 less than the advertised version. Look it up.

That diverse relationships are prioritized on TV ads to the point we pretty much are being required to accept there's something wrong with a white woman accepting a white man as a man?

Get a TV. Turn it to a network station. Turn off your 'ignore the obvious' filter and watch.

You know what I think? You got caught looking for a "gotcha," couldn't find one and now you're whining like a whiney little whiner.

Go cry in somebody else's beer. Mine's taken.

[Contrarian]

3 minutes ago, Infidel Dog said:

What garbage is that? That no-name Wal-mart Pepto Bismol costs about $2 less than the advertised version. Look it up.

That diverse relationships are prioritized on TV ads to the point we pretty much are being required to accept there's something wrong with a white woman accepting a white man as a man?

Get a TV. Turn it to a network station. Turn off your 'ignore the obvious' filter and watch.

You know what I think? You got caught looking for a "gotcha," couldn't find one and now you're whining like a whiney little whiner.

Go cry in somebody else's beer. Mine's taken.

About Ads, yes, I see them in the Movie theatre. 

and what is your point? It was not a white dominated Hollywood until recently? How many generations?

• Now others have the power, and then it will switch again when they overexaggerate it.

Is just physics.

You are just wasting time, being a soldier for one side, that's all. Resume your position, soldier. 

• I don't drink beer, only whisky when I want, not when you tell me, boy 😄

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[Infidel Dog]

7 minutes ago, Contrarian said:

About Ads, yes, I see them in the Movie theatre. 

Wasn't talking about how diversity has taken over Hollywood.

Separate issue, but I'm pretty sure you already knew that.

I'm specifically saying if TV network advertisers want to appear to be saying there's something wrong with white guys, white guy don't have to buy their product.

You apparently think they do. Tough on you then. Haven't changed my mind.

Boy, you sure do like the wokey side of these issues for somebody who claims residence in the wish-washy middle. Can't help noticing.

[Contrarian]

3 minutes ago, Infidel Dog said:

Wasn't talking about how diversity has taken over Hollywood.

Separate issue, but I'm pretty sure you already knew that.

I'm specifically saying if TV network advertisers want to appear to be saying there's something wrong with white guys, white guy don't have to buy their product.

You apparently think they do. Tough on you then. Haven't changed my mind.

Boy, you sure do like the wokey side of these issues for somebody who claims residence in the wish-washy middle. Can't help noticing.

 Infidel Dog Hulk. 

What's the matter, boy? Someone did not talk some sense in you, the way I am doing now?

You are having a fit now because I am showing you how superficial your thinking is? 

What ads are you talking about? The ones that the PC culture is overexaggerating about?

That is based on a market, are you a communist? If the ads were such the issue how come the buyers did not revolt and turned the market upside down? 

Who are you exactly to dictate how a company should advertise its products? Are you Lenin? 

If society is trending to believe this way, then the market adapts.

or let me guess, is all a conspiracy? No, is just a trend, it will go back like trends always do. 

Until then, you just do your part, and think you have some sort of control. 😄

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[Infidel Dog]

This was the question in your OP, "Do you boycott particular businesses due to political/social issues? Why?"

I answered it. Stop whining just because you don't like that answer.

Oh and sorry you had to put it into extra whine mode because I called you a whiney little whiner. The software wouldn't let me say "Whiney Little B1tch.

[Contrarian]

6 minutes ago, Infidel Dog said:

This was the question in your OP, "Do you boycott particular businesses due to political/social issues? Why?"

I answered it. Stop whining just because you don't like that answer.

Oh and sorry you had to put it into extra whine mode because I called you a whiney little whiner. The software wouldn't let me say "Whiney Little B1tch.

You can swear, call names, and be ironic all you want. I am going to reply the same and show your superficial thinking.

You talk about the ads shown on a private TV station, you don't dictate those, just because some social issues are going off the rails on one side. That's what the radio hosts tell you, so they can give you that illusion, they make the rating, you get angry. 😄

Call names, swear, by all means, whatever makes you "feel" good. 😄

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[Infidel Dog]

7 minutes ago, Contrarian said:

 What ads are you talking about? The ones that the PC culture is overexaggerating about?

That is based on a market,

You sure about that?

Ever heard the truism "Get woke. Go Broke?" Ask Gillette. They'll tell you all about it.

[Contrarian]

6 minutes ago, Infidel Dog said:

You sure about that?

Ever heard the truism "Get woke. Go Broke?" Ask Gillette. They'll tell you all about it.

Ok, so we finished with the gutter talk? 

Yes, so the market took care of that. 

so what is the issue, then? Do you want to bypass the market and do it your style as the communists did? 

Every company can do whatever they want with its product, then society decides. Just because Gillette did not work out, maybe for some companies it does work. 

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[Infidel Dog]

3 minutes ago, Contrarian said:

Ok, so we finished with the gutter talk? 

You started it, Bud. Don't blame me when you start to lose. You should be used to that by now.

[Contrarian]

3 minutes ago, Infidel Dog said:

You started it, Bud. Don't blame me when you start to lose. You should be used to that by now.

I don't care about winning or losing, friend, that is mob politics. 😄

That is for basic thinkers 0 vs 1. 

Told you before, was a lost puppy too, like you, then someone put a seed, then I grew up, hope you do the same, or resume your position as an Infidel "Dog" for whatever side needs you. 

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[Infidel Dog]

Yeah we covered that. "Wah!" Right? 

But back on topic. You wanted to know if anybody boycotted anything for political reasons. I do and told you why. This upset you. You didn't like the answer.

I should simply say, "tough" but you said something else that intrigued me. You claim the push to woke in culture is purely market driven and my refusal to participate makes me some sort of communist.

This idea woke is a broadly accepted idea whose time has come and the market simply fell in with the coming wave is false.

There's tons of evidence of that. Start here if you like.

Here's the Oscars big jump into the woke pool:

Here's some more stuff for you but there's lots more:

https://www.outkick.com/get-woke-go-broke-2021/

https://www.foxnews.com/media/go-woke-go-broke-liberal-movies-books-tv-bombed-2022

https://www.dailywire.com/news/get-woke-go-broke-bank-tells-customers-to-leave-if-they-dont-like-its-pronoun-policy-triggering-mass-exodus

Nobody is jumping on a wave. Globalists and others are trying to start one and they're not having much luck.

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[Infidel Dog]

Would you like to talk Disney?