tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post375772955663017788..comments2024-03-28T16:08:29.578-04:00Comments on Sardonicky: Dollars & PenceKaren Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-35653525951282569532015-04-01T21:38:21.985-04:002015-04-01T21:38:21.985-04:00Jay....like you say, ALEC would be a good place to...Jay....like you say, ALEC would be a good place to practice using the powerful boycott tool, but it’s beyond the direct usage of most consumers.<br /><br />This Indiana situation is easy to spotlight, publicize and boycott. it's a particular case of blatant and direct personal bias under a smokescreen of religiosity, and it's easy to trace to the source. A small business in a particular state, per an explicit law by a named politician is refusing service to a separate group.<br /><br />How to use consumer action against big conglomerates who tether their politicians with campaign money? That is very complicated. The question has to be framed properly 1st. Occupy could not translate it's goals into political action.<br /><br />Meredith New Yorknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-90288609709790550372015-04-01T14:58:37.185-04:002015-04-01T14:58:37.185-04:00The word “boycott” is music to my ears.
Good to s...The word “boycott” is music to my ears.<br /><br />Good to see it having a winning day in the press and on the deeply-pious and godly terrain of Indiana and Arkansas. I understand the big pols of New York State issued state agency travel bans against Indiana on the urging of the LGBT community. Cuomo actually signed a paper-and-ink edict for NY State’s boycotting Indiana. Senator Schumer piled on. Bless them, Lord.<br /><br />If you didn’t love the LGBT community before, you gotta love ‘em now. They know how to out the frauds and boycott the bigots. By doing so they scare the wits out of god-fearing business types and the hypocrite pols.<br /><br />Boycotts must be focused and publicized. ALEC would be a good place to practice using the powerful boycott tool, but it’s beyond the direct usage of most consumers. Working for goals indirectly through representatives has its shortcomings, have you heard? On the other hand, actually attending ALEC fests sounds like fun and is a supportive use of street theater more than boycotts.<br /><br />If I were an average American in Indiana, I would get down on my knees every day to pray for a successful national boycott of, say, Georgia Pacific (Koch). Its wood products cover the the construction industry and are used by lots of carpenters in and out of unions. G-P wood takes up lots of space in places like Home Depot and Lowe's.<br /><br />Imagine amateur and professional carpenters refusing to work with Georgia Pacific stock. And other trades, like plumbers and electricians, refusing to do their thing until the carpenters get off the picket line for replacing Koch products. Dreams are my substitute for Hope. But ALEC will do for now, just so long as we eventually make boycotts a habit.<br /><br />Did I mention BOYCOTTS yet as a way of getting the corporations to heel?Jay–Ottawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360356126450612113noreply@blogger.com