RE: Would You Boycott a Business Because of the Owner's Political Views?
January 28, 2017 at 10:13 am
(This post was last modified: January 28, 2017 at 10:14 am by Crossless2.0.)
(January 27, 2017 at 9:53 pm)Tres Leches Wrote:(January 27, 2017 at 12:49 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: I live in Tennessee, it is a safe assumption that most businesses are Christian owned, and the owners probably share many or at least some of the beliefs that I find abhorrent.
I would never go out of my way to avoid patronizing a place just because they believe these things. I would, however, if they posted a sign in the window saying "Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve" or "Trump is a Gift from God," advertising their position.
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There's an old saying that politics and religion shouldn't be discussed in mixed company. People tend to get emotional about those topics and it's folly to tell the world your controversial positions, especially as a business owner, and not expect a backlash.
But I don't first check what the owner's personal beliefs are before I patronize a business.
What makes me sit up and take notice is companies like Hobby Lobby who insist on litigating their discriminatory practices all the way to the US Supreme Court or companies that openly and proudly donate to political causes that are antithetical to my own. They won't get a dime of my hard-earned dollars.
That's exactly my position, too.
After all, I didn't ask the neighborhood barber's opinion about a damn thing 4+ years ago when I plopped my ass onto his chair. That he felt comfortable complaining to a perfect (white) stranger about 'the blacks' two minutes into my haircut told me everything I needed to know. Fuck him and his business.
