What is with this obsession (left and right)) with trying to get people fired, lose their businesses, and generally ruin the lives of people over topical issues. Now, I'm not against boycotts in principle, just that a person has to weight how important (or ethical) it is, really, to want someone else to personally suffer because you disagree with their politics.
Here's the money quote:
Business Boycott because of Photo
Even if a conservative like me had been invited to the White House by Obama, and even if it was to watch him sign the ACA of some other law I thought was misguided, I still would have gone. I mean c'mon guys. I don't care who you are or who the current president is, it's the chance of a lifetime to stand in the presence of the 'Leader of the Free World'. Even if you don't respect the man, you should at least to respect the office. Is that really something someone should lose their livelihood over?
Here's the money quote:
Quote:Welcome to social activism on the Left in 2017. A guy who provides 150 local jobs and serves a popular (if eclectic) consumer niche was trying to find a way to get more affordable group health insurance for his workers. When that goal was achieved he accepted an invitation he’d never asked for to go to the White House and celebrate that achievement. And now the liberal hordes on social media are trying to shut him down. Over a photograph. Great job, guys.
Business Boycott because of Photo
Even if a conservative like me had been invited to the White House by Obama, and even if it was to watch him sign the ACA of some other law I thought was misguided, I still would have gone. I mean c'mon guys. I don't care who you are or who the current president is, it's the chance of a lifetime to stand in the presence of the 'Leader of the Free World'. Even if you don't respect the man, you should at least to respect the office. Is that really something someone should lose their livelihood over?
