Would You Boycott a Business Because of the Owner's Political Views?

[SteelCurtain]

As a black man, I am genetically inclined to patronize Chic-Fil-A. Can't help it.

But if I have another option and you were dumb enough to make you political views apparent as a business owner, then as long as it doesn't inconvenience me, I will go elsewhere.

Now if you do or say something abhorrent, I will avoid you at all costs.

Unless you are a purveyor of fried chicken sammiches and Polynesian Sauce.

[Thumpalumpacus]

The owner of a local brewery used social media a few days ago to call people who marched in the women's march on Saturday "pieces of garbage". Now there is a backlash and today on the news, it was reported that minority owners of the brewery have pulled out. There are also other businesses in town that will no longer sell this brewer's products.

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2017/01/2...-by-owner/

Would you support a boycott of a business because of the owner's political views? I would and there are businesses that I don't spend my money in, like Hobby Lobby and a local ice cream parlor chain that isn't shy about telling everyone their political views. I'll take my hard-earned dollars elsewhere.

They certainly have the right to say what they wish but they're not entitled to be protected from any backlash or from hearing opposing points of view.

I've got no problem voting with my dollars. That's capitalism, baby. You want my money? Shut yer piehole and earn it. Personal responsibility means that if you, or your employee, acts in a way I don't like, I can give you all the negative feedback you didn't want, and then some.

[Kosh]

Absolutely. I have a few small local businesses that I refuse to give another nickel too.

[Thumpalumpacus]

As a black man, I am genetically inclined to patronize Chic-Fil-A. Can't help it.

But if I have another option and you were dumb enough to make you political views apparent as a business owner, then as long as it doesn't inconvenience me, I will go elsewhere.

Now if you do or say something abhorrent, I will avoid you at all costs.

Unless you are a purveyor of fried chicken sammiches and Polynesian Sauce.

[Catholic_Lady]

If I were to boycott all businesses who's owners didn't share my political views, I'd be boycotting all of them. Considering my political views don't fit into a box.

But even if I was a typical liberal or a typical conservative with all the respective views, I still wouldn't boycott businesses who's owners views weren't the same as mine.

[Cecelia]

I'd boycott them if they made a public statement like that, or like Chick-Filet did. I'd never shop at Hobby Lobby either, but I never shopped there in the first place.

[Jackalope]

I don't care what views people hold, I care about the manner by which they express them. Piss me off with your actions, and my dollars go elsewhere.

[Alex K]

Deutsche!
Wehrt euch
Kauft nicht bei Nazis!

[DarkerEnergy]

The right to freedom of speech is not a right to be protected from negative social reactions of said speech. It's simply the right to say what you please without fear of being censored by the government, not the right to say stupid and/or hateful things without any social consequences. People do not have a right to be treated with kid gloves when they say something stupid, or not be called hateful assholes when they act like one. That some people seem to think these are rights, or that they are being censored when those things happen, goes to show they have no sense of responsibility for the things they say.

[Silver]

Would you support a boycott of a business because of the owner's political views?

Absolutely.