After Hobby Lobby ran a nonsensical full-page ad on July 4th, it’s time to re-up the conversation: Voting with your wallet may not, as this Medium piece says, change the world, but such action is protected, and you should do it anyway.
Being a vegetarian it has been easy to boycott fast food restaurants, so I won't count them all. There are also a list of states I won't travel to unless/until they sort themselves out (not that they are particularly worried about this liberal elder not visiting.) Walmart (haven't been in one of those in at least two decades), Home Depot, using Amazon much less, Nestle, the list goes on. Like J K, I purchase seeds from heirloom, non-GMO businesses, and I don't purchase seedlings from growers using neonicitoids.
I destroyed our MyPillows in August, 2016. Various other companies from https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/ethicalcampaigns/boycotts are also on our list. We also try to buy seeds only from companies that aren't associated with Monsanto.
Well done. It’s interesting, once you start digging into the ethics of companies. I’m not trying to be too precious but why would I give money to organizations that run directly counter to my own scattered morals?
Mine: Chick-fil-A, Hobby Lobby, Home Depot, Amazon for anything but books. Probably more. I don't boycott Woody Allen in part because I don't watch his movies on grounds of disgust about the predatory misogyny, as a thing in itself.
I don't look too deeply on these things, but there are a few stand-outs. I'm with you on your list, along with My Pillow. However, my boycott has no value really because I didn't spend money at those places anyway. Though I did try Chick-fil-A to see what the big deal was and I wasn't impressed.
I’m in a boycott conundrum. I’ve boycotted Facebook from the beginning. Initially because it was clear they viewed members purely as a commodity and the fact it’s design was based on the misogynistic, women rating creation of a bunch of unf***able dweebs. That a large part of it has become a platform for a high school level hate fest on steroids has reinforced the boycott.
Here’s the problem. A great deal of information I’m interested in, events, businesses I frequent, etc, has become available on Facebook only. You used to be able to access most of it without joining but the company has made that increasingly difficult. I’m not interested in “friending” or being “friended” by anybody on the site but I find myself thinking more and more about joining to have access to the information I mentioned. It’s like when certain favorite items of clothing started being produced offshore and there weren’t any domestic replacements. I’d get dressed in the morning and look at the “made in” labels to see who I was exploiting today.
On a separate but related topic, I’ve always boycotted Walmart mostly because of what their predatory pricing strategies has done to local businesses over the years. Turns out when I searched for a vaccine shot through the CDC, appointments at the Walmart pharmacy popped up first. Putting my health above principle, I went for it. In order to schedule I had to open an online Walmart account. My password was “boycottWalmart”.
Ha. I've been in a Walmart but only when it's the only game in town -- and in a lot of small towns, that's precisely the case. I'm not trying to justify my choices, but Walmart ate Main Street. I am on the fence about Facebook precisely for the reason you list above. It's a cheap marketing tool FOR those remaining mom n' pop businesses.
Being a vegetarian it has been easy to boycott fast food restaurants, so I won't count them all. There are also a list of states I won't travel to unless/until they sort themselves out (not that they are particularly worried about this liberal elder not visiting.) Walmart (haven't been in one of those in at least two decades), Home Depot, using Amazon much less, Nestle, the list goes on. Like J K, I purchase seeds from heirloom, non-GMO businesses, and I don't purchase seedlings from growers using neonicitoids.
All above and Home Depot.
Honestly, Lowe's has better stuff, but my local hardware store is awesome. I'm a regular.
I destroyed our MyPillows in August, 2016. Various other companies from https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/ethicalcampaigns/boycotts are also on our list. We also try to buy seeds only from companies that aren't associated with Monsanto.
Well done. It’s interesting, once you start digging into the ethics of companies. I’m not trying to be too precious but why would I give money to organizations that run directly counter to my own scattered morals?
Mine: Chick-fil-A, Hobby Lobby, Home Depot, Amazon for anything but books. Probably more. I don't boycott Woody Allen in part because I don't watch his movies on grounds of disgust about the predatory misogyny, as a thing in itself.
This is an excellent list.
Nike, Wal-Mart, My Pillow, I think Toyota might join the list.
Yep. The more I read...
Same as you!
Great minds.
I don't look too deeply on these things, but there are a few stand-outs. I'm with you on your list, along with My Pillow. However, my boycott has no value really because I didn't spend money at those places anyway. Though I did try Chick-fil-A to see what the big deal was and I wasn't impressed.
Great list, I dislike all of them
I’m in a boycott conundrum. I’ve boycotted Facebook from the beginning. Initially because it was clear they viewed members purely as a commodity and the fact it’s design was based on the misogynistic, women rating creation of a bunch of unf***able dweebs. That a large part of it has become a platform for a high school level hate fest on steroids has reinforced the boycott.
Here’s the problem. A great deal of information I’m interested in, events, businesses I frequent, etc, has become available on Facebook only. You used to be able to access most of it without joining but the company has made that increasingly difficult. I’m not interested in “friending” or being “friended” by anybody on the site but I find myself thinking more and more about joining to have access to the information I mentioned. It’s like when certain favorite items of clothing started being produced offshore and there weren’t any domestic replacements. I’d get dressed in the morning and look at the “made in” labels to see who I was exploiting today.
On a separate but related topic, I’ve always boycotted Walmart mostly because of what their predatory pricing strategies has done to local businesses over the years. Turns out when I searched for a vaccine shot through the CDC, appointments at the Walmart pharmacy popped up first. Putting my health above principle, I went for it. In order to schedule I had to open an online Walmart account. My password was “boycottWalmart”.
BTW, that isn't a typo. It's women rating.
Ha. I've been in a Walmart but only when it's the only game in town -- and in a lot of small towns, that's precisely the case. I'm not trying to justify my choices, but Walmart ate Main Street. I am on the fence about Facebook precisely for the reason you list above. It's a cheap marketing tool FOR those remaining mom n' pop businesses.