Comments on: Shopping with Political Intent

By: Robert Cheeks

Robert Cheeks — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 13:24:30 +0000

I’m in the midst of a boycott against General Electric and General Motors and I’ll buy foreign before I buy from these traitorous American-commies.

I haven’t brought them to their knees yet but GM’s close!

By: Blake

Blake — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:05:24 +0000

Pro-cotting or boycotting specific stores is easier than specific products, I’ve found.

I agree. I’ve found the task of trying to figure out what to buy – or not buy – exhausting and confusing.

Pro-cotting is easier for me than boycotting. It feels better. I don’t enjoy trying to punish businesses, but I do enjoy attempting to reward them.

By: Carl Eric Scott

Carl Eric Scott — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:40:38 +0000

And who in the Democratic Party prominently denounces the mayor? Calls for a resignation, or a public apology, or threatens to move all Dem support to a future primary challenger? Who?

Oh, it’s just a goof-up, says Mayor Menino? So it’s okay?

A mayor of a major city “goofs” in a way that shows an elementary ignorance of and instinctual hostility to the First Amendment, and everything is cool with the Dems?

Give me some names, and I’ll give the Democrats some respect.

By: Kate Pitrone

Kate Pitrone — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:22:15 +0000

The mayor of Boston backed down. , saying "“I sent (the landlord) a letter, but that’s all. There’s no pressure by me to allow this place to be rented,” he said." No pressure.

By: CJ Wolfe

CJ Wolfe — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:16:16 +0000

P.S.- Based on the legal reasoning spelled out in this post, I think Chick-Fil-A is probably going to be able to sue the pants off of the City of Chicago: http://www.volokh.com/2012/07/25/no-building-permits-for-opponent-of-same-sex-marriage/

By: CJ Wolfe

CJ Wolfe — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:17:02 +0000

I pro-cott Chick-fil-a as well as my favorite Christian California fast food joint, In-N-Out Burger.

Pro-cotting or boycotting specific stores is easier than specific products, I’ve found. My family used to boycott products made in communist countries, but that became impossible about 10 years ago. A big change was when Wal-Mart dropped its “We buy USA” stance and finally embraced Clinton’s economic alliance with the Chinese.

By: Joe Knippenberg

Joe Knippenberg — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:27:31 +0000

Of course, one of the intentions of those who laid the intellectual foundations for the modern market economy was to restrict the scope of religious, political, and moral contentiousness. This is just one of many cases that demonstrates the “triumph of the human spirit” over the designs of the “engineers of human souls.”