THE GREAT BOYCOTT - a megathread on woke companies to boycott and their alternatives.

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[–]Zapped 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I will be curbing my spending on many of these based on how they chose to word their statements. I think large companies have to walk the PR line during a national social campaign that has become so big, or they get pummeled by the cancel culture. I see the statement from Lowe's CEO that is a very carefully worded, diplomatic response that would seem to satisfy the BLM camp and not offend the anti-BLM camp. I guess that's the name of the game; to offend as few of your potential customers as possible. One of the companies where I spend a lot of money will be receiving a letter from me due to the official statement of the CEO that, I feel, would further divide Americans.

I will say that I think Coca-Cola has the right approach. Instead of throwing money at the symptom like most of these companies have done, Coca-Cola is giving money to a group that mentors youth in a way to teach self-determination. It's like the Five Monkeys experiment story. However we got here, I think we have to teach healthy habits, behavior, ethics in communities that feel like they have been lost to the rest of society. The adults feeding the storm are probably lost. The children are not.

[–]Aureus[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I will be curbing my spending on many of these based on how they chose to word their statements.

This seems the responsible course of action. As you say, basically every company made some statement. I personally have no issue with ones that put out standard statements of unity.

What needs to happen is a ranked list of companies from best to worst. The companies that put out the most divisive or antagonistic statements would go at the bottom, and would be the priority to boycott. Do you have any suggestions?

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I thought some companies donated as well?

[–]Aureus[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Oh, many donated. I also want to rank them by how much they donated, and who they donated to.

A company that donated to help local businesses or something would be fine, but a company that donated to the SPLC would be very important to boycott.

What are your thoughts on this? Would you be interested in helping out? We need more people willing to do research on this.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It seems donating is a bigger deal than just making a statement, was what I was getting at, I guess you were already thinking that too.

What are your thoughts on this? Would you be interested in helping out? We need more people willing to do research on this.

I can't commit to this project because I've got other higher priority stuff I'd be irresponsible to allow myself to get diverted from. But I don't like purchasing from companies who are supporting the looting and rioting and stuff.

[–]Aureus[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I can't commit to this project because I've got other higher priority stuff I'd be irresponsible to allow myself to get diverted from.

No worries. Focus on what's important.

But I don't like purchasing from companies who are supporting the looting and rioting and stuff.

I'll be sure to let you know once the list is complete!