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Re:Time to Take a Stand by burkaman on Saturday January 28, 2017 @02:03PM (#13508090)
This is just a practicality argument. The people best placed to stop Trump are members of Congress, they need votes to stay in office, so we need to convince their voters. "Holding people accountable" isn't productive.
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Re:Time to Take a Stand by RodericDay on Saturday January 28, 2017 @02:04PM (#13508098)
Boycotts are so effective many places make them illegal.
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Re:Time to Take a Stand by icebraining on Saturday January 28, 2017 @02:16PM (#13508222)
How do you boycott 60 million random people? The statement was about voters, not companies or other organizations.
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Re:Time to Take a Stand by RodericDay on Saturday January 28, 2017 @02:38PM (#13508474)
seems to me like the comment was obviously about other big decision-makers
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Re:Time to Take a Stand by ahartman00 on Saturday January 28, 2017 @04:27PM (#13509476)
would you want to lose your job because your boss said something they shouldnt have? or just something that ~50% of the population disagrees with?

because the companies you are thinking about boycotting very likely have ~50% of their employees who have similar political positions to you. you're hurting them too.

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Re:Time to Take a Stand by a3n on Saturday January 28, 2017 @02:08PM (#13508128)
One of LL Bean's board members thinks they're Unamerican and bullying.
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