"Ars, to its credit, responded by pointing out that it is not good practice to boycott an entire site over political disagreement w/one person oh wait nm jk."

Probably because that would have been a terrible idea. People boycott an entire site over a political disagreement with one person all the time. You can disagree with that as a tactic, but it's an obvious tactic for putting economic pressure on a company.

"Listen people, he doesn't even work here" is a much better answer.