"Oh, you're taking a stand on one thing? Explain why you don't take a stand on everything!"

If you were interested in reducing harm you would ask this kind of question. If you are just interested in avoiding things that have a bad image, then you wont.

The logical conclusion of this viewpoint is that you must fully withdraw from society and live off the land as a hermit, lest you accidentally do something that has a negative externality.

> What is the impact of that relative to the other products and commerce you participate in?

The impact is exactly what is pointed out in the article - someone in the local police department could use it against me.

> Do you call your gas company to make sure they didn’t buy from OPEC?

No, because that doesn't affect me.

See, you keep clinging to some morality claim, and I am explicitly not. I am saying that there is potentially a direct impact on abuse against me personally.