Have you ever boycotted a brand or company because of their political beliefs?

[pete6032]

Question in the title. Have you ever boycotted a brand or company because of their political beliefs?

Some examples of this happening might include people boycotting bud light recently or people refusing to eat at Chick-fil-A. Have you ever done anything similar and what was it about?

 

[Indus]

All the fucking time.

No Goya,
No CVS,
No New Balance,
No BP gasoline,
No Everquest
No Wow
No Overwatch

I haven't managed to completely cut out Home Depot but if I can find it at Lowes, I go there.

 

[Paratus]

Not a total boycott but we’ve mostly stopped going to Chick-fil-a and Hobby Lobby.

If a friend wants to grab lunch at Chick-fil-a I’ll still go. Or if there’s something we need and Hobby Lobby is the only place that has it we’ll still go.

 

[pmv]

It hardly ever comes up. I mean, they are _all_ capitalist, by definition, so if I were being hard-core about it I'd have to boycott all of them.

I do remember not going with Barclays bank when I was a student and got my first bank account - because of their involvement with Apartheid.

The thing is, that boycott was almost universal among students and many others - you were seen as making a right-wing political statement if you had a Barclays account, it was tantamount to wearing a white hood, and lots of places would not take your cheques or bank card if you did, so it was just self-interest not to go with them.

I think they suffered for decades as a consequence of their involvement with Apartheid, as people don't change banks very often and a whole generation boycotted them back then.

(and even now I'm not 100% sure Barclays was substantially worse with regard to Apartheid than the other major banks, but it just carried a real stigma to bank with them, so I didn't).

 

[pmv]

I was always quite adamant that I didn't want to go to Eton, though. Or any of the top private schools. I've also refused to go up in any billionaire's rockets or down in their submarines.

 

[soundforbjt]

All the time, been doing it for decades.

 

[hal2kilo]

Wallmart forever.

 

[skyking]

you all have hit the high points for me.
I don't give Bezos any more money either.
Local hardware stores>Lowes -----------------------------------------> orange box
hate chicken is just out.
same with dominos.
If a company is going to take some of my money and support less reproductive rights for women they are gone. why would I do that, and then leave the balance of our estate to Planned Parenthood?

Just today we drove up to a garage sale and kept right on moving. The Trumptard was too stupid to take down his Traitor 2024 flag.

 

[nOOky]

Hobby Lobby, but I never went there much anyway. Local auto detailer had a Trump 2024 flag in his shop, I went elsewhere, and told him why. Also a local place that sells plants and flowers and veggis in season, they had a Trump banner, but took it down probably from negative feedback. I go somewhere else anyway as there are more choicees than them.

 

[Leeea]

Yes

No Blizzard
No Walgreens ( I go to CVS instead, reproductive healthcare matters )
Avoid Walmart ( they dropped reproductive healthcare years ago + horrifying labor issues akin to Amazon but without the pay to make up for it ), but sometimes unavoidable

actively trying to purchase from Target, JcPenney, TrueValue, Acehardware. I will pay 2x more to buy from any of these.

frequently been using Amazon as my goto online source. There customer service is something else, for me at least. While JcPenney has Amazon straight up beat for clothing, in other areas Amazon wins vs the others.

 

[hal2kilo]

Yes

No Blizzard
No Walgreens ( I go to CVS instead, reproductive healthcare matters )
Avoid Walmart ( they dropped reproductive healthcare years ago + horrifying labor issues akin to Amazon but without the pay to make up for it ), but sometimes unavoidable

actively trying to purchase from Target, JcPenney, TrueValue, Acehardware. I will pay 2x more to buy from any of these.

frequently been using Amazon as my goto online source. There customer service is something else, for me at least. While JcPenney has Amazon straight up beat for clothing, in other areas Amazon wins vs the others.

OK, what the heck did DQ do?

 

[dank69]

Yeah. Currently will not watch PGA. Apparently "Never Forget" has an expiration date.

 

[pete6032]

OK, what the heck did DQ do?

90% of these responses I have no idea.

 

[sactoking]

I think they mean Activision Blizzard.

 

[Leeea]

OK, what the heck did DQ do?

OK, what the heck did DQ do?

90% of these responses I have no idea.

I think they mean Activision Blizzard.

Yes.

California Department of Fair Employment and Housing v. Activision Blizzard - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

keep in mind this lawsuit is current litigation, and Blizzard is still fighting it.

This is a lawsuit supported by "2,600 of the company's 9,500 staff signed an open letter demanding the company take the allegations seriously"

2600 / 9500 = 27% of the employees at the company publicly signing a sheet of paper claiming its real. It is also associated with a wrongful death.

 

[Pipeline 1010]

I haven't. Almost all corporations are run by sociopathic assholes who have shitty views toward other "lesser" people. If I had to research every potential thing I purchased, I probably would never buy a product and I would starve to death trying to find a legitimately good company run by legitimately good people. For example, I wish I never had to purchase anything made in China. What's the alternative? Die?

 

[MrSquished]

Yes.

I just can't stop my Amazon thing though. At least he isn't MAGA.

But I don't do chick fil a, hobby lobby, home depot, goya, martin's potato rolls, and some others.

You MAGA you go bye bye

 

[pmv]

Oh there was the newsagents where a little over half-a-century ago the shopkeeper short-changed me and then told my parents I must have kept the money myself. OK, the grumpy bastard who ran it has long-since died and it seems to have changed ownership several times since then, but I'm still boycotting the place.

 

[akugami]

Yeah. Currently will not watch PGA. Apparently "Never Forget" has an expiration date.

Yep. The expiration date was when the check cleared. Screwing over those golfers who took a stance with you rather than make hundreds of millions of dollars.

 

[akugami]

Tesla. I was seriously considering a Tesla for my next car, but that is not happening until Elmo is gone. When you say you're for free speech, but banning those with an opinion you don't like (which is his right), then you're just a hypocrite racist jackass.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Yes.

After Chik-Fil-A put their money toward banning gay marriage in California with their Prop 8 bullshittery I stopped going there. I would go there not often but they were definitely in the mix when picking fast food. Not anymore. Conflicted on this thanks to them apparently being a pretty decent employer for food service. Good pay and Sundays off, but oh well.

Hobby Lobby for their no contraception coverage for employees horseshit. While I tended to other mom and pop hobby stores in general, this bullshittery took them off the table even when they were a convenient option.

Outside of those two I'm really not a big consumer and my location really allows for my to pick more mom n pop options for most day to day staples (Groceries, home improvement stuff, hobby stuff).

 

[skyking]

^ me too on Tesla.

 

[Dave_5k]

Question in the title. Have you ever boycotted a brand or company because of their political beliefs?

Some examples of this happening might include people boycotting bud light recently or people refusing to eat at Chick-fil-A. Have you ever done anything similar and what was it about?

Not directly political, more anti-science ~ but any brand advertising/labeling "non-GMO" is a never-buy
Tesla no longer an option for next car, given Musk's positions and actions
Twitter account cancelled due to Musk

 

[skyking]

Twitter used to be handy. When I was working in the National Park that was how you found out about road closures. What a sea change.

 

[pete6032]

All the fucking time.

No Goya,
No CVS,
No New Balance,
No BP gasoline,
No Everquest
No Wow
No Overwatch

I haven't managed to completely cut out Home Depot but if I can find it at Lowes, I go there.

What did New Balance and CVS do?