Would You Boycott a Store If the CEO Had An Opposing Political View?

Not unless it was something horrendous.

What if that company is using slave labor and paying them 8 cents an hour to sew clothing...does that make a difference in your ability to purchase from them?

Yes, I should have qualified my answer. That would make a difference to me. I've stopped buying products from companies that withdrew their sponsorship of Glenn Beck so I guess my answer was completely wrong. It does make a difference to me.

We are still a free nation to exercise our rights to free speech, aren't we??

IT'S HIS / HER PERROGATIVE. THIS IS AMERICA

of course I would not boycott

Not generally, but if the CEO was a true zealot, I would have serious reservations about spending my money to indirectly support it.

No.

Unless he was a nut job like the guy that runs netfliks

No, that crazy........

Why? That would be silly.

and that is that.

All you guys putting no are telling yourself a lie. If a jewish man walked into a store and saw a guy have a swastika on his neck do you think he would buy something? We are all bias lets just be honest.

> I'm not Jewish but I know that I'd run the other way... if I saw a guy with a Swastika on his neck because chances are..he is an ignorant racist with an underlying violent tendency! (That is unless someone held him down and forced him to get a swastika placed on his neck..PROBABLY NOT!) Racism = pure ignorance!

Yes,there are companies who are backing efforts to discourage the destruction of the Amazon rainforest by not buying materials and products from the region and there are others which are plundering this area.Reputed to be damaging to the vital area are companies like Alcoa who mines bauxite there to make aluminum and has destoyed alot of pristine land and drastically harmed the lives of small farmers and residents there.Other companies are like Mcdonalds who buys beef from the cattle ranchers there and Ford which uses leather from Brazil in their car manufacturing plant in Canada.These companies say they are trying to buy from ranchers who do not strip and burn the land ..but they have no way of making sure the products they buy are all coming from better sources. I tend to look unfavorably at companies who are buying all their raw materials from another country because it is cheaper there.Same with companies who hire all their workers abroad.We need to get our products more from our own soil and less from countries who have lax regulation systems.

But on the other hand I wouldn't want to contribute all of my shopping dollars to a destructive lunatic that would be lobbying to hurt our society and country.

No. Everyone deserves an opinion, and I'm not going to attack their business just for having a different one.

Each issue has a certain "weight" with it. Many things it just ok to disagree.
Other issues such as funding abortion, I might seriously object and not patronize.

oly to a certain extent. I've been boycotting Wal Mart for years.

With the net it's not difficult to find out who supports these nutcase's. It's all about money and power, pay to play, corruption and fraud Chicago style. Thug On !

just because someone does not agree with you does not mean they are not human. if we discriminated all of our purchases to exclude everyone you do not agree with you would be hungry, homeless and poor.

Really I would only boycott a store for the following reasons: Racism, Sexism, or Religiousism... (not really sure if that's an ism or not but you know what I mean.) I really don't believe that politics has anything to do with shopping and as UrbanHillbilly said it's really hard not to give money to people that you don't like. I believe that politics is like religion just another thing that creates controversy and makes people get into fights, but this is my personal belief. It is also my belief that people should respect others opinions (which I have seen rarely happens) so therefore, boycotting a store because a CEO had an opposing political view then you is just silly. Boycotting anything for ONLY that reason is completely silly.

I personally don't go to McDonalds because I know they buy alot of their beef from Brazil where it is a fact that the cattle ranchers down there have been slashing and burning the rainforest to clear for their cattle ranchs.I am personally fond of the idea of keeping the Rainforest because itis the lungs for the whole planet.It contributes healthy oxygen which continues the planets healthy life cycle and filters out the excess co2. We don't need to destroy the Rainforest. I believe that McDonalds is one of the fastfood companies who were boiling some of their chickens alive. I hope they have changed this. Honestly, would your five or six year old eat a chiken finger or chicken sandwich if they had to watch that chicken boiled alive in front of them...I think not!Even a 5 year old knows that is wrong!

I have boycotted ABC,NBC,CBS,CNN, MSNBC, General Motors, My former bank and all banks that took a hand out, AARP just got a really nasty letter from me for supporting obama and his death care bill........Even the church that i was going to.......for the simple Christianity is supposed to be conservative..........so when I saw the most of the congregation had Clinton and obama bumper stickers....well those same people also support the endless slaughter of unborn children just by their support of the communist ones running for the highest position in the world........I will boycott anything or anybody that supports anything of obamas.......

It's kind of hard not to do buisness with people you don't like. Try buying a computer that isn't made in China!

Look for the best values.

Actually, I do boycott EXXON because of the exorbitant bonus awarded their CEO.

I'm boycotting Whole Foods right now because the CEO is a fucking douche nugget.

A douche nugget? WTF?

That rave was for creativity in your insult.

Thank you :D

Unless he tried to push his views on me while I was shopping or hung out too many polical posters where I was trying to shop.

I still have the freedom to shop where I want until Obama takes that away

What freedoms have you lost so far, sir?

For the most part, no.

However, I am boycotting Walgreens for a specific, political reason which I won't get into right now (I'm tired, I've been working all day today lugging heavy furniture around, was selling renaissance clothing from 10 till 8 yesterday, and just want a day of brain-deadedness while I can actually relax)... so yeah... There are *some* issues I consider important enough to boycott. But most I just shrug off.

I try but it is real hard to discern who really owns the company... My efforts are feeble at best.

unless it affects their prices in a negative way

Only if I knew it was run by a member of an extremist group or someone with extreme views.

I'm boycotting Whole Foods cause he is against single payer health insurance and unions. Plus they never discount anything, they would rather toss it in the trash.

I don't really care about politics..
And one thing has nothing to do with the other..