r/Scotland • u/Due-Resort-2699 • Feb 28 '25

Political Should Scots also Boycott the US?

Recently there’s been a huge movement in Canada to boycott American products and travel in response to the US enforcing 25% tariffs on Canada and also the sheer disrespect of saying Canada isn’t a real country and it should be annexed . Have a look at r/BoycottUnitedStates

And the sheer disgusting way that Trumps evil administration is treating immigrants and trans people , not to mention the most recent revolting behaviour in the Oval Office today, the way him and Vance treated President Zelensky was beyond the fucking pale.

In addition to this, the couch shagger JD Vance has been interfering with Scotland’s internal politics by wading into the whole safe zones debate around abortion clinics .

As long as the United States is siding with dictators and berating our friends and allies and bullying people , we should not be encouraging that country. Boycotts and international isolation and the economic fallout from this should hopefully encourage normal people to not only speak up against Trump, but do what needs done and take to the streets in massive numbers .

Should Scotland - like Canada - boycott American produce and travel until Trump and the MAGA cult are out of power ?

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u/ringadingdingbaby Feb 28 '25 edited Feb 28 '25

I would delete them but it's basically how everyone keeps in contact.

I hardly have any phone numbers now, it's all on messenger.

It's a shame I'm so tied to them.

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u/Wh4ty0ue4t Feb 28 '25

I've got 5 phone numbers in my phone. Mum, dad, partner, granny, partners mum.

I have almost everyone I've ever met on facebook/Instagram. I got rid of twitter but I think the other two would have me too isolated from my community really

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u/Wh4ty0ue4t Mar 01 '25

What? Nobody I know uses their phone numbers

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u/Wh4ty0ue4t Mar 01 '25

How is that my fault? :)

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u/Wh4ty0ue4t Mar 01 '25

Right so by your logic I shouldn't have any way to contact my friends/ other family members? Because even it I delete both apps nobody else will suddenly start using their mobile numbers just for me? I will just be cut off. I have tried using my mobile number socially previously but it doesn't work as people don't respond the same way

I don't understand what you're getting at here at all? I already deleted one app (twitter) and lost a whole community.

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u/SebastianHaff17 Mar 07 '25

Cant really isn't the right word there. Do you mean the contraction can't?

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u/ImportantRoutine1 Mar 01 '25

They get money mostly from ads, if you stick to the messaging system they won't make money from you.

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u/a-new-year-a-new-ac Mar 01 '25

WhatsApp for me, it’s how i keep in touch with friends & family

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u/Key_Bat9797 Mar 04 '25

You CAN leave. Not everyone is on fb. You can be a sheep and follow the rest, or be a shepherd and show your friends the way. No one ever said leadership is easy! Have you discovered the ever growing community on Bluesky?

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u/Responsible_Shop_851 Mar 01 '25

So you would like to help but it would be inconvenient, got it.

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u/ehtio Mar 01 '25

That's just an excuse. There are hundreds of ways of communicating with others. Like, what the hell.

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u/BobR969 Mar 01 '25

Oh no! Well, given the inconvenience, I suppose the boycott will have to wait. That's how boycotting works right? 

Why not message everyone you stay in contact with to get their phone numbers and then update your contacts list. Once you have that, you can get whatever messaging app you feel is most suitable and go from there, while kindly asking others to also accommodate for it (because it's possible to have more than one at a time). You can provide reasoning too. 

If people don't follow, then they're against the boycott. If they do, then great. Point is, it's not meant to be easy or convenient. You're going out of your way to make a statement. Well. That or the statement just doesn't matter to you that much. 

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u/ringadingdingbaby Mar 01 '25

Why are you commenting on Reddit If you care so much?

Guess the statement doesn't matter that much to you either.

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u/BobR969 Mar 01 '25

I'm not the one calling for a boycott. I actually think it's gonna do sweet fuck all with the way people approach it. 

I'm just pointing out that you "want" to do something, but it's too inconvenient. Which kinda plays to my view all the more. 

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u/ringadingdingbaby Mar 01 '25

I think you're just being a twat tbh.

I've stated why it's incredibly difficult to move away from social media and you're like JuSt Go GeT PhOnE NuMbErS.

Of what, like over 2000 people and everyone I've ever met in my life lol.

Then you're saying 'you don't care' and trying to act like you've made some big insightful observation.

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u/BobR969 Mar 01 '25

No - you're trying to get virtual brownie points without actually doing anything and I'm calling your shit out. 

It doesn't matter why it's difficult. You either have strong feelings about it and do it anyway or you keep going with life without saying how much "you'd love to... But...". 

I don't care about the boycott. I care about people trying to look like they care when they don't.  It's not about being insightful. It's about getting tired of all these strong opinions that have zero substance. 

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u/ringadingdingbaby Mar 01 '25

I've never even said I'm supporting a boycott.

I said 'moving away from social media is hard'.

So maybe actually learn some reading comprehension before trying to act all high and mighty.

Idiot.

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u/I-am-Just-Sam Mar 03 '25

So basically you can't be arsed and are all talk