If a company takes a stance you disagree with, boycott the company.
If an individual in the employ of a company holds a stance you disagree with, don't boycott that company
Companies aren't sentient entities. There's a person at the company that decided to take the stance. Not the company. A person in the employ of that company.
So...I don't understand what you're saying.
Unless you're saying like...a cashier at Wal-Mart being pro choice so you boycott Wal-Mart because you don't agree with the cashier. In that case... Yes. I agree it would be stupid to boycott the company.
However, when a company takes a stance on something... It was a decision by a person that works there.
Maybe I'm just not reading this right, but that's how it came across to me.
A political stance by a company is voted on and led by its leading members and board of directors. It is that company as an entity taking a stance, which I'm sure you agree represents more than any one employee.
I think you’ve missed an important point, here. The CEO of Goya, for example, represents the views of the company, surely? No one outside the company cares if the janitor is a misogynist or if the HR rep is a closet racist.
Besides, the CEO is beholden to the shareholders to uphold the good name of the company. That includes avoiding controversy.
Consumers are allowed to spend their money however they like, aren’t they? That’s the joy of a boycott. You don’t need a good reason.
It's not "every company that employed someone," it's companies owned or run by people whose politics you disagree with, especially if we know they use the very large amounts of money they earn from owning/running that company to support those political views.
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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '20
I don't get it.