# Who are you boycotting? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 27, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-boycotting/271557 "2004-10-27T22:58:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-boycotting/271557/41 "2004-10-28T02:15:48Z")
> [@Danalan](#): > > Anyplace overtly christian (forever) Any problem with Jews, Moslems, or Buddists? I’m an extremly lapsed catholic so I have no specific agenda, I just don’t understand this attitude. ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-boycotting/271557/42 "2004-10-28T02:35:28Z")
So what happened to: > [@MrFantsyPants](#): > > Just a poll. No need to get into details. 🙂 Expiry dates: some companies pissed me off or are harmful to mankind more than others, some I’ve been boycotting for a while already, some are irredeemable. Christians: No problems with any other religion, although if I found any truly blatant examples of piety from any other religion I might boycott that establishment also. ---
**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-boycotting/271557/43 "2004-10-28T02:39:21Z")
Circuit City Boyscouts of America Diamonds Qwest ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-boycotting/271557/44 "2004-10-28T02:59:23Z")
CVS - After 45 years of family business Office Max - after the first rebate Any product from countries I don’t like Can’t think of any other businesses that are still in existence. I never complain about a poorly managed business. I just fire them ala Clark Howard. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-boycotting/271557/45 "2004-10-28T03:21:40Z")
WalMart Diamonds ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-boycotting/271557/46 "2004-10-28T03:43:07Z")
When I was in high school I boycotted Coca-Cola for a year or two (something having to do with apartheid, I think), and when the time came to stop boycotting them I realized that I didn’t like the taste of the soda. Still don’t. I’ve been a Pepsi (specifically Diet Pepsi) drinker ever since – but I will break down and have a Sprite every now and then. 🙂 These days I can’t think of any places worth boycotting except Cracker Barrel and the Boy Scouts of America, both for their policies regarding gay people. But there’s no Cracker Barrel nearby for me to deliberately not go to, and I’m not affected much by the BSA: I’m largely undecided about wanting kids, and even if I decide to procreate there’s no guarantee I’ll ever have a son, or that he’ll want to join the Boy Scouts. But if I ever _do_ have a son who wants to join the Boy Scouts, I will say “no!” (unless they’ve changed their policy by then or something). ---
**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-boycotting/271557/47 "2004-10-28T03:51:50Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > I’m boycotting U-Haul! I will never give them my business. Make that at least two people. Also, Exxon (which is now Mobil, I think). ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-boycotting/271557/48 "2004-10-28T03:52:21Z")
Starbucks Jiffy Lube Andy’s Cheesesteaks & Cheeseburgers (specifically the Mt. Olive, NC location) That’s all I can think of right now. ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-boycotting/271557/49 "2004-10-28T03:55:53Z")
> [@tremorviolet](#): > > **Dominos** - I’m prochoice, the company isn’t. I’ve never heard anything about Domino’s being anti-choice, link? (I sometimes buy pizza there when they have good coupons but I’d switch all my business to Papa John’s if they did something egregious.) So far the only place I’m refusing to shop is Wal-Mart but I figure it’s a lost cause. I mean, are K-Mart and Target really any better? At least those businesses (well Target, I don’t know about K-Mart) don’t support Bush financially but they’re still contributing to the demise of small businesses. I don’t feel as dirty shopping at Target as I do shopping at Wal-Mart though. Gotta agree on the diamonds. Same with fur. And I guess Nestle’s, although I don’t eat any chocolate except for chocolate milk mix, and I’d choose the generic brand anyway because it’s cheaper. What they did is definitely sick though, and I wouldn’t support them if I did eat chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-boycotting/271557/50 "2004-10-28T04:03:11Z")
Exxon. Steel freakin’ trap of a memory, baby. Hazelwood can darn my shorts. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-boycotting/271557/51 "2004-10-28T04:04:26Z")
> [@continuity eror](#): > > I’ve never heard anything about Domino’s being anti-choice, link? (I sometimes buy pizza there when they have good coupons but I’d switch all my business to Papa John’s if they did something egregious.) > > . [Snopes](http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/domino.asp) > [@](#): > > This is a tricky claim to untangle, so bear with us. While it is untrue that Domino’s Pizza itself has ever supported anti-abortion groups, its founder certainly has. Out of his personal wealth, founder Tom Monaghan has supported a number of causes over the years, including some in the pro-life camp, and his wealth came as a result of the success of the chain. > > Domino’s used to address this rumor through the following statement found in its web site FAQ: > > Domino’s Pizza LLC has never supported organizations on either side of the reproductive rights issue. The corporation and its 1,825 independent franchise owners across the world have one goal: to sell pizzas and grow our market share. We can’t accomplish that goal if we alienate potential customers, as this issue certainly would. > However, in another sense, monies from pizza sales did flow into pro-life causes via the conduit of Tom Monaghan. It needs be stressed, however, that he was acting as a private citizen who chose to bestow a part of his fortune on the causes he believed in, not as an officer of Domino’s and on behalf of that corporation. The money was his to do with as he pleased, just as anyone’s paycheck belongs to the person who earns it and stops being the employer’s money at the moment it’s paid over. That a spendthrift employee might choose to gamble away his earnings doesn’t mean the company he works for supports gambling. Likewise, that a wealthy man financially supports causes others find objectionable doesn’t mean the corporation that paid him the money favors those causes. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-boycotting/271557/52 "2004-10-28T04:18:14Z")
I boycott all of the local Hooterville (midwestern town where I am currently exiled) news broadcasts. They have too many important news stories being pushed down so they could ramble on and on about some trivial sports story. Sure, they are catering to their audience, and I’m sure they don’t do it _every_ night, but when I gave them their umpteenth chance, they were doing it _again_. So enough’s enough. They can do whatever they want with their program—I don’t have to watch. I hear local news updates on the radio. I don’t ever really think I’ll watch the local news here. I’m so much happier just not watching. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-boycotting/271557/53 "2004-10-28T04:25:33Z")
> [@Danalan](#): > > Southwest Airlines (forever) Why Southwest? ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-boycotting/271557/54 "2004-10-28T04:46:17Z")
Schwan’s - the guys that deliver yummy ice cream door-to-door. See, dozens of mom-and-pop shops are supplementing their employees’ pay to make up the difference between their regular wage and their military wage. Schwan’s is a muti-million dollar company, and they don’t. So when a guy with a wife and four kids under 7 and a mortgage calls me, weeping, asking for some financial assistance because he went from making arond $55,000 to around $18,000, I get pissy. I know Schwan’s isn’t the only company that does this, but it’s the only one I know about, and it pisses me off. ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-boycotting/271557/55 "2004-10-28T05:10:15Z")
The Bay, Zellers, Walmart, The Gap are all on the never ever list. The Bay and Zellers for _reasons they know very well_. Walmart and the Gap because of reasons everyone knows. Blockbuster is receiving a temporary snubbing but I will probably end up back there someday. Best Buy is on thin ice. My alltime best boycott was K-Mart. I don’t even remeber what they did wrong to me but I started to boycott them before I was ten years old. Now, as far as I know they are all out of Canada. Shows them. ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-boycotting/271557/56 "2004-10-28T08:19:33Z")
> [@continuity eror](#): > > I’ve never heard anything about Domino’s being anti-choice, link? (I sometimes buy pizza there when they have good coupons but I’d switch all my business to Papa John’s if they did something egregious.) [Snopes](http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/domino.htm) has a summary, although Dominos has never made a stance either way, the Owner has given a lot to the pro-lifers, including some implicated in blowing up doctors, I believe. > [@continuity eror](#): > > And I guess Nestle’s, although I don’t eat any chocolate except for chocolate milk mix, and I’d choose the generic brand anyway because it’s cheaper. What they did is definitely sick though, and I wouldn’t support them if I did eat chocolate. Nestlé is far more than Chocolate (Stouffers, Purina, L’oreal, Friskies, Taster’s Choice, Nestea, Carnation, CoffeeMate, tons of bottled water, to name a very few) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-boycotting/271557/57 "2004-10-28T11:09:33Z")
**C3** did a boycott thread [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=49522&perpage=50&highlight=boycott&pagenumber=1) And [Yours Truly](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=170633&highlight=companies+boycott) did a follow up. FYI Me loves boycotts. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-boycotting/271557/58 "2004-10-28T11:22:26Z")
The State of Florida. This will expire next week, if they don’t pull a repeat of 2000. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-boycotting/271557/59 "2004-10-28T11:57:03Z")
I’m boycotting Mel Gibson. I don’t know how long it will last though, because I like too many of his movies too much, and I may not hold out. I’m weak that way. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-boycotting/271557/60 "2004-10-28T12:22:08Z")
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