sjms wrote:feel free not to. in my life i have learned to work with people i feel not to be my liking for their social and political views.
In general, I\'m very much in agreement. Part of the basic business of citizenship is respectful disagreement, and I don\'t vet the politics of people and companies I do business with.
What makes this different is the extremity of the issue, coupled with the high dollar amount, which goes well beyond incidental support of a political candidate or cause. I can\'t conscionably purchase from them when I know that some of the profits of that transaction help fund an anti-civil rights campaign. At that point, it becomes less like the everyday disagreements that are part of a healthy public sphere, and more a question of ethical investing. In our society, we vote with our dollars as much as with our votes.
Others will disagree, of course, and that\'s fine.
Feb 04, 2009 at 10:26 AM
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