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Re: Group calls for boycott of Home Depot over Georgia's new voting law because they have not commented on it - Lux Interior - 04-21-2021
kj wrote: They want to force people to believe the way they do.
For example?
Re: Group calls for boycott of Home Depot over Georgia's new voting law because they have not commented on it - kj - 04-21-2021
Well, the topic of this thread would be one such example. There is no persuasion, exchange of ideas, changing of thoughts/opinions, etc. Just strong-arming. There are good reasons to influence rather than strong-arm, which I'm sure people can remember, if they try. There is an incredible intolerance for anything but exactly the right articulation of the right thoughts. I'm not the only one to say this, and those that have are not just disagreed with, but strong-armed, in a lot of cases.
So don't go to Home Depot for what the owner has said or done, but require them to say all the right things? Ridiculous, in my opinion.
Re: Group calls for boycott of Home Depot over Georgia's new voting law because they have not commented on it - deckeda - 04-21-2021
kj you have a curious definition of "force," I'll grant you that.
Now just imagine if the "whole world" was intolerant to your desire to patronize an establishment, and yet you were still able to shop there? Got ahead, imagine it.
Then what? "I shopped there, but everyone made me feel bad for doing so."
Is that the central concern here? Of "being told" what to supposedly do? Really?
Re: Group calls for boycott of Home Depot over Georgia's new voting law because they have not commented on it - sekker - 04-21-2021
kj wrote:
So don't go to Home Depot for what the owner has said or done, but require them to say all the right things? Ridiculous, in my opinion.
Home Depot has been a major contributor to political war chests. They even run a PAC, you can read all about it on their own website:
https://ir.homedepot.com/~/media/Files/H/HomeDepot-IR/documents/THD%20Political%20Activity%20Policy_22818.pdf
If they wanted to be held above politics, then they should stay out of politics. If they are IN politics, then it's fair to judge them by what they say - or fail to say/do.
I'm not sure why this is controversial. Even Moscow Mitch settled on the idea that companies have the right to give money to politicians AND have say in politics (just so long as the $$ to go GOP candidates).
Re: Group calls for boycott of Home Depot over Georgia's new voting law because they have not commented on it - kj - 04-21-2021
deckeda wrote:
kj you have a curious definition of "force," I'll grant you that.
Now just imagine if the "whole world" was intolerant to your desire to patronize an establishment, and yet you were still able to shop there? Got ahead, imagine it.
Then what? "I shopped there, but everyone made me feel bad for doing so."
Is that the central concern here? Of "being told" what to supposedly do? Really?
I don't understand what you're saying, so I guess it's not. I have a lot of problems with it, but in this case, I am saying people are trying to force Home Depot to at least behave in a way they like by causing the company "financial pain" if they don't. That's not inconsistent with the idea of using "force". It's definitely not consistent with the whole liberal idea of persuasion, which I am partial to for a lot of reasons.
I'm going to continue to shop at Home Depot because I don't care what they didn't say. I can't think of a single company I've bought things from that put out a statement condemning the treatment of Native Americans, and you know, I'm going to keep buying what I need. Silence is complicity, so probably 99.99 percent of all companies are complicit with the poor treatment of Native Americans because I haven't seen their statements. It's all ridiculous.
Re: Group calls for boycott of Home Depot over Georgia's new voting law because they have not commented on it - kj - 04-21-2021
sekker wrote:
[quote=kj]
So don't go to Home Depot for what the owner has said or done, but require them to say all the right things? Ridiculous, in my opinion.
Home Depot has been a major contributor to political war chests. They even run a PAC, you can read all about it on their own website:
https://ir.homedepot.com/~/media/Files/H/HomeDepot-IR/documents/THD%20Political%20Activity%20Policy_22818.pdf
If they wanted to be held above politics, then they should stay out of politics. If they are IN politics, then it's fair to judge them by what they say - or fail to say/do.
I'm not sure why this is controversial. Even Moscow Mitch settled on the idea that companies have the right to give money to politicians AND have say in politics (just so long as the $$ to go GOP candidates).
Then be pissed about that, not a statement they didn't put out.
Re: Group calls for boycott of Home Depot over Georgia's new voting law because they have not commented on it - deckeda - 04-22-2021
Thanks kj. I believe we’re basically on the same page here.
Re: Group calls for boycott of Home Depot over Georgia's new voting law because they have not commented on it - sekker - 04-22-2021
kj wrote:
[quote=sekker]
[quote=kj]
So don't go to Home Depot for what the owner has said or done, but require them to say all the right things? Ridiculous, in my opinion.
Home Depot has been a major contributor to political war chests. They even run a PAC, you can read all about it on their own website:
https://ir.homedepot.com/~/media/Files/H/HomeDepot-IR/documents/THD%20Political%20Activity%20Policy_22818.pdf
If they wanted to be held above politics, then they should stay out of politics. If they are IN politics, then it's fair to judge them by what they say - or fail to say/do.
I'm not sure why this is controversial. Even Moscow Mitch settled on the idea that companies have the right to give money to politicians AND have say in politics (just so long as the $$ to go GOP candidates).
Then be pissed about that, not a statement they didn't put out.
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Go ahead, pretend that when the stakes are this high, HD's silence is irrelevant. Nonsense.
We live in a world, you are either in the game, or you are complicit.
Re: Group calls for boycott of Home Depot over Georgia's new voting law because they have not commented on it - wetvack - 04-22-2021
Lux Interior wrote:
[quote=wetvack]
Everything from Home Depot going in the trash.
That doesn't make much sense.
They already have your money.
I'm a leftist moron, so felling good is the same as being good.
Re: Group calls for boycott of Home Depot over Georgia's new voting law because they have not commented on it - rjmacs - 04-22-2021
kj wrote:
I'm going to continue to shop at Home Depot because I don't care what they didn't say. I can't think of a single company I've bought things from that put out a statement condemning the treatment of Native Americans, and you know, I'm going to keep buying what I need. Silence is complicity, so probably 99.99 percent of all companies are complicit with the poor treatment of Native Americans because I haven't seen their statements. It's all ridiculous.
'If we can't fix everything all at once, then trying to fix anything is a waste of time.'
This is an example of a tu quoque fallacy having a jolly romp with a false equivalency fallacy, and it has nothing to do with the argument at hand.
You do you, kj. No need to justify yourself to the rest of us.