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NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)
16. Oh boy.
Mon Sep 1, 2014, 04:12 PM
Sep 2014
Does that mean I shouldn't patronize my grocer because he sells beets, fresh, canned and jarred?


If you really wanted them to stop selling them, then yes, you would boycott them and not buy until they stopped. That's how it works.

There are a lot of places I don't go anymore since becoming vegan, and a lot of entertainment I don't patronize anymore because of its misogyny and homophobia. There are parts I miss about all of it, but I'm willing to sacrifice that until changes get made.

You want--out of some entirely pointless "principle" -- the site owners to forgo a portion of their INCOME, the food on their plate, the cash that ensures their survival, so you can have some sort of stupid "satisfaction" by "controlling" nothing more than WHERE people say nasty things. You aren't going to stop them--you're just going to have a harder time tracking them.


Income being partly made off of some of the most vile racists and misogynists I've seen on the web.

That nastiness won't disappear if that site gets shut down


Nirvana fallacy.

Of course, we could always demand that the US government fire up an "internet police" to monitor objectionable content, and censor anything "offensive" to people--how does that sound?


Absolutely ridiculous. Me asking a private business owner to make changes to practices I find objectionable in no way means I have any interest in seeing government ban speech.

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K/R nt NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #1
I agree. That is where my focus has been all along. boston bean Sep 2014 #2
Women generate money too BainsBane Sep 2014 #36
This insanity has got to stop. NuclearDem Sep 2014 #3
A lot of the cruel,toxic shit being spewed at Discussionist sufrommich Sep 2014 #4
Not surprising, more and more DUers are right wingers. n/t A Simple Game Sep 2014 #10
You could, of course, argue with them over there... TreasonousBastard Sep 2014 #21
What should we be debating with them about? sufrommich Sep 2014 #24
+1 bahrbearian Sep 2014 #30
Don't visit that OTHER site, then. MADem Sep 2014 #15
Oh boy. NuclearDem Sep 2014 #16
Naaah. I can deal with the beets. I avoid them--I don't pick them up, I don't look at them, MADem Sep 2014 #17
I blocked MADem boston bean Sep 2014 #22
Thank you. JTFrog Sep 2014 #25
Thank you. Starry Messenger Sep 2014 #26
Wow. I just saw this BainsBane Sep 2014 #32
What if your local grocer tolerates and employs individuals who threaten rape? LanternWaste Sep 2014 #29
And if he rapes, just ignore it BainsBane Sep 2014 #33
I thought you understood they were coming over here BainsBane Sep 2014 #35
Who is this "we"? TreasonousBastard Sep 2014 #20
Treasonous bastard as has been blocked as well. boston bean Sep 2014 #23
+1 bahrbearian Sep 2014 #31
When my star expires I won't be buying another one. -nt CrispyQ Sep 2014 #5
I hear you, I quit contributing some time ago. sufrommich Sep 2014 #6
Hell, I want all of my donations back at this point. Damn right there will never be another. n/t JTFrog Sep 2014 #9
I agree completely. The admins must take the initiative. This has gone too far. CTyankee Sep 2014 #7
They're like a fashion ismnotwasm Sep 2014 #8
I am completely appalled at how admin handled this. JaydenD Sep 2014 #11
I've written to both administrators BainsBane Sep 2014 #34
Own the swamp, own the mosquitos. geek tragedy Sep 2014 #12
+1 Hong Kong Cavalier Sep 2014 #28
would be a good example to set for other admins BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2014 #13
Speaking as someone who has attended various sites since the BBSs War Horse Sep 2014 #14
Regardless of who it allows to post, Discussionist should have an explicit policy against nomorenomore08 Sep 2014 #18
While I agree the owners marym625 Sep 2014 #19
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2014 #27
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