Boycott or Not?
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Friday, January 30, 2009 9:43 AM
In several recent posts, I have noticed a lot of talk about boycotts, about taking a stand against a group who supports a position that you do not, or who would use your hard earned dollars to fund practices to which you morally object.
In the discussion on Girl Scout cookies, many of you mentioned that you don’t participate in Girl Scouts (or buy their cookies) because of their support of Planned Parenthood.
There was also mention of a possible boycott on NBC because of their refusal to air the pro-life video.
I’m curious—how do you decide what you will boycott? And more importantly, how do you ensure this boycott will make a difference? For me, I’ve never really seen the point of boycotting a store or organization unless I was willing to write the group and let them know what I was doing and why. Growing up, we never bought General Mills cereal because of their support of Planned Parenthood. But my mother took the time to write the company and explain her position. With us having eight kids, and the cost of cereal being what it is, that was a lot of money GM missed out on!
A silent refrain will not really be felt by large powers—maybe not even if a whole lot of people silently protested together. But taking the time to tell someone what you are doing—and why—if we all go that route, than maybe change will slowly be felt. Or at the very least, our actions will be duly noted.
And now I will follow through on these thoughts by shooting off a letter to NBC President Jeff.Zucker at nbcuni dot com.
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