Goya Boycott - opinions requested

oftenreading · July 2020

dankind said:

oftenreading said:

dankind said:

oftenreading said:

As a little addendum, there's the theory, voiced even on AMT within the last couple of weeks, that "you have to respect my opinion".

No, I don't have to respect your opinion. I have to respect your right to have an opinion, but I am not under any obligation to respect the opinion itself.

It's against my religion to respect anyone's opinion.

Church of the Latter Day Contrarians?

I'm a Dudeist priest.

You wear it well.

F Me In The Brain · July 2020

F Goya and that fool. I will no longer buy their products. His "suppression" comment is almost as dumb as supporting Trump when your customer base is Latino.

Gern Blansten · July 2020

OnWis97 said:

Gern Blansten said:

My self imposed boycott on Chik-fil-A didn't last long...couldn't resist that mac and cheese and spicy chicken sandwich

Mine's still going...of course, I would probably not have gotten anything from there anyway given that they are rare up here in Minnesota (Suburbs but I'm in St. Paul) and that I don't eat fast food during a typical month.

I had it once at the ATL airport before they took the bad press...It was OK but I didn't get the hype. It's like the chicken version of Krispy Kreme.

Excuse me Sir but until you try their mac and cheese you are just going to have to believe me. The shit is legit.

josevolution · July 2020

Gern Blansten said:

My self imposed boycott on Chik-fil-A didn't last long...couldn't resist that mac and cheese and spicy chicken sandwich

lol

josevolution · July 2020

Anything that comes in those tin cans or plastic bags you can buy other brands of it! So yeah screw Goya Adobo is a rub anyone can make it..

Gern Blansten · July 2020

There are all kinds of videos on tiktok of tRumpsters going to the store and buying up Goya stuff.

They won't be able to do that for long. I'm guessing the GOya moron will resign or apologize in about a month

jeffbr · July 2020

josevolution said:

Anything that comes in those tin cans or plastic bags you can buy other brands of it! So yeah screw Goya Adobo is a rub anyone can make it..

Exactly right. I boycotted Goya years ago simply based on price. I'm not paying $2.75 for an $0.89 can of beans.

what dreams · July 2020

This is not the first time Goya has been in the news. Over the past several decades, they have had several complaints brought against them by the National Labor Relations Board and brought to court for their violations of labor law. They have a terrible record.

joseph33 · July 2020

It's a dangerous thing when businesses are boycotted because the owner may have a differing political opinion. I dont have to boycott Goya,because I never bought their products to begin with. But I think I'll buy from them now.

oftenreading · July 2020

joseph33 said:

It's a dangerous thing when businesses are boycotted because the owner may have a differing political opinion. I dont have to boycott Goya,because I never bought their products to begin with. But I think I'll buy from them now.

I'll bite. Why is this dangerous? It seems a very normal and reasonable thing to patronize businesses whose practices you agree with and refrain from buying from businesses whose practices you disagree with.

OnWis97 · July 2020

oftenreading said:

joseph33 said:

It's a dangerous thing when businesses are boycotted because the owner may have a differing political opinion. I dont have to boycott Goya,because I never bought their products to begin with. But I think I'll buy from them now.

I'll bite. Why is this dangerous? It seems a very normal and reasonable thing to patronize businesses whose practices you agree with and refrain from buying from businesses whose practices you disagree with.

Like Joseph, I'm not able to boycott Goya because I've never purchased their stuff.

That said, I don't love boycotting because someone's a Republican or votes differently than I do (and I say this as someone who will never patronize Chick-Fil-A because they gave money to what I consider hate groups). However, in this environment, if your CEO butters up to Trump, how surprised can they be? Did any CEOs do this with Obama? Maybe; I don't recall. Most companies try not to wear partisan politics on their sleeve for this reason. We have a president moving us toward authoritarianism and I certainly don't have it in me to be upset if someone reacts.

F Me In The Brain · July 2020

Yeah, why is it dangerous?

And if you support them now, are you doing so because you agree with what the guy did or because you don't want to see someone boycotted?

I still say fuck him and haven't purchased anything Goya since. Won't consciously support them again.

hrd2imgn · July 2020

oftenreading said:

joseph33 said:

It's a dangerous thing when businesses are boycotted because the owner may have a differing political opinion. I dont have to boycott Goya,because I never bought their products to begin with. But I think I'll buy from them now.

I'll bite. Why is this dangerous? It seems a very normal and reasonable thing to patronize businesses whose practices you agree with and refrain from buying from businesses whose practices you disagree with.

It is one thing to decide hey I'm not going to buy Goya, another to organize boycotts on national levels to hurt a business purposely and for the reason to damage and stifle an opposing view point. If people actually cared about others why would you do things to jeopordize jobs of thousands of employees through think my way or else Marxism/Lennonism. It is okay to disagree, but when you try to force others to think your waybor else we arw in an Orwellian 1984 reality

F Me In The Brain · July 2020

He supports a racist lying fraud

Boycott!

oftenreading · July 2020

hrd2imgn said:

oftenreading said:

joseph33 said:

It's a dangerous thing when businesses are boycotted because the owner may have a differing political opinion. I dont have to boycott Goya,because I never bought their products to begin with. But I think I'll buy from them now.

I'll bite. Why is this dangerous? It seems a very normal and reasonable thing to patronize businesses whose practices you agree with and refrain from buying from businesses whose practices you disagree with.

It is one thing to decide hey I'm not going to buy Goya, another to organize boycotts on national levels to hurt a business purposely and for the reason to damage and stifle an opposing view point. If people actually cared about others why would you do things to jeopordize jobs of thousands of employees through think my way or else Marxism/Lennonism. It is okay to disagree, but when you try to force others to think your waybor else we arw in an Orwellian 1984 reality

That’s a pretty odd take on a decision not to buy a company’s products. Any decision I make does not force anyone else to make the same decision.

oftenreading · July 2020

hrd2imgn said:

oftenreading said:

joseph33 said:

It's a dangerous thing when businesses are boycotted because the owner may have a differing political opinion. I dont have to boycott Goya,because I never bought their products to begin with. But I think I'll buy from them now.

I'll bite. Why is this dangerous? It seems a very normal and reasonable thing to patronize businesses whose practices you agree with and refrain from buying from businesses whose practices you disagree with.

It is one thing to decide hey I'm not going to buy Goya, another to organize boycotts on national levels to hurt a business purposely and for the reason to damage and stifle an opposing view point. If people actually cared about others why would you do things to jeopordize jobs of thousands of employees through think my way or else Marxism/Lennonism. It is okay to disagree, but when you try to force others to think your waybor else we arw in an Orwellian 1984 reality

Is it still dangerous when republicans boycott companies, or is that okay? You know, like Keurig, Starbucks, the NFL?

Parksy · July 2020

oftenreading said:

hrd2imgn said:

oftenreading said:

joseph33 said:

It's a dangerous thing when businesses are boycotted because the owner may have a differing political opinion. I dont have to boycott Goya,because I never bought their products to begin with. But I think I'll buy from them now.

I'll bite. Why is this dangerous? It seems a very normal and reasonable thing to patronize businesses whose practices you agree with and refrain from buying from businesses whose practices you disagree with.

It is one thing to decide hey I'm not going to buy Goya, another to organize boycotts on national levels to hurt a business purposely and for the reason to damage and stifle an opposing view point. If people actually cared about others why would you do things to jeopordize jobs of thousands of employees through think my way or else Marxism/Lennonism. It is okay to disagree, but when you try to force others to think your waybor else we arw in an Orwellian 1984 reality

That’s a pretty odd take on a decision not to buy a company’s products. Any decision I make does not force anyone else to make the same decision.

Just to go along with this... I agree 100%. @hrd2imgn ... what do you perceive to be an 'organized boycott?'

You mentioned as well that forcing others creates an "orwellian" state. What's your opinion on the POTUS and his daughter going well out of their way to promote Goya in what seems to be a direct response to people choosing to boycott Goya?

I only ask because it seems to me more often than not when folks claim Marxism yadda yadda, and generally point the finger at left leaning type people... right leaning type people (Trump) are doing the exact same things. How is it different?

Just to dumb it down a bit because I'm almost confusing myself here

Dude gives props to Trump. People don't agree and protest by way of boycotting. People like you look at that and say "Stop forcing your opinion on me and trying to tell me how to think!" (Next level dumb)

POTUS sees this happening and promotes Goya as a response.

So on one hand... "Don't buy Goya because that dude's an arse!" (Bad in your opinion?) "Buy Goya because those people are arses!" (Good in your opinion?)

Smellyman · August 2020

It's illegal for a POTUS and White House staff to shill products so they should be held accountable.

Just add it to the list.

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