“Amazon should avoid the slippery slope of product bans.”
Isn’t Amazon free to ban what it wishes? Are we not enterprising enough of a nation for entrepreneurs to pick-up the new customers that can result from a competing business that will allow the things that it bans?
Besides, isn’t it similar to the “I’m free to not bake a cake in honor of Sodomy” case?
You are comparing the Confederate flag to Sodomites? Really?
What you say is true, but I still think its ok to point out the hypocrisy and double standard.
Amazon has made a calculation based on a premise that the majority of Americans support such a ban. I think they are wrong, and one side is just a lot ‘noisier’ than the other. So no harm in being noisy right back.
Amazon is free to carry whatever merchandise they please, just as a baker should be free to accept any commission to create an artistic product. Conversely both should be free to not carry or make an exhibit that they wish. Both will be subject to the whims of the market place.
Amazon will not be substantially hurt and they will not face any hate crime accusations for offending southerners and states rights advocates. They have deemed in their best interest to drop the flag, for now.
While it is aggravating to see businesses roll over so easily, it is not the business with which we have a grievance, but the state that is an ever ominous threat to those who would stand against its whims . The bakers paid and are paying a price for a deeply held conviction, amazon has no deep conviction for the confederacy or state rights and they have chosen not pay the price for the defiance of the PC police.