Boycotts aren’t always successful. In fact, they often backfire.
For example, suppose a company has a potential market of 1,000,000 customers. Suppose of that number, 20% actually shop at that business. That results in 200,000 customers. Suppose of that number, 5% boycott the store. That means 10,000 people boycott.
Now, of that orginal 1,000,000 potential customers, there are 800,000 that aren’t currently shopping at that business. If 5% of those get mad at the boycotters and being shopping at that business, that results in 40,000 new customers.
The end result is that the business gains 30,000 new customers because of the boycott.
What can we do?
1. Support businesses that don’t bow to liberal pressure. (For example, make a special effort, as I do, to occasionally eat at Chik-F-la.)
2. Support the peripherals that might potentially suffer from the boycott. In this case, donate to the Family Research Council. I have in the past. It is a great organization.
Chick-fil-A has a pretty nice concept. Their contemporary product doesn’t seem to be as good as I remembered it from a few decades ago. Maybe it’s the peanut oil they say they are using now, when it used to be corn or soy oil.
To clarify one thing, I think that personal boycotts are great. It is organized and public boycotts that sometimes end up backfiring, and I hope that any leftist boycott might do that in this case.
As far as personal boycotts, one should follow one’s conscience, even if it out of step with the current social and political climate. (My family laughs at me because I refuse to eat in any restaurant named after female body parts.) But, just looking at the numbers, boycotting evil, while necessary and appropriate, is probably not as effective as giving concrete support to those who oppose evil. We need to be ready to support the good guys who have the courage to stand firm against the footsoldiers of Satan.
Those who do get mad, care, and take action.
The gay blades want economic war, then that's what they get ~ economic war.