If laws such as these are even introduced then yes, politicians are having a say in what 'we' boycott. In effect, we are no different from liberals. We are just choosing to use the machine known as the federal government to our means instead of theirs. And I thought the general purpose of being a conservative was to limit the government's intrusion into personal lives. Silly me. It's just two sides of the same coin now
Look, you have the right to boycott what you want. Boycott 'till the cows come home for all I care. But I don't 'buy American' just because it's 'American'. I buy the best product, even if it's been priced higher to protect industries that either refuse to make a better product because of costs or industries that are affected because of unions. I could care less where it comes from. That's what capitalism is all about. To produce the best product and gain the most market share. Or at least I thought.
As to your call to grow up, I suggest that I have. I'm not the one calling on politicians to join on a boycott of an entire nation's products of their private industries just because the nation's government has made decisions that I do disagree with. Your aspect, while admirable at the personal level, is no less despicable than Jesse Jackson's when at the federal level. Boycott the live long day, but when federal, even state, politicians call for boycotts to be passed into law, a conservative would remind them that they have no place in doing so. To allow them to do that would limit our freedom of choice. To boycott or not boycott