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Here’s the problem with boycotts of anything these days.

- We supported Ford because they didn’t take Obama’s bailout. Now we have to boycott them because of the Ford Foundation?

- We bought Microsoft Xboxes because they were an American company versus the PS2, PS3 and PS4. Now we have to boycott them because “reason”?

- We have to boycott the NFL because they don’t crack down on wife beaters, flag burners (Exaggerating here, okay?), are mixed on their treatment of murderers, drug abusers, steroids, concussions and social issues but.... we all love football, our team(s) are fine it’s the league, player X is one of the good guys.

I mean it’s easy to boycott or dislike a person and even some truly bone headed stupid corporations (Target, I’m looking in your general direction.) but with all that is going on in this country I can’t track of why I’m supposed to hate, love, ignore, buy or cherish based on message board sentiment or political “sides”.

So, if you can let us know.... let us know.

Has there ever been a boycott that actually worked? Just curious. There was much hooting and hollering here about Macy's having to close stores after they decided to be anti-Trump but almost all brick-and-mortar retailers are suffering due in large part to the cyber-shopping revolution. It's anecdotal to tie their misfortune directly to the boycott over them not supporting Trump. On the other side of the coin, the boycott of Chick-Fil-A by the Left was an epic failure as it actually caused an uptick in sales as conservatives flocked to the restaurants.

In some cases a boycott will have the reverse effect as in the Chick-Fil-A case but in most cases there is marginal if any effect at all.

I can't think of one business that was shut down or even severely affected on account of a boycott from either the Right or the Left. I also think a lot of people who are vowing not to watch the NFL game next Sunday will watch it just the same.