[Vision2020] Not boycotters, just smart shoppers

[Joan Opyr]

Now why is it that Nate, Dale, etc., define tolerance as the willingness to 
put money in the pockets of people who think I'm an abomination?  Wouldn’t 
that be something else, like, say, foolhardiness?  Self-loathing?  
Stupidity?

It’s true that I don’t research the politics of the company’s CEO before I 
buy a stick of deodorant or a roll of toilet paper.  That would be 
excessively time-consuming and, consequently, unhygienic.  (Some things just 
won't wait for the mission statement.)  However, I see no reason why I 
should frequent businesses that *I know* are owned by people who express 
anti-gay, anti-feminist, bigoted, undemocratic and/or troglodytic political, 
theological, and cultural views.  Why would I?  It’s my money, for god’s 
sake.  It's buried in my yard and sewn into my mattress.  Mine, mine, mine!

I’m not trying to shut people up; I’m just not going to pay them to talk.  
To those who suggest that this is somehow intolerant or divisive, I say, no 
way, baby, it’s capitalism!  We can shop where we want, give our money to 
whom we like, and withhold it from those who say things like, “The Bible 
offers a choice of punishments for homosexuals—it doesn’t have to be death.  
It could be exile.”

The great thing about this approach is that it’s a two-way street.  I don’t 
have to buy doughnuts from Jerry Falwell, and Nate and Dale don’t have to 
buy Christmas cards from the Godless Pagan Margaret Sanger Gay Card House.  
(Special discount on Happy Darwin Day greetings.)

Hmm . . . death . . . or exile from Moscow, Idaho.  Surely there's a door 
number three.

Joan Opyr

Auntie Establishment
Serving Idaho's liberal elite since 1993

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