Welcome to Boycott Nation
By Bradley A. Smith
It’s becoming hard to know with whom one can do business.
We’ve been told that if you don’t like what Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck says on the radio, you should not only not listen to their shows, you should boycott businesses that advertise on their shows. We are told that if you don’t like the activities of the American Legislative Exchange Council—a nonpartisan nonprofit that provides a meeting ground for conservative state legislators to share ideas—you should boycott companies that support the council.
Target Corp. became a boycott target after it contributed to a group that supported Tom Emmer, a pro-business candidate for governor of Minnesota who also happened to oppose same-sex marriage. After California voters passed Proposition 8 (restricting same-sex marriage), boycotters swung into action. Among the targets: the Los Angeles Film Festival, because one of its directors contributed to Prop 8.
