Subj : Re: Computer Kits
To   : Jeff
From : boraxman
Date : Sun Jan 30 2022 23:56:28

 Je> Then perhaps a public forum such as social media is not the place to have
 Je> this discussion.
 Je> 

I never considered a BBS to be public social media.  It certainly wasn't a world-wide easily accessible record in the 90s.

 Je> When it comes to violence, yes. Words and boycotts are not violent,
 Je> though. Other people have the same right to speak their minds that you
 Je> do, and can choose where and how to spend their money.
 Je> 

They have that right, but you don't have the right (I believe) to organize economic damage to punish people for their beliefs.

If you don't want to buy from a company because they aren't making a statement on some social issues you want them to make, then fine, but when you start to organise action to try and economically damage them, you are infringing upon their freedom of expression.

Companies shouldn't be making social and political statements anyway.  Why companies feel they need to be agents of social change, I don't know.

 Je> Whose freedom are you advocating to limit?
 Je> 

No ones.  I believe that in order to have freedom, you need to be protected from action taken against you.  The first amendment isn't strong enough.

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