see, it's like this

[rm]

yuki_onna has a great post about why it's perfectly easy to boycott books of people who say appalling bigoted stuff on the Internet.

It is not, as so many people seem to think, some dogmatic decision to only engage with people who think exactly like me. Rather, life is short, books cost money, and when it comes down to deciding what I want to read -- allowing for a few cases of staggering genius that actually makes these decisions complex -- I'm not going to read stuff by people who are hateful, threatening and rude to me and mine, online or off.

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[valarltd.livejournal.com]

I don't give my money to people who will use it to harm me and mine. Period.

I don't drive for Covenant Transport.
I don't shop at Hobby Lobby.
I don't eat at Chik-Fil-A.

And I don't buy books from known homophobes.

[gallo-de-pelea.livejournal.com]

What happened with Hobby Lobby? (aside from most of their art supplies being low quality :P) Google isn't revealing much.

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

They are a major funding source for the theocrats.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/7/163753/4705/414/452169

I knew something was up back in the mid 90s when they decided to close on Sunday. I worked there in 95 and we did about 1/3 of the week's business on Sunday. (we did about 1/2 of it on Saturday)

[elionwyr.livejournal.com]

Yeah; my guiding rule is, basically 'vote with your money.'