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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 8029769" data-attributes="member: 19675">I think boycotting is a tool, nothing more, nothing less.  And like any tool, it can be used for good or evil purposes.Don't blame the tool, blame the people using it.  Or, more accurately, judge the reasons WHY a tool is being used.Part of why various forms of boycotting are being used now is because society has been dismissive of the issues being complained about.  Things have been swept under various and assorted rugs, and little of substance has been done to remedy the situations in question.Part of the reason WHY real solutions have been ignored is because not enough people have seen the magnitude of whatever the complaint is about.  And no company, institution or government is going to invest millions in changing how things are done if they believe the problem is small and fringey.  Social media makes it much easier for people to find out about and join causes that matter to them, and thus, take action.  When the company, institution or government realizes they’re looking at an iceberg and not an ice cube, they can make more appropriate responses.Of course, there’s no guarantee that the cause is just, nor that the response will be anywhere on the spectrum of desirable.  But that’s life.</blockquote>