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First, the conservative boycott. I never had one of those dolls, but I wanted one. Or all of them.... And I don't agree with this boycott, so I think I may call to give my *support* for their choice. Not buying a doll to support them, though - kinda lack money, y'know? Perhaps I'll make a donation to the other group involved personally....

I saw the article in liberal. Now, ignoring the entire rest of the thread, the commenter here makes a good point - liberals boycott stuff *all the time*. Why aren't conservatives allowed to do the same thing for their values? Sure, that being the liberal comm, many people disagree with the values behind that boycott, but it's not like the conservatives are bombing the American Girl store or anything. They're just... calling to complain and refusing to buy their products (man, I wish I had the money to refuse to buy AG products :P). Not really the height of evil here.

I had the same thought a year back. There had been, within a few hours of each other, two posts in feminist about protests regarding abortion. One person had pictures of her and her kids marching to support abortion, and another had a news article which had pictures of people on the other side marching *against* abortion, some of them with kids. And the first person was congratulated for having her kids with her, but the second group of pictures was "shameful", doing that to little kids.

Why?

It's not like the anti-abortion group was bringing their kids along to be evil, they were doing it because of a lack of a sitter and to teach their kids their values - just like the first group!

But no, it was *such* a different thing. Or something.

Gah.

(Regarding the tag, the right to protest is a civil right)