Are Republicans/conservatives actually very good at boycotting anything?

[Silent3]

Of course, many boycotts, even those supported by Democrats and liberals, seem to fizzle out and not make a lot of difference, with some rare exceptions.

I just can't think of any products, services, movies, TV shows, or sports greatly affected by conservative boycotts lately, whereas I've noticed more corporate support (or at least lip service) for Democratic/liberal positions, like voting rights, LGTBQ rights, BLM, etc. I have no illusion that many of these corporations are really our dear friends, but my rough impression has been of more responsiveness to in-the-news Democratic/liberal concerns.

[msongs]

1. does boycotting the teachings of the jesus character count? nt

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Only on a local level...

Years ago there was a small weekly called the Mattituck Traveler-Watchman. It was the go-to paper for local news in that part of Long Island. One of three, actually.

One year they made the fatal mistake of endorsing a Democrat for town supervisor and all the ads got pulled.

Then, there were two. Now, there's only one, but that's more due to the general bleeding of print news.

Nationally, boycotts don't seem to work.

[unblock]

3. Businesses aren't looking to do the right thing. They're just trying to make money

Discriminating or endorsing discrimination cuts out a whole pool of customers and potential customers.

Some smaller businesses are fine with niche appeal to bigots, but bigger companies try to appeal to as many people as possible and avoid offending anyone.

So when right-wingers want businesses to do something that would piss off a minority group, a company don't listen because they can't win in that situation.

Meanwhile, if lefties want companies to do something, they can usually win by apologizing, or making a comparatively cheap change. It's only the really expensive demands that fail.

[C_U_L8R]

4. Unless they're boycotting reverse mortgages and erectile disfunction remedies

They just don't have that much economic clout.

[jimfields33]

11. They did a number on award shows

To the point that ratings are down across the board. And they made it so the Hollywood press wouldn’t even have an MC. That may change again though.

[RandiFan1290]

12. lol Keep dreaming

That had nothing to do with republicons. Americans are just tuning out.

How did your boycotts of Disney and Nike work out?

[jimfields33]

15. ????

I was at Disney last week. And if you don’t think award shows are down. Not sure what to tell you. Ha.

[RandiFan1290]

16. Award shows being down has ZERO to do with a republicon boycott.

and trump had a diet coke on his desk...

[jimfields33]

19. I don't care about trump.

Trying to get him out of peoples minds.

[Mary in S. Carolina]

5. Paula Dean

Her restaurant used to be packed, the streets were full of people trying to get into her restaurant. After her racial comments, the restaurant had about 25% capacity and has never recovered.

Also, Stein Mart sales plummeted after deceiving customers by labeling Ivanka Trumps clothes line under Adrienne Vittadini; the pandemic finished them off.

Some companies have a small profit margin, so any negative movement can be catastrophic.

[JT45242]

6. Chick fila A changed policies based on liberal boycott

Getting kicked off college campuses because of their anti LGBTQ policies made the company change.

Denny's has never recovered from backlash to it's racism. Not dead but lost many stores and a ton of market share.

[Lemon Lyman]

7. -

It was a different time, but they did pretty much ruin the career(s) of the Dixie Chicks. They were one of the top groups in country music before all that nonsense got hurled at them.

[Funtatlaguy]

8. Yes, several things. Sanity, empathy, virtue, to name three.

[BlueTsunami2018]

9. TV ratings for certain sports leagues have dropped significantly.

The NBA in particular. Whether that has to do with their boycotting or it’s just people streaming games or finding other forms of entertainment is up for debate. They certainly point to it as a success for themselves in the boycott realm.

[Silent3]

10. I don't follow sports very much at all...

...but I figured sports was just in a weird place now because of COVID.

[BlueTsunami2018]

14. Ratings have been dropping for a few years now.

I personally think it’s the advent of streaming games online more than anything but I have no doubt they’ve had some effect. I know more than a few people who just won’t watch anymore because of the kneeling and all that.

[NewJeffCT]

13. They managed to get CBS to pull their biopic on Reagan

it was free on network TV for all, but it was pulled after RW protests over 1 line in the movie and later shown on a subsidiary of CBS with a much smaller viewership.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

17. Not really. They're too afraid of hurting a corporation's widdle feelings.

Like raising taxes, that would be a mortal sin for Rethugs........

[CrackityJones75]

18. Democracy?