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- From: peterscc@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (PETERSEN CAROLYN COLLINS)
- Subject: more thoughts on the boycott
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.221828.10398@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 22:18:28 GMT
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- To Melinda and others who are pushing for a boycott of Colorado and its
- products:
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- Just a few thoughts from someone wo:
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- a) voted against discrimination in all its forms b) never underestimated th
- stupidity of human beings...
-
- It occurs to me that if you all were really intothe idea of a boycott, you'd
- be busy looking up the names of the big businessesthat donated money and
- support to the groups who foisted this amendment off on all of us. For
- starters, you'd have to get a list of contribtors to Colorado for Family
- Values -- like a certain car dealership in the Coloado Springs area -- and
- put pressure on those companies to explain why they supported such hateful
- legislation. Your boycott will hurt small business like ine much more than
- it will hurt these large corporations (chevy comes to mind) - and of course
- those companies won't care too much if little companies die on he vine. But,
- if their profits start to hurt -- they'll think twice. In otherwords,
- consider doing what we all were supposed to do when boycotting companies that
- invesed in South Africa. Hurt the companies who contributed to hate when
- they donatd money to the ultra-right groups who are trying to force this down
- the throatsof the 48% of Coloradans who didn't vote for hate.
-
- Another thought -- while we're all feasting on the bones of small companes
- that die because of the boycott, don't forget for a minute that the so-calle
- Christian Right is still out there legislating against equal rights for women
- nd for the opportunity to force women to bear children. If we don't watch
- our lanks, maybe this little diversionary tactic will work this time...
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- Hate is not a FamilyValue. Think First Before You Boycott People Who May Have
- Supported Your Rights.
-
- <send flames to alt/dev/null>
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- peterscc@ucsu.colorado.edu
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