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[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 116 points 5 months ago (3 children)

We got it wrong. We should make a "non-boycott" list of people who aren't assholes yet. It would be way shorter, and we would remove people when they become so fucking stupid and arse-licking that they have the idea of reworking the national anthems of shitholes such as saudi arabia.

[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 5 months ago (4 children)
[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I would add Elton John and Tom Hanks, but if I look too deeply they may secretly be British Nazis working for the Queen to overthrow the American government...

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Didn’t he host a show that gave pseudo scientists a platform

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It might be an unpopular opinion, but it doesn't make him a monster. His reasoning for it is that he doesn't want to cause more harm.

Locking people up isn't right either but he is entitled to a point of view

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

It might be an unpopular opinion, but it doesn't make him a monster. His reasoning for it is that he doesn't want to cause more harm.

Sure it doesn’t make him a monster. It isn’t going to make me stop loving his music. But it does make me question his judgement.

He’s an addict, so he needs to avoid things that may trigger his addictive habits. He talks about weed leading to worse drugs. But not everyone is an addict.

I’ve been using weed for like, fifteen years. Have never been tempted to try anything harder. Most people I know who partake are the same way. Making weed illegal because addicts might go on to try harder drugs is ridiculous in a world with alcohol in it.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 months ago

Reducing other's freedoms because they're bad for you is something I'd consider evil. People should be allowed to make choices for themselves. If you think they're harmful than you should try to educate people, but you shouldn't try to make them having a choice (which you were allowed to make) illegal.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

Ah, about the Queen…

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 11 points 5 months ago

Tom Morello is based as hell

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Costco made their CEO a multi-billionaire, that means billions of dollars that could have stayed in the customers' pockets or that could have been redistributed to all employees.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've heard Dave Grohl is pretty ok?

[–] Kingofthezyx@lemm.ee 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

I knew it was too good to be true

[–] LongLive@lemmy.world -3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I sincerely doubt that there is a way to determine which behaviours/beliefs are good or bad. I, for example, doubt that I will get a rating of "good" beyond 75% (educated guess).

[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Honestly, my standards for "good" behavior for corporations are astoundingly low; just don't be bigoted, don't actively wreck the planet, and don't kill people.

And yet most of them can't even manage that.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

Eh, they choose not to

[–] LongLive@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I am unconvinced that people / corporations can be neatly sorted into categories "good" or "bad".

I argue that "good" behaviour is entirely dependent on who is the judge. There are numerous edge cases, for example, "don't kill people": one could argue that a company that promotes abstinence is reinforcing sexual shame, which could lead to suicide. Then another can argue that they are promoting degrowth (through abstinence), or even voluntary extinction.

Lastly I want to remind that breaking the notion that sorting people into categories like gender and sex is a similarly bad idea.

[–] littlewonder@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What about don't steal billions from labor?

If I refused to patronize every business that did that, I'd likely starve to death. Which is incredibly sad.

I do try to avoid the worst offenders, though.