On bigotry and home electronics

Aug 24, 2004 12:07

I've been wondering for the past few days how hateful and ignorant people can be so very amusing ( Read more... )

religion, homosexuality, electrolux, stupid people

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pingviini August 24 2004, 10:36:21 UTC
Bojkotta Electrolux? *förvånat fnitter*
Hur har han tänkt göra sin bojkott kännbar för Electrolux? Är han månne storkonsument av kylskåp, så det blir ett stort hål i kassan hos Electrolux när han plötsligt slutar köpa alla de där kylskåpen? Vilken konsument han måste vara i så fall.
Och sen när han har gjort Electrolux fattiga och ledsna genom att inte köpa några dammsugare eller diskmaskiner på flera år (hmmm...), hur ska det i sin tur påverka den svenska politiken och lagstiftningen?
Man häpnar. Milt sagt.

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kattahj August 24 2004, 11:18:26 UTC
Tja, vad jag förstår ställde han sig utanför närmaste Electrolux-affär och sade "jag bojkottar er, sådeså! Blääää!"

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pingviini August 24 2004, 12:50:39 UTC
När man tänker efter kunde han knappast ha gjort något som haft mindre effekt. :)

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kattahj August 24 2004, 13:53:40 UTC
*skratt* verkligen inte

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kattahj August 24 2004, 13:56:45 UTC
You could be right. I rather fear that you *are* right.

It's just so damned hard to *not* laugh.

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irian August 24 2004, 13:20:07 UTC
Um, let me get this straight. Bigot number one broke the law by giving a discriminatory lecture and got jailed, so bigot number two protested by boycotting the products of an electronics firm that had nothing whatsoever to do with the decision to jail bigot number one? Ummm, how stupid can you get?

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kattahj August 24 2004, 13:59:25 UTC
Apparently you can get very, very stupid.

And, you know, Electrolux = Swedish, as in the Swedish government, as in the "bad guys".

On the other hand, Green is also (unfortunately) Swedish, so I *honestly* don't know what Phelps was thinking.

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hibernate August 24 2004, 16:32:05 UTC
LOL, thanks for a good laugh! :-) I hadn't heard about the Electrolux-boycott before. Regardless of what his opinions are, why Electrolux? What does he think that's going to accomplish?

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kattahj August 24 2004, 20:24:03 UTC
I read about it in the paper the other day and just sat there shaking my head. I actually asked my dad, "What does he think Electrolux could do about it?" and he suggested, "Stop paying their taxes." "But they can't do that." "I know. He doesn't."

And, well, it's an explanation as good as any, I suppose. I guess Electrolux was just the first thing he ran into that happened to be Swedish.

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love2loveher August 24 2004, 20:35:18 UTC
Damn. I was about to go out and buy a new vacuum cleaner, and I had my heart *set* on an electrolux. But now that I know they come from a country that locks people up for presenting speeches that encourage discrimination, I'll have to re-think that idea.

You know, there are some people's logic that you can follow, and some people that some people will never understand. I think thats why certain people get along well, and some constantly clash.

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kattahj August 24 2004, 21:09:54 UTC
It's just such a mystery. I mean, I'm all in favour of boycotting a firm if you think they've done something wrong, but considering that Electrolux makes no laws whatsoever, I just don't understand his reasoning.

Of course, the reasoning of someone who actually thinks "God hates fags" is a good slogan can't be all that impressive to begin with.

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