Far Cry 5 video on feed question: Treatment of Conservatives

[contestgamer]

KrspaceT said:

contestgamer said:

 

Ultimately you're going to a salvage yard to make a purchase for a product or service as a customer. I don't understand why the views of the owner matter as far as the ultimate service you're going to receive? For me it seems like you're trying to silence people you disagree with by preventing them of making a living. The assumption is that if enough people that agree with you stop frequenting the establishment then there will be enough social pressure to force said establishment and person to change their views or not express them. The goal is then to shut down free speech over time by literally starving other viewpoints of cash. That's why personally I believe all purchasing decisions should be based exclusively on the value proposition of said product, because anything else is weaponizing commerce to make certain view points, beliefs and lifestyles socially unacceptable.

How a business looks or presents itself is as much a part of the decision to partake in it as the product. Let's say there are two pizza places of equal pizza quality, but the closer one happened to play Country Music loudly while the other one did not. 

it is as valid a choice to go farther to avoid the music as it is to go to the closer one despite country music. 

Money talks, and it is also endorsement. To spend money at that salvage yard that quite visibly displays a viewpoint like that is to fund, if not support, that viewpoint. I am simply speaking with my money, same as we as gamers would speak with our money on controversial or good games. 

Music is part of the product for a food establishment though. Let's say that there is no sign, but you know that the owner of STORE A has expressed homophobic views that you disagree with. However his product is identical to that of STORE B And 10% cheaper as well. Would you buy from store A? To me this should boil down to a completely self interested commercial decision  and store A would be the logical choice despite me disagreeing with an opinion of ownership. If you choose store B then where do you draw the line on what disagreement you'll accept from anyone part of the corporate hierarchy? What if they're vegan and you're not? Or they have made a joke you thought was mildly distasteful? Or they once took a smiling picture at a confederate statue? To me this should just boil down  to product value assessment