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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
The leverage is publicity.
A boycott is not the market at work. It's an effort by some within the "market" to prevent others from exercising their own independent judgment about what to purchase.
Similar rationale as to why shouting down a speaker is not itself speech, or at least speech of a value worth protecting.
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I don't buy that. A boycott wouldn't prevent me from exercising my own judgment. Ads try to sell a product, a boycott or public protest is just information to the contrary. You weigh the information and make a decision. Of course if there is no counter information that may make you more predisposed to the ads affect.
