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Originally posted by Not Bob
Depends. I would have a problem with him being canned by Pan Am (or whichever airline he was a consultant for) 20 years after the fact, based upon a threat to Pan Am of an economic boycott made by a group of anti-Nazis in charge of vetting airline executives. I would not have a problem with them canning him at the time because of his pro-Hitler comments.
eta: The distinction, I think, is that a blacklist takes the decision away from the employer. It isn't CBS firing Faulk because they don't like his politics, it's CBS doing it because they feared the loss of sponsors, who in turn feared the boycotts of AWARE's backers and of being accused of "funding communist propaganda."
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Can I boycott a (hypothetical) Susan Sarandon movie because I know she'll use her money for propaganda I feel is harmful? Boycott are okay- I just don't know that congress should be leading them.
