The Tylt posed this question for NJ.com:
‘Should businesses be allowed to boycott states?’ The Tylt writes:
Before the final votes in the [2018] Georgia gubernatorial election were even counted, many in the entertainment industry began threatening to boycott the state. Actors, writers and producers all indicated they would pull their lucrative projects out of the state because of [Republican] Brian Kemp's conduct during the election. Businesses frequently threaten to boycott states over policies they find unjust. The move has helped overturn numerous laws over the last several years. However, some lawmakers, like former Georgia gubernatorial [Democrat] candidate Stacey Abrams, say boycotting states hurts local workers. What do you think?
I Left these comments, edited, which are no longer available thanks to NJ.com’ s (ridiculous) new editorial policy:
The headline implies that boycotts may be outlawed. The answer is an unequivocal NO. That would be the act of a dictatorship. Voluntary boycotts are a form of free expression.
The question and article itself makes no mention of legal coercion, though. So, I assume that the headline is mis-phrased. That said, the business boycott is a morally sound form of political protest, whether employed by private associations like businesses or labor unions, or people acting as individuals.
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Any legitimate government which adheres to its proper function, protecting unalienable individual rights, without exception, and does nothing else, would ignore ANY boycott by anybody, and rightly so, and would incur no negative impact.
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