[JumpCrisscross]

> remember not to blame them for "banning western companies" in the future

American companies are banned from paying foreign bribes. They’re not given a free pass with suporting genocide or terrorism, regardless of where it happens, even if that’s the law or custom somewhere else.

If we place domestic profits over sex trafficking or death penalties for gay people, so long as it’s there not here, then fine, let’s live with that sociopathy. It’s an abysmal moral space to occupy, but I also can’t argue with putting food on one’s table.

[toolz]

It's quite a stretch to go from banning LGBT searches to death penalties for those same people. The west bans information all the time that it deems dangerous, our value system is just different.

I would argue our value system is vastly superior, but I would never demand someone take my values as their own.

[JumpCrisscross]

> quite a stretch to go from banning LGBT searches to death penalties for those same people

Fair enough. Would note that the death penalty, alongside torture and chemical castration, are sanctioned punishments for being gay in the UAE [1].

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_Ar...

[zmgsabst]

I’d just like them to pick a lane:

- sociopathic corporation, profits above people… and stop pushing rainbow symbols all month domestically

- actually find your backbone and push rainbows globally

I think customers should refuse to tolerate the abuser mentality of corporations screaming at people who already agree about “gay rights” while refusing to actually stand up for them globally.

[JumpCrisscross]

> customers should refuse to tolerate the abuser mentality of corporations

Boycotts work when they’re deep, acute and with agreement on the solution that will lift it. Boycotts won’t do anything here. This requires legislation.

[zmgsabst]

I was thinking shareholder lawsuits against, eg, Disney or Amazon who appear to have lost a substantial amount of market value while focusing on “woke” over success.