[tharne]

> I cannot fathom being the person at Amazon who makes that call. Do they sleep well at night? Do they feel good about themselves?

I'm sure they sleep fine. It's not the role of a retailer to promote a particular political agenda. If we all only transacted with people we agreed with, we wouldn't have a society.

[andsoitis]

> It's not the role of a retailer to promote a particular political agenda.

Standing up to an authority that declares some lives less valuable than others (e.g. gays, women, having slaves) is maybe a political agenda but it is moreso a moral position, and that is the thing to emphasize.

The trouble is, ultimately people tend to not care enough to stick their necks out (lose money, lose a job) to stand up for what's right, unless it affects them very directly. And it is rational to not forego your own wellfare for the sake of some other group, I just wish the circle of empathy people have were larger.

[russelldjimmy]

Can you have empathy for…

- those who lack empathy?

- those who declare some lives less valuable than others?

- those who don’t care enough to stick their necks out to stand up for what’s right unless it affects them very directly?