[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?