Quote:I thought conservatives liked the "invisible hand of the marketplace" dictating behavior.


But truth be told, there wasn't much time for a grass root effort to pressure those retailers like Walmart, Amazon, et al, to stop selling Confederate merchandise. They largely decided to do that on their own. Certainly, corporations, as people, have consciences and the ability to act according to their consciences...right?

I'm not necessarily a conservative, but I do like the invisible hand thing.


Let's not act like these corporations all suddenly had an ephipany of conscious and that is why the merchandise is off their shelves. Its negative media attention driven by lynch mobs that caused these stores to be preemptive. This isn't a free market thing. There certainly is a demand for the merchandise, but because of a very vocal sect, the stores were forced to remove the goods for fear of future losses in selling other goods. I don't like what the mob is doing, but I don't hold any hard feelings - it's within their rights. I hold more ill will towards companies who crumble to being strong-armed.


Should these companies next remove bikinis, haltertops, yoga pants, etc., because conservative muslims find it very offensive? Where does it end?

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