General Discussion

* but falsely making them believe that they are a part of something big, grand, meaningful and successful. One of two things will happen: 1) Those deceived will feel like they've "done their part and their fair-share" and will probably not do anything meaningful in the future. Or, 2) Those who are deceived will realize that they've been made to look-the-fool and will back away from meaningful activism, not knowing who to trust.

>> I mean, just think of all the time you've wasted telling others they're wasting their time.

Well, that would be an incorrect way to characterize it. By shining a light on the folly of it all, they can realize that buying-nothing is in fact DOING NOTHING and that while they are sitting back all pleased with themselves and twiddling their thumbs... they could IN FACT be doing something meaningful and infinitely more satisfying.

>> A waste of time denigrating others making at least some attempt at taking action? A waste of time indulging in snark to the extent that you do?

What action? What attempt? This would be like my "boycotting" the USPS because postage stamp prices were too high and because I disapprove of DeJoy. So, in response, and to let them know what "power" I have over them, I choose to NOT mail my holiday cards on December 1st as I normally do... and instead WAIT until Dec. 2nd. The reality is that they won't care about microfluctuations like that. And even if someone noticed a .001% reduction in volume on Dec 1st, that was recovered on Dec 2nd... how would they know what I was protesting about? What kind of metrics could they assign to that brief fluctuation? Was it the weather? Illness? Flat tire? Dissatisfaction with the USPS? With DeJoy? With Trump?

>> "I am so far above all you silly folks and your foolish tactics. Let me explain, again and again, how naive you are as compared to my own immense sophistication as a political organizer."

Those are your words, not mine. I cannot be held accountable for someone else's fictitious quotes that are falsely attributed to me. In fact, this is not about me at all.

However, I should probably let you know that whenever someone does such things, it tells me that know they are arguing from a position of weakness. Rather than telling me why I'm wrong about how ineffective this one-day-boycott is, the argument turns instead to my "tone" and what a horrible person someone thinks I am.