Sigh.
You didn’t read a damn thing of what I said, did I? How surprising.

I have friends with different political beliefs, too, which I pointed out already, but “different political beliefs” does not equal “bigot”.

But if you truly do find it okay to be friends with someone who basically wishes me dead, you’re terrible.

Another example is Polanski… why no outrage about each Polanski movie that comes out? BB has written about him and promoted his work.

That’s bullshit. Do you have any non-imaginary arguments?

Was hoping someone would say that. It’s true. Again, America never got the fucking memo!

I was instead commenting on your assertion that it is somehow wrong to stop being friends with someone because they have “different opinions” than you.  And you were the one making the connection between Card’s VERY vile “opinions” and having-friends-with-different-opinions. I was trying to point out how ridiculous that is. It’s not the same fucking thing. Nor is it the same thing to read the work of someone you may not like. Reading someone’s work =/= personal friendships.

Really, your analogy is terrible and I was just pointing that out. You’re trying to rationalize why you continue to read/enjoy his work, even after knowing what a vile human being he is. It didn’t really work. Read what you want, but stop with the silly rationalizations.

And it’s awesome that you recognize your privilege, but maybe you should do more than just acknowledge that you have it.

“That’s about as sensible as saying we shouldn’t punish drunk drivers, because you and I both know some people do it without getting noticed. ”

It’s not that some people don’t get noticed. It’s that they get noticed, and get a free pass. It’s akin to the death penalty being unfair because it is 3 times more likely to be given to black people rather than white people for similar crimes. Another example is Polanski… why no outrage about each Polanski movie that comes out? BB has written about him and promoted his work. Isn’t slamming a guy for drugging and ass-raping a 13-yo a cool cause anymore?

“So you don’t think it’s fair to hurt the company because it probably contains uninvolved people, but at the same time, you don’t think the company is hurt. Ok.”

No, sometimes it goes one way, sometimes the other. Sometimes, it’s fair, and sometimes it’s not. Like I said, it’s morally messy. Corporations aren’t monolithic entities; they’re comprised of many people with different beliefs all over the spectrum. Sure, your money might go to Dan Cathy, and it also goes to a ton of gay Chick-Fil-A employees. And if it isn’t effective AND it is messy, what is the point of engaging in it? There are many, many ways to raise awareness. I can probably think of ten off the top of my head that would be more helpful than this boycott. 

Number one would have been not publishing this story so that it doesn’t go viral and gives free publicity to Card. If Card’s Superman goes to print, there are thousands of people who will have seen the headline and said, “Oh Cool, the Ender’s Game author wrote a Superman comic! I gotta pick that up!”

But yes, absolutely, they couldn’t possibly be more different because Capitalism.

Yep.

It’s pretty clever, really. You know your actual views are indefensible, so you derail the conversation so you won’t be called on to defend them.

Or were you thinking of L. Ron Hubbard?