Boycott...Target?

[Strangler Lewis]

Slightly off topic, but I actually had a "What am I doing here moment?" the other day at Top Dog on Berkeley northside. I don't know if they've changed ownership, but the last time I was at the southside Top Dog a year or two ago, the walls were papered with liberal clippings. At the northside Top Dog the other day, everything was extreme libertarianism, anti-tax, belligerently pro-gun, etc. Racks full of helpful literature.

I will probably still go there to buy a hot dog (even though they no longer cost .80 like they did in 1980.) I would feel like an asshole boycotting a place because the content of its in your face "conversation" had changed to one of which I disapproved. They could probably cross a line with it, but, in this case, they hadn't.

Still, I think most public interaction works better when people and businesses keep their opinions to themselves. During this year's Little League season, there'd be tea party parents who'd come and spend half the game complaining about Obama. What are you, gay? (I imagined saying to them.) Don't you understand the common ground of sports? Shut the f*ck up and watch the game.