I find this call for a boycott to be utter bullshit. I don't like Mackey's piece one bit, but I hardly think it warrants this kind of outcry from the Left.
I don't disagree 100% with the Whole Foods CEO, for that matter. He actually makes some interesting points, the Thatcher quote (gag me) and calls for tort reform notwithstanding. Whole Foods has always had a reputation of taking good care of its "team members," and it does that, in part, by following some of Mackey's principles.
I still can't afford to shop at Whole Foods, but this opinion piece won't stop me from picking up something from their deli now and then. HEB and its Central Market brand will still get the bulk of my shopping dollars, based on price and convenience more than anything else.
I boycott Nestle (yes, still) because that company does REALLY BAD THINGS to people, not because the CEO has REALLY BAD OPINIONS. If we started scrutinizing all the corporations around us in terms of where their donations are going, and what their opinion pieces support, we'd all have to hide in our houses.
Flickr photo by Robert Banh.
