OK, what EXACTLY is this "boycott" about?
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immigrants who are for it are going to walk out of thier jobs, immigrants are not going to go to school and not buy anything. They want to see, what happens if those people are not in the states and to see the impact on US economy.
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I call them lawbreaking greedy assholes, and I've been known to call and email their companies. I usually receive a form letter praising their immigrant founders, and they will not discuss illegal immigration at all. I guess that's why we boycott certain companies, like Tyson. Thanks for asking!
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All immigrants, illegal or legal need to support this Boycott please, if you support immigration please help us out May 1st, don't attend to school, don't buy anything and many more things, basically, the economy of the US will go down for May 1st\n\nKeep your self up to date here:\nhttp://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?chid=3&cid=835090&schid=278&secid=12137\nhttp://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=835090
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No. Honestly... its more "is this product worth $X to me." As for the whole sweat shop idea.. i think its alot of misinformation. The third world already has enough trouble attracting investment and exporting its goods we shouldnt boycott them when they can make something we find useful.
835221
It's illegal... And I'm guessing you're just trying to create a stir...
592163
It is a religious thing which makes this even more of an outrage.  It has something to do with being gay, can you believe that one?  They are actually protesting being GAY and NOTHING to do with the military.  \n\nFreedom to protest/march/assemble is not a freedom that we should abolish because we don't agree with what is being said HOWEVER these protesters should remember one thing:\nIF IS WASN'T FOR OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM AND OUR RIGHTS, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE THEY FREEDOM NOR THE RIGHT TO PROTEST.  They are all morons!
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The boycott was organized so that people who claim that we do not contribute to the economy can be proven wrong. Also, to understand the immigration debate you must do some research. Find out why people are risking their lives to come to a land where they will be exploited. Think about what it would take for you to do the same thing, and realize that whatever your answer is, that is what they are going through. Research NAFTA, CAFTA, and FTAA, and you will find out why people are coming to this country. And when people start a revolution to change their situation at home, what happens? Research Salvador Allende, his ouster, and the Pinochet Regime. The complaints that some Americans have, i.e. foreigners coming into our country..., well we have been complaining about these things for decades. I guess you can blame this immigration problem on karma.\n\nAnswer for RAM- Good point, but what if your cousin had to move into your house because your burnt his house down, or you got him kicked out of his house. Most immigrants are here because of the U.S. foreign policies that they have signed with corrupt governments.
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I agree that we should do something -- but boycotting Mexican or Tex-Mex restaurants -- Nah. We should do something, though to show that we are a much larger group than those who protested on May 1. Generally, we are all too civilized to go marching in the streets unless we really had to. \n\nLet's try this: Pick a number of fast food restaurants and Chain Stores (Grocery, or drug, etc...) and say for the month of May we will boycott these places....then for the month of June we will go to those stores and boycott the ones we bought from in May. In doing this, we won't hurt the economy as a whole, and the businesses will have to take turns getting our money, but won't go out of business in a month, but we will still show that we, the legal residents and citizens of the United States of America are the ones to listen to, not a bunch of whining illegals and their sympathizers who hate the U.S.A.
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Pointless. It'll be "just another manic Monday",get up take a shower, dress, grab a cup of coffee and a granola bar and go to work, late as usual. I'll get gas on my way home, grill some chicken out on the deck and chill out. That boycott won't affect anyone except the communities the illegals themselves live in. Sorta like shooting yourself in the foot. The Spanglish Anthem was just another nail in their coffin, May 1st will be their funeral. I'll sit back and watch it on TV and LMAO!! Great entertainment.
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For the record, I personally boycott anything Made in China..and trust me, if you try to do this, you can buy.....almost nothing! It blows. However, given the atrocious human rights violations, I cannot, in good conscience, support an economy that enslaves it's own people. \nSo, would I boycott Olympic Games...youbetcha.
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there are too many ignorant people in this world to organize a proficient boycott. It would work though!
535400
To the best of my knowledge the only reason for this huge " boycott " is two parts, first and foremost, it is suppose to show, I guess members of government, how much we "depend" on immigrants, and how things would be rough here if they werent here. So basically they are wanting the same rights for the illegal immigrants that legal workers have, ie; insurance, benefits, overtime, stuff like that if I am correct. The second thing is to draw attention to the huge platform of hispanics in the way of votes, to show governmentt hat theirs is a huge vote potential that they are trying to basically bargain with, again if I am reading stuff correctly.\n\nAs far as current immigration laws, i am not up-todate on all of them, but you can apply for a work visa, here and not be a citizen of the US, you can get a student visa, and not be a citizen. The reason they arent citizens, is because they wont or dont want to go through the process to become a citizen, I think it can take upto 2 yrs. They come over here, illegally, due to the fact that there are so many people who would pay them 5 or 6 dollars an hour, rather than pay a person 10 or 12 an hour. They sneak over here, to take these farm, ranch, industry type things, that they say americans wont do, and they take their money and send it back to mexico, and yet they want or try to get medicaid, foodstamps, free hospitalization etc.. and give nothing back, they pay no taxes, they file no taxes, because its usually under the board. \n\nThe mexican government isnt going to STOP them from leaving, whyy would they, the people send money down there, and it goes into there economy.\n\nI hope I wasnt too far off base
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I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!  I WENT TO THE PROTEST AND DIDN'T BUY ANYTHING THAT DAY ! But since you did not asked or answered questions on that day ......  maybe.....i think that you did went to the march..........anyways you contributed to the boycott!
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I stopped buying Pepsi when they paid Michael Jackson a ton of money to sell it. There is a local car dealership I would never go to because they insult people with the dumb commercials they run. Boycotting is the only way to express your disatisfaction, unfortunately, most of the time these big corporations don't ever know they are being boycotted. Keep it up though, at least you have that satisfaction as I do.
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There was a boycott today? I must've missed it. ALL of my guys came into work, and the company did a gangbuster business day today. 14 hours of clients, contracts, and high end custom cars. God, I love my job, and all the men and women who work for me. I'd like to thank them all for their loyalty to the firm. Not to mention their paychecks, which would have disappeared like smoke on the wind had they not shown up. Even my 2 Japanese Americans and my Laotian (He is touched by the engineering gods) came in. And they all kicked butt as usual. Yep, at Southern Cross Customs, the boycott was a non-issue.
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Statistics lie and liars use statistics.\n\nThe May Day boycott was "A Day Without Immigrants", not "A Day without Illegal Mexican Immigrants".  The people boycotting were both immigrants (legal and illegal) from all over the world and their supporters.  Their were many countries of origin represented, not just Mexico.\n\nNational retailers are not able to report on shoplifting stats in such a short amount of time: 10 days between the date of the boycott and the date of your posting is not enough time for individual retailers to perform inventory, file reports with their national office, and have the national offices report on their findings.  \n\nIf there was a 67.8% reduction in reported arrests for shoplifting on that day, then we should be thankful to our immigrants.  A reduction in arrests may be attributed to store security staff participating in the boycott.  So, the stores should be thankful for their immigrant supporting security staff that does such a wonderful job of catching shoplifters.  After all, when their immigrant supporting security staff are working, they catch 67.8% more shoplifters.\n\nAdditionally, by calling people "illegals" you are dehumanizing them.  This is similar to what has been done throughout history: people dehumanize groups of people to justify genocides.  The Germans, Austrians and Polish governments did it to the Jews; the Serbians did it to the Croations, the Tootsi's did it to the Hutus.  You are not the only one guilty of dehumanizing an entire group of people.  I just finally had to say something.  \n\nThe term "Illegals" is used to dehumanize immigrants to the United States of Mexican origin.  And, people will argue, "but they are illegal".  Many of them ARE legal, many are not.  But, we don't call Jaywalkers "illegals", even though they are doing something illegal.  Please refer to people who are here without proper paper work as "illegal immigrants" - this term is not dehumanizing.\n\n\n------------------\n\nAs for the other stats listed in the answers portion:\n\n1. 40% of all workers in L. A. County (L. A. County has 10 million people) are working for cash and not paying taxes. \n> Most eBay vendors don't pay taxes.  I didn't realize they were all in LA county.  Let's call all those eBayers who don't pay taxes "Illegals" too.  I love pulling statistical B.S. out of my tush.\n\n5. Nearly 25% of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally. \n> That's because they are arrested for being here illegally.\n\n6. Over 300,000 illegal aliens in Los Angeles County are living in garages. \n> So what?  Wait! I thought they were all on welfare and living in HUD housing. Which is it?\n\n7. The FBI reports half of all gang members in Los Angeles are most likely illegal aliens from south of the border. \n> "Most likely"... now that's a good one to quote!\n\n8. Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal. \n> Boyfriends, girlfriends, ex-husbands, roommates and youth over 18, and cousins aren't allowed in HUD housing - they are all illegal.... though not necessarily illegal immigrants.\n\n10. In L. A. County 5.1 million people speak English. 3.9 million speak \nSpanish (10.2 million people in L. A. County). \n> This is such a silly stat: probably about 3M out of the 3.9M speak both English and Spanish, so do we have 4M people in LA who are deaf, dumb and mute and speak no language?  Your numbers don't add up.\n\nOver 70% of the United States annual population growth \n> If we didn't have immigration, the population of the US would actually be decreasing due to a low birth rate. Since the birth rate makes the population decrease, of course the increase is due to immigration (and people living longer) \n \n29% of inmates in federal prisons are illegal aliens. \n> Makes sense if illegal aliens are
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its just plain 'ol censorship\nnothing you can do about it