(02-11-2020 10:10 AM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(02-11-2020 10:02 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(02-11-2020 09:32 AM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(02-09-2020 05:00 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  Regarding CFA - I was talking about the initial uproar over people boycotting CFA, which was the free market at work.

Not really speaking to your comment and not saying you would agree or disagree with what I'm about to say; this just came to mind while reading your comment.

While I agree with the principle, I'm not sure i always agree with the practice.

The free market at work is you choosing to frequent or not an establishment and even posting something online about 'why' or encouraging others to do so.

I'm not sure standing out front of an establishment and shaming those who choose to frequent it is....unless one argues that aggressively picketing an abortion clinic is 'the free market at work'.

Peaceful protests, no problem. SOME of these are there for the publicity and even the confrontation. One's 'passion' should not be allowed to restrict someone else's liberty

I don't believe that picketing abortion clinics in a peaceful manner has been made illegal, has it? I wouldn't necessarily describe it as "free market" because it's picketing a medical procedure itself, as opposed to the person providing the service.

If we want to do a direct comparison to CFA, the abortion picketing would be like people picketing at all fried chicken joints because people were choosing to eat chicken. Further, a lot of the push back against CFA was through the decision to get the same service (fried chicken) elsewhere.

But I think the overarching theme is pretty similar.

It is very much directed at the person themself as well as the procedure. It is an attempt to damage the practice of that doctor, in both senses of the word 'practice' in that context.

That is also why those abortion providers' homes are picketed.

My point is that the procedure is the reason for the picketing - it's not like there are other abortion clinics that the picketers would prefer the service receivers use. They're not out there protesting Dr. Bob and saying that people should use Dr. Susan.

It's more akin to groups like PETA protesting the use of fur or eating animals, where they want people to stop a practice, not change who they do business with.

I think it's a subtle, but important distinction. But maybe saying the abortion protests aren't "free market" is putting too much of a gulf between the two.