The Problem With

     I've been reading about more people leaving Facebook and not watching TV or boycotting certain companies, which is a good at heart theory to whatever you're against and CAN be a good idea in extreme cases. 

The problem with those theories come after the boycott or exiting of the social media platform; after someone bans something, they need to be willing to never go back to it and dive into what
happens if people that agree with that philosophy all disappear from whatever it is. In extreme cases, this works out, like if a person find a Racist store then that person boycotts and tell everyone to stay away it usually works out in that person's favor as far as their willingness to fight it hard core. 

But let's take a less openly wrong case;  as a conservative leaning person, platforms like Facebook or YouTube or Huffington Post actively fight against my political views and those I follow on these sites.

This is not a case of abortion, which I am vehemently against in any situation that's not immediately life threatening so I don't think taking Facebook (for example) and fighting it with every fiber of my being is the best course of action AND the reality of Facebook is that I've used it to keep up with the lives of friends and to connect with/have deep conversations with people I never would have gotten to without FB; if
I left Facebook and had no alternative for those things I would either be hurting myself or I'd end up going back to it and feeling like a failure in some weird way. 

     So I chose a while ago to invest very little into Facebook as far as making my FB part of my identity and only use it to make initial contacts or to message people, I keep in mind that I only use it like a machine and refuse to be insulted or take ANYTHING on Facebook more serious than I should...which is so very little that it's pretty much nonexistent. And let's be honest, don't we all use Facebook as a way of showing off or  as the ability to see memes?! Well I do at least. 

So I took the power away from Facebook, at least over my political and personal investment. 

     Another example I encountered is a group of Christians who boycotted Disney based on how Disney teaches kids things they don't agree with and all the many subliminal messages in many Disney movies and TV shows.

This is all true, at least to some extent and it makes sense that Christians wouldn't want their kids to learn from some of the underlying lessons but the problem with that is what Disney will definitely become without any Christian fans for them to think about when making movies/TV shows.

     Now I must make this disclaimer, I do not think that only Christina are moral or want good things so I'm not giving Christians the sole ability to lead a company to better things in this way, but I am saying that as a Christian who got saved at a later age, I have seen much more of a community wide desire to protect themselves and those around them from things they feel affect their minds or spirit.

Here's the problem with this philosophy, if all moral people boycotted Disney then Disney's only audience would lead them to make more and (what moral people consider) worse movies/TV shows.

     I talked with a customer at my job about social media and is it worth quitting Facebook so I went off on a tangent which resulted in this entry. I'm interested to know what others think about this topic, is it worth boycotting social media platforms or companies? Is it NOT worth it to ban companies from your life? Is is bad to use platforms for only what you want? Is it right to take what you want and leave the political parts or opposing aspects?

     It's something to think about and talk about.