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Anyone else not get boycotting brands or even countries trend?

Like people boycotting Coke and McDonalds right now.

What’s that meant to so exactly, are Mcdonalds not meant to provide food to Israeli soldiers or something?

I mean as a general point not just in the Palestine/Israel conflict sense.

What am I missing here.

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Reply 2
Original post by Little pecker
Like people boycotting Coke and McDonalds right now.
What’s that meant to so exactly, are Mcdonalds not meant to provide food to Israeli soldiers or something?
I mean as a general point not just in the Palestine/Israel conflict sense.
What am I missing here.
Mcdonalds is supplying meals to the israeli army so they are openly supporting the army and helping them commit genocide by supplying them with food etc. The intention of boycotting is to affect companies' sales for their open support of Israel. Many companies also have shares in companies which build and manufacture arms and weaponry for israel so by boycotting these companies for their complicit support for the genocide, as they own shares, this will most likely cause some of them to remove their shares, or remove factories which they have built on stolen palestenian land(illegal israeli settlements) Apps such as the No Thanks app help you to boycott the right companies for example by scanning a barcode which will tell you if this product is on the boycott list or not. Remember, people in Palestine are suffering and were breaking their fast on cooked grass. Surely we can avoid drinking pepsi or coca cola.
Reply 3
It's the BDS campaign.
Mostly undertaken by the hardcore class war agenda trade unionists, anti-Israeli psc grassroots activists, jew hating "terrorists in suits", stwc, anti-zionist fringe elements of judaism, revolutionary socialists & trots, theocratic racist jew hating antisemites and all of the general useful idiot allies connected with the above.

The medium to long term aims are to delegitimize, economically isolate and ultimately destroy the jewish state of Israel.
The short term aim is seeking to socially and financially pressure companies outside of Israel not to do business.
Primarily with those companies that seek to cultivate or retain positive relationships with either: the Israeli government, Israeli military forces, Israeli businesses owned by civilian jewish Israelis, Israeli universities and international businesses with ties to any Israeli businesses owned by jews that have premises or have entered into supply chain partnerships with any commerical entities that are based within disputed territories & West Bank regions.
Reply 4
Original post by londonmyst
It's the BDS campaign.
Mostly undertaken by the hardcore class war agenda trade unionists, anti-Israeli psc grassroots activists, jew hating "terrorists in suits", stwc, anti-zionist fringe elements of judaism, revolutionary socialists & trots, theocratic racist jew hating antisemites and all of the general useful idiot allies connected with the above.
The medium to long term aims are to delegitimize, economically isolate and ultimately destroy the jewish state of Israel.
The short term aim is seeking to socially and financially pressure companies outside of Israel not to do business.
Primarily with those companies that seek to cultivate or retain positive relationships with either: the Israeli government, Israeli military forces, Israeli businesses owned by civilian jewish Israelis, Israeli universities and international businesses with ties to any Israeli businesses owned by jews that have premises or have entered into supply chain partnerships with any commerical entities that are based within disputed territories & West Bank regions.

Actually, it's mostly undertaken by people who object to, you know... cutting off food and water to civilian populations, murdering over 14,000 children in less than a year, airstrikes on aid workers and refugee camps... people who, to put it bluntly, object to genocide.

Claiming it's antisemitic to object to the 'Jewish state' while lambasting 'theocrats' is Olympic-level mental gymnastics. Is it Islamophobic to decry Iran's femicide epidemic? Is it anti-Catholic to highlight the Church's history of child abuse? It's sickeningly disingenuous to correlate Israel with Judaism as a whole. It's not some nebulous manifestation of Jewish culture; it's a country built on a foundation of ethnic cleansing, police brutality and constant violence against the native population. I'd much rather be a 'hardcore class agenda trade unionist' (whatever that's supposed to mean) than turn a blind eye to the IDF's atrocities.
Reply 5
Original post by londonmyst
It's the BDS campaign.
Mostly undertaken by the hardcore class war agenda trade unionists, anti-Israeli psc grassroots activists, jew hating "terrorists in suits", stwc, anti-zionist fringe elements of judaism, revolutionary socialists & trots, theocratic racist jew hating antisemites and all of the general useful idiot allies connected with the above.
The medium to long term aims are to delegitimize, economically isolate and ultimately destroy the jewish state of Israel.
The short term aim is seeking to socially and financially pressure companies outside of Israel not to do business.
Primarily with those companies that seek to cultivate or retain positive relationships with either: the Israeli government, Israeli military forces, Israeli businesses owned by civilian jewish Israelis, Israeli universities and international businesses with ties to any Israeli businesses owned by jews that have premises or have entered into supply chain partnerships with any commerical entities that are based within disputed territories & West Bank regions.

What's even more silly about your essay is that there are Jews supporting the palestenian movement and the BDS campaign. I'm assuming they're antisemitic too? Most of these companies aren't owned by Jews anyways 🤣
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Reply 6
Original post by londonmyst
It's the BDS campaign.
Mostly undertaken by the hardcore class war agenda trade unionists, anti-Israeli psc grassroots activists, jew hating "terrorists in suits", stwc, anti-zionist fringe elements of judaism, revolutionary socialists & trots, theocratic racist jew hating antisemites and all of the general useful idiot allies connected with the above.
The medium to long term aims are to delegitimize, economically isolate and ultimately destroy the jewish state of Israel.
The short term aim is seeking to socially and financially pressure companies outside of Israel not to do business.
Primarily with those companies that seek to cultivate or retain positive relationships with either: the Israeli government, Israeli military forces, Israeli businesses owned by civilian jewish Israelis, Israeli universities and international businesses with ties to any Israeli businesses owned by jews that have premises or have entered into supply chain partnerships with any commerical entities that are based within disputed territories & West Bank regions.

Yes you are 100% correct. Unfortunately for them, websites such as BDS only help us Jews know what to shop from and support! Play them at their own game.
Reply 7
Original post by haj1.
What's even more silly about your essay is that there are Jews supporting the palestenian movement and the BDS campaign. I'm assuming they're antisemitic too? Most of these companies aren't owned by Jews anyways 🤣

There aren't Jews supporting a plasticinian movement. There are a TINY percentage of self hating 'Jews' who use their tiny, usually stained Jewish identity to spread this nonsense, but I promise you, 99.99% of Jews support Israel. This isn't a statement talking about your views on the war on Hamas etc, but I am telling you for your own information that I promise you this is true. Jews. Support. Israel. Remember, Zionism is deeply embedded within Judaism.
Reply 8
Original post by arafeilat
There aren't Jews supporting a plasticinian movement. There are a TINY percentage of self hating 'Jews' who use their tiny, usually stained Jewish identity to spread this nonsense, but I promise you, 99.99% of Jews support Israel. This isn't a statement talking about your views on the war on Hamas etc, but I am telling you for your own information that I promise you this is true. Jews. Support. Israel. Remember, Zionism is deeply embedded within Judaism.


ok i have jewish friends who fully do not support zionism, they hate it and everything it stands for. so dont be spreading false information about stuff u obvs havent learnt everything about, yeah?
Original post by arafeilat
There aren't Jews supporting a plasticinian movement. There are a TINY percentage of self hating 'Jews' who use their tiny, usually stained Jewish identity to spread this nonsense, but I promise you, 99.99% of Jews support Israel. This isn't a statement talking about your views on the war on Hamas etc, but I am telling you for your own information that I promise you this is true. Jews. Support. Israel. Remember, Zionism is deeply embedded within Judaism.

Evidence?

I’ve seen Jews online who oppose Israel (whether that’s the current government/bibi, the creation of the country, what they are doing to Palestine etc).

Most Zionists are Evangelical Christians AFAIK but I could be wrong here.
Mcdonald is a francaise, pretty sure Mcdonald UK is not the same as McDonald Israel

Please correct me if i am wrong
But the branch that decided to provide meals to isreali soldiers are the Israel francaise, so boycotting UK mcd seems.... less just say the usefulness of it eludes me.

My take is focus more on boycotting arms related companies.
Reply 11
Original post by BHB331
ok i have jewish friends who fully do not support zionism, they hate it and everything it stands for. so dont be spreading false information about stuff u obvs havent learnt everything about, yeah?

You are still wrong, since I said that a tiny proportion of self hating jews don't support zionism. Also, what's the proof for your claim?
Original post by arafeilat
You are still wrong, since I said that a tiny proportion of self hating jews don't support zionism. Also, what's the proof for your claim?


Do you have evidence of the original claim or evidence to prove that the other user is “wrong”? Reply #9, or is it simply an opinion as opposed to facts.
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Original post by little pecker
Like people boycotting Coke and McDonalds right now.
What’s that meant to so exactly, are Mcdonalds not meant to provide food to Israeli soldiers or something?
I mean as a general point not just in the Palestine/Israel conflict sense.
What am I missing here.

Just add some brain cells to that mate these brands support Israel. Boycotting these brands as a business they’ll suffer financially and if they suffer financially due to lack of investment and money towards their products and services provided by the brand and business so do Israel as the Israelis are behind the making of coke or have the supporting of a company such as McDonald’s or KFC that’s supports them and doesn’t support Palestine. #Free Palestine
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Reply 14
Original post by Little pecker
Like people boycotting Coke and McDonalds right now.
What’s that meant to so exactly, are Mcdonalds not meant to provide food to Israeli soldiers or something?
I mean as a general point not just in the Palestine/Israel conflict sense.
What am I missing here.

hey.
boycotting started in ireland in the 1880s, when the landowners treated tenants unfairly. so the tenants and farmers 'boycotted' the landowners by refusing to serve them in shops, speak to them, do business with them. it was extremely effective and the laws that were made after that campaign still affect ireland today.
boycotting is an extremely effective technique. basically- if a business helping israel usually gives them 2% of their profits, and their profits go down so much because of people boycotting it, israel's gonna get less money, which is the basic aim of boycotting.
my family and i have been boycotting MANY brands, such as starbucks and mcdonalds, puma, lidl, and even the fruits with the israel number, and eurovision (my city is hosting an alternative to eurovision).
free palestine ✌️
Reply 15
Original post by arafeilat
You are still wrong, since I said that a tiny proportion of self hating jews don't support zionism. Also, what's the proof for your claim?

okay girl, number one they dont hate themselves or their religion. number two, youre actually insane if you think im gna send you their names or something. why can't you believe that people have different political views to you? maybe try reading a book xx
Reply 16
Original post by littleCorsican
Mcdonald is a francaise, pretty sure Mcdonald UK is not the same as McDonald Israel
Please correct me if i am wrong
But the branch that decided to provide meals to isreali soldiers are the Israel francaise, so boycotting UK mcd seems.... less just say the usefulness of it eludes me.
My take is focus more on boycotting arms related companies.

i understand your point, but im guessing most people dont buy from arms companies anyway. the reason why people boycott mcdonalds is to put pressure on mcdonalds to inforce legislation to stop the mcdonalds in israel from feeding israeli soldiers. also, it gives an example to other companies about how hard boycotting can affect their stock shares, and this further prevents companies from investing in israel, or israeli-sympathising comapnies.
Reply 17
Nope
Original post by arafeilat
There aren't Jews supporting a plasticinian movement. There are a TINY percentage of self hating 'Jews' who use their tiny, usually stained Jewish identity to spread this nonsense, but I promise you, 99.99% of Jews support Israel. This isn't a statement talking about your views on the war on Hamas etc, but I am telling you for your own information that I promise you this is true. Jews. Support. Israel. Remember, Zionism is deeply embedded within Judaism.

if you go to pro palestinian marches there's always like a solid number of jewish people there lol watch yourself
The boycott is also really silly because people will just buy those brands to support Israel. For example if all of the Muslims boycott those brands and word gets out, then all Indians will buy those brands to support Israel.

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