When I tell someone that I am boycotting something, I am met with eyes that will either roll or look at me like I have two heads. It is hard to explain to some one why you boycott something. It is like trying to tell someone why you don't like their friend. I want to tell you a short story about the thought process I ride to get to this point.
Picture your best friend. Think about how close you are and how much they mean to you. Now imagine that someone is making fun of them. This other person is tearing your friend down behind his/her back and to his/her face. This other person is making up lies about your friend and telling a lot of other people.
Your friend can't fight back. No one will listen. They believe the other person's lies and start to have bad thoughts about your friend. You see your friend hurting over this.
You used to be friends with this other person. Do you still want to be friends?
Maybe you want to talk to this person about it and see why he/she is saying these things. But they don't answer any of your questions directly. Do you still brush it off? Do you just admit that they are good at listening, and you won't give that up? They have good parties, and you don't want to be uninvited?
No reason you have will be enough for your friend.
You are just one person, and your opinion may not directly matter. But if you start to ignore the other person, others might follow. If not, you don't have to put up with it.
That is how boycotting feels to me. If a restaurant or company decides to heavily slam on something I care about, this is what I think.
I hope this made sense...
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