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Several quick points. (1) I like the sentiment behind such a boycott. But I wonder about the prospects of success (and what “success” consists in), if the pro-abortion-rights perspective remains “maximalist” (on-demand abortion …

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Nothing talks louder than money in the U.S. … This is asserted as proverbial wisdom. But it’s actually a contestable empirical claim. It’s not obvious to me that it is true; if it is true in the case at hand, I’d need to see som…

“I would not want academic institutions or arts venues to be affected.” From my self-interested standpoint within an academic institution in Alabama, this qualification of course gratifies me. But beyond that, it’s also true that aca…

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I have zero sympathy or respect for Stephen Bannon, and am gratified that he was found guilty the other day of contempt of Congress in the Capitol Riot inquiry. But if the mainstream media is ever going to dispel the notion that it’s biased against the Right, it’s going to have to do a better…

And an exchange with John himself: John J. Davenport Thanks, yes I would not want academic institutions or arts venues to be affected. There might be other possible exceptions I have not thought of yet to consider as well. Irfan Khawaja John J. Davenpo…

From a Facebook discussion in which a pro-choicer responded to John’s proposal by suggesting that it was over-simplified and impractical: people in red states couldn’t possibly be expected to boycott companies within their state that suppli…

[…] I would say that the proposal is yet another benign, justice-seeking instance of so-called “cancel culture,” or, since I don’t accept the legitimacy of that concept, of cancellation. If boycotts […] LikeLike

[…] John Davenport has a nice piece in Ms. magazine, “Fight Abortion Bans by Boycotting Anti-Choice States” (July 21). I couldn’t agree more. It’s so good–for a change–to encounter an advocate of boycotts who i…