How does one "boycott" a president?

I believe it means not listening to anything he says or paying any attention to what he does.

Maybe the same as “voting from the roof top”?

Well, that’s not necessarily a good thing @janbb, though I have no intention of ever listening to his speeches. You gotta know what he’s doing though!

I didn’t say whether it was good or bad; I was just answering what I thought it meant.

I know. I just wonder if they think it’s somehow doing some good. Some of the stuff people come up with, SMH.

This just inspired a question!

One doesn’t, this woman showed her chronic lack of education & used entirely the wrong word.

In my mind, boycotting means to hit someone, or a state, or an organization, with financial strikes.
For example by not buying their oil, their steaks, etc, or by stopping them from trading on your markets, or by freezing their assets.
Your gals’ boycotting, to me, sounds more like ignoring.

Just a question here, please: does ignorance come from ignoring?

@rebbel they really are related terms. One is ignorant for ignoring the truth or reality of something.They both derive from “not knowing”.

The idea of “boycotting Trump” comes from the relaization that the only thing that works with him is to stop paying attention to him.. That is what the other G-20 nations are doing, and why other countries are not including the US in on trade deals.

@zenvelo Thank you.

That’s my idea of boycotting too, @rebbel.

That is so sad @zenvelo. But we deserve it. Other heads of state can actually make some headway boycotting (or ignoring) trump. Individual Americans can’t. He won’t accept it or allow it. Many boycotted the inauguration. How’d that go over?

I’m several time zones and a lot of water away from the man but it still isn’t enough. He spreads himself over the news here like a penicillin resistant bacterial infection that is difficult to ignore.

Beautifully described @flutherother

I boycott his speeches or any time he expects to receive attention when he is on the television. I just read about it later to stay informed. I will not contribute to the television ratings he so desperately seeks.

@Aethelwine Me too.

I was at a twelve step meeting from 9 to 10 EST tonight, I needed to be around some sane people.

I wish my husband would boycott him if boycott means don’t listen to Trump when he’s on the TV. My husband cannot stand Trump, but he’s obsessed with knowing what the guy is saying and doing and gets all wound up. My husband has never been like this about any politician ever.

I don’t watch nearly as much politics on TV as I used to. I doubt that’s interpreted as a boycott of Trump, it’s more likely interpreted as a boycott against the cable station. Except that my husband has taken my place, and probably more people around the country are tuned in than ever before.

The “boycott” that will matter will be voting for the other person next election if Trump runs again.

I do think that not contributing to his ratings could be construed as a boycott, and I saw some people refer to not watching his presidential addresses as “boycotting” him. But this is also a president who has a whole variety of business interests, so a more traditional boycott is also possible. Depending on how far you want to go, you could avoid Trump’s businesses, his family’s businesses, or even businesses that do business with Trump and his family.

One of the longest running Trump boycotts, and probably the one with the largest scope, is the #GrabYourWallet boycott. Their official website provides explanations for each company’s inclusion on the boycott list, so people who are interested in boycotting Trump-related products can decide for themselves whether the connection is too distant to care about. It’s a little out of date, however, so a bit of independent research might be needed.

But there is no way for the tv stations to know how many people have tuned it at any one time @JeSuisRickSpringfield. Thanks for the link. I’ll check it out.

I can’t stand to hear the man’s voice. The first time I heard him on the radio I went to turn it off and Rick got mad so now I have to listen to his bullshit sometimes. It makes me sick.

OK, I got to “Bank of America, because it freezes the accounts of people that they think are not US citizens” on your list @JeSuisRickSpringfield, and now I call BS. That was a wild rumor and it wasn’t true
That brings all the rest into suspicion for me.

I am boycotting him by not paying attention to all his rantings and ravings. Part of this is as @Aethelwine said, not being on FB so much. I am keeping informed but trying to look for the big picture changes, not every anger inducing tweet and rant.

And yes @Dutchess_III, they can tell how many people have watched a broadcast. Haven’t you ever heard of ratings?

Yes, I’ve heard of ratings. They’ve always been tied into sales of things they advertise in the commercials they air. The more they sell of a particular thing, the more certain they can be that it was because people were watching that channel. Nowadays it’s probably tied in with whether or not you pay money for a channel.
There are also the Neilson ratings

They don’t have anyway to electronically tell what programs you’re watching at any given moment, if that’s what you’re thinking. That would be totally illegal.

@Dutchess_III “But there is no way for the tv stations to know how many people have tuned it at any one time.”

I wasn’t the one who brought up ratings. I was just commenting on whether not paying attention to Trump counted as a boycott. I think it does, even if it’s not a traditional boycott. However, television stations do track how many people are watching their shows, even if they can’t always get exact numbers. And while third-party tracking has been complicated in the digital age, it’s almost certainly a boon to anyone running a digital platform since they can easily track how many unique visitors any given program gets.

Your link on this issue does not work, but it’s not illegal to track how many unique hits you get and from where. I guarantee you that Fluther does it.

“I got to ‘Bank of America, because it freezes the accounts of people that they think are not US citizens’ on your list, and now I call BS.”

It’s not my list. I am not associated with #GrabYourWallet, nor do I support a broad boycott like the one they are attempting to facilitate. Nevertheless, it seemed relevant to the question. Furthermore, I quite clearly mentioned that the site is not fully up to date, and that you might have to do your own research. And finally, that Snopes article doesn’t prove what you seem to think it proves. It confirms that Bank of America did freeze Collins’ account and that they did freeze it because he failed to answer a question about his citizenship. The only thing it debunks is that BoA demanded physical proof of citizenship. And besides, Collins is not the only one this has happened to (note that this article post-dates the supposed Snopes debunking, discusses more than just the Collins case, and brings up the context that makes people more sensitive to this kind of behavior than they otherwise might be). So while BoA might not deserve to be on the list, I don’t think that Snopes article proves it.

Sorry @JeSuisRickSpringfield. I was responding to @janbb‘s comment about the ratings, here. I should have tagged her to make myself clear.

Forming ones own government.