I do not dislike BMC for the products or gimmicky crap. I dislike them for the political influence they can carry as well as everything they represent. HOWEVER, I do not parade around and tell my FIL he is hurting the craft breweries in WI every time he has a MGD. I personally try to boycott all BMC products because that is the only recourse I have, it is NOT easy to do and like I said, it is NOT because I dislike ALL their products. It is because I dislike the company/corporation and what they stand for.
I try REALLY hard to let people come to their own conclusions, not tell them read/listen/watch "X" thing. I feel I am well versed enough if someone really wanted to talk to me about why I dislike BMC to be able to do so with out directly quoting "X". If people like my home brew and that opens them up to try some new stuff, great. If they tell me,"
no thanks, I do not like it/I am allergic to it/I only drink "X"/I had home brew before and it made me violently ill" I leave them alone...More for me! I think craft beer snobs should take a more "none shall pry a sleeper's eye awake." approach. People should be offered good beer and if they do not want it shouldn't be chastised for not wanting it. On the same side if the "Non-Beer educated" should offer in the other direction they should not be ridiculed either.
Not all snobs are the same. I LOVE to use "2 Buck Chuck" as a prime example. 2 Buck Chuck is normally in the top 10 wines for its class and is continually ranked high. Yet no "Wine Snob" would ever let themselves been seen drinking it amongst peers or open it up at a tasting. (FYI I know wine snobs, I am not one...) So there is not always a "mine is better" mentality. I believe some of this boils down into the beer crowd as well.
I drink craft beer and home brew because I LIKE IT! If I am to be branded a snob because I have a loathing for BMC then I am fine with that. Just do not think all snobs are equal if this is the case. It is funny because I do not think myself as a beer snob...
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The argument can be made to me "why not boycott Walmart" or any other mega company? I can honestly say I REALLY try hard to not spend my money in those places. Do I spend some? Yes but that is because there is no place else to get the product reasonably priced and I am unable to create it on my own. I use the #40 lbs bag of mesquite wood lump charcoal as an example. I have looked EVERYWHERE in my area and have not found anything comparable and I love the stuff! On the other side of the coin, I shop at the farmer's market and stores downtown when I can. I feel good supporting the "Mom and Pop" stores and local businesses, when they have decent products at reasonable prices. If one of the shops downtown carried a similar charcoal, even if it was a little more than what Sam's Club carried it for, I would buy it from them. I understand that every dollar spent locally will stay in the community for an average of 5 or more transactions. This is why some communities have/are adopting their own local currencies. (Google it for yourself...)
The next thing is "Documentaries" and what gets labeled as one. If I recall correctly shouldn't New York city be underwater because all the ice caps have melted? or was the "documentary" a lie? People watch movies and take it as if JC himself came down in a pillar of light and spoke the plot to them. Remember the NON-documentary "The Blair Witch Project"? Remember all the nut jobs that raided the city of Blair demanding "The Truth"? because they thought it was real? I take any "Documentary" with a grain of salt at this point. Being a Parrot is a bad thing, thinking for yourself is a good thing.
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