blimix | Lowe's

Last night, I wrote to Lowe's about ceasing their support for social justice, scaling back their DEI program, and ceasing participation in the Human Rights Campaign's survey of LGBTQ+ inclusion. "It is clear to all that this represents Lowe's caving and pandering to a handful of right-wing extremists whose only power is the ability to annoy." I explained that my circles of friends used to shop there preferentially, due to ethical concerns about their largest competitor, and that we no longer do. I posited that we are far from alone in this. "Clearly, the corporate decisions of Lowe's are not influenced by the harm they cause. I wonder whether they are affected by the customers they have lost."

Not that I expect it to make a difference. Cowards gonna cow.