So i keep seeing people, when talking about the planned boycott of the stupid new h*rry p*tter TV show, saying things like "yeah, dont watch it. It won't even be good" or "the stories were always rubbish anyway so this will be crap" and "there'll be no temptation to watch it because the books were awful anyway," and other such sentiments.
And ---- i cannot stress this enough. Relying on something being bad in order for you to boycott it will not work. Because what if it turns out to be good? What if it turns out to be amazingly done and everything that was wrong with the OG had been fixed and they've made a truly fantastic TV show that is adored by everyone who watches it? What then?
Does your boycott hold?
It should. But if youre predicating your boycott on "its going to be bad," then you might struggle if it turns out that its good.
If youre choosing to boycott a show/movie/company/etc for moral reasons, then the moral reason NEEDS to be enough to sustain your boycott.
If youre only able to boycott things that you wouldn't watch/consume/participate in/etc, then you might be susceptible to caving. Maybe today you just.... really really feel like a trashy garbage macdonalds burger. Or maybe the TV show or movie ends up being good after all. Or maybe the company puts out a product that you really reallllllyyy like.
But if youre boycotting something because you have a moral objection to the people/company thats creating the product, then it doesn't matter how good the product is or how much you want it. You'll hold true to your boycott because your morals haven't changed. The quality of the product is irrelevant. Maybe it makes it more of a sacrifice on your part, to stick to your boycott even when the product is good, but at the end of the day your morals will likely win out and you'll stick to your guns.
TLDR stop basing your boycotts on whether or not you want the product thats being sold; start basing your boycotts on morals.