Ricky's NYC on Montague St. Becomes Pivot on Which Opposing Political, National and Ethnic Groups Clamor Against Each Other

The other day there was a boycott protest in front of Ricky's on Montague St. that has to be one of the more obscure embargoes I've heard about in a long time. Protesters were protesting Ricky's NYC for its sale of a particular beauty product that is made in a specific country.

Now, Ricky's NYC "is a veritable one stop super shop for everything beauty," a shop that sells thousands of beauty products. For a politically-motivated group of people to publicly ostracize a commercial business that sells thousands and thousands of beauty products because one of the products is made in a particular country is over the top, for sure. What's more, it's a place of commercial business that sells products that are made all over the world, in countries with all sorts of names and nationalities. What sense does it make to boycott a commercial business because of nationalistic pride?

Based on those facts alone, what stops politically-motivated groups from simply striding down the street from business to business, using each new business as a pivot on which to clamor about nationalism and the like, the same as they used Ricky's NYC?

Not to be outdone, a group of counter-protesters clamored on the other side of the police officers separating the two groups. They protested that the protesters were protesting a product from their country.

Let me be clear: I'm neutral amongst all three parties; the protesters, counter-protesters and Ricky's NYC. I simply find it laughable that people use their time so unwisely. Using a store to protest about things on the other side of the world, and then protesting as a group to counter-protest; it's all rather dim-witted.

Source:

Matthew Parker, Another Ricky's Boycott Protest on Montague St, Brooklyn Heights Blog, http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/22980#more-22980