Food fight Escalates

Can anti-semitism be fueled by me-too-ism, ill-considered political theory and stupidity rather than actual hatred for Jews? The story of S.F.'s Rainbow Grocery Coop may be just such a case. SF Chron's reportage of the story is here. A few quotes from Columnist Debra Saunders appear below and her column here.

THE STATEMENT at San Francisco's Rainbow Grocery Cooperative customer service counter read: "Thank you for your concern. We currently do not have a storewide boycott on Israeli goods. After a lot of storewide discussion and debate, some departments have decided to continue to sell products from Israel and others have decided to not carry them anymore in support of freedom for Palestinians and all people."

Saunders asks:

Is Rainbow boycotting any other countries, such as that champeen of human rights abuses, China? The answer is no. Worker/owner Cyrus Heiduska explained that China sells too many products, and often much cheaper than goods from other countries.

So why the Israeli boycott? Heiduska said that store workers knew that both sides had committed atrocities, but they wanted to show solidarity with "the most oppressed party."

Note the typical Liberal whine at the close of the Chron article:

Bradley said it's clear that some customers are turning away. "A lot of workers are worried about it," he said. "It hurts. We've never had a response to anything like this before."

Well fuckingduh? What did they expect? Good press? A dramatic increase in Jewish customers?

Sadly, much of the protest in the Bay Area is a herd mentality, knee-jerk response to imagery fed by ideologue wolves cloaked in the sheep-skin of fairness and equality. This shit has to stop.

Here's their URL drop them a line, let them feel a little heat.

UPDATE: Stefan Sharkansky provides a phone number and a chilling photo.

UPDATE: The Chrons web site, sfgate.com, bumped the story up to lede position on the home page.

Posted by feste at December 5, 2002 12:54 PM | TrackBack