Radical Right Launches Campaign Against Target, Johnson & Johnson, Pampers... Now American Girl Dolls...
The e-mail alerts zip across the nation, fomenting outrage.
Levi Strauss donates to Planned Parenthood. Don't buy their blue jeans! Johnson & Johnson advertises Tylenol in a gay magazine. Click here to register your disgust! Support traditional values: Boycott Pampers! Boycott Ford! Don't shop at Target!
In the last 12 months, conservative advocacy groups have urged their millions of members to stop buying brand after trusted brand. Boycotts have long been a mainstay of both the right and the left, but analysts say there's a new intensity to the protests as social conservatives test their ability to punish companies for taking liberal stances on issues such as abortion and gay rights.
Their latest target: the popular line of American Girl dolls and books.
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The Los Angeles Times | Stephanie Simon | November 1, 2005 09:02 AM