Think Before You Boycott

Lotsa folks--other than me--up in arms about The Fascist State of Arizona.

Losta folks--other than me--callin' for a boycott.

But, um, if you're gonna boycott Arizona, make sure it's actually Arizona.

Case in point: Opponents of Arizona's new anti-immigrant law are calling for a boycott of all state products, including the popular Arizona Iced Tea. Good idea, except that, um, well, Arizona Iced Tea is actually brewed in New York. By a company headquartered founded in Brooklyn in 1992, though now it's housed in its new $35 million building in Nassau County. But that didn't stop some people from gettin' all twitchy about fightin' the good fight online:

Jody Beth, in Los Angeles, Twittered:
"Dear Arizona: If you don't change your immigration policy, I will have to stop drinking your enjoyable brand of iced tea."

Travis Nichols, of Chicago, chimed in:
"It is the drink of fascists."

You wanna fight the good fight, then at least take a nanosecond to research the company you want to punish. Just because it's called Arizona, doesn't mean it's from Arizona. I look at it this way: just because they're called crackers doesn't mean they're from the South.

Drink the damned tea already!