First of all, we wanted to increase the visibility of the Diamondbacks Boycott, so we designed some tshirts with a patriotic map of the US containing an outline of AZ with a big BOYCOTT graphic across it's face. We then started looking for Phoenix residents to wear tshirts such as this at a rally during the next Diamondbacks' home game on May 7. Well, we were made aware quickly by some of our Boycott partners that a general boycott of Arizona would not be favorably received by the members of the organizations these partners represented. At the same time, I was corresponding with the leaders of several Democratic organizations in the state who advised me that the best solution to problems created by the ill-conceived immigration legislation was not to boycott the whole state, perpetrators and victims alike, but rather, to elect a strong Democratic leadership to replace the conservatives who passed this legislation. In other words, it would be better to boycott AZ Republicans than to boycott the entire state of Arizona.
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First of all, we wanted to increase the visibility of the Diamondbacks Boycott, so we designed some tshirts with a patriotic map of the US containing an outline of AZ with a big BOYCOTT graphic across it's face. We then started looking for Phoenix residents to wear tshirts such as this at a rally during the next Diamondbacks' home game on May 7. Well, we were made aware quickly by some of our Boycott partners that a general boycott of Arizona would not be favorably received by the members of the organizations these partners represented. At the same time, I was corresponding with the leaders of several Democratic organizations in the state who advised me that the best solution to problems created by the ill-conceived immigration legislation was not to boycott the whole state, perpetrators and victims alike, but rather, to elect a strong Democratic leadership to replace the conservatives who passed this legislation. In other words, it would be better to boycott AZ Republicans than to boycott the entire state of Arizona.
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