On May 19, 8:55Â*pm, "Because We Carry the Fire?"
wrote:

Boycotting was the invention of Jesse Jackson, Jeremiah Wright, Barack
Obama, and the rest of that ilk.

Are you really that stupid, or are you just that hateful?


boy·cott (boi'k�t')
tr.v. boy·cott·ed, boy·cott·ing, boy·cotts
To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or
dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of
coercion. See Synonyms at blackball.
n. The act or an instance of boycotting.

[After Charles C. Boycott (1832-1897), English land agent in Ireland.]
boy'cott'er n.

Word History: Charles C. Boycott seems to have become a household word
because of his strong sense of duty to his employer. An Englishman and
former British soldier, Boycott was the estate agent of the Earl of
Erne in County Mayo, Ireland. The earl was one of the absentee
landowners who as a group held most of the land in Ireland. Boycott
was chosen in the fall of 1880 to be the test case for a new policy
advocated by Charles Parnell, an Irish politician who wanted land
reform. Any landlord who would not charge lower rents or any tenant
who took over the farm of an evicted tenant would be given the
complete cold shoulder by Parnell's supporters. Boycott refused to
charge lower rents and ejected his tenants. At this point members of
Parnell's Irish Land League stepped in, and Boycott and his family
found themselves isolated€”without servants, farmhands, service in
stores, or mail delivery. Boycott's name was quickly adopted as the
term for this treatment, not just in English but in other languages
such as French, Dutch, German, and Russian.

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