Social networking sites are a great way to bring people together. Sometimes individuals unite over a favorite band, other times it's a hit TV show.
Now one group of Facebook users have come together over their disgust with one Whole Foods official and this collective seems to be going strong.
With over 20,000 members, Boycott Whole Foods is calling on its members to stop shopping at the popular health and organic food chain. Reportedly, company CEO John Mackey made a questionable comment in a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed piece.
He quoted Margaret Thatcher's words, 'the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money,' and implied President Obama's health care plan was akin to socialist practices and would therefore fail.
The Facebook group also determined that Mackey implied health care should only be for the wealthy, but do not quote him directly. He does say that reforms should 'be financially responsible, and [allow us] the freedom to choose doctors and the health care services that best suit our own unique set of lifestyle choices.'
Mackey suggests that people could take better care of themselves, and this could be open for interpretation, which Facebook followers seem to have already done.
Now one group of Facebook users have come together over their disgust with one Whole Foods official and this collective seems to be going strong.
With over 20,000 members, Boycott Whole Foods is calling on its members to stop shopping at the popular health and organic food chain. Reportedly, company CEO John Mackey made a questionable comment in a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed piece.
He quoted Margaret Thatcher's words, 'the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money,' and implied President Obama's health care plan was akin to socialist practices and would therefore fail.
The Facebook group also determined that Mackey implied health care should only be for the wealthy, but do not quote him directly. He does say that reforms should 'be financially responsible, and [allow us] the freedom to choose doctors and the health care services that best suit our own unique set of lifestyle choices.'
Mackey suggests that people could take better care of themselves, and this could be open for interpretation, which Facebook followers seem to have already done.
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