Two things: If you do fact checking, you're not trolling. The purpose of trolling is that you waste minimal time, and make everyone else do shit tons of research and waste tons of time responding to you- oh and of course annoy the shit out of them.
Second, this entire discussion makes me think of a children's song…

Yeah... she should totally be left with all the STDs he comes home with from all his hookups with other women... because the man code... or some stupid shit.

Fuck that. If your girl/guy was stepping out, you'd want someone to tell you.

Nobody owes some random stranger shit. He did owe it to his gf to be faithful. …

If it makes you feel better about yourself to abdicate yourself of all responsibility and pretend you have no power, then you go ahead with that. The fact that you found one article in one Republican rag that claims sweatshops are good for the people does nothing to disprove a single thing I said.

I gave multiple…

You say that, but there are plenty of companies that exist and prosper specifically BECAUSE of shoppers like me.

The relatively recent "buy American" movement has resulted in quite a few American made clothing companies over the last few years.

Economics involves the balance of supply AND demand. Consumers are the…

I'm talking about the EMPLOYER'S choices, not the worker.

You're acting like the employer has no choice but to use unsafe slave labor conditions.

That's a false choice. The employer can do more if they want, they choose not to in order for them to make billions off of slave labor.

No, I won't participate in that. I…

They don't have financial security: They're merely treading water. They often have their salaries garnished for no reason, they're forced to go to work even when they're afraid the building will collapse- they're not well off.

And yes, fixing sweatshops WILL fix much bigger issues.

You should read more about the…

No, I'm not going to pretend using sweatshop labor is a "gift" to poor countries. We can save money on production by their lower wages, while still paying living wages and having proper safety and environmental standards.

Just because a country doesn't have safety, environmental, child labor, or other labor standards…

You have a fair point on one thing, and I'll admit when I'm wrong. There is a space. I looked at my own quote of yours instead of your post. My apologies for my mistake.

We don't know the explicit grammar used in the statement or exactly the spelling, as we didn't see the tag. We also don't know that the worker…

So your argument is no one that speaks English in India or Bangladesh is poor? I could get you in contact with a whole bunch of Indians that would explain to you exactly how wrong you are.

The . in your statement was not originally a period ending a sentence, as there are no spaces after it, and it's in the middle…

I'd be very interested in where you get your numbers from.

ETA:
Especially considering a previous comment pointed out they're a previous British colony, and their laws were until very recently written in English. It appears English is a relatively large language there, spoken by far more than 0.20%... though it's…

Oh, the old "poor people deserve to be poor" argument.

You would be surprised how many hardworking intelligent people work in absolutely terrible conditions throughout the world.

Unless we have the resources to move, we're all at the mercy of our local labor market. That market is not very good in Bangladesh, and the…

I can't speak for every piece of clothing, but I'm fully aware that some of these items are being stitched together for just a few pennies per item, and being sold for $100 dollars to the final consumer.

The fact is we the consumers are typically not actually seeing lower prices in exchange for the cheaper…

I enjoyed the conversation despite the differences.

I appreciate that the conversation remained relatively respectful despite a difference of opinions, which is quite rare in an internet comment thread.

You have a great day as well.

I can sympathize with that.

We agree on some things...
;)

You should learn to use paragraphs. Long rants without proper format are unreadable, and as such, I have no idea what your complaint is or what questions you're asking.

Yes, I'm white. Completely of Western European descent (not that it should matter).

It turns out you don't have to be black to speak out against…

LOL.

I'M NOT BLACK. Read my comments closer and you'll notice that, because when I talk about white people, I often say "we."

He didn't say something derogatory about a person of a different race, he said something derogatory to a person of a different race ABOUT AN ENTIRE CONTINENT (which just so happens to be the…

Ohhh.... my favorite "black people are the real racist" line, "some black people use the 'n' word... so...." no logical conclusion.

Many people, including myself, do not approve of the "n" word in any context. Not all black people use the "n" word, and many have vocally come out against its use, even by other black…

Being too ignorant to realize your comment is racist doesn't stop your comment from being racist.

Informing someone that their comment is racist does not mean you're calling the person making the comment a racist. However, it does allow the person to realize the world in which they live, the history of their…

Congratulations.