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As for blacklisting--let's not forge that the actual campaign of Yes on 8 attempted to blackmail several companies for supporting No on 8. It's kind of hard for me to accept Michelle calling one of them out and not the other.
And your example isn't exactly equivalent in my book. I know of people who are collecting evidence of all that has happened and the instances of vandalism is far greater than what is being reported. It's actually astounding. I'll post about it when it becomes available.
Blackmail? hardly. It's hardball activism and gay groups do it almost every single day. Doesn't mean I like it but it isn't the same as threatening the livelihood of a Restaraunt owner and all her employees just because she gave $100 to support Prop 8.
Point taken about Michelle, although I wasn't really looking for her acceptance in the first place. Just making a point in response to hers.
As for your reference to El Coyote--the gay folks in that example are doing exactly the same as the "Yes" folks were. The Yes people sent a letter to "No" contributors and said if you don't give us money too, we will tell the world, and your business will suffer. It's exactly the same thing except the gay group didn't mail a threat first.
The Yes group was "threatening the livelihood" of those companies too. And really, for the record, it makes sense that gays would decide not to eat at a restaurant that holds opposite values of them. Christan groups do much the same thing--see boycotts of Disney, Pepsi, Ford, etc. etc.