Posted on 06/07/2023 5:38:23 AM PDT by MtnClimber
LGBTQ organizations can threaten and make demands, but no others can? Ah, I see.
A University of Michigan professor referred to boycotts, and other threats against ultra-woke big-box retailer Target as a form of literal terrorism in a recent interview on MSNBC. The retail giant recently shed more than $9 billion in market value since it rolled out an extensive LGBTQ Pride collection of apparel and accessories, some aimed at toddlers and babies. After it was revealed that the stores sold LGBTQ-themed onesies for babies, children's books advocating for drag queen shows, and "tuck-friendly" bathing suits, the Minneapolis-based retailer’s value dropped 12% in just one week. It didn’t help that it turned out a few of the items were designed by an avowed Satanist.
Nonetheless, the pushback against Target’s assault on the sensibilities of a great many of its customers prompted Justin Wolfers, a professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan, to appear on MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour” and state:
"One of two things are true. It could be [Target] are cowards and they use that as protection and a smokescreen so they could make a cowardly decision, or it could be that they are actually genuinely concerned about the well-being of their employees and they have had credible threats. If that is the case, when Target caves into this, then it says that the moment you threaten the employees of even a very large corporation, you get to control its policies. This is economic terrorism, literally terrorism, creating fear among the workers and forcing the corporations to sell the things you want, not sell the things you don't."
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The left is really upset that the boycotts are working.
Anyone who stands up to the Communist Party is a terrorist. Any terrorist who attacks America is a freedom fighter to the insane left.
then what are those on the left that boycotted Duck Dynasty? are they also domestic terrorists?
Super tired of bigots like this professor.
Boycotts are about the only safe way to protest for conservatives. I’m surprised that they are working as well as they are.
I thought the bombing threats came when Target took the Trans stuff out of their stores. So who are the terrorists?
Look! Squirrel!!
Forcing business to sell the things you want not the things you don’t want.
Really? This is a professor and he doesn’t realize that’s ever business ever?
Burning down neighborhoods is peaceful protests to these people.
They lie knowingly or are insane.
and wearing funny hats inside the capital is insurrection!
The Fessor is unhappy.
You, too, can be a domestic terrorist by doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
Defund the university gulags.
We have to burn the village to save it.
Kind of like alcohol some areas sell it and others don’t.
Gov’t regulations and religious preferences. jmo
Of course, they do. Parents trying to protect their children at school board meetings are also labeled as domestic terrorists. As is anyone who opposes the groomers’ agenda.
They can’t reproduce so they must recruit by poisoning the minds of children.
This guy is an idiot for a very long time.
He was at PENN and could not grasp the simplest things.
And what was the reaction of both members of the viewing audience?
Butt hurt economics signal a dynamic consumer shift. Shop where you want, don’t shop were you would rather not. Seems pretty basic.
IMHO it’s not forcing a corp to change, it’s working towards making certain corporations to go away.
If successful and these corps go away, they will surely regroup, and if they have a clue... adjust their business model along with the corporate name and logo.
don’t forget Paula Deen!
Not buying from Target, domestic terrorist
Not in favor of lewd drag queen events with small children, domestic terrorist
Not wanting to do something counter to your faith, domestic terrorist
Not going to Disney anymore, domestic terrorist
Voting anything other than democrat, domestic terrorist
Upset at the invasion of our southern border, domestic terrorist
Own a firearm, domestic terrorist
Believe socialism is dangerous to a free society, domestic terrorist
Homeschooling your kids, domestic terrorist
Not believing in global warming, domestic terrorist
The label lost meaning once the childish left began to use it for anything they dislike.
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