"SHOP AT TARGET -- THEY SUPPORT LGBTQ FAMILIES" (Heads up Barf Alert)

Rainbow Law ^ | 12/21/04 | Rainbow Law

[dmz]

Urban legend.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/target.asp

[Diddle E. Squat]

Hah, very creative!

So you're using codewords to exclude, you noncomicbookfan-ophobe? Isn't that a hate crime nowadays?

[Electrowoman]

LOL! I know how you feel!

I decided NOT SHOP. Target's ads are starting to irriate me anyway.

[JCEccles]

I'm not sure becoming a gay boutique is a wise or viable long term strategy for Target.

[Egon]

So, it's ok for gays to boycott businesses if said businesses don't kiss their butts, but people opposed to a radical gay agenda aren't allowed to use their dollars to influence business?

I consider both to be knee-jerk reactions, and equally invalid.

Target doesn't support GLBKJGKLJDFKLDF(insert letters here) causes anymore than it supports Christian ones.

For years, Target had a good relationiship with the SA, an extremely decent charitable organization (among other things), but the SA's bell-ringer presence on Target property was a quiet exception to the policy. Once the policy, and especially SA's exception started getting more and more heat, it became apparent to Target that they had three choices, all of them losers:

1. Continue with the status quo and welcome the resulting lawsuits (which they'd lose-- disagree if you want to-- you know it to be true!)
2. Kick out the SA and piss off their conservative customers
3. Change their policy to allow every conceivable group (NAMBLA, PETA, etc.) to open up shop.

Which would you prefer?

[ariamne]

They actually said "we hope you will think queer". I find that bizarre. Been boycotting Target anyway; owned by the French.

[dmz]

seee post #61.

Urban legend.

[ariamne]

Wow, really? I received so many e-mails last year asking me to boycott them because they were a French company..thanks for the update on this Clemenza. Have to look into the source of the confusion..

[HamiltonJay]

And Target's decision to ban Kettler's was just about their worries over lawsuits.... NOT!!

Their "reason" never passed the smell test, and passes it even less now.

Kmart/Sears and Kaufmann's got my $$ this year... Target used to count on a good $500 to $2000 a year from me... not any more.

[Egon]

It is difficult to live a moral life and support those companies that believe in similar ideals... I am not strong enough or legalistic enough to live that way but I do commend those that try.

I commend those that avoid the bandwagon, knee-jerk approach. I commend those that, once they've chosen to follow that (in my view, unrealistic) policy, they do so consistently.

Anything less plays into the hands of the enemy, harming decent businesses that have been forced to walk the PC line. Worse, it's hypocritical.

[b4its2late]

I used to like Tarshae.... Guess I'll have to go somewhere else.

[Lindykim]

What wonderful PR for Target........"Shop Target, the queer-friendly store, for all of your queer needs!" LOL!

[katiedidit1]

Does anyone have a list of charities that Target DOES donate to? I am not going to boycott because they hire americans and if their sales go down...good innocent people may get laid off or fired.

[ariamne]

I don't know about you, but my head is spinning right about now--this store is owned by a French company, that store has CD's by that anti-American artist, that store has stuff made in China, that store stocks Che Guevera shirts, I can't buy this DVD because this actor said these awful things, AAAAHHHHH!! I think I'll just throw up my brains and die.

Linus, please come and tell me what Christmas is really all about?

[ariamne]

Thanks, I saw this. Its crazy isn't it?

[Lindykim]

snip...Since Target thinks it can survive on the "Queer" quotient, lets see just how well they do



Will this result in a male 'dress' section; genderless public bathrooms; a fully equiped sex toy and s&m bondage section, and queer sex vids? (sarcasm)

[MHT]

It's such a bummer to NOT shop at Target. Their $19.99 cardigans look just like the cashmere ones at the mall, and don't itch. They have martini glasses that are similar to Murano from Italy. And their Christmas stuff is more elegant than Martha Stewart's--and the same price if not cheaper.

Maybe the secret is to take from them that which is good, as cheaply as possible, and not get the regular stuff, like detergent, that can be bought elsewhere. Store ads and sales are often loss-leaders just promoted to get you to come in and buy something else at regular price. If they are only selling the stuff which is priced to lose, the corporation won't profit.

BTW, I have yet to be in a store this holiday season, with the exception of Borders, that seemed crowded. Anyway they look at it, retailers are probably not having that good a year if they are Sear, Target, Wal-Mart, or K-Mart.

[Manic_Episode]

you might want to buy all your products online ************************************************************** I was getting a lot of stuff from Amazon.com, until I realized they were in partnership with Target =)

[G.Mason]

"Absolutely, if Target wants to survive catering to 3% of the population, let 'em try."

I can count the times I've been in Targets. Now knowing they are seemingly in favor of, and supported by, "alien life forms", and my being the devout homophobe I am, I certainly won't be adding to that count.

I do understand they are not owned by any foreign company and have gotten some bad press from other things unrelated to the Salvation Army policy.

[newgeezer]

"Sheesh" indeed.

Target says, "Salvation Army, you're not welcome here." In case you didn't know, the word 'Salvation' refers to the gift of Jesus Christ.

Thus, there is a not-so-subtle difference between what Target has done and the examples you cited.