itty53, 14 days ago

@renwillis

Oh I have a small tweak to this.

This isn't "unfortunate" for Target and Target is not the victim here.

> “Unfortunately for Target, it has been dragged into the culture wars and is in a position where it can’t win whatever it does,” he said.

It's not Target this is unfortunate for. It's the LGBTQA+ community. Target wasn't "dragged into the culture wars," they want to sell to both sides. Imagine Ford claiming they were "dragged into the culture wars" during WWII. Same energy.

renwillis, 14 days ago

@itty53 I'm in the apparel industry and have had the good fortune to work with a lot of people at Target. A lot of really great queer folk.

I can only imagine their frustration internally about them being targeted like this.

I get extra frustrated that everyone focuses their anger at Target and not the violent bigots.

The victims are store employees having to work a fucking cash register while hoping no one shoots the place up over a fucking rainbow.

StanWonn, 14 days ago

@renwillis @itty53 Having spent a few years in retail in the past, I agree with you 100%. I just wish that Target and other big corporations would stand up against this sort of nonsense, but they won't. And yes, it definitely emboldens the bigots.

renwillis, 13 days ago

@StanWonn @itty53 maddening. I hesitate to think what would happen if the company I work for got targeted. Our pride merch dropped a couple weeks back and we got our launch event soon - hoping things go well.