Target, now reeling from the Republican boycott of their stores because they offer trans and LGBTQ-friendly products, looks back at their political donations and wonders how the GOP “culture wars” could have been supported, encouraged, and financed for so long that they finally caught up with them…
Target political donations: www.opensecrets.org/...
As I wrote in an earlier, prequel to this post:
Conservatives found themselves angry today, when they realized that their boycott of Bud Light beer did not stop trans people from existing. The continued existence of trans people was brought to their attention when they visited a Target store, and discovered trans-friendly adult swimsuits and t-shirts with trans-friendly slogans.
Realizing that most adults in America are not irrationally angry that a trans adult can purchase a swimsuit designed for them, Conservatives fell back on one of their favorite strategies, which they typically employ when they realize that the real world, that exists in actual reality, does not match the imaginary world they've created in their fevered brain. And that strategy consists of... making shit up.
Right wing media today was swept with a wave of breathless headlines, articles, social media posts, tweets, and videos declaring that Target is selling "tuck-friendly swimsuits for kids."
Target does not sell tuck-friendly swimsuits for kids.
(Although there’s nothing wrong if they did.)
But facts rarely slow down angry conservatives, still determined to stop trans people from existing.
They also employed another favorite: the repetition of the word "groomer." And attacking Target employees.
The Conservative’s admonishment, as old as time itself: “Do as we say, not as we wank.”
Unlike Anheuser-Busch, who threw their trans spokesperson under the bus and have been frantically digging themselves into a deeper hole with each passing day, the CEO of Target defended his new focus on transgender and LGBTQ customers calling it “the right thing for society.” Though they did decide to remove or move some of the merchandise, in order to keep their employees physically and psychologically safe from the irrationally angry MAGAs who stumbled into their stores. The CEO’s explanation letter to Target employees is worth the read:
www.businessinsider.com/...
In summary, I hope you will continue to support Target, now more than ever. It is disappointing that they have a history of contributing to Mitch McConnell and numerous other GOP candidates and right-wing organizations. Hopefully in the near future, they will reconsider and stop any donations to the GOP. It is a stretch for them to claim they are dedicated to the LGBTQ community, and yet still contribute any amount to the consistently-anti-LGBTQ Republican Party.
And finally, as an example of the maturity level of the “adults” who have an issue with Pride merchandise at Target, here is a MAGA man-child throwing Pride merchandise on the floor, after directly confronting, threatening, and harassing a trans / non-binary couple in a Missoula, Montana Target store:
