Welp. Looks like I’m boycotting Target.
A friend of mine posted this on Erika’s facebook. I’m really glad I saw this before I moved, so I can avoid there store when I shop for my new house stuff.
From the article.
Follow the money. At least, that’s the message delivered by an article at sfist.com by Matt Baume, who tracks $150,000 from Target’s coffers, through a political action committee (PAC) known as Minnesota Forward, all the way to Tom Emmer, who himself supports a Christian rock band in Minnesota that travels around the state saying that it’s moral and righteous for religious people to kill gays and lesbians.
For those into algebra, it looks a little like this: Target + Minnesota Forward + Tom Emmer = Support for a rather dangerous and radical political philosophy that diminishes LGBT people to pests that should be murdered. And Target is cool with this?
Sign the Petition demand answers for this.
Oh, HELL NO. What the FUCK, Target? You’re done.
seriously? the religious right was boycotting them a few years back because they were “pro-gay” - they’ve donated to gay rights causes and AIDS charities and such in the past too…now I’m just confused.
maybe instead of trying to be picky about which amoral-by-design corporations we consume from, we ought to switch to production instead. Swadeshi Movement style…
I think this might have more to do with bashing the founding family of Target and Emmers competition for governor, Mark Dayton. Either way, it’s pretty ridiculous.
Target? but WHYYYYY I LOVED YOU TARGET YOU WERE THE COOL WALMART AND IT WAS SPECIAL WHAT WE HAD!! never again. Never...
OK, let’s boycott Target—but then where will we shop? Wal-Mart? K-Mart? Actually, there’s really no source for anything...
Well, this sucks. So bad. And really surprises me, too.
This is quite a surprise. When I worked at Red and Khaki Hell, Inc one of the major focuses of HR ops was enforcing...
WOW. ok, really, people? target gave money to an organization that does stuff for retail and the economy and stuff. that...
circlesaroundme | sweetupndown9:...I’m pretty surprised. I’ve been working for
circlesaroundme / episkeyit / alittlepunk / fuckyeahbisexuals / justanotherprettylie / monsteracid / luxuryproblem /...
and… i… just… got… a… job… there. awesome.
Good one Target. Way to fuck up there.
OMG Target was my favorite and now I’m totally boycotting it. NOW WHERE WILL I GET MY NEEDLESS CRAP?!??! And things I...
Target CEO addresses MN Forward contribution, says company supports GLBT community dirtymuddgirrl:
Actually, you might want to read this and this, first.
I hope there’s more to it than this. If not, Target fucked up big time. I guarantee that gays are 99.99% responsible for...
Heard about Urban Outfitters yesterday, now Target today. What other stores am I going to have to avoid? lol this is...
While this is disappointing, I’m getting the impression this is one Target store and the whole franchise. There’s no way...
no more target for me i guess!
Really, Target? Really? You were so awesome and now…damn. You just lost a TON of points. You’re like in the negative...
this is why i don’t actually buy things from this store. or any major corporation, for the most part. i try to avoid it...
ah fuck, I love Target. shit. oh well, not shopping there anymore.
you done goof’d Target…goof’d…