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Had no idea a boycott was happening.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

There's a boycott? I just don't shop there because it's the same crap as everywhere else for more money and a worse experience.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Every one of these idiot companies pivoting to cowboy capitalism from rainbow capitalism are clueless about who actually has money in this country.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Been part of a boycott for decades and didn't even know

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

I felt the same way about Budweiser

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Boycotting Target and Walmart.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago

Oh good I’ll continue to not shop there

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I had no idea either. But I also haven't been to target in about 6 months and I've been boycotting pretty much everywhere else since last year. I haven't even done online shopping since October and it's been kinda nice going to actual stores again. Was gonna get a Costco membership next so I don't have to use Kroger. Unfortunately, the nearest Costco to me is about an hour away. Fortunately, I like driving.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I think this is the smart thing to do right now. I applaud.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

This reads like an Improv exercise and I LOVE IT! Unfortunately I can only get so hard.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago

Been boycotting them since my local one let ICE use their back parking lot to stage up and detain folks

[–] [email protected] 151 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

It couldn’t come at a worse time for the company

Neither could their capitulation to Trumps bigoted rhetoric.

I got a lot of flak and eye rolls from my liberal friends a few years ago when I, as a queer woman, would criticize their Rainbow Capitalism. But Target is not an ally, they never were. They are simply a corporation that got some easy publicity in liberal spaces by showing the bare minimum decency.

Fair weather allies, aren't.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Just to build on this. No publicly traded company is an ally to any group but its shareholders.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago

Target is under more pressure than companies like Walmart, John Deere or Tractor Supply, because Target went further in its DEI efforts, and it has a more progressive base of customers than those competitors.

This is wild move for a company on its arse anyway.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Boycotting them since Jan. 1. 😎

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

don't know why, don't care, let's do it

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 weeks ago

Damn and here I am participating in this boycott for so long without even trying.

Target sucks.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've been boycotting Target for months now

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When they took down all their pride stuff to appease the far right, I never looked back.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago

Ending DEI was it for me

[–] [email protected] 163 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Can we add bigger offenders like Wal-Mart and Amazon?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago

Join me, I’ve been boycotting them for years.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Right? And why not just boycott all pubkically traded companies forever? 40 days doesn't do much

[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Because if you propose that, no one is actually going to do it.

Doing something is always more impactful than shooting for everything and ending up doing nothing. This is a great example of a smartly thought out mass movement; it has a specific goal, and a clearly defined set of terms. Remember, you can always expand or extend. It's far better to get a small thing moving than try to build a big thing that you never finish.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm definitely with you on that in spirit. I would starve if I actually practiced that across the board. I figure if we start from the top down, maybe we can get the co-ops to come back. Our neighborhood co-op grocery closed down not too long ago, and all that's left are national chains.

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