Boycott Target?

marina · 08-05-2010, 10:56 AM

Mad About Corporate Political Donations, Customers Boycott Target, Best Buy : The Two-Way : NPR

So the air is all atwitter about the donation Target Corp. made to an anti-gay candidate for Gov. in it's home state of MN.

Do you think a pro-gay boycott of target is justified, yes or no?

bocorican · 08-05-2010, 11:33 AM

of course it is!

RoundAbout · 08-05-2010, 12:35 PM

of course it isn't!

Cretaceous Bob · 08-05-2010, 01:22 PM

Really quite a silly subject, as corporations shouldn't be giving money to political campaigns at all, but that's not a problem you can solve via boycott.

Besides, I find it hard to support what essentially encourages a boycott war.

the1thepwnly · 08-05-2010, 01:35 PM

im not gonna boycott. they didn't think "ooh an anit-gay marriage candidate, lets vote for him". i'll bet it was some of their other issues and more pertinant stances for the benefit of target.
this is the same way people get bad names for declining a bill that would give free ipods but they don't mention that the bill also kills a million baby seals and legalizes whale fishing
they are completely unrelated and the free ipods or gay marriage is the focus to benefit that one reporter's personal agenda

Cretaceous Bob · 08-05-2010, 01:42 PM

That's bullshit. Intentional or not, Target gave money to an anti-gay rights campaign. This isn't about free iPods; maybe if you can't tell the difference between issues of civil rights and getting handouts you shouldn't comment.

CuriousKlepto · 08-05-2010, 01:54 PM

I work for Target, they're usually very Pro-Gay, they have all kinds of programs to help with adoption, health benifits, and all that nonsense.

DWarrior · 08-05-2010, 02:37 PM

I won't boycott just because it's the only supermarket I can get to conveniently. Sorry gays.

John Galt · 08-05-2010, 02:55 PM

Is it possible that they contributed because the anti-gay candidate had very pro-business ideas? Maybe if a pro-gay candidate also had pro-business ideas they would have supported that individual instead. It's just been my experience that businesses tend to vote their wallet more than any other issue.

lattaland · 08-05-2010, 03:00 PM

I find it hard to believe that the very company that gave us the Isaac Mizrahi collection is anti-gay.

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08-05-2010, 10:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
marina Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: I live in Southern California. Posts: 3,055	Boycott Target? Mad About Corporate Political Donations, Customers Boycott Target, Best Buy : The Two-Way : NPR So the air is all atwitter about the donation Target Corp. made to an anti-gay candidate for Gov. in it's home state of MN. Do you think a pro-gay boycott of target is justified, yes or no?
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08-05-2010, 11:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
bocorican Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Kim in Boulder! Posts: 90	of course it is!
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Cretaceous Bob Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,358	Really quite a silly subject, as corporations shouldn't be giving money to political campaigns at all, but that's not a problem you can solve via boycott. Besides, I find it hard to support what essentially encourages a boycott war.
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08-05-2010, 01:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
the1thepwnly Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 306	im not gonna boycott. they didn't think "ooh an anit-gay marriage candidate, lets vote for him". i'll bet it was some of their other issues and more pertinant stances for the benefit of target. this is the same way people get bad names for declining a bill that would give free ipods but they don't mention that the bill also kills a million baby seals and legalizes whale fishing they are completely unrelated and the free ipods or gay marriage is the focus to benefit that one reporter's personal agenda
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08-05-2010, 01:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
Cretaceous Bob Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,358	That's bullshit. Intentional or not, Target gave money to an anti-gay rights campaign. This isn't about free iPods; maybe if you can't tell the difference between issues of civil rights and getting handouts you shouldn't comment.
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CuriousKlepto Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Wilkes-Barre Area, 10pts if you know where that is. Posts: 428	I work for Target, they're usually very Pro-Gay, they have all kinds of programs to help with adoption, health benifits, and all that nonsense.
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08-05-2010, 02:37 PM	#8 (permalink)
DWarrior Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: NYC Posts: 4,046	I won't boycott just because it's the only supermarket I can get to conveniently. Sorry gays.
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John Galt Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Nude Hampster Posts: 1,971	Is it possible that they contributed because the anti-gay candidate had very pro-business ideas? Maybe if a pro-gay candidate also had pro-business ideas they would have supported that individual instead. It's just been my experience that businesses tend to vote their wallet more than any other issue.
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08-05-2010, 03:00 PM	#10 (permalink)
lattaland Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 144	I find it hard to believe that the very company that gave us the Isaac Mizrahi collection is anti-gay.
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