The RoanokeSlant
This file is a US personal journal of commentary of examples of the Roanoke Times and Liberal Media Slant......  lbhagen@aol.com 
     
          
Friday, May 26, 2023
     
      
     
      Target Makes Itself A Target
		
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Gay’s have had a major influence in the fashion business since the 70’s and apparently, they have become very influential in some business marketing decisions. 
Bringing their LGBT agenda to the store front and display shelves is now becoming less acceptable to those who feel ‘confronted and in-your-face’ by these products, images and messages. 
Clearly violence and intimidation have No place in our shopping environment and should Not be tolerated by anyone. 
That said, shoppers and customers have choices and if offended or uncomfortable for themselves and-or their family, they clearly can take their business elsewhere.  Budweiser-BudLight and Target are having that experience and should ask themselves if they are in the consumer-product business or the social influence business. 
Perhaps their customers and share-holders will send them a reminder. 
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"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities" 
Harry Potter 
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Roanoke Times, 5-26-2023  Pg B7 
Target is facing more backlash after removing LGBTQ+-themed products (roanoke.com) 
Target once distinguished itself as being boldly supportive of the LGBTQ+ community. 
Now that status is tarnished after it removed some LGBTQ+-themed products and relocated Pride Month displays to the back of stores in certain Southern locations in response to online complaints and in-store confrontations that it says threatened employees' well-being. 
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Target's market cap plunges by $9 billion amid Pride clothing uproar - Washington Times
 Target’s market cap plunges by $9 billion amid Pride clothing uproar 
Trans women's bathing suits with 'tuck' feature for intact males fail to impress investors 
Target Corp. has seen its market cap drop by billions of dollars in the aftermath of the outcry over its Pride clothing line as the retailer finds itself mired in its own Bud Light moment. 
The company’s market capitalization has lost as much as $9 billion since May 17 amid a backlash over its Pride 2023 apparel line for children and adults, which included some items created by a Satanist-inspired British designer Abprallen. 
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Target CEO Tries to Hold Bud Light's Beer as He Doubles Down on Controversial Campaign 
Target CEO Tries to Hold Bud Light's Beer as He Doubles Down on Controversial Campaign – RedState 
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Target in 'real, severe danger' after waving woke politics in customers' faces, critics warn 
Target in 'real, severe danger' after waving woke politics in customers' faces, critics warn | Fox News 
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Stores selling Bud Light for free as Mulvaney backlash continues 
Some Budweiser products are being offered for free after a $15 rebate from Anheuser-Busch 
Stores selling Bud Light for free as Mulvaney backlash continues | Fox News 
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This in-your-face Target-Trans program is Not new. 
It has been going strong since 2016: 
2016:  The American Family Association launched a boycott of the nation’s second largest retailer a week ago – over Target’s corporate policy allowing men who identify as women to use the bathrooms and fitting rooms of their choosing. 
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2016/04/a-little-pushback-to-lgbt-intersexting.html 
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