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r/Target [MEGATHREAD] Pride Fiasco 2023

https://old.reddit.com/r/Target/comments/13repjn/megathread_pride_fiasco_2023?sort=controversial

:marseyjanny: starts us off

I don't agree with making this a megathread.

I understand we are a small mod team but this feels like giving in to the trolls if Im giving my honest opinion, because how can this possible be enforced unless we plan to now remove any pride related posts, even the positive ones because of the comments they will receive

I've never really gotten into how the moderation settings and tools work beyond using the basic removal and ban options, but if it is somehow possible I feel temporarily auto removing comments and posts from people with no history in the subbreddit would be a better option, similar to our union posting rules

I feel this would be very effective because nearly all the comments I have seen that needed removal were from outside users and not this subs typical base of Target workers

We could go through and approve comments on a case by case basis as we happen to see them while browsing

So many fricking long posts :marseylongpost:

u/JayUnderscore_ could you sticky a comment for me? Don't have to, but I'd appreciate it.

Heya, team. I comment on here a lot, and I do my best to be helpful - I try to relay stuff to team members, because I know communication breakdowns do a lot of damage. I'm a PML, and also a leader of the Pride+ Business Council.

I've given the Pride+ Business Council a LOT of feedback from store level, especially in the last few days. I've told them how I feel, and how some folks from my store feel, and I've given them some generalities from comments on here about the mood. I'm exhausted, pissed off, hurt, sad, betrayed, and feeling too many things to really process.

That being said, if you are okay with having comments pushed up to the business council, I would LOVE for you to respond to this with how you're feeling. They (the business council) doesn't have a lot of outlets for gaining insight from the team, and the boots-on-ground TMs are the ones who need our voices heard the most right now.

Edit: I don't have the mental energy to respond to everyone who's been commenting, but I've upvoted them. Thank y'all so much. A lot of the corporate TMs are incredibly invested in making sure we're okay out here in the field, and want to hear our voices. I've copied/pasted a lot/all the comments I've seen so far, and posted it on comms for them to read. I will continue to do so as people respond. Take care of each other, and we'll weather this storm.

Pride means not backing down.

Our value is far greater than the stock price of Target.

The corporate side of Target has shown through its recent actions that they don't actually care about LGBTQ staff or the community as a whole. They only care about the money they can make off the back of the Pride movement. By backing down instead of making moves to actually defend their staff, they have aligned Target with bigotry.

Total stock price death!

u/danyavich, your comments about feeling exhausted, pissed off, hurt, sad, and betrayed really echo how I'm feeling right now (and I'm sure that's how a LOT of us are feeling right now).

Pride is something that reinforces acceptance for the LGBTQ community. As a guy who grew up in the south, seeing pride merch in stores always gave me a small glimmer of hope that maybe one day I'd be able to live a life with my partner without fear. If a big store was selling pride stuff, it meant the social climate had shifted to the point where it was okay for the store to do that. That meant something to me. It also let me know who around me was definitely unsafe to come out to (based on comments regarding pride month/merch).

As a trans person, I also felt such joy this year and last year when I saw target carrying things like binders. I would have cried seeing something like that as a teen. That kind of accessibility for trans people - like selling safe ways to bind in one of the largest retail chains in the country - is honestly life saving. It made me feel good about Target compared to other retailers. It felt like Target actually cared.

Pride merch has a positive impact on people. Moving it has given fuel to right-wing outlets to claim that their hate against Target has resulted in another "victory."

I decided to work at Target because I knew they were inclusive and I felt like I would be safe working there. Moving the collection is a decision that has made me feel unsafe.

Target's mission is to help all families discover the joy of everyday life. I am not feeling that joy with Target's latest actions.

:marseytrain: :marseywords:

i work for Meijer and stand with you guys in solidarity. Sure they are looking for a way to push pride merch to the back of the store here again too . Stay strong and stay safe

checkout clerks of the world unite :marseyrevolution:

Does anyone know if Target gets a percentage of prescription sales from the CVS inside stores?

I ask because I’m no longer shopping at Target since they capitulated to the Christofascist terrorists and wanted to know if I need to switch pharmacies as well.

it's gonna be budlight 2.0 I can taste it

Target claims that they’re removing the items because of “violent threats from shoppers that make their employees fear for their safety”. Bullshit, Target. You’re just trying to make sure you don’t piss off the alphabet crew like bud light, so you’re trying to make it about self defense instead of losing billions.

The only "threats" I've seen is people saying they won't shop at Target anymore. That's how conservatives fight they just withhold their money .

Too true :soyjakanimeglasses:

Why make your sexuality the only personality you have? It's clear that society is starting to realize that if you pander to one group, you'll only push away all the others.

Go ahead and downvote. But just realize that target is a corporation that only cares about their bottom line and nothing more. If they really cared about the pride community, they would increase wages across the board.

You don’t work here, go away.

:chudsey::marseywagie:

Nextdoor ( I know, not popular on Reddit) deleted my post stating that I would boycott. Nothing vulgar, or hateful. I had a lot of comments, but couldn't read any. Sure would have liked to know what my local community thought about it.

People like you are the reason an LGBTQ coworker of mine was harassed yesterday by a bigot.

Supporting a boycott is pushing the harmful rhetoric that is putting at risk the safety of people just trying to do our jobs.

Homophobia is hateful and vulgar. Please don’t bring it into my workplace.

OP has another post in their history implying the boycott is because target moved pride, not because target had pride in the first place.

Oh goodness!! I wish they had said that!

These people are beyond parody

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>rightoids boycot it so they remove the merch

>leftoids then boycot it because they removed the merch

Holy shit how do you put yourself in this position

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Today I will stand directly in the middle of the culture war crossfire

:#marseyclueless:

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OMG GUYSS IS TARGET CENTRIST??

:#taycelebrate:

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Centrists (soy) and radical centrists (closest to godliness) are not the same

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Overextending yourself by getting your business involved with things that aren’t your business.

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Wrong answer.

If they just stayed involved with generic pride merch theyd probably turn a profit. Capitulating to the mob is the only sin

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Hey look it’s this regard with another regarded take

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Can’t read text too smol sory

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legbutts love to consooom. Target's only strategic error was the tucking panties.


Part of the fiscally-left, socially-right movement. Join today! :marseyexcited:

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Foid-led marketing and merchandise :marseyextinction::marseyextinction:

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This literally just happened with the Dodgers and their drag nun show thing.


This morning, Cum went to the park. I went with Coom. And Cum brought Coomer frisbee. At least I think it was Coomers. By the end of the day, Cum started throwing the frisbee to Cumself.

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All they needed to do was make the 4th of July stand bigger than the :marseytrain2: stand.

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All they needed to do was to make american themed tucking panties

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Soros literally

Trans lives matter

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My fiance is in training to be an Ulta/beauty TL right now, and on Friday when the comms happened, they and their trainer (another queer TL) were the two who had to spearhead moving everything. We cried a lot that night.

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it's so beyond me how leftoids think its a good thing to say how much they're crying over [current thing]

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Modern leftoidism is just the weakest person you know saying 'I am very scared'

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Beyond pathetic

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I honestly wonder, did they really cry over something so meaningless or is it just exaggeration on the internet for attention? :marseythonk:

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Idk I like to think it’s all bs, but the truth is I’ve met a disturbing amount of younger people :marseyzoomer: that flat out don’t get your job is just a place to get money, and that your real life is meant to exist outside of it. They keep insisting it’s super important work reflect their values, treating it as church instead of some shit place they show up half the day with the other cogs.

Management encourages this crap too because it’s easier to get people to accept bad working conditions if stocking aisles with plastic crap with no sick leave is totally sticking it to the fascist chuds. Somehow.

It’s like an entire generation somehow unironically bought into the BS HR presentations on how work is a family, and I swear is at the root of half the business drama we’ve seen the last few years. :marseythinkorino:

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Smartphones were a mistake.

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EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET IS A LIEE

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If only @collectijism could see a group of bubbas peeing on them while they had too cry move all the baby tucky swimwear

Trans lives matter

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The corporate side of Target has shown through its recent actions that they don't actually care about LGBTQ staff or the community as a whole. They only care about the money they can make off the back of the Pride movement.

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They only care about the money they can make off the back of the Pride movement.

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I always used the ''they're only doing it for the money'' card on gayoids to try and make them act against their own interests and protest the globohomo but it never worked, they were always like ''oh yeah theyre only doing it for the money but i like it anyway''

turns out some of them actually believed the corps gave a shit lol

do they realize these mega corps would enslave them if they could get away with it

also, arent these the same people who love to screech how companies are evil and how capitalism must fall n shit

what i'm trying to say is

dude bussy lmao

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Not even that they have too up their corporate governance score set by the open society or they’re credit rating goes down

Trans lives Matter

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No but kinda yes


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No shit? How do strags only now realize for porfit corporations only care aboit money?

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It's OK to boycott companies that don't align with your political positions!

:#soyjakanimeglasses::#chadyes:

No, not like that!

:#soycry:

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pay with your wallet guys.....

(such boycott is dumb tbh. it only works on mediocre replaceable products. that's like saying my karate works only on geriatric patients)

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As a trans team member Targets response has made me feel less safe and supported. I’ve experienced lots of misgendering, even from leadership during my time here. My partner has overheard transphobic comments in the break-room. I’ve never felt like I can assert myself because in my experience trying to make people gender you correctly only draws their ire. So I already didn’t feel super supported.

lol. It's so fricking funny to me that they think they're gonna get all the 50iq min wage stockers and cashiers and shit there to fully participate in this trans shit. What are they gonna do, fire them? I'm sure there's virtually always some stores hiring in this economy, so I doubt they really care.

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Lmao delusional :!marseytrain:s literally want to control how people think about them, they can't even fathom that non mentally ill people don't think ugly men in dresses actually are women. They're lucky they get pandered to in the first place

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2013: “Just because you’re wearing a skirt, doesn’t mean you’re not a man!” :marseylgbtflag:

2023: “Just because you’re wearing a skirt, doesn’t mean you’re not a man!” :marseyboomer:

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Big :pooner: energy

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>Team member

Dystopian to use corporate speak outside the workplace, especially during your off time.

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>The corporate side of Target has shown through its recent actions that they don't actually care about LGBTQ staff or the community as a whole. They only care about the money they can make off the back of the Pride movement. By backing down instead of making moves to actually defend their staff, they have aligned Target with bigotry.

You r-slurs thought they actually cared about you? No, it was ALWAYS about your money!

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They didn't even care about the gay bucks. They only cared about white women money who are mostly all proud allies.

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Big corporations are my friends

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Yknow, I wonder whether ESG scores are negatively impacted if you pull your campaign due to backlash? Cos if not, this could just be based corpos gaming the system

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i think anheuser busch ESG score was hit after they apologized

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As a person of career and social life (POCSL) I don't have any idea what's going on.

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Target started selling clothing designed to sexually repress children and some satanic stuff from a satanic designer which was pretty gay. Rightoids started b-wording out after their bud light non win. Targeted cut down their gay products to only 30% of the store as opposed to 80% which upset everyone who cared about target.

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It's so beautiful. Leftoids are pissed that Target is reducing their gay shit and rightoids are pissed that Target had any to begin with.

:#marseyhappytears:

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Truly just two sides of the same r-slurred :marse#ycoin:

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This type of person-first language intrinsically defines an individual as being only a career and social life. Terminology should reflect these traits being only part of a rich internal world of a body endowed with personhood. The preferred phrasing is therefore Person experiencing Life (PEL).

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Buy Target's pride merchandise! Outpower those motherlovers. That's why they resort to violence, they know they're losing. I bought pride toy mice for my cats and a pride ribbon stick toy. My cats really like them!

Spend your money on useless crap from a megacorp to own the chuds :marseylgbtflag3:

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I bought pride toy mice for my cats and a pride ribbon stick toy.

At least they aren't reproducing.

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That's why they resort to violence

How do these people function on a day to day basis without basic pattern recognition? Literally years of lefties attacking people over the most mundane and r-slurred shit and they still think they're the ones under attack. How do vast swathes of people become so brainrotted that they can start a fight then clutch their pearls the moment people start telling them to frick off?

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A. They are wingcucks and the wingcuck’s natural position is to own the other side at all costs so hypocrisy or cognitive dissonance doesn’t cross their minds or if it does they do not care.

B. Redditors are starting act like their (poor) interpretation of Popper’s Paradox is an actual legal defense to give them carte blanche to assault chuds.

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>stay safe

FRICKING I HAVE COVID PTSD FROM THIS SAYING FRICK YOUUUU AAAAAAAAAA

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Sounds like you have long covid

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Long Covid Derailment Syndrome

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Whenever people said this about covid I would always smugly think of all the ways I was being a superspreader.

:#marseyknifecat:

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I LOVE THIS MARSEY HOLY SHIT :marseyknifecatpat:

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lovely marsey :ma#rseyfluffy:

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ETL AP here in the Bible Belt, this is concerning to my team. But we’ll keep an eye out as best we can, we’ll keep watch. I just worry what’s next, when does this stop?

Target security on the prowl in plain clothes looking people who aren't shopping here.

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Stop! Or I'll say stop again!

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Just browsing, thanks

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I’m so tired here in the south

I plum recon:marseysoutherner:

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what did these people do even 10years or so ago when people probably would yell 'queer!' or something in public :marseysaluteconfederacy:

the country has changed so rapidly on this issue, to their benefit, even in the south, and yet they still claim persecution...

or are they all just 17yr old target employees who don't know any better :marseyamazon::mcmarsey:

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So weird to see every redditor instantly calling them terrorists over a boycott. Narrative setting is real

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Still mad about the wizard game boycott and I’m guessing finally coming to terms that Reddit isn’t the real world

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Stochastic terrorism is when something I don't like happens

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it's enough to make a man seethe

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um sweaty there were chuds livestreaming their going around the store threatening hecking violence

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I guess BLM and BDS are terrorists after all

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Feel sorry for the poor workers who probably don’t even give a shit about any of this stuff and are getting verbally assaulted by wingcucks.

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They chose to be born poor and work at target.

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why would you ever feel sorry for them?

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If target is their first job and they're just teenagers, then yeah it sucks that this is their first foray into working in the real world. :marseytears:

These 25+ y/o :!marseytrain:s that are abject failures in the real world? Frick them, they deserve even worse. :marseywholesome:

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Zoomers deserve to experience shitty jobs, that keeps them from turning commie

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pretty sure that's the opposite.


Part of the fiscally-left, socially-right movement. Join today! :marseyexcited:

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yeah zoomers only work retail and restaurants and spent that money on college life, because of that they have an extremely narrow view of the value of a dollar and think they would be millionaires if the fascist overlords (their parents) would let them.

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If they are not willing to put their lives on the line to stop chuds, they are chuds themselves, and therefore not worthy of life.

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Idek what safe now means


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It's been defined for a few years now by my father. Sensitive as frick everyday.

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:pla#tyneet::m#arseyneet:

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here is the cycle

>company does train representation

>rightoid seethe

>rightoid boycott

>stock price falls

>stock price causes company to retract

>rightoids do not forgive

>but now leftoids are mad that company 'dosent care for LGHDTV'

>leftoid boycott

>stock price falls furthur

>goto line 1

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and at the end of the day: :marseysal:

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someone explain this marsey to me

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There was once this user called @Sal. Her gimick was that she would always say drama or events would happen "in two weeks". The joke being they'd never actually happen, because in two weeks, it would be another two weeks from there. That little white marsey represents her.

Last heard she has a mini stroke and now doesn't remember who they are:marseyrain:

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