Target Nixes PRIDE Merch Citing Employee Safety Concerns, 2023 BOYCOTT
Amber Duke and Jessica Burbank react to Target's cancelation of its 2024 Pride Month collection. #Pride #target
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Big corporations aren't worried about anything except profits.
@konstantinkrastev4478
21 күн бұрын
Exactly if Target had values they'd stand up for it, instead they want rainbow capitalism
@payleryder45
21 күн бұрын
LOL no.
@tonyg76
21 күн бұрын
@@payleryder45 LOL Yes!
@ye333
21 күн бұрын
Would be great if thats true.
@kgypster
20 күн бұрын
Ya they only care about money period and their stock prices especially retail
here's the real story: People aren't buying the merch.
@chadcload1349
21 күн бұрын
Why does thumbnail say 2023 boycott?
@billsmith9737
21 күн бұрын
@@chadcload1349because no one was buying it then either
@chadcload1349
21 күн бұрын
@SashaSyrup001 i see you
@ghenulo
21 күн бұрын
I've never even been in a Target.
@ericarona8599
21 күн бұрын
Ya there pride merch was trash tbh
Let’s not forget the satanic clothing for kids in target 😂😂😂
@Redblueboy11
9 күн бұрын
That wasn’t a thing.
@digi2313
9 күн бұрын
@@Redblueboy11 yeah it was . Use goggle. Or search bar 😂
It's okay to be straight.
@KonigGustavAdolph
21 күн бұрын
"wHy ArE yUo So HomOpHobiC?!?!?!"
@RaggaMatik
21 күн бұрын
It's even cool to be straight.
@SleepyLabrador-dp6em
21 күн бұрын
Im really struggling with it
@ghenulo
21 күн бұрын
The straights were never persecuted, genius.
@ghenulo
21 күн бұрын
Plus, many Ts, Qs, Is, and As are straight.
Nobody is threatened, they just aren't selling well.
@happyswim1836
21 күн бұрын
Exactly. They also racially profile black customers . We don't owe Target our money. Their electronics are horrible. And, they don't want to take it back.
@payleryder45
21 күн бұрын
@@happyswim1836 How does one "racially profile" customers?
@gervas4935
21 күн бұрын
They were selling very well at my local Target.
@lawrenceleverton7426
21 күн бұрын
@@payleryder45 Depends if they use an EBT card or not.
@alejandronopasanada5302
20 күн бұрын
@@lawrenceleverton7426quick google search says 44.6% white on EBT/SNAP and it’s been that way for decades so target racially profiles whites?
I get so sick and tired of people comparing homosexuality (behavior) with Black (a specific race of people). Behavior is different from race.
Funny how Jess wants people to live in a free society but just got done saying a football player can’t express his religious beliefs
@squatch545
21 күн бұрын
She never said that. Nice try.
@ritmo2k
21 күн бұрын
@@squatch545 No but she criticized him for expressing his views (actually, for expressing views that don't align with her narrative).
*Target: "Since introducing this year's collection, we've experienced threats impacting our team members' sense of safety and well-being while at work."* Let me translate this for you. "Sales were so bad we don't want these stuff in all our stores, just the select few where it actually sold. If you really want this stuff go online but we lost a lot of money on this last year and we don't want to do that again. Now, who can we blame?"
@snu3877
21 күн бұрын
Actually, there were safety concerns --- but NOT from conservatives. They were from the rabid and unstable trans folks and their supporter who were upset when Target was moving stuff to less prominent places after the bad press they got online. They were the ones making threats of violence.
@alejandronopasanada5302
20 күн бұрын
Exactly! I often wonder why no one goes to jail behind these threats. It’s easy to say the wrong thing out here and get traced down but not the people who threaten those who bolster their political potency by saying they were threatened. I mean do they just not follow up? If they get arrested why is it not news like the punch thing.
When in doubt pull the victim card out!
Correct Amber. Wrong Jessica. Target marketing controversy products to kids or to display to kids on purpose.
Let's be honest, it's not the threats to safety, it's the threat of financial loss. I won't shop there. Go ahead Target, sell your pride products, its a free country.
@anerrantknight8077
21 күн бұрын
@@cassiescornerreviews6884 I believe that’s what @miri-us9su supports. Diversity & freedom.
It wasn’t just “conservatives”.
@rpena0899
21 күн бұрын
The vast majority were definitely conservatives.
@tripledair
21 күн бұрын
@@rpena0899 I disagree.
@robin31165
21 күн бұрын
@@tripledair really? You're telling me that there were liberals who were bitching about pride merch at Target? Maybe I'm wrong, but I highly doubt that. Most liberals really don't care what other people are doing, wearing or selling.
@rpena0899
21 күн бұрын
I literally only heard conservatives talk about it. I follow a lot of conservative and progressive news shows and progressives covered the freak out but they didn't care about the actual clothes at all
@tripledair
21 күн бұрын
@@rpena0899 well A: you're one person, so what you "only heard" doesn't say much. B: You probably heard that because of what you "follow". But it's also important to consider that the views of a few...and when we're talking about LGBTQ we're talking about a disunified few...don't often reflect the views of the many.
Jessica is so delusional.
@SleepyLabrador-dp6em
21 күн бұрын
She puts the Dull on Delusional
@traviscutler9912
21 күн бұрын
How so?
@amanrob
21 күн бұрын
She is what happens when someone spends too much time in college studying leftist theories, but goes into the world with no experience of real life
@matstone9705
21 күн бұрын
@@amanrob"leftist theories" do colleges offer BLM 101?
@traviscutler9912
21 күн бұрын
@@amanrob what specifically did she get wrong?
Jessica clearly doesn’t know how insurance policies work. Interesting how she’s okay with property being damaged & destroyed. And no comment regarding the only confirmed bomb threat last year.
@lalaloveyou5186
17 күн бұрын
yes exactly! Their hightened insurance rates are passed off onto the consumer which hurts the community. the fact that she hasn't pondered that makes me wonder why she's even a paid commentator
Jessica needs to go check the definition of violence in a dictionary
@goingyard06
21 күн бұрын
She clearly said "colloquially" and mentioned the dictionary definition which is the definition that people only want to use when they want to demonize a peaceful protest. For the most part, when people think of the word 'violence', they do associate that with one person hurting another person, not the destruction of property.
@ye333
21 күн бұрын
@@goingyard06And those people need to understand the word better. And of course, if you think about it a bit, you would realize that it's difficult to violate other people's private property without at least threating of hurting them. 😂
@goingyard06
21 күн бұрын
@@ye333 So they threatened and hurt people to burn down the Target??? If somebody breaks into your car while you're at the movies, they threatened and hurt you in order to do it???
@SpaceMen508
18 күн бұрын
@@goingyard06 man you gotta stop changing the definitions of words only when it suits whatever narrative you are pushing. You can’t say they weren’t violent sorry.
@goingyard06
18 күн бұрын
@SpaceMen508 How did I change the definition? Did I change it to say they were ecstatic? Lackadaisical? Jolly?
"That's what insurance is for" is one of the dumbest arguments out there. I once had someone in my community say "that's what insurance is for" to people complaining about kids shooting fireworks irresponsibly close to residential homes.
@aswithinsowithout
17 күн бұрын
People who say this are clearly saying “I don’t believe in personal responsibility.”
Jessica, come on! You think that "insurance" costs nothing and doesn't divert resources from more productive uses? There can be no excuse for property crime. People are directly or indirectly being looted.
Oh my lord, condoning property damage is so disgusting. Insurance or not it’s freaking wrong.
@leechowning2712
21 күн бұрын
Insurance doesn't care about robbery anyway... I honestly wish I knew who said that stores were covered against pilfering.
Continuing to NOT shop at Target 🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️
Can we please get Amber on the main show and not just Fridays, the preparation she puts into her appearances is evident in her calm and fact based statements. It would really benefit the mon-thurs show to have actual debates and not just screaming matches.
@SpaceMen508
21 күн бұрын
She’s the best
@gregcoogan8270
21 күн бұрын
Yeah cuz someone needs to put Bri in her place!
@leechowning2712
21 күн бұрын
Thankfully, she is over on Reason the rest of the week.
@spamfilter32
21 күн бұрын
The regular show only devolves because Robbie is openly OK with tyranny and genocide.
@medhue
21 күн бұрын
Ditto!!!
Jessica is entirely too glib about the violence that often comes with property damage, as well as how easy it is for stores to deal with theft due to being covered by insurance. You think insurance companies don't raise their rates when claims are filed? Or even drop coverage entirely? So the stores don't need to make money because .... insurance ... and now the insurance companies don't need to make money because ... what? Think better, Jessica. On these matters, it is very easy, and she isn't dumb, so she's just being glib at best and even disingenuous. Not a good look.
@squatch545
21 күн бұрын
Insurance companies don't raise their rates by the amount of the cost of the damage. The store's premiums go up a bit, but they are covered and don't have to face the full cost of damages.
@user-ps1ft1hy4j
21 күн бұрын
@@squatch545 The problem is not necessarily of immediate damages, but that the insurance company gets alerted to reconsider your long-term risk. This can render a company uninsurable, either because the company can no longer afford the insurance or because the insurer can no longer afford to insure. Or merely finds it unprofitable to do so. Companies, like individuals, can be and indeed have had their rates raised significantly or even been dropped as customers. Insurance companies are not in the business of paying out claims at a loss, and regularly petition the government, where necessary, to drop unprofitable clients. And often it's just not necessary.
@squatch545
21 күн бұрын
@@user-ps1ft1hy4j Target is in no danger of being dropped as an insurance client. They are a huge chain that any insurance company will hold onto as much as possible.
So target is essentially digging their hole deeper by blaming angry customers? Lol. Never going back to their stores.
@lawrenceleverton7426
21 күн бұрын
So you got uni bathrooms and angry customers. Best Place to spend my dime. Do I get to dodge bullets also. Got to keep up my cardio routine. Go to Target and perhaps walk away with a wound, and less money in my wallet. Yee Haa win win.
The only violence was against their profits. No corp, has ever prioritized it's employees over profits, you have to be kidding me even thinking that.
@kristenmarie9248
20 күн бұрын
Exactly. 💯
The sales are down at Target because the middel class is being squeezed out in this economy.
Nice to see two anchors at the hill who can work together
@gervas4935
21 күн бұрын
I dont see any man wanting to mrary them.
I am going to give myself a pat on the back here, because I haven't shopped at Target since all of this went down last year. I don't miss it at all.
I love insurance because all my premiums are free. Such a 🤡.
@jaysonseppala354
21 күн бұрын
Yes, because increase in risk of property loss wouldn't cause the insurance to increase. Submitting a claim has never resulted in a premium increase. Jessica really is clueless.
@thinkingimpaired5663
21 күн бұрын
@@jaysonseppala354 thank you!
@squatch545
21 күн бұрын
@@jaysonseppala354 Insurance claims don't increase by the amount of the cost of the claim.
Good! We dont need a Pride Month, its gotten ridiculously out of hand and obnoxious. A Pride Day or Pride Week is more than adequate.. Why dont these virtue signaling companies post the pride colors in the Muslim countries these companies do business in? They feel free to force their virtue signaling to Americans but not to Middel Eastern residents
Businesses are all about making money they dont care about anything else
@spamfilter32
21 күн бұрын
Business don't care about anything g, but the CEO's do have a personal political agenda, and they embezzlement from the companies they run to push that personal political agenda.
@medhue
21 күн бұрын
Only when they have government to protect them. When they do not, then they have to cater to consumers.
America is sick of woke. The pendulum is swinging
@squatch545
21 күн бұрын
As soon as you use the word 'woke' you lose all credibility. The pendulum is swinging.
Also to assume employees were totally comfortable with mass crowds breaking windows and stealing mass quantities of goods is ridiculous. Of course they felt fear and threatened
@lisacollins3304
21 күн бұрын
Thank you!
Straight Pride
@pattytrevino2869
21 күн бұрын
At this point, neither should exist 😊
@p.w.352
21 күн бұрын
Pride is not a virtue.
@Sir-.-
21 күн бұрын
@@p.w.352 not anymore because vanity replaced it
Companies are obligated to provide a safe workplace for their employees by law.
Honestly don’t even agree with all of Amber’s views but she does seem consistently more prepared than Jessica.
@brianbauer8761
21 күн бұрын
Because lefties believe their opinion is fact
@musicalbenches
20 күн бұрын
Jessica is prepared. That’s her honest understanding of the topics.
So Fair minded people and families are all conservatives as that's supposed to be bad?🤔
Leave the kids out of it end of story why is that so hard to understand
Freedom of expression sure, but public indecency, drag shows for kids, the right that matters most here is the right for parents to protect children
I thought this was the angry lady channel? These two speak common sense and should be the main show.
@trueglitterdust
21 күн бұрын
Nah….too boring
No Jessica, people just don't want this 💩 pushed on them. Stop being disingenuous.
If I was a fly on the wall in the room this is how I think it went down. Target CEO: "We have extremely low sales of these products in cities that do not have a large population of LGBTQIA people, should we send products to stores that don't have a good sales history of these items, based on the analytics suipplied by the Supply Chain Team it cost an extra 25 cents per item to ship to stores. I think we should be more selective and consider cost before we roll out to all stores. what are your thoughts my group of minions?" All minions in the room agree and say yes we should only ship to stores with a high sales volume due to increase cost. One minion says "I think we will get push back form the LGBTQIA community for not offering nation wide?" CEO: "That is a good point...Yes I expect pushback as well, HMM. any thoughts?" Minion 2 of 20 says "Last year some employees felt threatened and harrased and unsafe by customers that disagree with us selling this merchandise, I say never let a crisis go to waste, spin it that we care about our employees safety is why we are more selective this year." CEO says: "Dang minion 2 that is a great idea, why didn't I think of that." Minion 2 gets promoted and the cycle continues.
I'm favoured, Getting my own Truck has always been my Dream for my business. I just acquired 2 recently, earning $72K weekly has been really helpful. I can now give back to the locals in my community and also support Charity Organizations.
@Mathilda668
21 күн бұрын
Hello how do you make such weekly?? I'm a born Christian and sometimes I feel so down of myself because of low finance but I still believe in God.
@JamieLynn41
21 күн бұрын
Thanks to Andrea Sheryl Fox.
@JamieLynn41
21 күн бұрын
She's a licensed broker here in the states
@Ernest859
21 күн бұрын
YES! That's exactly her name (Andrea Sheryl Fox) I watched her interview on CNN News and so many people recommended highly about her and her trading skills.❤️
@Beatrice5875
21 күн бұрын
I googled about her and yes, she's won my heart. She just gained herself a new client
Marketing and capitalism is what’s king 👑 in America 🇺🇸
@xonerin
21 күн бұрын
How about some White Pride Merc for marketing we want to be inclusive dont you?
@13Liberty50
21 күн бұрын
bullsht
@medhue
21 күн бұрын
Actually, in a pure free market, the consumer is king. When government gets involved, now the company is king, as the government wants them to make as much as possible, so they pay more in taxes. Just keep government out of the market and the corporations have to cater to the consumer.
@rolffriis5149
21 күн бұрын
@@medhuecorporations own our government.
@roolyfe
21 күн бұрын
@@medhue I am a capitalist free enterprise
Boycott still on. Tell everyone you know to cancel their redcard and never shop at Target again.
"Nobody was upset for target having a pride display." Huh? 😳
@user-uw4jw8lz3q
21 күн бұрын
Next sentence: "They were upset because the Pride display included products that were marketed for children."
I'm still not sure why retailers or businesses in general need to be involved in any of these causes. They're businesses.
Tucking and chest binders for children...and they get upset that we call them groomers.
I wouldn't shop at Target if they sold that stuff.
@keepthefaith1973
21 күн бұрын
I haven't since they pulled there junck last years they think buy taking it out of some stores fixes the issue sorry they'll never get my business again. When you sell your self to satan its all down hill from their.
Jessica your break down of they don't care about the cause they care about the money is spot on. You're right. Target not selling it to protect their employees is simply logical
13 yo mastectomies (used by target to advertise😰)should NEVER be acceptable 💔
We don't need to have it in the stores and no one is buying it I see it all over stores like 5 below and dirt cheap , It is a nitch product and like all the pride stuff like parades and stuff to each his own
Its not always a question of demand, that drives the supply. Marketing only exists to make the opposite happen. Propaganda and the brainwashing of ideologues can drive suppliers to offer, what in the first place nobody has asked for.
In target there was a tag that said that the person that made that stuff is a saintness so that is another reason why they boycotted don't forget to mention that
@robin31165
21 күн бұрын
What's a saintness?????
I am happy Target has dialed back the pride merch, but I will still be boycotting until I see that they are not targeting kids with pride merch during 2924 pride month.
B. 0m b threats were called in to multiple stores by the ABCXYZ community. Nobody remembers that? C'mon.
They pushed it way too far..."
Sure, theft insurance is free! I’m sure there aren’t any imaginary premiums that skyrocket when claims are used over and over.
As a supermarket district manager with 25 years in the business…. There is no such thing as theft insurance. At least in grocery, I’m not sure about places like target.
@leechowning2712
21 күн бұрын
I honestly don't know where that came from... Because no small business insurance that I presently know of includes that. None. In order for my insurance to even care I would have to have a severe looting event or something similar.
@spamfilter32
21 күн бұрын
Oh, hello liar. I can personally verify that such a thing exists having also worked in retail at a management position. Shrinkage, as it is called is an accepted part of business and built into retail insurance. Just like it is in your homeowners and renters insurance.
@lovetron3628
21 күн бұрын
@@spamfilter32 shrink is forecasted and included in an operating budget quarterly, but in no way are you reimbursed for it via insurance. Shrink is part of a cost to do business but stores close when they can’t get their shrink under control. How much P&L analysis have you had to do as a “manager” in your company?? Or are you at a department manager level?
@happyswim1836
21 күн бұрын
Retail does have theft insurance. They call it "shortages.'
@happyswim1836
21 күн бұрын
This the conveniently timed riots during pandemic.@@leechowning2712
An easy excuse to bow out of the bloodbath lol
“Of course a corporation is going to choose the safety of their employees over the products they’re selling.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Yeah Corporations Do That ALL THE TIME EVERYDAY OF THE WEEK 365!🤣🤣🤣🤣
Even if you don’t like the merch, it’s sad the reason has to be because of employee safety due to the bad behavior of “customers”’last year. The everyday employees shouldn’t have to deal with being threatened or harassed. They definitely don’t get paid enough for that. If nobody buys the products then they won’t be sold next season. And if people do buy the product that you don’t like, tough. It’s their money.
@michaeldileo8815
21 күн бұрын
But it's simply not true that the employees were being threatened with violence over this. You fed into the lie like most people who don't do their own research.
@Ray03595
21 күн бұрын
@@michaeldileo8815 more than enough vids went around last summer of people harassing the workers. I did do my own research. I’m not in the mood for any of the conspiracies you’re about to cook up either. Find someone else.
Holy cow I kind of agree with Jessica. Might be a first. Money is king.
Does she know that insurance rates go up drastically when a neighborhood gets constantly looted?
I’m protected by insurance so go ahead and take!
I doubt that there were "threats". They noticed that their sales and profits are down because people are boycotting their stores. Why are there so many LIARS in this country?
"Threats" yes Jessica just swallow the corporate speak hook, line and sinker without even questioning it
All of this BS over kids clothes in a a store? Parents becme so upset over a book on a library shelf that kids will never read because they have no idea what a library is. They are to engulfed in their smart phones given to them by their parents who dispute the books in the school library.
same people that want the Kansas City kicker fired are outraged at this
Jessica, insurance companies are not in the business of losing money. That's insane to say well it's ok to steal and vandalize because of insurance covering it. So.... premium goes up and then passes the cost off to the consumer. She's a mor on. (Spelled wrong on purpose so not auto deleted by algorithm)
They should just list it online. Then people can scroll to it, or away from it without affecting the people in the store.
Ah yes the noble insurance industry that always honors it's agreements and won't raise you prices or drop you if you actually use their service.
Several times I've heard her say she's a member of the community...which letter exactly is she?
They finally realized. Thank God!
@happyswim1836
21 күн бұрын
They aren't changing. Don't be fooled.
Why are they so violent
I see .Because you have insurance let them do what they want .
Refusing to do business with target is non-violence!!!
Ugh, "pride month" again? I'm an A myself, but we don't need all this commercialism.
Can we please get an anchor who is a parent!!!!
It’s not just a rainbow. You obviously have not paid attention to the text. They put on the shirts.
What do the letters I A + in the LGBTQIA+ stand for? Pretty soon it will be 26 letters long with all the possible symbols included. They just need to come up with an agreeable one word term that incorporates all the different ones.
The same mindset that thinks everything is just paid for by insurance so its ok, doesnt effect me is kind of disproven by recent housing costs, where the price of insurance has driven home owners to move. See Florida
Well now they can lose the people who want the pride merch there.
6:02 shes so clueless
ACE Hardware sent me a "Happy Birthday" card last June with a he/she on the card. I didn`t go near the place for over a month.
I prefer these two ladies. I only listen on Fridays when they are on.
But Jessica they shut those stores down!
what a huge waste of time and energy
$$$ Dose the job. Just do not shop. It is free of charge.
Good!
No one is threatening violence against Target employees because Target is carrying that merch. Totally ridiculous
@kristenmarie9248
20 күн бұрын
B. 0. M. b. threats don't count as violence? C'mon. Did you forget about the LGBTQ community calling those in to multiple stores?
I loved targets pride merch!!!
Are we going to gloss over the fact that Jessica compared dietary choices to human sexuality?
Watching conservatives talk about “free speech” but freak out how people wear clothe is comical.
@humanbeing3777
11 күн бұрын
The Freedom of Speech is an enshrined Constitutional right.That being said,noone is obligated to agree or not be offended at that speech.
Target targets little kids. My family and I are done with them.
We are back to the jim crow times. Land of the Free for only some.
30 plus people died in the “summer of love “ Jessica .. none for target over this … Jessica owned again
Yeah that’s just terrorism.
Actually, it's really just not markable, and in reality it segregated a community. Buy what you want, fly your flag. Theres nothing but money on the bottom line.
Amber is logical, Jessica delusional
Great news!
lol jessica just said her form of terrorism is ok even tho both forms of terrorism was her team, but doesn't care to denounce it