I used to work at target and their "allyship" is surface level at best. It was cool to be able to have my name on my badge before I went through the legal process, but target is still a capitalist hell-hole that pulls scheduling shit to make sure workers stay under the hours they need to get benefits or overtime even when it's needed. A lot of the core message of the original gay liberation movement was also very anti-capitalist. Also shout out to GIlbert Baker (Z"l) who made the original Pride flag.

REMEMBER if anybody complains about the queers having a "whole month" and vets having "one day" ask them what all they did to observe/celebrate Military Appreciation Month (May).

@MovieEggman

2 ай бұрын

These are the same people who complain about Black History Month (February) so they’re just racists.

@anaiaheleanor

2 ай бұрын

It's a self-defeating argument. Why do we celebrate anything? If they want veterans to be celebrated for more than one day, then why don't they f**king do it?? Get off our goddamned backs for having a party no one invited you to.

@jaynederp5236

2 ай бұрын

This comment needs to be pinned! Nobody talks about this!

@07Flash11MRC

2 ай бұрын

There are 2 other months appreciating military and dozens of single days that nearly add up to a total of 4 months per year.

@lkeke35

2 ай бұрын

Good one. Just about every group in the US has a day or month set aside. all it takes is a quick Google search if they actually cared!

Queer people made Conservatives scared of rainbows, that’s simply amazing.

@rodicow3491

2 ай бұрын

Turns out conservatives were the real snow flakes all along.

@VoxNdoc

2 ай бұрын

​@@yamibakura8597"gaybow" ok homophobe, it's still a rainbow even if it's not every color under the sun.

@Ayyylien51

2 ай бұрын

The gays have made them afraid of colored TV, they are nostalgic for the age of silent film.

@nicholasrodinos4701

2 ай бұрын

@@rodicow3491 I mean look up Alabama Senate Bill 129. They were always snowflakes.

@The-Sniffer-Fox

Ай бұрын

They're scared of the refraction of light.

Around 7 mins you ask the question 'why don't they hire private security' and the answer is very simple. It's not homophobia or queerphobia, it's simply MONEY. They likely applied a simple formula: projected profit from LGBTQ+ merchandise - (cost of hiring private security x number of locations) = profits. If the cost of hiring security is higher than the money they would take in, then they won't do it. Because nothing matters more to these giant corporations than the Almighty Dollar. The only reason corporations like Target started catering to the queer community in the first place is because we made it profitable for them. Now that they can't make enough money off us, they don't want to do it any more. It's shitty and greedy, but its the frustrating truth

@lkeke35

2 ай бұрын

Spot on!!!

@saltydinonuggies1841

2 ай бұрын

Yup rainbow capitalism strikes again

@GaryNac

2 ай бұрын

Yes not only are they bunch of cowards who cave to threats made by another group of cowards who are not likely even going to do anything anyway but they are also too damn cheap to beef up security when threats are being made.

@GaryNac

2 ай бұрын

Even assuming that the people who run Target might be liberal in practice money and the Almighty Dollar matters even more particularly in this situation.

As always, corpo pride isnt real pride.

Regarding "Why aren't you just hiring some security guys ... check if all your cameras are working?" There have been instances where people have been threatened, beaten up, even murdered in broad daylight for *asking* someone to put on a mask during a raging pandemic. Target would have to put their security guards in SWAT armor for them to feel relatively safe about stopping domestic terrorists from destroying rainbow t-shirts in the stores. And cameras won't do shit. Those aholes are literally filming themselves doing that shit and upload it proudly to their social media in HD and 60fps. What's a security camera compared to that? They aren't afraid of getting caught. Some of them may even count on it to become a martyr or whatever goes on in those rotten brains. For as little as it's worth, my heart goes out to all queer people stuck in red states.

@404maxnotfound

2 ай бұрын

No because the people who would do those actions can just travel to a target that sells pride merch also those types of people can live in blue states too. So it's not protecting anyone. If they actually cared about safety they could have sold entirely online. It's not cus safety but profits. When that whole stanley cup thing happened and people got hurt badly I didn't see any product removals from stores, I saw them paying for security. As the stanley cups made them so much profit they couldn't remove it from the shelves. Pride merch in a red state doesn't make much profit so it would be cheaper to remove it from the sheleves then hire security.

I grew up in the 1970's and 80's. We didn't have a Pride parade. Me had marches and protests. Our friends and family members were being killed by a disease that was at the time a death sentence. We didn't need Target or Nike or any company to sell us stuff. We made our own t shits , hats and coffee mugs. I handed out fust fulls of condoms and went to real queer owned businesses. There is nothing like getting a cup of coffee and a copy of the comic book "Love and Rockets" with simeone special you met at the local watering hole. Back to true pride and resistance this year!🌈🏳️‍⚧️

@juliaskalla3979

2 ай бұрын

🌈🏳‍⚧🏳‍🌈

@saltydinonuggies1841

2 ай бұрын

Yes!!!! I would love to see small business and queer owned shops at pride rather than these big corporations!!! My favorite pride I’ve ever been to was just a bunch of small businesses setting up their tents and stuff in a little back alley. It was the most fun pride I’ve ever been too. It was tiny but everyone was wonderful!!! I’ve seen multiple,e of those businesses at different ren fairies and such since and it’s always great to say hi!!

Giant mood all around and I gotta point out the irony on people screeching that pride is a sin and then two seconds later they sure have a lot of Pride in their country and they do not see the irony or hypocrisy of it.

@loganskiwyse7823

2 ай бұрын

Worse, as a Veteran, the vast majority of those insisting they have pride in America are more anti-American than anyone in any of the diversity groups. Neurodivergent or LGBT+.

@MinistryofPeace

Ай бұрын

Celebrating personal sexual preferences? So not happening.

@rodicow3491

Ай бұрын

@@MinistryofPeace How is what you said even relevant to my comment? But also, thanks for engaging with the video and boosting its signal against bigotry!

@loganskiwyse7823

Ай бұрын

@@MinistryofPeace Is being autistic a preference? Because in both cases you are born a given way. Meaning it is not a choice. So, I shouldn't celebrate my life as it actually is because it makes you uncomfortable. Sounds like a you problem to me.

@MinistryofPeace

Ай бұрын

@@rodicow3491 Let me go slower for you. Celebrating pride in your country versus pride in others personal sexual preferences (other than hetero). What makes you think people should celebrate abnormal sexual choices? This is something to take pride in? Ridiculous.

We will stand by queer people!* *To the extent that the communities around us are willing to stand by them and as long as it's convenient and profitable to do so.

How is this even legal. How do they don't know they are the bad guys

@RoseIceTea

2 ай бұрын

think they know or they just can't think for themselves

@herotyranus6540

2 ай бұрын

They know and don’t care.

@anothercub6958

2 ай бұрын

Because their way of life is being threatened, duh! /j

They better not show up at pride then.

I only ever shopped at target during pride to drop some rainbow bucks in support, but I guess they won't even be getting that from me. Oh well.

@MinistryofPeace

Ай бұрын

I stopped shopping at Target for a year after their "Pride" endorsement. And I guarantee me and many other parents like me spend way more money at Target than the 2% of the population they were catering to. They took a huge financial loss catering to the woke mob.

This is a really interesting choice, and absolute rubbish. They’re a company, I get that they need to look out for their employees as well. But not selling products or limiting them to liberal areas? Seriously? Giving in to (borderline) terrorism isn’t the right course of action. It mentions the same point in the video, but security should be ideal. Target makes *billions* annually, they can make room in their budget for extra security.

they didn’t want to hire security for each location, especially in a gun-nut paradise like U.S. enjoy all this American “freedom” don’t you feel “free” this is the beating heart of American “exceptionalism”

@42words

2 ай бұрын

"AN' IF'N YEW DON'T _LIKE_ IT YEW KIN *_GIT_* OUT [two _'angry'_ emoji, one _'Liberian flag'_ emoji]" --dumpy weirdos scared of rainbows

This is a litmus test for democracy in general. It always is. Stay strong!

Threaten them to bring it back then, it's a corporation.

@leeroythegoose1266

2 ай бұрын

Then they will feel even more justified in hating us

@AetherealProcyon

2 ай бұрын

Take your money elsewhere, Target is just red Walmart anyway.

@justanidiotmk2749

2 ай бұрын

@@leeroythegoose1266 who cares? If they get upset at someone else using their tactics they can just eat curb.

@anothercub6958

2 ай бұрын

​​​@@leeroythegoose1266 Why must we stay on our high horses when the land below us is littered with bodies? Civility politics and being the model minority do nothing to make change against deeply rooted issues in the system. Besides that, I think it's pretty obvious that no matter what queer people do, these people will always find faults with us. Just take a look at every single "good gay" pundit in modern conservative spaces. Despite parroting the conservative talking points, conservatives in those people's audiences still find issue with them.

@saltydinonuggies1841

2 ай бұрын

@@AetherealProcyonyeah there’s plenty of places now that have pride merch and even companies that actually give money to lgbt organizations and stuff. You don’t have to go to a place like target that is just doing rainbow capitalism. They don’t care about lgbt people they care about money. Which all corporations do, obviously. But some companies use their money better than target does,

"Foreign terrorists" I'm more worried about domestic terrorists organizations...

Better off supporting actual LGBT+ artists off Etsy anyways. Fuck those corporations.

@elizawulf8180

2 ай бұрын

This and LGBTQ+ media (Art, crafts, animation, dance, acting, writing, games, news, sports...)

Target cares more about bad pr and spending less money rather then caring about queer people or the safety of it's employees. Like most of last year was just a relatively harmless fools yelling into a camera in a few stores and maybe knocking stuff down. If they actually cared they pay for more security like they payed for security guards for the whole stanley cup thing Also love how they kinda just exposed the fact it's just an issue of profit for them. The products were not selling in a certain region so they are only focusing on regions that profit but of course it would be bad they removed pride stuff just because they are greedy and don't want to loose any money, so they made an excuse about it being a safety issue.

Yeah, its that time of year again. Its time for the hate crimes to ramp up for the Summer! Please be safe everybody. Use the buddy system, have your friends on speed dial to check on everyone's safety, and if someone, or someplace starts to feel sus, gtfo of there!

If Target doesn't want my support, they won't get it.

🤦‍♂️ you never negotiate with terrorists' this will embolden them.

Boycott? Boycott.

Target came up here to Canada but didn't last long. Probably for the best

Oh, I thought someone uploaded CSGO video when I saw the notification 😢

They did this last year, why I thought Target was always progressive?

this a repost from last year smh my head 🤣🤣🤦 edit: upon further investigation, i have learned that the video is _not_ a "repost"; rather, the story _itself_ [ i.e., _"sweaty weirdos hate rainbows, Target agrees"_ ] is one we've seen played out beat-for-beat before ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

The mid video promos always make me think the video is done. Almost tuned out a few times because of it

Uugh freakin target… just another company trying to cash in on a human rights movement, without upsetting anyone who is opposed to the group having rights

that's anti capitalism

The funniest thing would be if companies started selling actual rainbow merch that has the 7 colors of the rainbow instead of the 6 colors of the basic pride flag.

I laugh every time somebody says the LGBT community is not oppressed or in danger. Well this proves otherwise

@cupidlsu

2 ай бұрын

Yes, but you have to find somewhere else to spend your money, especially for groceries. They are still the best chain in some areas, unfortunately.

@Mr.Robbie34

2 ай бұрын

@@cupidlsu I go to ALDI for my groceries I still shop at Target because I'm not going to let Dillweeds keep my from shopping where I want.

And this is why we march.

Its so weird as a queer person to be stronger and more threatening than an ICBM

@jesipohl6717

Ай бұрын

I like the right to bear arms, they are so full of strength, compassion and soft yet wirey hair.

At around 5:50 "buy one of these hoodies that I'm wearing" That's a cat though

I was looking forward to seeing a pride display this year, however I live in a red state, so this year it’s extremely unlikely.

@jesipohl6717

Ай бұрын

I left my red state 18 years ago, compared to my friends I'm happier and better off, I can highly recommend the strategy of contacting queer community groups from out of state to try and move b4 the storm. Some in-state groups might help you figure out where you could go and how to find financial or community support to do so. Limited resources, but people are passionate. I totally understand standing your ground, but just in case

14:30 "Why aren't the police availible?" The off duty ones are some of the ones doing this stuff, like with January 6th

Their success here will only enforce and enable these issues to continue in the future…

Even if the people in charge of Target might be pretty liberal or what not the fact that they get rid of there lbgtq merchandise and stuff like that just because certain people start yelling and making threats make them look like cowards.

As much as I don't agree with a number of Target's practices, I don't blame them here. Safety for the people in your building is reason enough.

@eldrideinherjar6711

2 ай бұрын

I think blaming target was never the point here

@Thelona

2 ай бұрын

@@eldrideinherjar6711 Yeah the situation that put them here sucks.

@jesipohl6717

Ай бұрын

Target is only willing to sacrifice its employees for profit.

It's a business not a political outlet. If something is not a good business decision that makes a profit then it wont be implemented - bottom line.

Happy pride 😊☀ 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💛🤍💜🖤

Day late, dollar short. They'll be filing for bankruptcy in no time.

I'll still go since they probably will keep them here. Corporations only love the bottom line since they are deadbeat tops 😂

And i was going to buy some in june...oh well..

It deleted my comment🤣is their a way to bring it back i was long winded and do not want to type that all again?

@LuxanderReal

2 ай бұрын

KZread deleted it automatically, I'm afraid

Time to speak with your wallets. Don't spend your money in target (anymore). Money and numbers is the only thing they care about.

Respectfully you're advocating the conservative position: respond to violence with guns and more violence. I agree with Target. If it's not safe, the message to trans people is: be on your guard here. Evil lurks.

@eldrideinherjar6711

2 ай бұрын

Self-Defense is *not* the same thing as being an aggressor like the Conservatives are. So you can keep your pamby-wamby, bleeding-heart, pussywillow, Charles-Xavier-sounding-@$$ pacifism to yourself.

@Lexi_Zone

2 ай бұрын

That's a very liberal thing to say.

20 years ago this was a non issue, nobody gave a shit and we lived our lives, just learn to ignore the hate if you are so pressed lmao.

@anothercub6958

2 ай бұрын

I too, like ignoring the point of the videos I watch. Ffs 20 years ago, it was still socially acceptable to bully the shit out of queer kids, gay marriage wasn't legalized, etc. This shit "wasn't an issue" because things were WORSE

@TheRealQuartz

2 ай бұрын

@@anothercub6958 you right honestly, this comment was when I was drunk so I get in the feelings about that sorta thing being Bi myself, but honestly the whole things a shitshow anyways so its kinda better to just watch the video and move on with your life because unless you are effected by it, its not really your problem nor mine.

@anothercub6958

2 ай бұрын

@@TheRealQuartz Oh okay, so we ARE just gonna ignore whatever problems happen because we should only care about things that directly inconvenience us.

@forgenorman3025

2 ай бұрын

@@TheRealQuartz Someone wanting to delete me from existence isn't my problem? You've got a weird way of talking about these issues, as if we can just ignore the hatred and violence directed at us. You know there's a Trans Day of Remembrance, right? Because we get k---ed enough to need one! Protip, don't post when you're drunk. Honestly, maybe don't post sober either.