Thread: Target Has Declared War on Gender. Should We Boycott? - Michael Brown

Should we boycott companies that support LGBT activism?

Well, if we decided to boycott every company that did, it would be almost impossible to live and function in America today. We'd just about have to switch off our computers, turn in our cell phones, and walk instead of drive a car or fly. We'd have to stop shopping at lots of our favorite stores, stop eating at lots of our favorite restaurants, and stop using our favorite credit cards.

But there are times when a company crosses a line and when we have to say: In good conscience, we cannot give you our business. By making its bathrooms and dressing rooms gender-neutral, Target has crossed that line.

That's why the American Family Association's call to boycott Target garnered more than half a million signatures within its first week.

People have said, "Enough is enough!" — and for good reason. Just think: Target has declared war on gender.

Last year, Target announced that it was doing away with boy's toys and girl's toys. Instead, all toy aisles are now gender neutral, since Target didn't want to promote gender-stereotyping — as if it's bad to say that most boys prefer GI Joe toys to Little Princess toys or most girls prefer doll houses to Nerf guns or girls like pink and boys like blue.

In their own words, "In the Toys aisles, we'll also remove reference to gender, including the use of pink, blue, yellow or green paper on the back walls of our shelves."

So, Target will offend the vast majority of its customers rather than offend a handful of customers who have a problem with gender distinctions.

This is cultural madness.

Now Target has gone even further, imposing the struggles of less than 1 percent of the population on the rights of the other 99 percent.

To add insult to injury, a Target rep on Facebook suggested that those who had a problem with this could use the handicapped bathroom!

So, rather than telling the less than 1 percent who struggle with their gender identity to use the handicapped bathroom, Target is telling them to use the larger men's and ladies' bathrooms, while telling the 99 percent to use the single handicapped facility.

This is just plain insanity.

It's like the elementary school that announced that next year, little Johnny would be coming to school as Jane, and if any students or parents or teachers had a problem with this, the school would offer them free counseling.

They should have offered free counseling to Johnny.

And remember: This was Target's official statement: "Inclusivity is a core belief at Target. It's something we celebrate. We stand for equality and equity, and strive to make our guests and team members feel accepted, respected and welcomed in our stores and workplaces every day."

In reality, what Target means is this: "Exclusivity is a core belief at Target, and if you don't accept our radical transgender activism, you will not feel accepted, respected and welcomed in our stores and workplaces every day — in particular, if you don't want to expose your kids to grown men in the ladies' rooms or you're uncomfortable sharing a fitting room with someone of the opposite sex."

Target has crossed a line, and that's why millions of Americans will soon be saying to Target, "We used to love shopping in your stores, but your radical activism and your scorning of our concerns has driven us away."

https://stream.org/target-declared-w...ld-we-boycott/

Responding to Christians Who Oppose the Target Boycott

Michael Brown

Once I learned of their Pro-LGBT stance, I made a conscious decision to never shop at Home Depot - Lowe's is just fine.

I don't shop at Target that much, so it wouldn't be a big deal for me to take my business elsewhere - And that's what I plan to do from now on.

I don't shout my decisions from the rooftop to people, but if the subject comes up, I don't hesitate to take a stand for righteousness either.

Originally Posted by fuego

To add insult to injury, a Target rep on Facebook suggested that those who had a problem with this could use the handicapped bathroom!

So, rather than telling the less than 1 percent who struggle with their gender identity to use the handicapped bathroom, Target is telling them to use the larger men's and ladies' bathrooms, while telling the 99 percent to use the single handicapped facility...

Transgenders have been offered their own unisex bathrooms but they say that makes them feel different, that its discriminating and it isolates them...in other words, you HAVE to let us have our way or we'll feel emotionally damaged.

Here's where you can sign the Target Boycott Petition, I just signed it tonight:

https://www.afa.net/action-alerts/si...target-pledge/

Originally Posted by Valiant Woman

I received a Target gift card for my birthday a few weeks ago. I spent it before the boycott was announced. But while there, I discovered a particular low carb drink (Bai) I'd been looking for.

I was so happy because I'd been looking for it for over a year since Reasor's stopped selling it. I'm not a regular Target customer, but I'm going to have a difficult time boycotting them knowing they're the only store that sells one of my favorite beverages.

I hope this helps! http://www.drinkbai.com/locator

Originally Posted by Valiant Woman

I received a Target gift card for my birthday a few weeks ago. I spent it before the boycott was announced. But while there, I discovered a particular low carb drink (Bai) I'd been looking for.

I was so happy because I'd been looking for it for over a year since Reasor's stopped selling it. I'm not a regular Target customer, but I'm going to have a difficult time boycotting them knowing they're the only store that sells one of my favorite beverages.

You could try to find it online too...Amazon for one carries it:

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&key...l_21o7ichx78_b

Target’s Stock Down 5 Percent, Brand Damaged, by Public Rebuke to Pro-Transgender Bathroom Rules

-Target’s stock price and its favorability among shoppers are crashing as the public rebukes the retail giant for ignoring their vigorous protest against mixed-sex changing rooms and bathrooms.

The company’s stock was two cents shy of $84 on April 19, when it revealed it would not allow shoppers to use single-sex bathrooms or changing rooms. Instead, all rooms were opened up to anyone claiming to be of either sex. As of 4.00 p.m. Friday, the stock had dropped almost $4.50, down to $79.50.

That’s a huge loss of 5 percent in stock value, costing shareholders roughly $2.5 billion in company value.

In between those two dates, more than one million people had signed a boycott petition sponsored by the American Family Association. Public opinion also shifted strongly in favor of single-sex bathrooms.
The damage to Target’s favorability is also being tracked by YouGov’s BrandIndex service.

By April 27, “The percentage of consumers who would consider buying items at Target the next time they want to go shopping at a department store dropped from 42% to 38% over the past two weeks,” YouGov reported April 29. That’s a 10 percent drop, likely fueled by social-media conversations via Facebook and various news sites...

http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...throom3738191/

Sweet.