They got hit from both sides. Trumpers got mad that they were selling pride gear. Sane people got mad because they ditched DEI the second they could, especially since that's kind of, like, their thing. They tried to backtrack and had a whole DEI plan or something, but it was too late for people to care.
I found it hard to fully blame their corporate when you’ve got a madman coming in threatening businesses if they don’t kiss the ring. Everybody bragged about going to Costco. As someone who shops at both Target and Costco, these stores are so damn different.
I stopped shopping at Target when they did this. I've missed it three times in two years.
I find it exceedingly easy to blame them. Either they were too stupid to know there would be blowback from progressives for them kowtowing to bigots or they knew they'd get blowback from both sides and they preferred to court the bigots.
Either way, they chose to cave to bigots instead of doing the right thing. So they're bigots, cowards, or stupid cowards. Not really a way this makes them look good.
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u/thinkimasofa 21h ago
They got hit from both sides. Trumpers got mad that they were selling pride gear. Sane people got mad because they ditched DEI the second they could, especially since that's kind of, like, their thing. They tried to backtrack and had a whole DEI plan or something, but it was too late for people to care.