cooper wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 1:55 pm They stumbled into briefly doing the right thing here, so they can have a tip of the hat from me. But that's all.

We kind of need a lot more than this. We all need to be working hard to protect our neighbors when they're singled out. Right now it's our LGBTQ+ and especially trans friends that need us. We can't count on corporations to lead the way. That's not what they do.

BearPaws wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 11:40 pm

cooper wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 1:55 pm They stumbled into briefly doing the right thing here, so they can have a tip of the hat from me. But that's all.

We kind of need a lot more than this. We all need to be working hard to protect our neighbors when they're singled out. Right now it's our LGBTQ+ and especially trans friends that need us. We can't count on corporations to lead the way. That's not what they do.

The term I'm hearing is "rainbow capitalism," implying that it's a marketing ploy to gain market share. They don't care--corporations don't often have feelings--they just want to get more people to buy their product.

Target is coming under scrutiny from bigots for having Pride displays, and from the LGBTQ+ community for moving or pulling those displays based on a couple of complaints from vocal bigots, with the latter heat saying that Target folding is proof that it was only about profit motive in the first place.

I get that the first commandment of a business is to bring in profits to self-perpetuate, but sheesh.

BearPaws wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 11:40 pm The term I'm hearing is "rainbow capitalism," implying that it's a marketing ploy to gain market share. They don't care--corporations don't often have feelings--they just want to get more people to buy their product.

sig230 wrote: Fri May 26, 2023 8:33 am The problem is not simple. Target has had incidents of their employees being abused and physically threatened.

highdesert wrote: Fri May 26, 2023 8:56 am

BearPaws wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 11:40 pm The term I'm hearing is "rainbow capitalism," implying that it's a marketing ploy to gain market share. They don't care--corporations don't often have feelings--they just want to get more people to buy their product.

Yup, corporations are in the business of making money and they market goods for holidays and even entire months, at Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanza, Easter, Graduation, July 4th ... Pride Month is just another occasion where they they are marketing to a target group. They haven't pledged loyalty to the LGBT community, their jobs are making money and advancing the corporation.