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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[@user-eg6nq7qt8c]

here's the real story: People aren't buying the merch.

[@chadcload1349]

Why does thumbnail say 2023 boycott?

[@billsmith9737]

@@chadcload1349because no one was buying it then either

[@chadcload1349]

@SashaSyrup001 i see you

[@ghenulo]

I've never even been in a Target.

[@ericarona8599]

Ya there pride merch was trash tbh

[@Moetown1986]

Big corporations aren't worried about anything except profits.

[@konstantinkrastev4478]

Exactly if Target had values they'd stand up for it, instead they want rainbow capitalism

[@payleryder45]

LOL no.

[@tonyg76]

@@payleryder45 LOL Yes!

[@ye333]

Would be great if thats true.

[@kgypster]

Ya they only care about money period and their stock prices especially retail

[@digi2313]

Let’s not forget the satanic clothing for kids in target 😂😂😂

[@Redblueboy11]

That wasn’t a thing.

[@digi2313]

@@Redblueboy11 yeah it was . Use goggle. Or search bar 😂

[@oceantransistor]

Nobody is threatened, they just aren't selling well.

[@happyswim1836]

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]

@@happyswim1836 How does one "racially profile" customers?

[@gervas4935]

They were selling very well at my local Target.

[@lawrenceleverton7426]

@@payleryder45 Depends if they use an EBT card or not.

[@alejandronopasanada5302]

@@lawrenceleverton7426quick google search says 44.6% white on EBT/SNAP and it’s been that way for decades so target racially profiles whites?

[@joylynne8]

I get so sick and tired of people comparing homosexuality (behavior) with Black (a specific race of people). Behavior is different from race.

[@kentakayanagi2084]

Correct Amber. Wrong Jessica. Target marketing controversy products to kids or to display to kids on purpose.

[@michaeldileo8815]

It's okay to be straight.

[@KonigGustavAdolph]

"wHy ArE yUo So HomOpHobiC?!?!?!"

[@RaggaMatik]

It's even cool to be straight.

[@SleepyLabrador-dp6em]

Im really struggling with it

[@ghenulo]

The straights were never persecuted, genius.

[@ghenulo]

Plus, many Ts, Qs, Is, and As are straight.

[@heatherfree5916]

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]

She never said that. Nice try.

[@ritmo2k]

@@squatch545 No but she criticized him for expressing his views (actually, for expressing views that don't align with her narrative).

[@williambarry8015]

When in doubt pull the victim card out!

[@Miri-us9su]

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]

@@cassiescornerreviews6884 I believe that’s what @miri-us9su supports. Diversity & freedom.

[@leslienelis301]

Continuing to NOT shop at Target 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

[@anerrantknight8077]

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]

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

[@polystrophicmusic]

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.

[@tripledair]

It wasn’t just “conservatives”.

[@rpena0899]

The vast majority were definitely conservatives.

[@tripledair]

@@rpena0899 I disagree.

[@robin31165]

@@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]

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]

@@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.

[@SpaceMen508]

Jessica needs to go check the definition of violence in a dictionary

[@goingyard06]

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]

​@@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]

@@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]

@@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]

​@SpaceMen508 How did I change the definition? Did I change it to say they were ecstatic? Lackadaisical? Jolly?

[@Isaac_132]

*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]

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]

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.

[@gclopez4]

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]

She’s the best

[@gregcoogan8270]

Yeah cuz someone needs to put Bri in her place!

[@leechowning2712]

Thankfully, she is over on Reason the rest of the week.

[@spamfilter32]

The regular show only devolves because Robbie is openly OK with tyranny and genocide.

[@medhue]

Ditto!!!

[@jfranklins]

Jessica is so delusional.

[@SleepyLabrador-dp6em]

She puts the Dull on Delusional

[@traviscutler9912]

How so?

[@amanrob]

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]

​@@amanrob"leftist theories" do colleges offer BLM 101?

[@traviscutler9912]

@@amanrob what specifically did she get wrong?

[@laxman1312]

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]

Exactly. 💯

[@rivernorthhomes]

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

[@user-ps1ft1hy4j]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@nayslayer2563]

"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]

People who say this are clearly saying “I don’t believe in personal responsibility.”

[@kyo3124]

So target is essentially digging their hole deeper by blaming angry customers? Lol. Never going back to their stores.

[@lawrenceleverton7426]

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.

[@Sir-.-]

Straight Pride

[@pattytrevino2869]

At this point, neither should exist 😊

[@p.w.352]

Pride is not a virtue.

[@Sir-.-]

@@p.w.352 not anymore because vanity replaced it

[@brentwells8963]

Oh my lord, condoning property damage is so disgusting. Insurance or not it’s freaking wrong.

[@leechowning2712]

Insurance doesn't care about robbery anyway... I honestly wish I knew who said that stores were covered against pilfering.

[@jamesjacobs3753]

Nice to see two anchors at the hill who can work together

[@gervas4935]

I dont see any man wanting to mrary them.

[@ThirdCoastGems]

The sales are down at Target because the middel class is being squeezed out in this economy.

[@yont8566]

Honestly don’t even agree with all of Amber’s views but she does seem consistently more prepared than Jessica.

[@brianbauer8761]

Because lefties believe their opinion is fact

[@musicalbenches]

Jessica is prepared. That’s her honest understanding of the topics.

[@hermenutic]

Companies are obligated to provide a safe workplace for their employees by law.

[@SeeVuPlay]

Leave the kids out of it end of story why is that so hard to understand

[@heatherfree5916]

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]

Thank you!

[@davidrivera3611]

Businesses are all about making money they dont care about anything else

[@spamfilter32]

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]

Only when they have government to protect them. When they do not, then they have to cater to consumers.

[@mattpope770]

America is sick of woke. The pendulum is swinging

[@squatch545]

As soon as you use the word 'woke' you lose all credibility. The pendulum is swinging.

[@thinkingimpaired5663]

I love insurance because all my premiums are free. Such a 🤡.

[@jaysonseppala354]

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]

@@jaysonseppala354 thank you!

[@squatch545]

@@jaysonseppala354 Insurance claims don't increase by the amount of the cost of the claim.

[@snu3877]

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.

[@warpeace3755]

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

[@timmiller586]

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.

[@1313coffeeguy]

So Fair minded people and families are all conservatives as that's supposed to be bad?🤔

[@jameshenderson4089]

I thought this was the angry lady channel? These two speak common sense and should be the main show.

[@trueglitterdust]

Nah….too boring

[@paulweeldreyer7457]

No Jessica, people just don't want this 💩 pushed on them. Stop being disingenuous.

[@greenlissy]

I'm still not sure why retailers or businesses in general need to be involved in any of these causes. They're businesses.

[@onetwo19]

Tucking and chest binders for children...and they get upset that we call them groomers.

[@campursarian1977]

I wouldn't shop at Target if they sold that stuff.

[@keepthefaith1973]

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.

[@tmcpurch]

Boycott still on. Tell everyone you know to cancel their redcard and never shop at Target again.

[@JamieLynn41]

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]

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]

Thanks to Andrea Sheryl Fox.

[@JamieLynn41]

She's a licensed broker here in the states

[@Ernest859]

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]

I googled about her and yes, she's won my heart. She just gained herself a new client

[@sh8nn0n92]

13 yo mastectomies (used by target to advertise😰)should NEVER be acceptable 💔

[@roolyfe]

Marketing and capitalism is what’s king 👑 in America 🇺🇸

[@xonerin]

How about some White Pride Merc for marketing we want to be inclusive dont you?

[@13Liberty50]

bullsht

[@medhue]

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]

​@@medhuecorporations own our government.

[@roolyfe]

@@medhue I am a capitalist free enterprise

[@taubevictor8989]

They pushed it way too far..."

[@blackwhitemore1468]

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.

[@timberdark]

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

[@thomasbentele2468]

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.

[@joshkirby698]

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

[@anthonybortolazzo]

"Nobody was upset for target having a pride display." Huh? 😳

[@user-uw4jw8lz3q]

Next sentence: "They were upset because the Pride display included products that were marketed for children."

[@kristenmarie9248]

B. 0m b threats were called in to multiple stores by the ABCXYZ community. Nobody remembers that? C'mon.

[@brandonhultgren5776]

Sure, theft insurance is free! I’m sure there aren’t any imaginary premiums that skyrocket when claims are used over and over.

[@RonHelton]

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?

[@Ray03595]

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]

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]

@@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.

[@John-mn3yk]

I’m protected by insurance so go ahead and take!

[@erikanderson3102]

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]

What's a saintness?????

[@waldodontliveherenomo2488]

An easy excuse to bow out of the bloodbath lol

[@lovetron3628]

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]

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]

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]

@@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]

Retail does have theft insurance. They call it "shortages.'

[@happyswim1836]

This the conveniently timed riots during pandemic.​@@leechowning2712

[@christopherhughes2492]

“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!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@getaclew]

Holy cow I kind of agree with Jessica. Might be a first. Money is king.

[@cabanacaterer]

Does she know that insurance rates go up drastically when a neighborhood gets constantly looted?

[@ScottPomroy494]

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.

[@bropitt]

same people that want the Kansas City kicker fired are outraged at this

[@dreamlife808]

They should just list it online. Then people can scroll to it, or away from it without affecting the people in the store.

[@bropitt]

"Threats" yes Jessica just swallow the corporate speak hook, line and sinker without even questioning it

[@larrybowers8323]

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)

[@rickwilliams1971]

I see .Because you have insurance let them do what they want .

[@something86783]

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.

[@eyecubed85]

Several times I've heard her say she's a member of the community...which letter exactly is she?

[@kingokafor6215]

Why are they so violent

[@ghenulo]

Ugh, "pride month" again? I'm an A myself, but we don't need all this commercialism.

[@DrJay1122]

6:02 shes so clueless

[@Redblueboy11]

I loved targets pride merch!!!

[@terriburrosskistner1268]

Good!

[@JohnChildressURock]

It’s not just a rainbow. You obviously have not paid attention to the text. They put on the shirts.

[@catworld8119]

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.

[@robinamstutz3367]

I prefer these two ladies. I only listen on Fridays when they are on.

[@nancydupuis8083]

Amber is logical, Jessica delusional

[@bradrizzo3950]

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

[@williamanderson4029]

But Jessica they shut those stores down!

[@ashleyforbis6033]

Can we please get an anchor who is a parent!!!!

[@NT-jf5vn]

They finally realized. Thank God!

[@happyswim1836]

They aren't changing. Don't be fooled.

[@danacoleman4007]

what a huge waste of time and energy

[@drewhead1]

Yeah that’s just terrorism.

[@JennyofOldStones713]

Great news!

[@henrikissagoolian4934]

$$$ Dose the job. Just do not shop. It is free of charge.

[@christopherhughes2492]

Well now they can lose the people who want the pride merch there.

[@spamfilter32]

Literally caving to terrorists. Why would target protect it's employees by having terrorists arrested when they can just cave to the terrorists.

[@scottmcloughlin4371]

You must read past fake corporate PR (Public Relations). It is not possible to "be logical with words" and understand anything about the real world. Target is boycotted by MOMMIES. Who shops at Target? Mommies. Mommies are not "terrorists." Try to grow up. Get out of the words swimming in your head. Walk around the neighborhood for a few hours. That is real life.

[@HughJass-jv2lt]

😂😂 Maybe Target is "CAVING" because they are *LITERALLY* AFRAID of how the _TERRORIST_ might escalate. 🍋🍋

[@scottmcloughlin4371]

@@HughJass-jv2lt Target is only afraid of mommies buying socks, diapers and flip flops somewhere else.

[@spamfilter32]

@@HughJass-jv2lt if they just had the terrorists arrested, then the harrassment of store employees would stop. I wonder why the people who spout off on "law and order" never once want it actually used when it is appropriate?

[@HughJass-jv2lt]

@@spamfilter32 🤣🤣 Sir... By definition: *Terrorist don't just "STOP".*

[@stevekern7235]

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.

[@gj1234567899999]

Great news

[@franman781]

Are we going to gloss over the fact that Jessica compared dietary choices to human sexuality?

[@jillthinksimabreakfasttaco4904]

Don't care what target does. They can sell whatever they want. I will never shop there again, no matter what they do.

[@mayhew75]

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.

[@MrFijiBoySako]

Small W, let’s take it.

[@Rickflair604]

Target targets little kids. My family and I are done with them.

[@adamm2716]

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

[@corriemathiowetz2135]

Is yt on a day spree of recycling content, or is the rising running reruns?