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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- | |
| The Target boycott is spiraling out of control | |
| 2016-04-27 | |
| [BUSINESSINSIDER] Target has become the central battleground of a vitriolic national debate ... an expenditure of personal wind at the national level that leads to face-making and other histrionics but can't be shown to have ever solved an issue ... over transgender rights in the US. Nearly 700,000 people have signed a pledge to boycott the retailer after it announced last week that it would welcome transgender customers to use any bathroom or fitting room that matches their gender identity.
Some critics are visiting Target stores across the country and demanding access to bathrooms of the opposite sex to support claims that "perverts" can now gain access to children and women as a result of the policy. Greg Locke, a pastor at Global Vision Bible Church in Tennessee, posted a video outside a Target store saying he got permission to use the women's restroom when he questioned store management. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #14 Sadly the wife finds the best gluten free bread at Target. So perhaps it's time to open carry there, since they allow mentally unstable people into their restrooms. That would be an amusing protest to make. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2016-04-27 21:58 |
| #13 I almost, ALMOST, wish ISIS would insert themselves into the conversation. Just for the sheer madness of it all. |
| Posted by: Charles 2016-04-27 19:00 |
| #12 One of the things stores like this off which the internet cannot is a fitting room. I'm sure I am not the only person here who has ordered a fitted item on-line only to have it not be quite right, or in the case of the kids needing that brand's next larger size. Once a future wife and I were at a club, where she caught some jackhole who was pretending to drop something, then taking a quick up-the-dress photo while 'picking it up'. And nor is a person so vulnerable as when sitting on the toilet. Usually, we are concentrating on the business at hand, and clothing has our legs bound. It is one of my policies; the most intimate relationship we have with our customers is when they use our restroom. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-04-27 16:55 |
| #11 Heard that at a Charger game. Sorry. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-04-27 16:50 |
| #10 If you won't use the sink you don't have to go bad enough. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-04-27 16:49 |
| #9 I can tell you... It is frowned upon to go into the girls room then use a sink because the stalls are all full. Really frowned upon. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-04-27 16:42 |
| #8 Haven't shopped Target since they kicked out the USMC Toys for Tots several years ago. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2016-04-27 15:41 |
| #7 So, now women who use target restrooms have to sit in the stall, panties around their ankles, hoping some pervert or rapist doesn't come in for some action. Just to satisfy a minute percentage of the population. We are so screwed! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-04-27 14:12 |
| #6 It's easy to boycott Target because I don't like Bruce Springsteen enough to venture into a Target to buy one of his CDs. Over and over again these people try to use economic pressure to cram their twisted views down my throat. But that pressure can work both ways. No more Springsteen, no more Macy's, no more Jennifer Lawrence. You want war, you got it. Hope it hurts. I might even have to buy a pack of cigarettes just to keep North Carolina going. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-04-27 12:49 |
| #5 It's depressing that we're even having this debate. This country is so screwed. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-04-27 12:41 |
| #4 Port a Potty time for the confused. |
| Posted by: Dale 2016-04-27 07:22 |
| #3 Remember that ladies. Unless you know the dude or dudes, the protocol is no talking, no eye to eye contact, and no peeping. |
| Posted by: P2Kontheroad 2016-04-27 06:47 |
| #2 If you are a transgendered male then you have seen a penis. What's the big deal about using the men's restroom But I don't care if a chick comes into the men's room because all the female stalls are in use and she has to pee really bad. Curt Schilling was right for the most part, but sometimes the girls don't have enough stalls to pee in at at large venue, so come on over to the mens room. We will all look away. Amen |
| Posted by: texhooey 2016-04-27 01:26 |
| #1 Why don't they just put up a bathroom with a question mark on the door and let them use that one? |
| Posted by: gorb 2016-04-27 01:11 |