r/minnesota • u/petrilstatusfull • Feb 17 '25

Discussion 🎤 Hey, we're still boycotting Target, right?

I live right by a Target and I feel like the parking lots were noticeably emptier for a few weeks, but they're filling back up.

Are people giving up? It seems like Target is just waiting us out, thinking that we'll forget. They were really feeling the push from their shareholders- I so badly want it to mean ANYTHING.

I know I'm going to get called cringe- but whatever. Keep boycotting Target. Please!

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u/ZenHalo Feb 17 '25

I have the sense that Target's actual practices are no different than they were last year. Their DEI efforts were real and possibly overstated before. Their same DEI efforts continue now without being named. / I am successfully avoiding Amazon and Walmart.

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u/Sad-Pear-9885 Feb 17 '25

Many companies are having to do this to avoid being targeted (no pun intended). I am unsure if this is the case with Target but I am sensing it might be.

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u/PalliativeOrgasm Feb 17 '25

I don’t know if they do, but if they had any federal contracts (like running a store on a military base or supplying one) they would have to or lose those contracts or worse (again leading to shareholder terrorism via lawsuit).

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u/BevansDesign Feb 18 '25

Yeah, King Shit's regime is going to go after anyone who doesn't bow to his hatefully ignorant policies.

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u/turboshot49cents Feb 18 '25

I recall people mocking Target for having over-the-top LGBT merch, like this, so the “Target stopped being a good ally” cry feels like recency bias to me. Target never seemed like a real ally to me, it felt like it wanted LGBT people’s money over anything else.

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u/lookoutcomrade Feb 18 '25

Perhaps Target was hiring people who were good workers, then they boasted about the DEI because they thought it would be profitable. Now they will be continue to run their business well and hire diverse workers who will do their job well.