Boycott...Target?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I understand about PACs. I still feel that if you give money to a PAC and the PAC passes it on to something you do not support, you need to react. Yes, Target did not deliberately give the money to an anti-gay cause. But once the information is out there, I believe the burden lies with Target to make it right. That's what I would expect of myself in the same situation.

Originally Posted by alphabassettgrrl

It's exhausting trying to be a responsible consumer.

True. Target is definitely the Walmart of the liberal set, and going elsewhere is hard. This may push me to shop online more (at various stores), which would actually be more convenient in some ways.

Bed Bath and Beyond is a good alternate for certain things, though I'm sure they've done something annoying as well.

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Today, whether you like it or not, the country is mostly anti same sex marriage, and pretty evenly split on abortion.

True. The only way these things change is if people speak up and put their money where their mouth is.

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Let's say someone like ISM decides that since Obama is against (or at least has not supported) gay marriage that he will not vote for him (I don't recall if he said he did or didn't)

If I remember correctly, iSm wasn't an Obama fan at all, at least for much of the campaign, due to Obama's stance on gay marriage, and even threatened to not vote for him, though I think he did end up voting for him. Anyway, the point is taken, I knew that, and I have definitely voted for people that had issues I wasn't happy with.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

But once the information is out there, I believe the burden lies with Target to make it right. That's what I would expect of myself in the same situation.

I understand why you think Target should be boycotted, my question is what makes them uniquely deserving of such since pretty much every major corporation, regardless of how gay friendly they are in practice, has committed the same sin of giving money, indirectly or directly, to impure candidates on this issue.

I know you use Sprint everyday. So far in this election cycle they've donated money directly to James Webb, Lamar Alexander, Roy Blunt, Richard Burr, Jim DeMint, John Isakson, John McCain, Joe Lieberman, Harry Reid, etc. All of whom oppose legalization of gay marriage. Are you equally torn about continuing as a Sprint customer as you are continuing as a Target customer?

Moving online with your shopping probably won't help much unless you're going to stay away from brands. Google isn't clean. Amazon isn't clean. Here are the direct federal candidate contributions by Disney so far this cycle. I'm guessing there are at least 2 dozen people on that list opposed to gay marriage.

So converse to the question "if Target then why not everybody else?" I'd ask "who is sufficiently pure?"