Originally Posted By skinnerbox I'm so elitist, I don't believe in dalmatians. But if I did, they'd be elitist, too.
Originally Posted By dshyates Aww, come on guys, Donny said it was him that was posting under the wrong screen name. It's not like he was really trying to fool anyone. It was ,what, 2 posts?With as contentious as WE ALWAYS is, anytime that it happened you guys would say it was a suspicious coincidence.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <People like singlebraincellholder> Donny - before you go all middle-school on us with the name calling insinuating that a very intelligent man is not... you might want to check, oh I don't know, your spelling, your grammar, and most of all your facts. <So Donny's son created his LP account only yesterday?> That's what he'd have us believe.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***It's not like he was really trying to fool anyone*** You sure about that? Just a few days ago the guy copy-pasted a comment from some other website and tried to pass it off as his own. When he was called on it, he never replied. I think it's fine to call out this kind of idiocy.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "by the way this is Donny my son keeps logging in on my PC." Bull----. Go away, Donny, just quit embarrassing yourself and go away.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> by the way this is Donny my son keeps logging in on my PC << Remember that quote from The Big Lebowski, something about shutting up, Donny... Seems apropos right about now.
Originally Posted By Labuda CC - you know Target gave a lot of money to an anti-gay Republican, right? When I was shopping for new bed linens this weekend, I went to Garden Ridge instead of Target, where I no longer shop.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance I just read that, but I don't know the whole story and I can't imagine Target did this with knowledge of that fact. That would alienate way too many of their employees, business partners, and customers.
Originally Posted By Labuda If they didn't know his full platform/beliefs then that makes them even worse in my book. And it SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO upsets me as I freakin' LOVE Target. So sad.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt They did do it and it has been a PR nightmare for the company's brand name: <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2010/09/06/daily12.html?ana=from_rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_twincities+%28Minneapolis+%2F+St.+Paul+Business+Journal%29" target="_blank">http://www.bizjournals.com/twi...urnal%29</a>
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance It is upsetting/surprising that they would do something like that. It seems so wrong that businesses should be able to donate money to campaigns in the first place.
Originally Posted By ChurroMonster Target is not making any kind of statement about gay rights by supporting a candidate whose policies serve to make them more money. This was a business decision for them. One could just as easily say that Target wants to end abortion rights (because the candidate they are funding is anti-abortion) but that's not true either. Let's pick our battles people.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance I tend to agree with ChurroMonster. Which is not an easy thing to admit that you agree with someone named "ChurroMonster" lol.
Originally Posted By Mr3000 Soooo... maybe they shouldn't support any candidates at all. I certainly don't care for corporations getting involved in politics-- perhaps especially when they are apparently incapable of weighing a candidate's ENTIRE record and potential impact.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Target rarely, if ever, donates for altruistic reasons. It's done solely for the tax write-offs, period.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Let's pick our battles people." Isn't that exactly what the people boycotting Target over this are doing?
Originally Posted By leobloom Here's the plan. 1. Boycott Target. 2. Shop at another big box shop that likely donates money to Republicans [and Democrats]. 3. Feel like you've made a difference.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 It's nice to live some place like Brooklyn, where you actually CAN patronize independent stores right up the street.
