Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance I don't fault anyone who chooses to boycott Target. It was a stupid move on their part, and one that I hope they don't duplicate. I just don't see how me not shopping there anymore would make a difference. No matter where you shop there are bound to be things you don't like about the company. Things they've done that would make you wonder what they were thinking. But, If I lived my life that way it would be miserable, and I doubt there would anywhere left to shop or do once everything else was weeded out. The article also mentioned Best Buy donated to the same organization as Target. I'm sure there are lots of businesses doing the same thing.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Of course, that doesn't make it right, but it's makes it reality and I guarantee you just about every company out there of any size is making donations to push their business further. They need to make that type of donation illegal in my opinion.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I think it's all about awareness. It's one thing to not know that your favorite business has ties to political groups that you disagree with, but when they do and you know it, there's nothing wrong with boycotting in protest.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Nope nothing wrong at all. But don't think there is anything wrong if you choose to not boycott either. To a point anyway, it depends on what the company did to begin with. And, I hope this is something Target will not do in the future. You're on warning Target!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "You're on warning Target!" I certainly hope that consumers never think that corporations are too big to tackle. We have power. With our votes and our wallets.
Originally Posted By Terminus They are too big to tackle! Luckily, they only have our best interests at heart.
Originally Posted By ChurroMonster Dr Hans Reinhardt: ""Let's pick our battles people." Isn't that exactly what the people boycotting Target over this are doing?" Yeah and they're blowing this way out of proportion. Target offers same-sex-partner health benefits and even sponsors some Gay Pride events. They are not deserving of a boycott. As a member of the gay community myself, I feel like our concerns would be more relevant if we'd stop losing our minds over stupid little things like this. It makes us look like a bunch of whiners and it's counterproductive. If we fight every battle we'll lose.
Originally Posted By Labuda "It's nice to live some place like Brooklyn, where you actually CAN patronize independent stores right up the street." Same here in Austin! Keep Austin Weird is our city motto
Originally Posted By Labuda Churro - I'm not gay, so please don't insinuate I look like a whiner. I believe all people are equal and should be treated as such, which is apparently not what Target believes, despite their liberal benefits.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance I think Austin has our city held at gun point and is forcing us to keep our motto that way. It's actually very terrifying.
Originally Posted By Terminus Austin is supposed to be a great place to live. Not sure why I felt the need to say that...
Originally Posted By Labuda CC - Well, we ARE Texans; of course we're armed! Ternimus - you are a Speaker of Truth!
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance "Ternimus - you are a Speaker of Truth! " I don't know if I'd go this far. Terminus did say one true thing, but I doubt we'll get much more out of him(?) than that.
Originally Posted By Terminus Him(!) is correct, CC. When some of my friends got laid off at the company I work at, Austin was one of the places a bunch of people were talking about. Pretty affordable (anything is compared to SoCal). A good mix of being able to live outside of the "city", but still being close enough to drive to anything you need/want (except Disneyland). I remember looking at Real Estate and stuff there in 2007 or 2008 and thinking it wouldn't be a bad place to live, if it came to that someday. Of course, I'm not sure if most of the people there are Texans fans or Cowboys fans. I'm guessing Cowboys, since they've been around longer... It'd be hard to live there with that going on.
Originally Posted By Terminus Stillers fans are everywhere. People say that about other teams, but it's not as true as it is with my Stillers. The reasons are many, but it really has a lot to do with Steel Mill collapses in the 1980's and the mass exodus of the people in the early 80's and ever since. All these people moved ALL over the country and still kept their pride in the hard working, blue collar city they left behind. That's the American History from a Football perspective for the day. =) There's actually a really cool video about Steeler Nation about about the City that someone sent me the link to, but it would be probably boring to anyone else. Anyway, I imagine there really are Steelers fans in Austin, but there's probably more Dallas fans, which is wrong.
