'As we’ve seen time and time again, consumer companies are notable not for their steadfastness in defending the public interest, but their cravenness.' Column by hiltzikm:
If there’s a company in America you’d expect to have the gumption and spirit to see off a stupid and specious attack on the selling of LGBTQ+-themed merchandise for Pride Month in June, it would be Target.
or move them to less conspicuous sections of the stores. Some LGBTQ+ designers say their products have been taken off the shelves.to its store workers from anti-LGBTQ+ militants. But something more is going on here, and Target’s response doesn’t show the company in a good light. “Our long-standing commitment to diversity, and equity, and inclusion...has fueled much of our growth over the last nine years.”
The attacks take many forms, all of them chiefly employed by Republicans and their right-wing acolytes and all of them equally factitious.
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