No More “Target” For This Girl

by Kelly

Fuck, guys. Fuck, fuck, fuck.

Remember a few months ago when the Supreme Court decided to allow corporate funding of political campaigns? Remember how everyone was all “oh, don’t worry you silly feminists and democrats and tree huggers, corporations aren’t going to abuse this power”?

Think. Again.

Target, the major alternative to that crapshoot they call Walmart, just donated $150,000 dollars to a right-wing organization called MN Forward, which has used the money to finance campaign ads for the Republican gubernatorial candidate in Minnesota. The same candidate (Tom Emmer) who opposes gay marriage.

Target, after minor backlash, has come forth with a statement stating that they support LGBT rights and the rights of their gay employees. Easy to say that, but if you follow the money trail…where does it lead you?

This is just one of many instances of corporate funding of campaigns, and if you think this is nothing, I predict that this is just the tip of the iceberg. Keep in mind, too, that supporting the Republican party is in corporations’ best interests, fiscally. And if you think corporations care about anything besides profit, god bless your naive little heart.

When corporations donate to charity, they do so to avoid backlash from the community & to improve their public image. Of course, most corporations (all corporations?) far outspend on advertising than they do their charitable efforts.

So, I don’t know about you, but I’m boycotting Target until they make a similar donation to a gay-rights organization. I can do without their cheap commodities — believe me, I can find most of that crap elsewhere. And I’ll be damned if another cent of my money goes indirectly towards a cause I don’t support.

At the end of the day, folks, all that matters is money and it’s about time we realized our purchasing power (more powerful than our votes!!) and started wielding it.

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