Target begins selling gay pride t-shirts. Social conservatives are outraged.

[Roaddog]

Some may be but not myself, I have no plans to buy one so It's a non issue.

[noexcuseforignorance]

Originally Posted by AnUnidentifiedMale

And now Target is blocking emails from the American Family Association. Apparently, they're being bombarded with complaints from angry right-wingers.

AFA ActionAlert - Target donating its sales to gay marriage group

I thought conservatives in this country were all about supporting the free market. I guess the faux conservatives want a religious police to control this.

[notasmoker]

Originally Posted by Wynternight

Heh. Don't forget the super secret handshake and decoder ring!

I thought they all got toaster ovens!

[Oleg Bach]

Business sometimes gets things wrong- This gay band wagon that they think they should jump on is a smaller wagon than anticipated. We are all victims or this propaganda. People believe that one out of ten people are gay...which is a crock- Target assumed that this is ten percent of the market that they ignored..so they pander to this when in fact the real numbers is probably one out of 200 are gay..It's not that Target is advocating on behalf of gays- they actually think they might be maximizing profits.

[sanspeur]

Originally Posted by Oleg Bach

Business sometimes gets things wrong- This gay band wagon that they think they should jump on is a smaller wagon than anticipated. We are all victims or this propaganda. People believe that one out of ten people are gay...which is a crock- Target assumed that this is ten percent of the market that they ignored..so they pander to this when in fact the real numbers is probably one out of 200 are gay..It's not that Target is advocating on behalf of gays- they actually think they might be maximizing profits.

I think you had better check your facts before posting....In the United States, according to exit polling on 2008 Election Day for the 2008 Presidential elections, 4% of electorates self-identified as gay, lesbian, or bisexual, and these are just the ones no longer in the closet...

[css9450]

Originally Posted by Oleg Bach

Target assumed that this is ten percent of the market that they ignored..so they pander to this when in fact the real numbers is probably one out of 200 are gay..

Whether its ten percent or 0.5 percent it doesn't matter; every gay person has a family and friends who love and support them very much and they too might buy these items. Not everyone in the world hates gay people - just because you do doesn't reflect on the rest of the population.

[OzzyRules]

Originally Posted by PhenomenalAJ

Conservatives support a free market unless someone sells something they don't like or that they find icky

Yes, that's why it's called the free market. Every individual should have the freedom to choose what he buys or doesn't buy.

[pvande55]

Then social conservatives should boycott Target until (maybe never) Target stops selling them.

[Ceece]

Originally Posted by pvande55

Then social conservatives should boycott Target until (maybe never) Target stops selling them.

The wouldn't even know what they were boycotting and wouldn't recognize an "offensive" tshirt if they were wearing one.

[djacques]

Originally Posted by AnUnidentifiedMale

And now Target is blocking emails from the American Family Association. Apparently, they're being bombarded with complaints from angry right-wingers.

"Angry right-wingers" is a redundancy.