Damn! Target was probably one of the last big box corporations to receive my money, but no more. It wasn't as if I thought they were that different from Wal-Mart or Best Buy, or any other big corporation, but they have spent a lot of money here in MN to create the appearance of good corporate citizenship: supporting the arts, sponsoring Pride, and promoting their LGBT-friendly employee policies. But I've learned (from this MPR story and many other sources) that the CEO and management solicit their employees for donations to conservative PAC, such as MN Forward, which used the money for ads for bigot Republican candidate for Governor, Tom Emmer, who advocates the most extreme views of
In this video, Eden Prairie grandmother Randi Reitan explains her reasons for returning items she had just bought at Target, cuts up her card, and tells us that she knows nobody in her family would want to receive a gift from a store that supported hate against their Uncle Jake, her son. I hope this movement grows, although the comments on the video make me sad (teh stupid! it burns!).
For more information on this story, go here and check out the WCCO story that describes the PAC. This is an indication of what will happen in the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision ruling that corporations can be treated like individuals in terms of political contributions and free speech.
It will be interesting to see the impact this story has on Target's plans to open new stores in San Francisco. Good luck with that one. Eden Prairie ladies are polite. SF activists are not.
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