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  • #16
    Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
    After what had to be a record effort in estranging yourself from your customers by Anheuser-Busch (parent company of Bud Light), it appears that the retailer Target took that as a challenge.

    Basically, in order to celebrate Pride Month, Target partnered with UK-based designer Abprallen for clothing with such messages as "Satan loves you" and "Satan respects pronouns."



    I don't think the model is wearing pants

    Just what is in the bottled water that the ad execs for these corporations are drinking?

    How could anyone ever thought this was a great idea.

    Needless to say, a backlash has resulted.

    Needless to say that those on the left are angry and upset that there is a backlash, totally self-unaware that this is exactly the sort of thing they've been doing for decades.
    The "tuck friendly" bathing suit idiocy also shows Target's lack of caring about their customer base...
    That's what
    - She

    Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
    - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

    I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
    - Stephen R. Donaldson

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Bill the Cat View Post

      The "tuck friendly" bathing suit idiocy also shows Target's lack of caring about their customer base...
      I mean how much worse can Target go? The local Target is already a waste land when I visit it (usually only when my company gives me a target gift card for my birthday) - their selection is terrible. I have no idea how they are even still in business.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Sparko View Post

        I mean how much worse can Target go? The local Target is already a waste land when I visit it (usually only when my company gives me a target gift card for my birthday) - their selection is terrible. I have no idea how they are even still in business.
        Their merch is targeted (lol) toward women and mothers of young kids...
        That's what
        - She

        Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
        - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

        I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
        - Stephen R. Donaldson

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Bill the Cat View Post

          Their merch is targeted (lol) toward women and mothers of young kids...
          Apparently not so much any more.

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Sparko View Post

            Apparently not so much any more.
            Most of the store still is. They wanted to be edgy so they created their "Pride" section and put it right at the front door to scream to the world that they are accepting...
            That's what
            - She

            Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
            - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

            I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
            - Stephen R. Donaldson

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Bill the Cat View Post

              Most of the store still is. They wanted to be edgy so they created their "Pride" section and put it right at the front door to scream to the world that they are accepting...

              I'm always still in trouble again

              "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
              "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
              "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Sparko View Post

                That's the way I read it. I mean if Satan supports something, like choosing gender pronouns, then I think most people would take that as a clue to NOT support it. Because Satan is evil, so anything Satan is for would be evil too.
                I don't think they put that much thought into these campaigns. I think it's just an attempt to appear "edgy". They just know that Christianity condemn homosexuality, and Satan is the antithesis of Christianity, and so they choose him as a symbol simply to tweak the noses of Christians.
                Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                Than a fool in the eyes of God


                From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                • #23
                  So apparently Target has never sold the shirt in the OP.

                  They partnered with the brand that makes that shirt for pride month but never sold any Satanic shirt. Just other gay stuff that brand makes.


                  None of the products for the Target, Abprallen collaboration referenced Satan


                  The shirt does not appear on Target’s website, and the designer behind it told USA TODAY the claim was false.

                  “The Satan Respects Pronouns shirt has never been sold by Target,” said Erik Carnell, the shirt's designer at Abprallen. “No items containing this slogan have ever been sold at Target.”

                  Carnell said three products – a fanny pack that says “We Belong Everywhere,” a tote that says “Too Queer For Here” and a sweatshirt that says “Cure Transphobia, Not Trans People” – were the only ones Target sold as part of the partnership between the two companies. Abprallen posted pictures of the products in a May 9 Facebook post that announced the collaboration and described them as “part one of the range” that would be sold by the retailer.


                  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...k/70252503007/



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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                    So apparently Target has never sold the shirt in the OP.

                    They partnered with the brand that makes that shirt for pride month but never sold any Satanic shirt. Just other gay stuff that brand makes.


                    None of the products for the Target, Abprallen collaboration referenced Satan


                    The shirt does not appear on Target’s website, and the designer behind it told USA TODAY the claim was false.

                    “The Satan Respects Pronouns shirt has never been sold by Target,” said Erik Carnell, the shirt's designer at Abprallen. “No items containing this slogan have ever been sold at Target.”

                    Carnell said three products – a fanny pack that says “We Belong Everywhere,” a tote that says “Too Queer For Here” and a sweatshirt that says “Cure Transphobia, Not Trans People” – were the only ones Target sold as part of the partnership between the two companies. Abprallen posted pictures of the products in a May 9 Facebook post that announced the collaboration and described them as “part one of the range” that would be sold by the retailer.


                    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...k/70252503007/

                    That explains a few things, primarily how the company wasn't hearing from their own employees when they got them and had to put them out. Unless Target had become a place where having at least one nose ring and purple/pink/green/blue hair were required to be employed there.

                    I'm always still in trouble again

                    "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                    "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                    "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Sparko View Post

                      I mean how much worse can Target go? The local Target is already a waste land when I visit it (usually only when my company gives me a target gift card for my birthday) - their selection is terrible. I have no idea how they are even still in business.
                      They failed here and got out several years ago. I think I went there once. Glad they're gone after seeing this garbage. Sadly, I expect other corporations will follow suit.

                      Just waiting for Walmart to make their move.......


                      Securely anchored to the Rock amid every storm of trial, testing or tribulation.

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post

                        I don't think they put that much thought into these campaigns. I think it's just an attempt to appear "edgy". They just know that Christianity condemn homosexuality, and Satan is the antithesis of Christianity, and so they choose him as a symbol simply to tweak the noses of Christians.
                        I kind hope the trend will catch on an permeate the entire culture and expose it for what it is. It would be interesting to see how the woke churches that embrace this stuff would react to it.

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                        • #27
                          Tuck friendly. What does that mean? Does that mean what I think it means? Just a little extra room there to tuck everything in.

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by Machinist View Post
                            Tuck friendly. What does that mean? Does that mean what I think it means? Just a little extra room there to tuck everything in.
                            Yes, so a boy can tuck his junk, usually backwards, in his girl's bathing suit.
                            Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by seer View Post

                              Yes, so a boy can tuck his junk, usually backwards, in his girl's bathing suit.
                              "Junk tuckers"

                              I'm always still in trouble again

                              "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                              "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                              "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                              • #30

                                I'm always still in trouble again

                                "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                                "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                                "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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