The letter did not include any specific demands nor did it outline how the attorneys general believe the campaign could violate child protection laws.
  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    They just won a case without any standing whatsoever that they can discriminate against lgbtqia+ people. Now they’re trying to make it so that retailers can’t even be welcoming to them.

    I also see that the next “then they came for” on their list involves bringing back Satanic Panic.

    • TheFriendlyArtificer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      I was in South Texas a few months ago (not my idea).

      At a local H.E.B. There was a rack of Pride merchandise including t-shirts and bumper stickers that said “Y’all includes ‘all’”

      They were on clearance so my cynical brain leapt to the conclusion that nobody was buying them. Nooope. They were being destroyed and otherwise vandalized while on the shelf. This was happening so often that the manager decided that it was costing more to keep them on the shelves than the goodwill of the queer community was worth to him.

      Wake me up when a corporation does more than the absolute minimum during Pride. Otherwise it’s just more sociopathic virtue signaling from organizations that would happily sell Khmer Rouge branded glasses if they thought it would increase shareholder value.

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I was in South Texas a few months ago (not my idea).

        I live in South Texas, and know that when I say this to people who have never had a breakfast taco, the most common response is “Like, San Antonio?” So for the interest of clarity, how far south are we talking? Given your story, I’d like to know which community to be wary in if not avoid entirely if possible. (If it doesn’t already confirm one of my guesses.)

        More directly in response to your comment, I am aware of the existence of rainbow capitalism. That doesn’t mean Republicans should get a pass for, say, calling in bomb threats to target, which has already happened. Nor should they get a pass for trying to prevent the sale of pride merch.

  • Synthead@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Make sure you read the letter. It takes about how LGBT stuff is not appropriate for children. Cause you know, being included in society and appreciated for who you are is only for adults, and all kids are born straight and should be raised straight, right?

  • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    1 year ago

    Theres the real reason

    They also highlighted merchandise with “anti Christian designs such as pentagrams, horned skulls and other Satanic products.”

    How pathetic can you get? Your entire religion is threatened by a printed tshirt? Weak.

    • SocializedHermit@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Worse yet, there were no products with pentagrams etc. There was a supplier that had a website with Satanic-esque products and Target was contracting for two items from their line that weren’t Satanic. They pulled those products before they ever hit the shelves. There also was an AI generated fake series of photographs of clearly Satanic merchandise that was, well… fake. I bet these fools took that fake story at face value.

    • Tahssi@yiffit.netEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Its insane. Also I didn’t realize the government can control what a business can sell when it came to religious/spiritual merchandise. Freedom of religion and all that. Party of small government my ass.