George Takei tells Target,
"Welcome to our lives.
LGBTQ+ people are facing attacks and threats as never before. Our identities are being erased from classrooms, our gatherings and festivals are being targeted by armed militias, and our children are being singled out and denied life saving, gender affirming medical care."
#LGBTQ #trans #Republicans #Target
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https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/target-boycotts-bullies-performative-allyship
"But in response to the threats to your stores, you did something that we in the community cannot do. You see, we can’t simply pull our identities and our lives off the shelves. We can’t just take the rainbow flags down, hoping these monsters leave us alone.
In fact, we know they won’t….
Bullies are the same the world round, and they must be dealt with the same.
You cannot give them what they want, because they will only come back, demanding more."
Indeed, bullies who are seeking attention should be given less attention or at least not the sort of attention they are seeking.
Well we could start by stop worrying about upsetting or offending these people or their supporters. If they attack a store owned by a person who is LGBTQA+ they are bigots, so call them that. Then put up and more flags, so the behaviouir of bigots simple ends up with more rainbow flags etc.
This is what I mean about giving them the total opposite of what they want or crave. If they can video themselves abusing others, then others can do that and share too, only share with the words uneducated bigots attack LGBTQA+ store.
@zleap I don't hear George Takei saying anything that would contradict what you'rte saying.
@zleap The problem is, pretending they're not there only plays into their hands. They have to be challenged directly, it seems to me — not by making concessions to them, but by calmly and decisively informing them that their outrageous demands will not be met, as we go about our business and then ignore them.