Target is stupid

LuFins Dad

Here we go again…

https://www.newsweek.com/target-lgbtq-nutcracker-christmas-ornament-backlash-1844637

Doctor Phibes

@LuFins-Dad said in Target is stupid:

Here we go again…

https://www.newsweek.com/target-lgbtq-nutcracker-christmas-ornament-backlash-1844637

PREPARE THE FAINTING COUCHES! THERE'S A NUTRACKER WITH A RAINBOW ON IT!

LuFins Dad

And black paralyzed Santa…

89th

To be fair, the fact that the product was called a Gay Nutlicker was a little redundant.

Doctor Phibes

@LuFins-Dad said in Target is stupid:

And black paralyzed Santa…

Let's just hope they don't make Jesus dark-skinned. That would be a step too far.

He's the son of God. And God is reptilian.

Axtremus

@89th said in Target is stupid:

To be fair, the fact that the product was called a Gay Nutlicker was a little redundant.

Not so.

It’s Gay Nutcracker, not Gay Nutlicker
Even if it’s Gay Nutlicker, the licker may be licking nuts under duress and therefore not gay in the happy sense.
Even if it’s Gay Nutlicker, the licker may be some one other than a human male and therefore not gay in the sexual orientation sense.
Even if it’s Gay Nutlicker, the nut (the object of licking) may be a food, a fastener, or an ideologue (e.g., “wing nut”) and therefore the word “gay” would be needed to describe the licker’s state of mind and/or orientation.

Doctor Phibes

@LuFins-Dad said in Target is stupid:

Here we go again…

https://www.newsweek.com/target-lgbtq-nutcracker-christmas-ornament-backlash-1844637

Here's a Christmas present for people who don't want the gay nutcracker. A hetero cracker, who's also a nut!

Mik

Look up tempest in a teapot. I suspect you will find a link to the Target article.

Lord, I am tired of outrage over the trivial.

Doctor Phibes

Speaking of things that nobody gives a shit about, I strongly object to the implication that Saint Patrick was Irish. The only reason he was green was from sea-sickness crossing the Irish Sea, probably from Lancashire, which is where all the best people are from.

Every freaking year.

Aqua Letifer

@Doctor-Phibes said in Target is stupid:

Speaking of things that nobody gives a shit about, I strongly object to the implication that Saint Patrick was Irish. The only reason he was green was from sea-sickness crossing the Irish Sea.

Every freaking year.

And what about Palladius?

See you're Irish now, you need to know these things.

Doctor Phibes

@Mik said in Target is stupid:

Look up tempest in a teapot.

A gay teapot

Jolly

Some people don't see the obvious, until they get hit between the eyes with a 2x4. I've seen it in relationships, money and now, the degradation of society.

And if y'all don't think this is all a slippery slope and a defining of deviance downward until it contributes mightily to the eventual downfall of American society, you're either of the groups trying to reformulate society for the worse or you're dumber than a bag of hammers.

Aqua Letifer

@Jolly said in Target is stupid:

Some people don't see the obvious, until they get hit between the eyes with a 2x4. I've seen it in relationships, money and now, the degradation of society.

And if y'all don't think this is all a slippery slope and a defining of deviance downward until it contributes mightily to the eventual downfall of American society, you're either of the groups trying to reformulate society for the worse or you're dumber than a bag of hammers.

Country-wide store closures from rampant thefts. Carjackings and fatal assaults in downtown areas. Police assaults. Assaults on police. Cancel-culture kangaroo courts. Political hacks. And now, rampant anti-semitism that Godwin's Law can't even temper because Hamas is actually worse and nobody cares.

But hey. We have guy bikinis now.

Great job, liberals!

I really don't see how you can possibly argue "yes there's bad on both sides" anymore. The tiki-torch whites have no agency. Meanwhile, the wokes are laying blame on whites for keeping us bound in the fifties while they're doing everything possible to bring us back to 1938.

Doctor Phibes

I don't think gay nutcrackers have anything to do with Hamas or people robbing stores. I think we need to tackle the problems that are actually important. Recognizing that there are perfectly decent gay people who may or may not want to buy a nutcracker with a rainbow on it has nothing to do with this.

And describing anybody who isn't a heterosexual as some kind of pervert is just plain fucking dumb.

People who rob stores should be prosecuted. People who kill children should be eradicated. You're not going to do either of these things whining about a gay nutcracker. If you don't like it, don't buy it.

Incidentally, gay people I know think the rainbow capitalism like this is a rather stupid and cynical marketing ploy. It's got nothing to do with gay rights

Renauda

@Doctor-Phibes said in Target is stupid:

@LuFins-Dad said in Target is stupid:

Here we go again…

https://www.newsweek.com/target-lgbtq-nutcracker-christmas-ornament-backlash-1844637

PREPARE THE FAINTING COUCHES! THERE'S A NUTRACKER WITH A RAINBOW ON IT!

Wait until they discover that Tchaikovsky was homosexual. They’ll need more than a fainting couch.

Doctor Phibes

@Renauda said in Target is stupid:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Target is stupid:

@LuFins-Dad said in Target is stupid:

Here we go again…

https://www.newsweek.com/target-lgbtq-nutcracker-christmas-ornament-backlash-1844637

PREPARE THE FAINTING COUCHES! THERE'S A NUTRACKER WITH A RAINBOW ON IT!

Wait until they discover that Tchaikovsky was homosexual. They’ll need more than a fainting couch.

Well, first they'll need to Google Tchaikovsky. Then they'll be horrified that Target is selling this type of un-American product. As we all know, Christmas was invented by heterosexual white conservatives who were present at the birth of Jesus, and presented him with American made nutcrackers containing Frank's incense, which is a type of cologne worn by large, hairy men with moustaches who wrestle, but not in a gay way.

OK, I think I may have gone off on a bit of a tangent.

Mik

@Renauda said in Target is stupid:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Target is stupid:

@LuFins-Dad said in Target is stupid:

Here we go again…

https://www.newsweek.com/target-lgbtq-nutcracker-christmas-ornament-backlash-1844637

PREPARE THE FAINTING COUCHES! THERE'S A NUTRACKER WITH A RAINBOW ON IT!

Wait until they discover that Tchaikovsky was homosexual. They’ll need more than a fainting couch.

Impossible. He was Russian and they just don’t go for that.

LuFins Dad

I always thought nutcrackers were gay, anyway. I mean, they want you you to put your nuts in their mouth…

Doctor Phibes

I don't know whether rainbows are really gay, but they're certainly on the spectrum.

Aqua Letifer

@Doctor-Phibes said in Target is stupid:

People who rob stores should be prosecuted. People who kill children should be eradicated. You're not going to do either of these things whining about a gay nutcracker. If you don't like it, don't buy it.

The point is, it's woke politics that exacerbates the issue. Saying gay customers should be accommodated for—or just actually doing it—is one thing. Wanna push as many people as possible away from the result you're hoping for? Make the issue radical. Call those who disagree with you a bigot and a Nazi. If you don't like how they voice their opinions, call their very speech violence. That's a great way to give the gay community as many enemies as possible.

Go ahead and pretend woke politics doesn't exist and try to tackle these issues in a vacuum if you like, it's not going to work. I think we should just look at these issues in a common-sense way, too, but the woke innovation of weaponizing politics to this degree has effectively destroyed that.

The New Coffee Room

Target is stupid