You know it’s bad when corporations don’t think they can profit off of exploiting social justice causes anymore. Horrifying how Republicans have shifted the overton window so far to the right.
I get the implications, but I don't really mind corporations no longer catering to LGBTQ potential customers. It's cheap exploitation of marginalized group anyway and Pride should be for them and their supporters alone.
This is causing me some anxiety. If the idea that we’re criminals for existing keeps spreading there will be very little outcry when we’re sent to the camps. This is, of course, the point.
Then I have a reason to be optimistic, because my expectation has been that within the next 2 years, Republicans will define LGBTQ as sex offenders and put them all in camps.
If anything less than that happens, I'll call it good outcome for LGBTQ rights. At least some hope left.
I think I might go to Walmart and fill up my cart with things from all over the store and then say at checkout “oh darn, I only have my rainbow wallet. I guess I can’t pay” and leave the cart and the store.
Target got rid of their Pride stuff, now Walmart is pretending the trans don't exist. Despite everything, conservatism is winning. A sad day for those of us in the LGBT. 😒
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However, it’s still scary as fuck that we’re sliding into a social climate where diversity no longer seen as a good investment.
If anything less than that happens, I'll call it good outcome for LGBTQ rights. At least some hope left.
We need to keep a list of companies that capitulate to fascism and make sure they never live this shit down.