Boycotting Target? What's the story?

[rainy]

My husband came home and said he got an e-mail about boycotting Target because they will not let the military fund raise there? What's the story?

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Check Snopes

This has been posted here a couple times before.

[LA lady]

2. Snopes is your friend

Several Target rumours all debunked:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/target.asp

[Atman]

3. I boycott them because they are big GOP donors.

Haven't shopped there since the 2004 "election."

Or Home Depot.

Or Valero gas (Exxon/Mobile goes without saying).

NEVER Wal Mart.

Having a conscience can limit your choices, but it's worth the effort, imho.

[OwnedByFerrets]

6. Unfortunately, a lot of people

cannot afford to be so discrimate. I am glad you can be, but sometimes we have to shop at the lesser of evils.

[tinfoil tiaras]

7. Yeah, none of those "buy blue" places are around here

So I prefer Target over Wal Mart.

Still confused about McDonalds though. My mom and my aunt say it's run by Democrats but buyblue says it's republican.

[Midlodemocrat]

12. Only if there is an alternative. Some folks don't have that luxury.

[Burma Jones]

4. Snopes says BS

and in fact:

http://www.vvmf.org/index.cfm?SectionID=307

Basic Wal Mart Red State slime.....

[RoyGBiv]

5. No clue ...

But if the military starts having "fundraisers" anywhere, I'm leaving.

[left is right]

11. Bake sales and white elephant sales

to purchase new tanks. Raffles for aircraft carriers.

[rainy]

8. Thanks all, I sent the snoops page to my husband and he

hopefully will email it to those who sent the false email to him.

[wakeme2008]

9. I smell a Walmart PR firm behind this

but then sometimes my :tinfoilhat: is on too tight. :rofl:

[Warpy]

10. Target has a policy of no fundraising at its stores

Last year they got into trouble about the Aunt Sally Santas and their bell ringing.

Check out Snopes for the real deal on it.

[AnnieBW]

13. They Won't Let Anyone Fund-Raise

Target won't let anyone fund-raise, specifically because of this issue. If everyone can't play nice, they can't play in Target's sandbox.

[Dinger]

14. I Like Target

They did something for me that is deeply personal. Let me just say they helped me out, more than once, during a very difficult time in my life - it still affects me, but Target has lightened my burden and made it a little easier for me to bear. If the Target chain is repug, that saddens me, but my local store doesn't seem "red" at all.

[Mr_Spock]

15. Compared to WalMart...

It's like a breath of freash air.

[Midlodemocrat]

16. Our local Target has been wonderful in helping out a family here

that was in a desperate spot because their child had cancer.

I paid their bills for them for four months, and a friend of mine who is the manager at the local Target, stepped in and gave them hundreds of dollars of gift cards for food, clothing, school supplies. Frankly, it was an enormous relief to me, as well as, I'm sure, them.

I'll shop there just to make this guy look good for what he did. He didn't have to. No one asked him to do so, but he wanted to help.

[Robbien]

17. Target pays its workers for all hours worked

and gives them training and job advancement incentives.

Walmart and GOPers HATE HATE HATE Target and want it to go bankrupt.