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When it came out that Target was selling transgender clothing targeting children in its stores, the customer backlash resulted in billions of dollars of lost market value for the company.

To try and limit the damage (and, hopefully, reverse it in time), some of the stores, in some markets, moved the ‘pride’ merchandise from the front of the store to the back, and reduced the displays.

LGBTQXYZWTF? activists responded to this ‘betrayal’ by phoning in bomb threats to stores in five states.

Quote from an article covering this matter: “No explosives were found in any of the locations. But what does this tell you? Those who objected to Target grooming children in their stores responded by voting with their wallets. LGBTQ activists responded to Target’s mild capitulation with threats of violence and death.”

If the ‘Pride’ community doesn’t immediately denounce these threats, they’re saying something about what pride means to them. I don’t believe that the larger population will respond positively to such a message.