Parker MolloyMay 24, 2023
Kindly asking people to STFU with defenses of Target that are like, "They're just trying to keep their employees safe!" Because this will only encourage more attacks.
Show threadTunguskaMay 24, 2023

@parkermolloy

Surely, if we reward the bad behaviour of these violent reactionaries by giving them exactly the thing they're demanding this time, it'll end there!

Right?
🙄

Show threadYai TorresMay 24, 2023
@tunguska @parkermolloy at this point in history, any posture on the sort of topics in question would incite a violent reaction. Physical or rhetorical.
Show threadTunguskaMay 24, 2023

@yaitorr @parkermolloy

Yep, and as history has taught us, "appeasement" as a strategy against fascists leads only to an ever-escalating cycle of (actual, not just rhetorical) violence/demands/violence/demands that will consume the entire world unless/until they *are stopped* by sufficiently vigorous and widespread opposition.

Show threadYai TorresMay 24, 2023
@tunguska @parkermolloy I agree. However, Corporate America will not be sufficiently incentivized to be leaders of any cultural change, and we're spending too much energy holding them to that standard. We should be in the “glass half-full" stance with them than the alternative.
Show threadTunguskaMay 24, 2023

@yaitorr @parkermolloy

I think you're reading a lot into my response, to be honest.

I just think sending a high-profile message to violent reactionaries that says effectively "hey, we're super receptive to threats and violence; you should use that against us more, because it'll get exactly the result you want" is not smart on any level, no matter who you are.

Show threadParker MolloyMay 24, 2023
@tunguska @yaitorr And, based on some of the stuff I'm seeing in right wing media today, they're taking this as a big sign of success and telling their supporters to push harder.
Show threadYai TorresMay 25, 2023
@parkermolloy @tunguska Yeah, you’re right. Sorry that I went off-topic. At the time of posting, I was mad about the amount of vitriol in some other posts, and I projected some of that in my writing. Target did wrong; societies must not negotiate with terrorists.
Show threadParker MolloyMay 25, 2023
@yaitorr @tunguska and just for the sake of putting this out there, here's a sample of how the right reaponded to Target caving to them https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-encourages-his-audience-bankrupt-target-selling-pride-merchandise
Charlie Kirk encourages his audience to bankrupt Target for selling Pride merchandise

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Show threadParker MolloyMay 25, 2023
@yaitorr @tunguska https://www.mediamatters.org/candace-owens/candace-owens-do-not-shop-target-or-else-youre-gay-and-youre-pervert
Candace Owens: "Do not shop at Target or else you're gay and you're a pervert”

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Show threadParker Molloy
@yaitorr @tunguska https://www.mediamatters.org/daily-wire/daily-wire-host-pride-flag-symbol-we-need-make-toxic
Daily Wire host: "The Pride flag symbol, we need to make that toxic"

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