Target stores reportedly received bomb threats for LGBTQ community betrayal

[Kamaji]

Target stores reportedly received bomb threats for LGBTQ community betrayal

By Brian Flood, Fox Business
June 13, 2023

Target stores in at least five states reportedly received bomb threats last weekend as the big-box retailer continues to face backlash to corporate-level decisions regarding LGBTQ Pride merchandise.

Some of the threats reportedly said Target “betrayed the LGBTQ+ community.”

The Washington Post reported that Target stores in Oklahoma, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont and Louisiana received threats, though no explosives were discovered.

Stores in Ohio, Utah and Pennsylvania had previously received similar threats.

Target has put employee safety at the forefront since customers began complaining about polarizing Pride displays that were planned to be front and center at most target locations. Conservatives were initially annoyed when Pride merchandise for children and adult items, such as female-style swimsuits that can be used to “tuck” male genitalia, were prominently displayed at the front of stores.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/06/13/target-stores-reportedly-received-bomb-threats-for-betraying-lgbtq-community/

[Kamaji]

More proof that the alphabet-soup squad are domestic terrorists who should be treated as such.

[mountaineer]

Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio
@jasonrantz
The bomb threats are from people upset at Target for “betraying” the LGBT community. But the headline is intended for you to think conservatives are upset about Pride and calling in bomb threats.
10:53 AM · Jun 13, 2023


Seriously, after all these years of Target pandering to the gays, these idiots feel betrayed? Just shut up.

[mountaineer]

When LGBT Activists Flood Target With Bomb Threats, Media Pretend Conservatives Did It
‘Pride’ activists will do whatever it takes to maintain their clutch on the narrative — including spinning their own bomb threats against themselves.
By: Kylee Griswold
June 14, 2023

The shameless corporate media are so desperate for a narrative about LGBT victimhood, they’re pretending threats of violence from angry pro-“pride” perpetrators are instead threats against them. The latest examples are pure propaganda from The Hill and The Washington Post on Monday, which led with scaremongering — “bomb threats over Pride items” — while completely burying the lede: The bomb threats against culturally embroiled retail giant Target came from pro-LGBT activists.

“Target stores in at least five states receive bomb threats over Pride items,” read The Hill’s headline — the only part most people see.

The few readers who actually bothered to click the link were met with this deceptive framing in the first paragraph: “Target stores in at least five U.S. states had to be evacuated over the weekend after receiving bomb threats, the latest example of backlash the U.S.-based retail chain has received for its Pride month merchandise.”

Not until paragraph six, however, did the author reveal that these bomb threats that were emailed to news outlets in multiple states “accused the retail chain of betraying the LGBTQ+ community.”

The Washington Post ran an almost identical headline, burying the real news a full eight paragraphs down and leading instead with: “Target stores in at least five states were evacuated this weekend after receiving bomb threats. Though no explosives were discovered, the incidents tie into the backlash over the retail chain’s Pride Month merchandise.”

This media horsepucky is the latest attempt to push a fake narrative about conservative extremists assaulting the pro-trans department store.  ...

The Federalist

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Target Received Bomb Threats From the 'LGBTQ+ Community.' The Media Told a Different Story.
 
Drew Holden
June 14, 2023
Target stores across America were evacuated over the weekend due to bomb threats that alleged the chain had "betrayed the LGBTQ+ community" and "bowed to the wishes of far-right extremists who want to exterminate us," according to police. But that's not how some major news outlets presented the story.

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The Washington Post, USA Today, and others buried or simply left out the nature of the emailed threats, all of which were false alarms, while prominently mentioning conservative backlash over Target's LGBT Pride merchandise. Who wrote it worst?

Washington Post, "Target stores see more bomb threats over Pride merchandise":

Target stores in at least five states were evacuated this weekend after receiving bomb threats. Though no explosives were discovered, the incidents tie into the backlash over the retail chain's Pride Month merchandise. …

Target weeks earlier announced that it would pull back its merchandise for Pride Month after threats over this year's collection.