The Media Research Center led into this year’s typically hateful Pride Month coverage with a May 10 post by Tom Olohan rehashing old lies about Target:
Heritage Economist E.J. Antoni saw right through retailer Target’s attempt to once again push summer LGBT propaganda while avoiding a repeat of the backlash they faced in 2023.
During the May 10 edition of Newsmax’s The National Report, Antoni ripped Target, which made headlines in 2023 for selling “pride” apparel from a Satanic designer and “pride” gear for children.
On May 9, Target published a statement on its 2024 “pride” collection, which the retailer said, “Will be available on Target.com and in select stores, based on historical sales performance.” While some celebrated that Target would place LGBT propaganda in fewer stores, Antoni was not appeased.
“Well, let’s be perfectly frank here, what Target has done and is continuing to do is nothing less than the sexualization of children,” he said. “It’s a disgrace. If we had a DOJ in this country that was more concerned with protecting the innocent than prosecuting them, then they would be all over Target and would be suing them into oblivion.”
Antoni — who, again, is an economist whom the MRC usually counts on to peddle right-wing anti-Biden narrative on money — is an economist with no known expertise on hot-button social issues. He also identified no crime Target committed that would warrant DOJ to “sue them into oblivion” — it’s not illegal to sell merchandise, after all — which means he wants government to interfere with a private business for political reason, which is something right-wingers usually frown upon. And despite Olohan’s claims, which the MRC parroted last year, the designer involved in some of Target’s pride merchandise last year is not “Satanic,” and it did not try to sell “tuck-friendly” clothing to children.
Another post that day from Tierin-Rose Mandelburg raged at Target for not giving in to last year’s right-wing campaign of lies:
Another year, another example of Target missing the bullseye.
On Thursday evening, Target Corprate released its 2024 fact sheet about how it will commit to the gays during “Pride month” this upcoming June. Among the ideas on how to be more supportive of the LGBTQs were events to educate people about the gays, community events around the nation celebrating the gays, products that represent the gays, support of overtly gay organizations, and spotlighting gay brands in Target stores.
Essentially, Target wants to barf the rainbow all over everything for the month of June, and throughout the rest of 2024 as well.
[…]It’s no surprise that Target is excited to roll out its gay crap. Afterall, the store cares more about pushing an agenda than just about anything else, and this fad isn’t new.
The agenda-pushing Mandelburg failed to take this opportunity to apologize for the lies she and her fellow right-wingers spread about Target last year, even though it would have helped her employer’s reputation to do so.
Mandelburg returned for a May 23 post raging that a different retailer was selling pride merchandise:
Who’s ready for the nation to be covered in rainbows again this year?
Apparently Walmart is, as it just released its newest collection for its gay clothing options this pride month. While the store seemed elated about its new clothes, users on social media, who are arguably tired of woke crap being literally everywhere, blasted not only the collection but Walmart as a whole.
The video advertisement, which was shared on Walmart’s Instagram page, showed queer people gathered all together for a photo shoot. “Queer people have magic that we can share,” a man said at the start of the 30-second ad which also showcased items like a tote bag that had the words “totes gay” on it.
“We’re lucky enough to be in the Walmart Pride collection this year,” two other queers said cheerfully before noting that it was a “dream come true.”
Other items were presented throughout the ad like a T-shirt that had the words “born this gay” on the front of it, a rainbow throw blanket, and a journal with skeletons barfing up rainbows and the words “beyond gender” written on it.
After citing homophobes like Libs of TikTok spewing their usual hate, Mandelburg concluded:
What’s odd is that Walmart’s pride collection comes at a time where Target has decided to reel things in a tad given how poorly received some of its pride/progressive merchandise was. Apparently Walmart is undaunted by “get woke, go broke” but honestly, given the responses to its latest initiative, I think it should be.
Or it could be that Walmart understands that the anti-Target crusade was based on lies that Mandelburg refuses to acknowledge, let alone apologize for.
Moving toward non-retail issues, Mandelburg spent a May 29 post whining that gay people were discussed on TV:
On Wednesday morning, NBC’s “Today Third Hour” had a puff piece about a new Peacock series titled, “It’s Ok to Ask Questions.” The series is all about pushing LGBTQ-ness and NBC used it as a precursor to Pride month, which starts on June 1.
The show, set to air on Saturday, is hosted by Matthew Rodriguez, a co-host of “Chicago Today” on NBC Chicago. In it, Rodriguez sits down with various lefties who talk about their experience and intersection with the LGBTQ movement.
During one episode, which “Today Third Hour” promoted, Rodriguez talked to actress Rosie O’Donnell, who conversed about parenting a non-binary child. Another episode showed Rodriguez talking with pop star Jojo Siwa, who promotes gay pride to her audience of young kids.
[…]“Today Third Hour” gave nothing but praise to Rodriguez for his guesting, for his commitment to the gays and for his contribution to the Peacock show. What a waste of air time.
Mandelburg didn’t explain how simply encouraging people to ask questions equates to “promoting gay pride.”