Comments on: Consumer Vents At Target For Right-Wing Donation

By: Just doing the best I can to put the story in the proper context « The Same Rowdy Crowd

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:39:15 +0000

[...] posts are prompted by a video published at The Uptake. In the video (which is certainly old news by now; forgive me for going on vacation), a woman [...]

By: The new Target of national boycott - Desert, Science and Hot Dogs: The Three Sonorans

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:49:35 +0000

[...] TheUptake.org TNI_blog_id = 101; TNI_post_id = [...]

By: Grandmother spends $226.32 at Target, returns everything as protest against anti-gay Emmer [video] « Gaycious.com

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:57:25 +0000

[...] From a video posted by The Uptake that features edited footage of a woman (“Rondi Rayton” [sp?]) who purchases 6.32 from a Target store in Eden Prarie, Minnesota. She leaves the store, then immediately takes the purchases back and cuts up her Target credit card which was used to make the purchases. She appears to be protesting the news that Target has contributed to MN Forward, a business-promoting PAC that is supporting the campaign of a gubenatorial candidate, Tom Emmer. He has expressed socially conservative views against equality for gay people, claiming he “protects” marriage. It was revealed yesterday that other Minnesota-based companies, like Best Buy, also contributed as much as 0,000 to the same PAC. In some online discussions about the matter, gay rights supporters are displaying shock and dismay that these favored retailers would be associated with such a controversial candidate. (The Uptake) [...]

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Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:52:52 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by The UpTake, UpTake Minnesota and Leanne, The Mighty OCD. The Mighty OCD said: RT @theuptake: Consumer vents at Target for right-wing donation, takes back purchases, cuts up Target credit card. Video: http://bit.ly/cgxATt #mngov [...]