I've refused to ever step foot in a Walmart to this point in my life (because I have immediate family whose small businesses were ruined by Walmart moving into their areas), but I'm OK with this. I guess? It's very confusing to think that a mortal enemy is doing something decent. Not sure how to feel about this one. I wish Target would step the f up and act like this.
Lots of things are bad and good simultaneously. It's not additive where you add the good, subtract the bad, and get a score. Thomas Jefferson is a great example.
Jefferson was brilliant in so many ways. Declaration of Independence, Louisiana Purchase, Jefferson Bible, Notes on the State of Virginia. But he was also terrible with money, overspending and failing to pay his debts. He could not abandon slavery. He was relatively shy and softspoken, and used those characteristics in a kind of pompous, entitled, and frankly childish way.
Jefferson was good; Jefferson was bad. These statements are both true, and are not mutually exclusive.
Oh this is hilarious, just because the motored shopping cart cavalry would probably starve from the boycott. Man can not live by Dollar General alone in the food desert of the rust belt.
If they don't like it, they can just shop in the "mom 'n pop" shops on their small town's main street.
...Oh wait, they can't because they elected idiotic/corrupt politicians who let Walmart swindle them for development tax credits so it could move in, drive all those shops out of business, and then close when the credits ran out.
I mean, it says they donate to LGBTQ causes in the article but I don’t think it’s a % of sales or anything. Still, representation matters and being able to buy clothing that reflects that is important too
Feel the same way you would about anything else they sell. They're profit driven, not ethics driven. They're making no statement, and taking no stand, other than rainbow marketing is profitable.
I think the most positive aspect of rainbow capitalism is that it serves as a barometer for how far LGBTQ+ acceptance has come. The vast, vast majority of corporations are not going take risks on their product to stand up for a moral cause, they only care about what will make them money. If the greedy fucks running Walmart are not backing down on their pride merch, it's because they see more people buying or ignoring it than people loudly boycotting it (at least partially because a lot of smaller communities don't have a choice but to shop there).
That being said, Walmart is still a shit company and their support of pride will always be reactionary and leech off the hard work done by real activists. Buying from them will do nothing to help the LGBTQ+ community, so be careful where you spend your money.
