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Target partners with ‘satanist’ brand for ‘PRIDE’ collection: ‘Live laugh lesbian’
NY Post ^ | May 23, 2023 | Ariel Ziber

Posted on 05/23/2023 6:40:21 PM PDT by DoodleBob

Part of the new “PRIDE” collection introduced by Target includes clothing made by a UK-based brand whose designer has expressed satanist views, according to a report.

Abprallen, a London-based company which is headed by a transgender man known as “Erik,” has reportedly been collaborating with Target for about a year, according to The Washington Examiner.

The collection includes sweatshirts and tote bags with messages that include “live laugh lesbian,” “cure transphobia not trans people,” “too queer for here,” and “we belong everywhere.”

Abprallen sells apparel that includes satanic imagery including pentagrams, horned skulls, and references to the devil.

One design found on the apparel maker’s T-shirts and pins has the message: “Satan respects pronouns.”

Last year, Erik wrote on the brand’s Instagram page: “Being called a demon is something I can cope with, and the idea of a trans demon is pretty damn cool, most of my work focusses [sic] on gothic or dark and satanic imagery juxtaposed with bright colours and LGBT+ positive messages.”

The Post has sought comment from Abprallen and Target.

Reports of the tie-up sparked criticism on social media.

“Target has partnered with a company that promotes Satanism to produce its PRIDE clothing collection,” tweeted political commentator Erick Erickson, who added: “If you thought Bud Light went too far, you might need to consider shopping elsewhere.”

Bud Light, the Anheuser-Busch-owned brand beer, outraged customers and ignited calls for a boycott after it entered into a marketing partnership with transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

Another Twitter user, Michael Seifert, tweeted: “Mega corporations are partnering with literal satanists to promote transgenderism to children.”

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1 posted on 05/23/2023 6:40:21 PM PDT by DoodleBob
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To: DoodleBob

Pretty simple SHOP ELSEWHERE.

AVOID TARGET.

We’ve gotta send a message to these LEFT WING WOKE COMPANIES.

VOTE DEMOCRATS OUT !!!


2 posted on 05/23/2023 6:45:22 PM PDT by Pearfect
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To: DoodleBob

“just remove God from the schools” they said

“can’t have nativity displays” they said

“stay out of other people’s bedrooms” they said

“they just want to get married and be left alone” they said

“you’re a bigot Bible thumper” they said


3 posted on 05/23/2023 6:49:19 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: Pearfect

This is some WTF level of apparel sourcing.

Someone signed off on this decision.

Will we get the Bud Light two-step, where Target blames this on everyone but their own people?


4 posted on 05/23/2023 6:50:02 PM PDT by DoodleBob ( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: Pearfect

You think the election system is honest enough to give the DEMs the boot? I don’t.


5 posted on 05/23/2023 6:53:57 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: DoodleBob

On top of everything else, there seems to be a concerted effort to make Satanism mainstream respectable. Or more precisely one particular Satanic cult that seems to have traction with the ruling class.


6 posted on 05/23/2023 6:54:01 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: DoodleBob

They’re worried about their DEI scores when they should have been focusing on their customer base.


7 posted on 05/23/2023 6:55:00 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: DoodleBob

Bealls sent me a coupon in honor of Gay Pride days…
I haven’t been back!


8 posted on 05/23/2023 6:55:12 PM PDT by Guenevere (“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”)
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To: DoodleBob

Make note to self - buy more bullets.


9 posted on 05/23/2023 6:55:34 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: imabadboy99

Yep. Just be tolerant.

I have always bashed “zero tolerance” policies. I think I got that philosophy fundamentally wrong.

Evil should get zero tolerance, period. Nip it in the bud.

Zero tolerance gun policy is flawed fundamentally, but it’s not the zero tolerance part that is flawed.


10 posted on 05/23/2023 6:56:00 PM PDT by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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To: DoodleBob

Target has decided they’ll be more efficient with a much smaller customer base.


11 posted on 05/23/2023 6:56:01 PM PDT by Wdempsey (Democrats and slinkys.. Both useless but fun to push down stairs.)
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To: Guenevere

Oops sorry , it wasn’t Bealls……it was KOHLS


12 posted on 05/23/2023 6:56:06 PM PDT by Guenevere (“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”)
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To: Pearfect

Minnesota news is reporting target is moving the items to a less prominent spot in the store.

Target pulled a bud light.


13 posted on 05/23/2023 6:58:34 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: cableguymn

The closest large store from where I live is Target. I avoid the place like the plague. Woke management is sick.


14 posted on 05/23/2023 7:05:32 PM PDT by bytesmith
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To: CatOwner

You make an excellent point, but we have TO FIGHT THEM.


15 posted on 05/23/2023 7:08:54 PM PDT by Pearfect
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To: bytesmith

For us it’s Walmart. But we still try to shop somewhere else. Local is best. But man sometimes it’s hard to swallow the price differences.


16 posted on 05/23/2023 7:15:46 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: cableguymn

Walmart is my choice also. Here they are really trying to be friendly and helpful. It is always good to save a little money too.


17 posted on 05/23/2023 7:20:00 PM PDT by bytesmith
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To: DoodleBob
the idea of a trans demon is pretty damn cool

Dude(ette):
you're going to find out that being a trans demon is pretty damn HOT...forever.

No escape.

No do-over.

Game over...LOSER!

18 posted on 05/23/2023 7:31:22 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trintarian. Deal with it!)
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To: DoodleBob

There are no happy lesbians. None. All the ones I’ve ever met do not fall into the happy person category.


19 posted on 05/23/2023 7:32:36 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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20 posted on 05/23/2023 7:37:00 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I was going to start procrastinating this year, I just haven't got around to it.)
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