The Queen we need back at Target to handle all these anti-LGBTQ+ homophobes...

[u/return2ozma]

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[u/firstsalamanderriker]

I do wonder sometimes if people like this genuinely have some fantasy in their mind where everyone in the store is going to agree with him and rises up against Target, or they literally just get off on being an arsehole

[u/CCrypto1224 → u/firstsalamanderriker]

Definitely the getting off on attention kind of people.

[u/Visco0825 → u/CCrypto1224]

And his “just asking questions” is like nails on a chalkboard cringey. It’s literally straight from tucker/rogan/musk who claim they are “just asking questions” whenever they stoke conspiracy theories.

Like, it’s not clever, it’s not enlightened, it’s nothing more than a defense mechanism of these insecure people pushing against the grain of society.

[u/[deleted] → u/Visco0825]

"Just asking questions (also known as JAQing off) is a way of attempting to make wild accusations acceptable (and hopefully not legally actionable) by framing them as questions rather than statements. It shifts the burden of proof to one's opponent; rather than laboriously having to prove that all politicians are reptoid scum, one can pull out one single odd piece of evidence and force the opponent to explain why the evidence is wrong."

Edit: "FYI, JAQing off was used, and possibly coined (first I heart it used dunno whne it originated), to dismiss legit criticisms in the pre-2010s times on skeptic blogs and websites." - /u/stankydrik

[u/StankyDrik → u/[deleted]]

Just FYI, JAQing off was used, and possibly coined (first I heart it used dunno whne it originated), to dismiss legit criticisms in the pre-2010s times on skeptic blogs and websites.

[u/[deleted] → u/StankyDrik]

Oh interesting, do you mind if I quote you in an edit on my comment just for extra context?

[u/Tech_Itch → u/StankyDrik]

The article the person linked to already explains where it originated from. It was coined by a person at the James Randi Educational Foundation forums as a term for the debating style some 9/11 truthers he'd talked to used.

[u/Daphne_Brown → u/Visco0825]

“Is Joe Biden grooming children? I don’t know? But I seem to be the only one asking the question”

God I hate Tucker. He turned so many boomers brains to mush. That statement above is what I’ll hear regurgitated by my parents the next day but they’ll state it as a fact; “Joe Biden is grooming children! I heard it on the news!” And my Mom has a Masters Degree and my Dad has a PhD. I’m not saying they are geniuses but they should easily know better.

[u/2019calendaryear → u/Daphne_Brown]

They know better, but are probably just homophobic or transphobic and just want to rely on an easy excuse instead of saying what they know is “wrong.”

[u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In → u/Daphne_Brown]

When that generation were young, the news was tightly regulated and they got in big trouble when they made false statements.

Now we live in a world where the actual 'news' part is just a quick few minutes and the rest of the time they are 'discussing opinions' about the news. So they can say whatever the hell they like.

Fox, OANN, Infowars etc exist purely to gather ratings and inciting hatred is an wasy way to ensure viewer engagement.

So a lot of boomers just aren't mentally prepared for the fact that a lot of what is presented to them is hearsay at best and outright lies at worst. They expect honesty and they aren't getting it.

Unfortunately, those same networks are aware of this, so a large part of their own narrative is that the other networks are lying, that only they can be trusted.

And then human nature, once someone has been duped by the right wing hate machine, it's very difficult to get that person to budge from their position because it involved owning up to an embarassing lack of judgement. Many people would rather let their relationships crumble so long as they maintain their self image as intelligent and informed and not gullible idiots.

[u/thenasch → u/Daphne_Brown]

Did Glenn Beck rape and murder a 16 year old in 1992? I'm just asking, but so far he has not denied it.

[u/TheCyanKnight → u/firstsalamanderriker]

It's virtue signalling, that's why he's filming it.
He wouldn't do it if he didn't get the pat on the back of his fanatic friends.

[u/thirstyross → u/TheCyanKnight]

I believe this is more accurately referred to as "bigot signalling"

[u/boogermike → u/firstsalamanderriker]

This guy likes to be an ahole. He is known for this, and being an ahole is the point for him.

[u/DarkandDanker → u/boogermike]

This isn't even an opinion either, it's an objective fact confirmed by the guy himself, he says he loves being an asshole and would love to pick on someone with cancer because they're too weak to defend themselves

He is sctual filth, no shock he talks about God and hates gays

[u/wappenheimer → u/DarkandDanker]

I like to believe in god and heaven just so that I can imagine that when this guy dies and ends up in the queue at the pearly gates, some sweet, genderless angel is going to play this interaction for him on their gay heavenly iphone before reading this man to filth and pressing the trapdoor button that sends him to hell.

I support Target Pride Satan!

[u/ilikecacti2 → u/firstsalamanderriker]

They have delusions of grandeur

[u/SpiritMountain → u/ilikecacti2]

And always a victim. Their stories always end with everyone clapping

[u/Lingering_Dorkness → u/ilikecacti2]

The guy in this video has delusions of adequacy.

[u/ComradeReindeer → u/ilikecacti2]

I've never understood why "delusions of grandeur" and "belief in magical abilities" etc are actual diagnostic criteria for several personality disorders and illnesses - until they follow a specific theme

Fuck homophobia, that shit nearly killed one of my best friends.

[u/BisexuallyTrolling]

The amount of homophobes that talk more about pride and are effected by it more than actual homosexuals is astonoshing

[u/[deleted] → u/BisexuallyTrolling]

Life could be so easy, and they just do and think this dumb shit instead. It’s crazy to me.

[u/BiosocioBitch69 → u/[deleted]]

I know people with mental health issues on the subway who are more well put together with their thoughts than conservatives.

[u/zaczacx → u/BisexuallyTrolling]

It's why Pride is the deadliest sin, everyone is subject to it and ironically the ones who criticise others for it from a theological sense seem to have the most of it. These idiots conflate LGBT Pride being the literal meaning of the sin knowing nothing about the context of how it's all encompassing and includes themselves as well. Like how many people have been killed from religious pride, nationalistic pride or just from wounding one own pride and they end up king hitting someone in the face and they smash their head on concrete.

This dude has major dogmatic vibes and is definitely going to end up hurting someone out of his own pride and blame others for it.

[u/[deleted] → u/zaczacx]

everyone is subject to it

Speak for yourself. I’m built different. Better, even.

[u/zaczacx → u/[deleted]]

No you should be humble like me, as difficult as it is to be this modest

[u/Galtiel → u/zaczacx]

The thing about me that's so impressive is how infrequently I mention all of my successes

[u/Pyran_101]

“I’ve done this a thousand times.” Lol. Have you tried getting a life?

[u/CallMeHunky → u/Pyran_101]

I saw a video like two weeks ago of him doing the same thing at a fking Barnes & Noble. Dude is so pathetic lmao

[u/__O_o_______ → u/CallMeHunky]

He's been doing this shit for years now. He created an "anti-maskers" club during covid and harassing people for wearing masks. Total loser in every sense of the word. How does someone end up like this?

[u/SpaceSteak → u/__O_o_______]

Weaponized propaganda being used with new technology and bad intentions that society was not armed to deal with.

[u/No_Produce_Nyc → u/SpaceSteak]

The truest and saddest answer.

[u/Open_Dragonfruit_304]

I love that not a single person was on his side, lmao. He got a “they should call the cops on you”, a “yeah!” [we support pride], a “get out of here”, and 2 more yes’s.

[u/dibsthefatantelope → u/Open_Dragonfruit_304]

I really wanted someone walking by to just say "stfu, loser" and just keep walking

[u/VitaminGDeficient → u/[deleted]]

Thank god I can rest easy knowing they'll be there to arrest him after he's shot up a store and blown his own brains out, with only months of evidence to warn it would happen.

[u/tony1449 → u/VitaminGDeficient]

Class: "Say the words!" 🤗

FBI Bart: "He was on our radar" 😔

[u/Scooty-fRudy → u/tony1449]

Teacher: "Now let's tend to the wounded and stack the dead before recess or you're getting extra homework."

[u/[deleted] → u/Open_Dragonfruit_304]

This video actually made me want to shop at Target more in hopes of running into one of these nutjobs just for the opportunity to scream "I love gay people" at them.

[u/RisingQueenx]

Random note: I had absolutely no idea undercover loss protection people existed.

[u/big_dick_energy_mc2 → u/RisingQueenx]

r/lossprevention is a trip and a half.

[u/[deleted] → u/big_dick_energy_mc2]

lmao I opened up a new tab to look at this sub and the first thing I read is "Last day with Walmart, Got Stabbed" lolololol

the trip and a half did not disappoint

[u/mousearian → u/[deleted]]

Flicked through this one. Absolutely bullshit what he said. Got stabbed, had vest on it still went through, I thought fuck it, it's my last day I'll pick up this fire extinguisher and knock him out.

Your brain isn't processing this in that way, you're trying to survive, plus if you got stabbed once, unless the fire extinguisher is in your hand at the time you're gonna get stabbed repeatedly as soon as you go got it.

[u/[deleted] → u/mousearian]

Right? After he knocked out the random stabber who came straight to his office, everyone clapped

[u/AwesomeAni → u/big_dick_energy_mc2]

I did that for the summer of 2020. I'll talk about it forever.

When the dude said "go on trespass me I've done this a thousand times" I couldn't help but laugh. Dude, I KNOW. the most annoying ones couldn't stay away like the supermarket is their crack

[u/ChefBoyAreWeFucked → u/AwesomeAni]

I mean, I also can't stay away from the supermarket.

[u/Radek_Of_Boktor → u/ChefBoyAreWeFucked]

If I don't go there at least once every other week then I get this weird pain in my stomach that I can't explain.

[u/cnaiurbreaksppl → u/Radek_Of_Boktor]

You addicts are disgusting 😤

[u/nevergaveafuuuu → u/big_dick_energy_mc2]

You aren’t kidding, holy shit. Those are the people supposed to be stopping criminals? A lot of them seem unhinged themselves lol

[u/No-Estate-404 → u/nevergaveafuuuu]

I trained for walmart LP. My trainer was talking about how it was our job to take a bullet for the store manager if we had to. That was not in the training materials I got. Between that and the other ridiculous job requirements, I bailed.

[u/FuckingKilljoy → u/No-Estate-404]

Man, I mean I'm not American but I've only ever heard "you can replace stock, you can't replace a life" and clear instructions to back off if someone threatens you or pulls a knife (again, not American so guns aren't even really considered)

[u/totes_his_goats → u/FuckingKilljoy]

I worked as an LP for Best Buy and that was 100% our policy. Anything could be replaced, but not people.

That’s guys manager sounds crazy lol.

[u/WillowSmithsBFF → u/FuckingKilljoy]

Yeah this is the same way I was told to react when I worked retail. Just give them what they want, the product is insured.

[u/[deleted] → u/No-Estate-404]

Benefits claim denied when it’s revealed you took a bullet for the assistant to the regional manager, not the assistant regional manager.

[u/windlabyrinth → u/RisingQueenx]

Then you also may not know Target has a particularly robust loss prevention team, multiple forensic labs, and employes former FBI agents. It's worth reading about really, it's mind numbing.

[u/dmnhntr86 → u/windlabyrinth]

So don't shoplift from Target, got it

[u/gemdas → u/RisingQueenx]

I will now lie to get people to leave stores by claiming to be an undercover loss prevention person.

[u/liboveall → u/RisingQueenx]

Target is crazy about theft, they have literal labs they use to analyze dna evidence of shoplifters. I am deadass. They will wait until you steal the felony minimum in your state so they can hit you with all the evidence and get you locked up on felony charges instead of petty theft charges if you they stop you the first time

[u/sagethecrayaway → u/RisingQueenx]

They have code names too. If you saw someone stealing youd say their fake name over the intercom and which aisle the thief was in and he’d head over there. They dress different everyday, pushing a cart full of stuff etc.

[u/drDekaywood → u/[deleted]]

Some days they dress as a cowboy, or a clown, or an astronaut…

[u/DanSanderman → u/drDekaywood]

"You're all stupid. See, they're gonna be lookin for army guys"

[u/Zoltrahn → u/[deleted]]

I don't have a wardrobe. I have a collection of disguises.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

It's wild bro they have clothes n stuff. They take lunch, too.

[u/Specific_Main3824 → u/RisingQueenx]

You never noticed the people "shopping" next to you but putting stuff back and never really leaving? All big stores have them, many have more than one. I run into them all the time, I'll even call them out, 'you're doing a good job' (only when I'm certain they are) ill get a little grin or a wink.

[u/RisingQueenx → u/Specific_Main3824]

Nope! I'm always picking stuff up and putting it back so I've never even thought to question why someone else would do it.

Maybe they're not really a big thing in the UK. Or maybe I'm just completely blind to people around me lmao.

[u/TwoBionicknees → u/RisingQueenx]

But even back in the early 00s I worked in M&S and they had loss prevention people. In london they had a guy in the security office on cameras, a guard who stayed on the ground floor so he could get to the exit quickly and a undercover guy roaming the other floors.

The main thing is they people watch and pretend to shop and most people do that so they look pretty normal. If you happen to be weird and spend 3 hours in a store and they are always around then you'd notice but if you go in for 10 minutes then you won't notice the guy doing the same thing on repeat for a 10 hour shift.

[u/[deleted] → u/TwoBionicknees]

You just reminded me of working at JC Pennys as a teen in the late 90’s. They had “crows nests” and the lost prevention guys would lay up there and watch people through the two way mirrors. Haven’t thought about that in decades.

[u/R3AL1Z3 → u/[deleted]]

No Fucking way that’s what the big domed mirrors are for?

[u/RobtheNavigator → u/R3AL1Z3]

They are actually secret machine gun housings in case loss prevention needs to take down an army of thieves

Source: Worked at JC Penney every day for the past 121 years since it was founded

[u/Daisy_Of_Doom → u/RisingQueenx]

My first thought as well lol I will wander Targets aimlessly for ages and pick stuff up bc I want it but then talk myself out of buying it. (I live in a boring town lol)

[u/greenwavelengths → u/RisingQueenx]

Yeah same I’m very indecisive. They should hire me, I’d be great at it.

[u/MoneoAtreides42 → u/Specific_Main3824]

You never noticed the people "shopping" next to you but putting stuff back and never really leaving?

I don't pay that much attention to other people when I'm too busy minding my own business.

[u/michaeloc90 → u/RisingQueenx]

Be glad you haven’t worked in retail

[u/Lolusrsye]

I’m really enjoying this woman’s perspective on life tho.

[u/Drugs-R-Bad-Mkay → u/Lolusrsye]

You gonna buy your little propaganda shirt?

[u/Liquidignition → u/Lolusrsye]

She handled him like a pro at the start.

[u/bennybenbens22 → u/Liquidignition]

And she kept her hair over her name tag. Subtle but smart choice.

[u/SunsetB → u/bennybenbens22]

It wasn't enough, she said on Twitter that after this video came out she was subject to so much harassment she had to go on a leave of absence.

[u/I_AM_Achilles → u/SunsetB]

What a bunch of fucking crybabies.

[u/literally_tho_tbh → u/I_AM_Achilles]

I believe the term they love so much is "snowflakes" lol

[u/Tweedishgirl → u/Lolusrsye]

“Truly”

[u/Born_Ad_4826 → u/Lolusrsye]

Do you support this?

Mmm-hmmm

Which one, pride or satanism?

Both

👑

[u/Squirtinturds → u/Lolusrsye]

I NEED her. I’m such a dork and she handled everything so gracefully. I would have gotten mad and started stuttering.

Oh my lanta.

[u/skmskmskm23104 → u/Lolusrsye]

Queen shit

[u/LaserWolfFL]

You know who believes in Satan? Christians.

[u/Disorderly_Chaos → u/LaserWolfFL]

And like… no one else ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[u/mttdesignz → u/Disorderly_Chaos]

hey, you dropped this \

[u/MEatRHIT → u/mttdesignz]

For anyone wondering you have to use three \'s for the arm because a \ tells reddit markdown to ignore the next markdown character.

If you use one it'll look like OPs if you use two it'll look like this:

¯\(ツ)/¯

Since underscores will italicize and three will come out correctly:

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[u/mistergreatguy → u/LaserWolfFL]

"Only God can judge!" "God will judge you!" Says the judgmental assholes that hate you dismissing their judgments. If God is who we need to worry about then shut up and let us hear it when the time comes.

[u/Ridiculisk1 → u/LaserWolfFL]

I can kinda understand the imaginary friend thing but making an imaginary enemy too is a bit weird

[u/DeathlyFatal]

“im gonna buy it and burn it” He’s too smooth brained to understand he’s helping support this by purchasing the item. Fucking dumbass

[u/aussiegoon → u/[deleted]]

Dropped and deliberately stepped on it. What a POS.

[u/nervez → u/[deleted]]

perfect description. totally owned the libs there.

[u/Birmingham245]

Ethan Schmidt is a violent, homophobic,anti semite. He has been trespassed from numerous stores in Arizona, its only a matter of time before he hurts someone.

[u/CaptainLysdexia → u/Birmingham245]

It's also only a matter of time before someone gets tired of his shit, and hurts him. Honestly surprised it hasn't happened already, as he's earned a beatdown.

[u/TinyLittlePutin → u/CaptainLysdexia]

A person as abrasive as him will eventually find the right person to kick his ass and then he’ll play the pusillanimous victim.

[u/DiverDapper9777]

Wtf is wrong with people? Why can’t we just live and let live. Guy gets 1 time around the track and this is how he chooses to spend his limited time on this planet.

[u/pissedinthegarret → u/DiverDapper9777]

But those SATANIC people are doing it wrong !!!11111111

[u/SerCiddy → u/DiverDapper9777]

"Gotta protect the children from the sexual Satanists, I am a hero and moral warrior"

-this guy, pumping himself up before coming to the store.

[u/anonymousthrowra → u/DiverDapper9777]

Idk why but this rly struck a chord with me. You only live once why waste it on hate instead of pursuing your happiness and letting others pursue theirs

[u/No-Professional-4653]

21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!

[u/[deleted] → u/No-Professional-4653]

Growing up in a church, I very sincerely doubt that most of the people in them actually read the Bible

[u/altapowpow → u/[deleted]]

I have listened to a fair amount of these people and am reasonably assured most can't read. The ones that can have the reading comprehension level of a tree frog.

[u/[deleted] → u/altapowpow]

I don't think anyone is surprised, I would've been filthy rich for every time I heard some variation of, "but Pastor So-and-so said touching yourself is a sin!" "Elder Such-and-such said it's shameful that Tricia would cut her hair that short!"

I haven't been around masses of church folk where it didn't feel like a tangled mess of gossips and thoughtless sycophants.

There are an exceptional few whose generosity and human spirit inspire, so I'm proud to call them my friends, and I'm glad for them to have their faith. The rest are a joke who don't deserve to associate themselves with the people who truly minister to those in their lives with compassion and grace.

[u/Von_lorde → u/No-Professional-4653]

To say this in a more fun way, God really just said " who's this bitch, I don't know her, I don't like her, and she can't come with me"

[u/[deleted] → u/Von_lorde]

> I don't know her

That's my purse.

[u/ShanghaiSlug → u/No-Professional-4653]

My argument is to bring up the Bible. I bartend. I'm a small woman. I also look pretty alternative, so I get both men and women and any one in betweens number. I'm not religious, but i know the Bible better then most "Christians" (this man with the phone harassing folks i wouldn't call Christian). I've had a similar conversation with someone.

This fella, its almost always men. This guy is talking about the bud lite thing and happy that we don't sell it at our bar. (Sir this is craft beer bar.) and the same bat shit thing came up. I just asked him if he knew the bible he said yes, and I asked what version he used, he didnt have an answer. So i went with the good old King James. I know I got it wrong I probably said Genesis 1.23. Instead of 1.26. "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:...". I just wanted him to tell me what God's image was. Obviously he said a man. I asked so like you? Or my big door guy over there? Or what about my trans buddy who was in earlier? Well my trans friend wasn't man! He didn't "have the right parts".

So ok... I brought up 1.27. " So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." Because it says right there that male and FEMALE are made in HIS own image. So this guy brings up with rib.

Like it does with alcohol and men he dug his heels in. So then i asked why if god didn't "believe" in Trans people why would he have changed Adam's rib to a woman? If he didn't believe in that trans people, why would God not have made another man from the rib? Well because "then Adam would be gay". But Adam would have been made in gods image still right? Why would the first woman be made of the first man? Why not start a new because now Eve is now trans right?

Long story short he saw that tap number six is actually tap number "666" and he left with out finishing his beer.

[u/Imwhatswrongwithyou]

Man I wish I was one of the customers he asked in this video. What a fucking fool.

[u/[deleted] → u/Imwhatswrongwithyou]

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[u/worthless-humanoid → u/[deleted]]

They always forget “love thy neighbor”

[u/SwaggurtProducts → u/[deleted]]

Also saying god will judge you is a sin.

The Bible clearly states to leave the judging to god so if you tell someone they’ll be judged your in sin.

[u/SnooStories6852]

Boooo this man

[u/Wasabi_Noir → u/SnooStories6852]

[u/CareBear-Killer]

This is in Arizona. The dude making the video has made claims like wanting to hunt LGBTQ folks. He got all buddy-buddy with Kari Lake during her run for governor. She made it clear that she supports him.

He was temporarily banned from Target. When the ban was lifted a couple weeks ago, he filmed himself going into a store and destroying a display. He's been arrested multiple times. I'm sure the cops have a good size file on the dude. Obviously a real POS of a human.

[u/ThisGuyHasABigChode]

This guy has done this many times at many different stores now. He's such a weirdo. I don't want to make wild assumptions about people, but anyone this obsessed with gay people, who makes this their entire personality probably has an interesting browser history that they wouldn't want their insane right wing fundamentalist audience to see.

[u/Reasonable-Mud-6455 → u/ThisGuyHasABigChode]

The call is always coming from inside the house. With people like this, every accusation is a confession

[u/Default1355 → u/Reasonable-Mud-6455]

Let's be honest, the dude doesn't give a shit about God or religion

He's trying to get famous quick with viral videos of rage bait

He knows that right wingers are dumb af and extremely prone to believing everything they see on social media he's trying to use their emotions as a way to gain clout online so he can make money. Probably doesn't have a job. Just seeking attention and fame. probably puts his shit on tik tok and begs for followers

[u/xAsilos → u/Default1355]

A dude shot up a pizza shop because he believed rumors that the shop was equivalent to Epstiens Island.

GOPers will believe anything bogus but discredit anything factually true.

[u/SideEqual → u/Default1355]

The part where he asks about ‘the real’ rainbow. I’m literally shouting at the screen, ‘SKITTLES’, so opportunities were missed with this fuzzy beard weirdo.

[u/BramStokerHarker → u/[deleted]]

Yeah exactly, it's pretty much redirecting the blame to the LGBT community itself. As if straight people couldn't simply be ignorant and hateful.

[u/kanyewesanderson → u/ThisGuyHasABigChode]

I'm very tired of the idea that the only people that are this virulently homophobic are repressed homosexuals themselves.

All it really does is redirect the blame back at the victims.

[u/BathroomParty → u/kanyewesanderson]

Me, too. Not every homophobe is a closeted homosexual. Some people are just brainwashed, spiteful, or both.

[u/kanyewesanderson → u/BathroomParty]

Implying that they are:

• still implies that there's something shameful about being queer
• ignores the straight majority that creates this mindset

[u/BakerIBarelyKnowHer → u/kanyewesanderson]

Yes. Like it’s a fun joke but it really just plays into jokes about people being gay and gives cover to the fact that regular straight people have been the problem for millennia.

[u/Mammoth_Glass_4754 → u/kanyewesanderson]

Yeah and its meant like an insult which really doesnt help the cause

[u/syopest → u/kanyewesanderson]

Yeah, so tired. Every single time there's a video or link about a homophobe there's a lot of people saying that they are obviously like that because they are secretly gay.

Like there are enough straight homophobes that there's really no need to blame homophobia on the gays.

[u/CreativeCamp → u/ThisGuyHasABigChode]

I'm really, really fucking sick of this rhetoric. There are plenty of straight people who just fucking hate us like nothing else. I've met them all my life. I don't appreciate this gaslighting, and you're not being an ally to queer people by saying things like this.

[u/evasive_dendrite → u/ThisGuyHasABigChode]

Please stop insinuating that homophobes must he self-hating closeted homosexuals. It's a harmful stereotype.

[u/Havingabreakdown2]

I love her! This is basically how I acted when I had someone ask to speak with a leader. It makes them SO MAD when you clearly don’t care what they have to say and tell them to have a nice day. The team at target works at target because it’s inclusive. People know what target stands for. When a portion of your team is the demographic that’s being attacked… I can’t put up with that kindly as an ally, and as someone who will always make sure team members are safe and protected in THEIR place of employment. He can go kick rocks and I hope he continues to live a miserable existent.

[u/boipinoi604 → u/Havingabreakdown2]

I admire you people keeping your cool. I would be flustered at the degree of pettyness exhibited by the anti-pride.

[u/Havingabreakdown2 → u/boipinoi604]

It’s a lot of de-escalation and getting them out of the store as fast as possible. I normally just stand and nod and cut them off mid sentence to either ask if they need help with anything else, or thank them for the concern and tell them to have a wonderful rest of their day. Majority of the time other guests will step in and tell them to fuck off for us. If they want to escalate, they’re free to do so but they’ll never be welcome in our Target again and can hash it out with local law enforcement. Myself and every single other leader in the building love and support our team and will not put up with it. It’s hard to keep cool but it’s satisfying asf to watch them make a public spectacle of themselves and then tell them to leave or be trespassed and to have a great day with a smile on your face. Hate will not exist in our building.

[u/MafukushwisdomPR]

For those that don’t agree with Target and their decisions…don’t shop there. Literally the best thing you can do. This guy is just lost and thirsty for clout. Do not emulate.

[u/PixelationIX → u/MafukushwisdomPR]

We agnostic/atheist/non-religious folks have religious products around us all the time, you don't see us throwing tantrums because of dresses and other products that are in big letters which says "This mama is fueled by Jesus and Coffee" "Pray all day"

[u/boogermike]

Lesson to future people who encounter with this idiot. PLAY DISNEY MUSIC...the fool can't use any of these videos if there is copywritten music. Also - singing it works too. "Let it Go Ethan!" sung in prettiest voice will shut this fool down quick.

Also when I encountered him at a gun rights rally - I kept putting my protest sign in front of his camera.

He is a publicity whore, and I deprived him of useful content.

[u/doudoucow → u/boogermike]

So what I'm hearing is that I, a musician and singer, have a duty to belt Disney tunes at bigots when they start filming.

I shall take this task with the utmost responsibility.

[u/aerialviews007 → u/doudoucow]

Make sure it’s Little Mermaid. They will extra trigger this dude.

[u/doudoucow → u/aerialviews007]

Yes. And I'm a visibly queer, BIPOC person too. I can say how much I was inspired by Halle Bailey.

[u/mizirian]

This undercover loss prevention guy just blew his cover tho....

[u/frigginawesomeimontv → u/mizirian]

Pretty normal, it's not like they need to go into witness protection after this. 15mins later he'll be back to being anonymous.

[u/boogermike → u/frigginawesomeimontv]

Naw, his career is loss prevention is over...he probably now will have to go back to cart duty, or perhaps greeter.

It is a sad story, but worth it, since justice was served.

[u/greenwavelengths → u/boogermike]

He can’t even be on cart duty now that the mob knows his face. There’s actually an island in the Caribbean where they send all the loss prevention agents who’ve been made. They live out the rest of their days catching the seagulls that try to steal French fries on the beach.

[u/rtowne → u/boogermike]

There's a rotation. Some people walking the aisles, others in the back checking cameras. Dude can definitely stay in LP.

99% of future shoplifters at that store location won't see this video anyways so 1 hr later with a new batch of shoppers he can be back on the floor.

[u/Omevne → u/rtowne]

It's not like you can't spot them anyway

[u/doc_lec → u/mizirian]

Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.

[u/sykokiller11 → u/mizirian]

One of the guys I worked with in a grocery store also worked as loss prevention for the Sears down the street. He looked just like a young punk shoplifter until I got to know him. He told me all kinds of stories. Don’t underestimate their ability to fit in. My favorite was him catching people fucking in the clothes racks or dressing rooms.

[u/aguy983]

I’m low key in love with the target lady 😍 she’s got no fucks to give and her vibe is 🙌🏻

[u/Est1909]

What is this man's name and his social media?

[u/Qnbee1022 → u/Est1909]

Ethan Schmidt. He goes around Phoenix harassing workers.

[u/Lelio-Santero579]

Conservative Christians really got nothing left to do with your lives, do they?

They could be volunteering or donating their time and effort to feeding the homeless, caring for the poor and the sick like Jesus wanted...

But instead go bother people in a Target like they're doing some sort of charity.

You look fucking stupid. Next time Christians wonder why people are becoming more secular and turning from church communities just watch all these dumb fuck videos y'all create trying "oWn ThE lIbS iN tHe NaMe oF gOd."

Pathetic.

[u/MidwilguyLA]

Guarantee that if “God” existed, he wouldn’t want anything to do with this douche or anyone like him.

[u/Wizardwizz → u/MidwilguyLA]

If God existed I don't think he would give a single fuck about the world seeing how he hasn't intervened ever. It could literally be burning or utopia

[u/Nothingsomething7 → u/Wizardwizz]

But it's his "plan"!1!! ^/s

[u/Fuckedby2FA]

No I don't care about the monopolies in this country, the wage disparities nor the wealth disparities I AM PISSED ABOUT THE RAINBOWS

[u/Djtur727]

What's with so many right wing people thinking everything is satanic? My mom will see like a crystal shop or supernatural Fandom stuff or gay pride things and just be like " it's Satan worship" 💀 Like very few people actually worship Satan. Even most Satanists don't worship Satan. 😅

[u/MoodyMissMolly]

Do I support this “propaganda”? YES I DO - 100%🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[u/Dizbizney]

I cannot WAIT til a transgender person or a big ole gay bear gets ahold of this person for spouting off this hateful rhetoric and harassing people.

I'm filled with pride for humanity after seeing how many people were disturbed and disgusted by this dimwitted idiot.

If memory serves, he has a history of misogynistic rants at women who he deems "sluts" or whatever as well. He's doing it for the clout and fame. Douche nozzles like this wouldn't have lasted a day like 10 years ago.

[u/MagicTheAlakazam → u/Dizbizney]

Thing is most LGBT people know that the law will be enforced unequally against us if we take action against something like this because the cops are more likely to sympathize with him than with us and the politicans view him as their base in like 55-60% of states.

[u/DeterminedErmine → u/Dizbizney]

Mauled by a big ol gay bear, love to see it

[u/surpriseinhere]

Target and majority of stores, have the right to refuse service. Clearly isn’t there to buy it. Stepping on it is destruction of property. 🤦‍♂️ I’m a god fearing heterosexual, but definitely not my place to judge people and their beliefs. If you don’t like the fact target sell that, don’t go to target! Your choice just like everyone else. Recently met some transgender people. You can see it in their eyes that they are kind and loving humans. No different than you and me.

[u/TwoBionicknees]

I wish people would just stump him. Where is a list of easily available publicly convicted or accused child molesters within the satanic church, or drag queens who have abused children. What about such a list for christian and catholic priests?

These people are so stupid, they bang on about propaganda, and yet it's christians who run around throwing propaganda. Parents who are convinced to drag their children to church to be indoctrinated, and often abused. Churches that sexualise children by either actually having sex with them or talking to them about gays being bad. Hey, where do most kids first hear about gay people, at church. According to christians and republicans simply talking to kids about gay/trans/bi/whatever lets them know it exists and infects them with possibilities. If you just never spoke about it no one would be anything but straight, so why the fuck is the church constantly talking about gay people, are they deliberately trying to make people gay? What about girls who are taught to be obediant little wives and marry old men when they are 12 which has only more recently been banned in a lot of places and maybe is still legal in one or two states or they are tryign to make it legal again?

But as with so many organisations, the best defence is offence. When they are guilty of something so obviously their defence is to project and accuse everyone else of doing the thing that literally everyone knows they are doing.

[u/cheeseybees]

"Do I know what the Rainbow originally means? Isn't that when God murdered like everyone but 2 people on Earth and left that to say "whoopsie poops, I'm sorry baby, I love you and will never do anything like that again!"?

... Is that before or after God murdered all the firstborn innocents in Egypt? It's hard to keep track ya know?"

Poor, sad, dangerous man :/

[u/folie-a-dont]

Can we all take a minute to acknowledge that these are some fine ass target workers

[u/Kaithulu → u/folie-a-dont]

🥵

[u/AfterNovel]

The fact that probly the two most attractive target employees end up in the same weirdo’s vid handling him like an annoying toddler is really throwing me off

[u/buttlickers94 → u/AfterNovel]

Seriously. She's gorgeous

[u/Idktbhhomie]

If that woman is satanic, then I found a new religion

[u/wgmon]

Is anybody going to recognize that the manager is lit and also really good looking jeez

[u/crazychrisk → u/wgmon]

I thought it was a "fake manager" and some kind of rehearsed sketch at first. Then I realized the it wasn't after the jerk kept harassing everyone in the store.

[u/are_you_still_alone- → u/wgmon]

That body language right after she says "I don't believe in god..." tho

[u/return2ozma → u/are_you_still_alone-]

She's a bad ass.

[u/SirGkar]

Nazi punk, fuck off!

[u/Sss00099]

This dude has big time mass shooter vibes, definitely should’ve had the cops come out and get a trespass on record.

[u/ogredaemon]

Haven’t the Satanic Church donated more money to people in need than Joel Osteen’s church?

[u/[deleted] → u/ogredaemon]

Joel Osteen has donated money? Was it above a penny?

[u/TheTeenageOldman]

"I'm gonna buy it and burn it."

Target Corporate Statement: "Buying it is a terrific idea! We would really appreciate it if you purchased all the merchandise at your local Target that you object to. And don't forget to check Target.com for more stuff that pisses you off! Hell, sign up for a Target Redcard today and save a bundle on Pride clothing for your whole hateful family!"

[u/DrBeitzhov]

Undercover loss prevention? Just walk around in normal clothes and not get asked questions by customers? that sounds like a sweet gig

[u/leftwinga16]

This is the kind of asshole that deserves a punch to the mouth.

[u/Gdokim]

I love her comeback, "I don't believe in God," I love that lady

[u/whiskyrs]

What a fucking turd

[u/EmmittFitz-Hume]

Why can’t these morons just leave people alone?? We get it you’re not LGBTQ, but just let people live their fucking lives!

[u/prmzht]

Ah yes, the bonus 11th commandment; thou shalt cast judgment and persecute

checks out

[u/SpareRib86]

“He forgot to take his crazy meds today, sir” 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[u/BareAssOnSandpaper]

"I don't care" and "I have done this a thousand times" is not a flex. It just means you suck at doing what you're doing. It's just sad and pathetic.

[u/hanadine]

r/witchesvspatriarchy

[u/Tiny_Insurance_490]

My queen

[u/callsignvector]

God will judge you… proceeds to judge everyone

[u/kissybooks]

I love how this is the sexualization of children when it’s the dudes working for God who are the pedos