They also don’t want to turn their back on a population with significant spending power.
That’s the real reason. Bible thumpers are a loud minority, and acquiescing to their extreme demands would alienate everyone else.
I think a large portion of right-wing “followers” are not very well educated, while a lot of left-wing supporters are quite educated. It follows that left-wing supporters probably have better paying jobs and thus more money to spend.
Generalize much
Yea it’s definitely generalized. I don’t mean to state it as fact though. I realize it’s just my opinion.
They are also good “consumers”. I think a lot of LGBT peeps understand the concept of “rainbow capitalism” and it doesn’t way as heavily on their decisions in most cases, unlike the guys who blow up their Nikes with Tannerite or whatever
This is sad, but it may reveal which company support pride for marketing purpose only.
Let’s be honest here: All of them. The ones who continue to support pride have simply calculated that it’s not a big enough risk to their profits to take the PR hit.
The ones who continue to support pride have simply calculated that it’s not a big enough risk to their profits to take the PR hit.
of course, i’d rather they feel a need to cater to queer people in literally any way then not (at least right now). it’s not a great time for them to be clamming up about how much they respect and love the diversity of the queer community, to put it mildly!
Even if it’s only for marketing, that’s a good sign, though. If we’re worth marketing to, that means they have calculated that supporting us brings in more than they stand to lose from it.
I’ve been keeping an eye on which large retail chains in my town have pride displays and don’t (particularly if they did last year). Meijer still had theirs at about the same size as before, which isn’t that big but at least it hasn’t changed. It was farther in the back of the store, but it was also right in front of the toy aisle, so if right wing pressure was the issue then I doubt that’d be the choice they made. Dick’s Sporting Goods had nothing and last year they had their stuff in the center aisle. Granted, this was on June 1st, it’s possible they didn’t have it out yet…but I am not holding my breath.
