Pete Orrall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@godpod" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>godpod</span></a></span> </p><p>DEI initiatives were all <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/performative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>performative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bullshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bullshit</span></a> anyway. Really heavy on crafting a public image, with plenty of internal and external <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marketing</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Target" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Target</span></a> is not interested in actually supporting marginalized communities, just increasing profits.</p><p>The annual <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pride</span></a> stuff was the epitome of it. They only sold Pride goods in June but never year round. When right wingers put pressure on them for it, they folded like empty soda cans in a 24 ton hydraulic press.</p>