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TARGET HAS ELIMINATED GENDER TARGETED ADVERTISING IN ITS
SIGNAGE, AND FOX AND FRIENDS IS NOT HAPPY.
ONE OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE STORES, TARGET, REMOVING BOYS
AND GIRLS LABELS, GOING GENDER-NEUTRAL. WHATEVER THAT
IS.
FOX 13 IN TAMPA IS LIVE OUTSIDE A TARGET STORE, WHERE THEY
WILL TAKE DOWN SOME OF THOSE SIGNS.
IS THIS GOING TO CONFUSE YOU? I KNOW IT IS GOING TO CONFUSE ME.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WATCH THAT CRAP. JESUS CHRIST. NORMALLY I
WOULD SAY, GENERAL NEUTRAL, WHATEVER THAT MEANS? I WOULD
SAY, WAIT, DO YOU REALLY NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS? BUT
I AM FAIRLY CERTAIN HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT IT MEANS.
IT IS NOT COMPLICATED.
SO WHAT THEY ARE BASICALLY SAYING IS, HEY, WHY DO WE HAVE
CERTAIN THINGS THAT WOULD KIND OF -- THERE ARE CERTAIN MALE
PROFESSIONS, CERTAIN FEMALE PROFESSIONS, SO IF WE HAVE
BUILDING BLOCKS THAT WILL BE JUST IN THE KIDS DEPARTMENT, NOT
THE BOYS DEPARTMENT, SO GIRLS DON'T HAVE TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE
PLAYING WITH A BOYS TOY IF THEY WANT TO BUILD STUFF. YOUNG
ARCHITECTS, OR WHATEVER. SO THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, RIGHT?
YOU CAN STILL BUY THE BLOCKS FOR THE BOY, I THINK YOU COULD
GIVE A BARBIE TO A GIRL, STILL. IT JUST WON'T SAY FOR BOYS ABOVE
IT. OR BLUE OR PINK, TO TRY TO INDICATE THAT THIS IS OKAY FOR
CERTAIN GROUPS.
BUT JOHNNY, HOW ARE CHRISTIANS GOING TO KNOW IF THEIR TOYS
ARE GOING TO TURN THEIR KIDS ***?
YOU ARE JOKING, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO SAY THAT IN THIS THING.
WHO ARE WE HELPING?
IF YOU GO AND BUY A GIFT FOR A BOY THAT IS NINE OR SIX, OR
A GIRL THAT IS NINE OR SIX, YOU WANT TO GO TO THAT SECTION
AND TAKE A TOY THEY MIGHT WANT.
NOW YOU HAVE TO SIT THERE AND LOOK AT A BLENDED AREA AND
WONDER, IS THIS FOR A BOY OR A GIRL?
I THINK THEY ARE SAYING THAT THE BOUNDARIES ARE DOWN,
BOYS AND GIRLS CAN PLAY WITH THE SAME TOYS NOW.
GREAT, FANTASTIC.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOME UNHAPPY BOYS AND SOME UNHAPPY GIRLS NOW.
I FEEL BAD FOR KILMEADE, BECAUSE IT IS HARD IN A BLENDED SECTION.
HE MIGHT GO TO THE UNDERWEAR SECTION AND NOT HAVE ANY
CLUE WHICH UNDERWEAR HE IS TRYING ON.
SOMETIMES I PUT A PAIR OF SUNGLASSES ON THAT I THOUGHT
LOOKED GOOD, TECHNICALLY THEY WERE FEMALE SUNGLASSES BUT I WAS
HUMILIATED. EVEN THOUGH NOBODY COULD TELL. WHO GIVES A ***?
THAT'S ALL THIS IS.
BY THE WAY, THAT SHOW, NUMBER ONE MORNING SHOW.
I AM NOT SURPRISED.
BEATS MORNING JOE.
HE SAID HE WOULD GO INTO A BLENDED SECTION AND NOT KNOW
WHETHER THE TOYS WERE FOR A BOY OR A GIRL. IF YOU CAN'T TELL,
AND THEY COULD WORK FOR EITHER, THEN WHAT IS THE ***
PROBLEM? AND, BY THE WAY, IF IT IS STUFF LIKE A G.I. JOE, IF YOU
DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS TRADITIONALLY FOR, THEN
APPARENTLY YOU DON'T KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT GENDERED
ADVERTISEMENTS BECAUSE IT HASN'T FAZED YOU THIS WHOLE TIME. YOU
DON'T KNOW IF A BARBIE IS FOR A BOY OR A GIRL ACCORDING TO
TRADITIONAL MORES? IF YOU DON'T KNOW, WHY SHOULD YOU CARE?
IT IS NOT LIKE THEY ARE SAYING, WE WILL MAKE YOU
BUY A BARBIE FOR YOUR BOY.
A YOUNG BOY GETS HIS G.I. JOE AND HIS CLOTHING FALLS OFF AND
HE'S IN A DRESS. IT IS NOT SUBTERFUGE. YOU CAN STILL BUY
THE TOYS THAT ARE TRADITIONALLY FOR ONE GENDER OR ANOTHER. THEY
ARE JUST SAYING, MAYBE WE SHOULD NOT RAISE ANOTHER GENERATION OF
BOYS WHO THINK, ***, I CAN'T TOUCH THAT BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE
ME A GIRL, OR GIRLS WHO SAY, THEY ALWAYS PUT THE SCIENCE
STUFF IN THE BOY SECTION SO I CAN'T GROW UP TO BE A SCIENTIST.
AM I ANGRY ABOUT IT? YES, I REALIZE I AM SCREAMING ABOUT IT.
I DIDN'T THINK I WAS ANGRY BEFORE. BUT MAYBE THAT IS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN BRIAN KILMEADE, WHO APPARENTLY HAS NO IDEA AT
THIS POINT WHAT TOYS HIS CHILDREN WANT TO PLAY WITH. HE
SAID THERE WILL BE A LOT OF UNHAPPY GIRLS AND BOYS. HERE IS
AN IDEA, TALK TO YOUR *** KID AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY WANT. DON'T
JUST GO, OH, THIS IS FOR A BOY. EVERY BOY WOULD WANT THIS.
IT FEELS GOOD TO SEE YOU UPSET.
I DON'T WANT TO GET UPSET ABOUT THIS SORT OF THING,
BECAUSE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO FIGHT ABOUT IT.
WHAT IT IS JOHN, IS WHEN ROCK-BOTTOM STUPIDITY GETS
UNDER YOUR SKIN.
EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL, LUCRATIVE ROCK-BOTTOM STUPIDITY.
IT IS THE MOCKING TONE OF THESE MORONS, TOO. THAT GUY,
RIGHT? IT'S *** STUPID, TURN IT OVER. SO THAT'S WHO THESE
GUYS ARE. BUT I REALLY FEEL FOR BRIAN KILMEADE IN THE SITUATION.
HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW IF A TOY IS GAY OR NOT? TARGET HAS TO
HELP ME TO FIND MY MASCULINITY. I COULD BECOME TRANSGENDERED IF
THEY DON'T HAVE -- THIS, LUCKILY, WAS IN THE MALE
SECTION. LUCKILY. HOW DO I KNOW I'M NOT IN THE RACHEL MADDOW
SECTION THE NEXT TIME I WALK IN, AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW, I AM
EATING PU -- WAIT, I ALREADY DO.
AND I REALIZE THAT THANKS TO REDDIT AND WEBSITES LIKE THAT,
THEY KNOW THIS, BUT THEY ARE MAD THAT THEY WON'T HAVE THE BLUE
FOR THE BOYS AND THE PINK FOR THE GIRLS ANYMORE. FUNDAMENTAL
FACTS, EASY HISTORICAL FACTS, IT WAS NOT BUT 110 YEARS AGO THAT
EVERYBODY WAS SURE, DEAD SET, PINK IS THE BOYS COLOR, BLUE IS
FOR GIRLS. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS FOR DECADES AND DECADES. IN
AMERICA AND IN EUROPE. ABOUT 110 YEARS AGO, PRIOR TO THAT, THAT'S
WHAT IT WAS. IT CHANGES OVER TIME. THE IDEA THAT IT CAN'T CHANGE
AGAIN, THAT THERE IS ANYTHING INHERENT ABOUT PINK THAT COULD
BE MASCULINE, THAT IS 100% UNTRUE.
JOHNNY, WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA?
IT'S IN MY UPBRINGING.
HOW DID YOU FIND THAT OUT? THE INTERNET?
WE MIGHT HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
IS THAT FOR REAL REAL? WHY DID IT SWITCH?
I DON'T KNOW.
YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE PINK IS PRETTY FEMININE.
IT IS PRETTY *** FEMININE. BY THE WAY, I'M SURE YOU COULD
GO TO PARTS OF THE WORLD NOW WHERE THOSE COLORS DON'T LINE UP
WITH MASCULINITY AND FEMININITY. THE IDEA THAT THERE IS SOMETHING
INHERENT, THAT A GIRL COULD NOT HAVE FUN WITH A RACE CAR OR
SOMETHING, IT IS BACKWARDS AND OF COURSE HAS A HOME AT FOX NEWS.
RACECAR STUFF, MAYBE A GIRL COULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT.
MAYBE IT IS NOT A BOYS TOY. A LOT OF GIRLS I KNOW USED TO PLAY
THOSE CAR GAMES, EVERYBODY LIKES TO PLAY THEM. THAT IS ALL THIS
IS, AND OF COURSE THEY GO MENTAL ABOUT IT. THAT IS PART OF, LOOK,
YOUR CULTURE IS BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU. NOW IT IS TARGET, AND
YOU KNOW WHY? IT IS BECAUSE OF THESE POLITICALLY CORRECT
LIBERALS, AND THE GAYIFICATION OF YOUR KID, THAT IS WHAT
THEY'RE DOING IT TARGET. AND THAT IS WHY WHITE CHRISTIANS IN
AMERICA FEEL LIKE THEY ARE VICTIMS, BECAUSE THEY ARE TOLD
THEY ARE VICTIMS DAY IN AND DAY OUT. OH MY GOD, I CAN'T EVEN GO
TO TARGET ANYMORE WITHOUT BEING INUNDATED BY LIBERAL AMERICA.
THAT IS WHAT THEY THINK LIBERALISM IS TAKING OVER. WHAT
THAT IS A CORPORATION THAT DOESN'T GIVE A *** ABOUT UNIONS
OR A FAIR WAGE OR ANY OF THAT STUFF, OUTSOURCES ALL ITS
MANUFACTURING TO CHINA, I'M SURE, ALL IT IS A CORPORATION
FIGURED OUT, WE CAN MAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY IF WE STOP
IDENTIFYING THIS AS A STRICTLY BOYS TOY. WE CAN SELL A LITTLE
BIT MORE. THAT IS A CORPORATION MAKING A CALCULATED ECONOMIC
DECISION OF MAKING MORE MONEY. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PC,
NOTHING TO DO WITH LIBERALISM, IT HAS TO DO WITH THEY FIGURED
OUT THEY COULD MAKE MORE MONEY.