SHOALANDA GETS BANNED FROM TARGET

 

We're still laughing over this. People actually find time to surf the Net while shopping in Target? Please, show us one blog we've ever written that was racist...

At Target you are allowed to use any restroom you so choose. Did you know that you are not allowed to read your favorite blog, on your own phone, while using the store's facilities?

Along with public restrooms Target offers employees and customers free use of their WIFI. The Shoalanda Speaks blog has been blocked from the server of every Target in the United States due to being flagged for "hate and racism."

Last year the Target Corporation was accused of restricting workers' rights after an employee activist website was also blocked from the store server and flagged for "hate and racism." 

According to a Target spokesperson, a third-party company is responsible for blocking and flagging would-be problematic websites on Target's server. 

A local employee who did not want to be identified had this to say. "I thought this was the kind of thing that the Chinese government would do. I understand that Target is a company and not the government, but don't corporations control the government?"

Could this be a fluke, a coincidence, or yet another episode of the ongoing culture war that is being played out in our very own back yard?

City employee and culture warrior Brian Murphy recently stated this in a WAFF expose about the ongoing culture war. "Anyone who knows me knows the kind of work I do and what I'm capable of." While some  are saying that is the understatement of the century, the former chairperson of the Florence historical board, was not available for a quote on this story.

Another city employee released this public statement about the ongoing culture war in our area. "I am sure some would cast this off with an eye roll as another battle in the “culture war” but this has serious consequences for how we move forward." 

Although many have asked it was not expanded upon exactly who or what she was referring to. More will be reported as it is released.

A.P.