Target facing backlash over Abprallen "Pride" clothing collection, removes Abprallen items,

Target is facing criticism once again for its gay pride collection, this time due to its collaboration with a controversial designer, Erik Carnell. The retail giant joined forces with Abprallen, a U.K.-based brand, to offer merchandise with pro-LGBTQ messages in honor of Pride month. Several of these items are available for purchase on Target's website.
However, Target's already under fire for its "tuck-friendly" swimsuits, and now, some social media users are upset to learn that Abprallen's designer, Eric Carnell, is an outspoken Satanist whose brand incorporates occult imagery and slogans, such as "Satan respects pronouns," into its apparel.

"Why did @target hire a Satanist to design pieces for their recent ‘Pride’ clothing line?" Scarlett Johnson, a Wisconsin county chair for grassroots group Moms for Liberty, wrote on Twitter.

Why did @target hire a Satanist to design pieces for their recent "Pride" clothing line?
WTF👉🏽"Satan loves you and respects who you are... LGBTQIA+ people are so often referred to as being a product of Satan or going against God's will, so fine. We'll hang with Satan instead." pic.twitter.com/FLsNZNzHNa

— Scarlett Johnson (@scarlett4kids) May 20, 2023

The Abprallen designer responded to the backlash by mocking "transphobes."
"These have already got the transphobes infuriated with me and I feel like quite the celebrity to think that they believe this is all some big conspiracy and I have any power to brainwash anyone when I’m just some guy drawing pictures!" Erik Carnell, the designer that founded Abprallen wrote.
Target has decided to remove these products from its Pride collection today.

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