The Target boycott is spiraling out of control

The Business Insider reports:

Target has become the central battleground of a vitriolic national debate over transgender rights in the US.

Nearly 700,000 people have signed a pledge to boycott the retailer after it announced last week that it would welcome transgender customers to use any bathroom or fitting room that matches their gender identity.

The backers of the pledge — including Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick — claim that the policy poses a "danger to wives and daughters" and is "exactly how sexual predators get access to their victims."

Some critics are visiting Target stores across the country and demanding access to bathrooms of the opposite sex to support claims that "perverts" can now gain access to children and women as a result of the policy.

Is Target about to find out who's going to hurt earnings?