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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor
Basic scenario:
I put an ad in a gay (black, female, elderly, overweight) publication. A person comes up to me and convinces me that gay (black, female, elderly, overweight) people are evil. I pull my ads.
Obviously, it sucks that I was swayed to such a crappy opinion. But still, it's my choice what to advertise in and what not to. If I've been converted to Crazy NutJob and only want to advertise in Crazy NutJob Quarterly, then that's my right.
Again, it sucks, but that's life.
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I was as clear as I am going to get on this, and I cannot state it any better. I believe discrimination is wrong, and such tactics as those employed by AFA for the reasons they employed them are wrong. If Ford caved, then Ford deserves the backlash they're going to get. If you don't have a problem with looking away when these types of people pull this ****, then that's between you and your conscience. If something strikes me as being completely wrong, I'd like to think I would always have the backbone to stand up against it. I'm not, nor have I ever been, the type to just let the affected party handle it.
Oh, and I would intervene if such a scenario as I presented to Alex ever occured in front of me. In fact, I have.