Ford pulls LR/Jag GLBT support due to American Family threat

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

You must spread some Mojo around before giving it to Ghoulish Delight again.

Sorry Greg, you forgot to hack the code so you could get repeat mojo.

Just send me a PM next time and I'll go ahead and manually add it in.

[wendybeth]

I dislike anyone caving to blackmail, which is what they appear to have done. I find it nearly as distasteful as the actual act of economic blackmail done under the guise of morality, or any one groups' definition of morality.

[Alex]

Out of curiosity, would you then find it distasteful if, simply in response to organized protest by gay groups, Ford reinstated the advertising?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

I dislike anyone caving to blackmail, which is what they appear to have done. I find it nearly as distasteful as the actual act of economic blackmail done under the guise of morality, or any one groups' definition of morality.

Eh, they're just saying they wouldn't support the purchase of their products. That's not blackmail. Everyone has a choice to pay or not to pay, and others have a choice to follow purchasing recommendations by groups such as this one.

(disclaimer - doesn't mean I'm ok with all this...)

[CoasterMatt]

I ran over a Volvo with a Chevy truck in college... Does that count for anything?

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

I ran over a Volvo with a Chevy truck in college... Does that count for anything?

I dunno- were there any occupants in the Volvo?

[CoasterMatt]

Nah, but it was a really ugly green.

OK. I'm takin' off my silly pants and putting on my serious cap now.

This is the sort of situation that really gets me SO upset. Mad would not be the right word. Anyway. I was raised in a very Christian household, church every Sunday - but somewhere along the line, people that I thought were friends turned into wackos. My parents, I love them so, taught me that being a Christian was about love, and the only rule was "Love Thy Neighbor" - we're not perfect, and not in any spot to judge anybody else. These people that are saying they're Christians don't know the first thing about Christ, I hope that somehow THAT message will rise above all these goofballs complaining about other peoples own business.

Just in case anybody's wondering, no, the serious cap is not a tinfoil hat

[€uroMeinke]

So do you think Jag will develope a mini-van to give it a less gay image?

[CoasterMatt]

I found a pic of Ford's next new product Here
Might not be safe for work, though...

[innerSpaceman]

So what can we do, short of a hypocritical boycott and beyond a harshly-worded email?

I don't know how often corporations capitulate to economic blackmail. Maybe it's a common occurence. I wish I didn't feel so self-serving with my anger when the blackmail affects my minority group. And maybe I'm so angry because I've been such a tool all day, posting in favor of giving Ford the benefit of the doubt.

I've had a chance to do a little research this evening, and I'm convinced that this was NOT a financial decision ... but rather was capitulation to blackmail, and allowing a hate group to dictate corporate policy.

That kind of thing may be commonplace, too. After all, I'm under no illusion that corporate America is any kind of paragon of virtue. But knowing what I do now know about this situation, I am alarmed at the insideousness of it, and wary of the danger this represents.


How do you suppose this could get more publicity? I feel this is not something that should go unchallenged and that Ford must be outted on this one.