Posted on 02/10/2014 5:45:10 AM PST by shortstop
Apparently, all new Chevy ads must include at least one gay couple.
And if that bothers you, you’re a homophobe bigot whose religion denied women the vote and backed slavery. And any number of Facebook Crusaders are lurking about waiting to tell you that.
The new orthodoxy is on the march and if you don’t clap loud enough you will be handled like a North Korean uncle.
The new test of social acceptance in America is how enthusiastically you embrace all things gay. First it was sitcoms, now it’s Chevys, and while anchors gravely wonder if coming out as gay will hurt a young football player’s draft prospects, we all know it will help him, and will make him a lot of money.
Homosexuals have gone from persecuted to protected to privileged, and the swinging pendulum has just smashed conservative Christians right in the face. And while we watch an Olympics hosted by a country that functionally denies freedom of the press, religion, speech and assembly – to say nothing of free and fair elections – our outrage is exclusively limited to restrictions on homosexuals.
And even in our upset with the Russians at their anti-gay laws we are illogical. While Russia is certainly not polite to its gay citizens, it’s nothing like the 80-some nations around the Muslim and African world where homosexuality is totally illegal and sometimes punishable by death.
We bash Russia for its laws, and funnel untold U.S. government aid to dozens of nations that are dramatically worse.
It’s illogical.
Just like the belief that you can sell more cars by offending the social and religious sensibilities of almost half of Americans. With gay marriage legalized by courts and voters in 17 states – and specifically forbidden by voters in 29 states – the notion that it is mainstream enough to be embraced in an advertisement for a mass-appeal product like an automobile is insane.
But it seems some advertisers are selling something other than product.
First, Coke told us English is optional, then Chevy told us gay marriage is universal. Ads like that aren’t selling products, they are selling ideas.
Rather, they are cramming ideas down the throats of people who thought they were simply watching the Super Bowl or the Olympics.
Whereas the conventional thinking in advertising is to present messages in a way acceptable to all, our biggest companies now make pitches offensive to many.
And the attack dogs of political correctness stand ready to rip to shreds anyone who doesn’t enthusiastically shout, “Amen!” Heaven help anyone who expresses a hint of disagreement.
Tolerance becomes intolerant, diversity becomes orthodoxy, parity becomes priority, and the manipulators of popular culture seem hell bent on an assault against traditional Christian and patriotic values.
It is openly accepted to savage the religious views of those who still hold with 2,000 years of Christian teaching.
The moral anarchists took control of our pulpits, our classrooms, our entertainment industry, our politics and, now, even our TV commercials. The whipping and shaping of the American mind away from the values of generations, away from the God of our fathers, is unrelenting.
But there is nothing new under the sun.
The new morality is simply the old immorality.
And if all the world abandon the truth, that will not change the truth. Right is right and wrong is wrong. And marriage is not defined by either car commercials or activist judges.
It was defined by the God who made man in his own image and who gave Adam and Eve to one another to give rise to the human family.
We all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, and it is wrong to identify homosexual matters as a particular or unique sin, but it is also wrong champion them, and hold them as exemplary.
And free Americans should be free to believe and say that. Free Americans must be free to say, with the Apostle Paul, “I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,” and declare the teachings of traditional Christianity accordingly. We must be free to declare and live our beliefs free of harassment, intimidation and sanction.
No matter what the car commercials say.
Chevys are cr@p to begin with—This isn’t going to help them, I don’t think.
GM has shown that it doesn't need to actually sell cars to remain solvent.
In other words they are really appealing to their direct benefactors - the liberal ruling class that will give them your money even if you choose not to.
Homosexuals will still buy Subarus - they know a real gay car when they see one.
Exaggeration? Give them ten more years . . .
A suby with a rainbow and an equal sign sticker is just redundant.
I’ve noticed the push and support for pedophilia and sodomy in many commerials and the MSM big time this last year. I wonder if the people who produce this crap would leave their child in the care of a homo alone as well? I sure wouldn’t. You can’t deny their tendencies. Its been proven time and time and its not something I will ever tolerate.
Give them 10 more years?
This has ALREADY HAPPENED in the department of Just Us...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3020956/posts
“Silence (on gay day) will be interpreted as disapproval”
Keep your politics out of it.
Sell your product, not sex...straight or otherwise.
They can also keep their cars.
Chevy Silverado 2003 311,092 miles. 11 years. Pretty darn good
That's not entirely satire either - I do feel persecuted by the very types of people who claim to celebrate diversity and promote tolerance.
I would have thought gays were too smart to buy a Chevy. My last piece of carp Chevy Avalanche was assembled in Mexico, anyway.
Ultimately all decadence collapses.
Don’t buy Coke or Chevy’s. Problem solved.
She burst out laughing and asked what the real reason was. " it's just a piece of crap" said I. She got me a Chrysler 200 which I actually had a little fun with although I believe Chrysler took bailout money too.
We've been Ford people since the days of the flathead V8. I like Ford trucks.
11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
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