Posted on 11/24/2014 3:48:18 PM PST by Impala64ssa
Rowe’s Answer Is Simply Awesome.
It may soon become a well-trod adage that when you ask Mike Rowe a snarky, insulting question on his Facebook page, you might find yourself on the receiving end of one of Rowe’s measured, civil, and devastatingly spot-on responses.
So it was with a decidedly left-leaning guy named Jim Green who posted a series of inflammatory points about Republicans (with a lot of ALL-CAPPED words and about the same number of exclamation points), which Rowe apparently spotted while aboard a flight:
Green went on to call Republicans racists and other unseemly things, often with a pitch for a book at the end:
Why on Earth would ANYONE vote Republican? A reptile has more decency than the Republicans in Congress! Only an odious toad would pass Ryan’s budget or gut Food Stamps—and these depraved snakes made them THEIR HIGHEST PRIORITY! If only one child in America goes hungry because of the Republican’s War on Children it explains why—IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BE A CHRISTIAN, AND VOTE REPUBLICAN, Amazon/Kindle
Why on Earth would ANYONE vote Republican? A reptile has more decency than the Republicans in Congress! Only an odious toad would pass Ryan’s budget or gut Food Stamps—and these depraved snakes made them THEIR HIGHEST PRIORITY! If only one child in America goes hungry because of the Republican’s War on Children it explains why—IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BE A CHRISTIAN, AND VOTE REPUBLICAN, Amazon/Kindle
Then Green issued Rowe a challenge, asking him to “PLEASE explain to the American people why you vote/are a Republican—because for the life of me I cannot understand WHY WOULD ANYONE VOTE REPUBLICAN!”
Green’s answer came in the form of “Some Unsolicited Marketing Advice From Mike Rowe at 37,000 Feet.”
Hi there, Jim
Greetings, from somewhere over Colorado. It appears you’re still trying to sell some books on my Facebook page. Personally, I haven’t read them, and based on your marketing strategy, I suspect I’m probably not alone. Since part of your approach seems to involve me, I thought perhaps I might offer you some unsolicited marketing advice. I hope it’s not too presumptuous, but these tips have served me well over the years, and I can’t help but think you and your marketing team might benefit from their immediate implementation.
1. Consider starting off each blurb with a friendly salutation. In my experience, a little cordiality goes a long way, especially when you’re trying to persuade someone to give you money.
2. Think about addressing your audience as something other than “racists,” “reptiles,” and “toads.” I get that you want to be provocative, but if your goal is to sell your book, a number of well-known studies have proven it’s best not to insult your potential customers.
3. Reconsider your commitment to caps and exclamation points. These are excellent choices when warning people about a fire, a volcanic eruption, an ebola outbreak, or a looming tsunami. But I’m afraid their use in the context of a book sale implies a level of urgency that may exist only in your mind. If you really want to persuade thoughtful people that Christians can’t vote for Republicans and remain Christian, you’ll need to appear credible – not hysterical. Lower case should work just fine.
4. Consider limiting each blurb to a single entry. When you post the identical screed four times in a row, it looks very much like a broken record sounds. This will lead people to conclude that you’re either a) inept at posting, or b) deliberately obnoxious. Neither conclusion is likely to lead to a sale. Remember, most people see posts like yours as small piles of vomit that they can quickly step around. But when the same vomitus post appears multiple times, you force my friends here to slosh through a virtual lake of spew. Ironically, this will not only make more people like you even less, it will decrease the odds that someone who might actually share your world view will feel inclined to purchase your book. (I’ve deleted all of your redundant posts from this morning, but left the original. You’re welcome.)
5. Regarding your overall claim, I’m not an authority on Republicans or Christians, but last I checked, America is still populated by plenty of both. Unless you wish to alienate a majority of the country, you might consider something a tad more conciliatory. Something like – “There is no “R” in Jesus – But There’s G-O-P in Gospel!”
Finally, with respect to your “challenge,” I’m not a registered Republican, but from time to time, I have voted like one. If you really want to know why, ask me in a fashion that incorporates the aforementioned steps, and I’ll try to explain it to you.
In the meantime, GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike
PS. As you can see, the captain has given me some plastic wings. So clearly, I know what I’m talking about.
Love that guy!
Love that guy!
Green is often a Jewish name......Republicans are the only place for a religious person to be....period. DEmocrats are PRO-ABORTION and PRO=GAY....and PRO-TAKING YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY to give to a LAZY NO GOOD SLACKER. You KNOW who you are!!
Pro-GOP bigotry is just as silly as anti-GOP bigotry (indies have often outdone the GOP on values).
Mike is very dangerous to the left.
He’s a very highly educated guy who has made a living out of running around with plumbers, miners, and truck drivers.
Bigotry?? What Bigotry?? Name it Redneck!!
Socialist/Communist/Redistributionist governments murdered more than a hundred million of their own citizens in the twentieth century alone.
https://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COM.ART.HTM
How can anyone be a Socialist/Communist/Redistributionist?
Like the GOP is all that a Christian could vote for. I just TOLD you, indies sometimes outdo them. Can you read English, or would you prefer Swahili?
It’s real simple: Christians beleve in charity. Charity isn’t cumpulsory. Mandatory, confiscatory redistribution of wealth isn’t.
So in truth, there’s no way that Liberals/Dems can be Christian
Both parties have bought into “Caesar charity.”
The Dems push the notion further, granted.
Please: NO profanity, NO personal attacks, NO racism or violence in posts.
Once more you violate FR’s rules and expect it to be taken lying down?
Look at yourself in a mirror as you hurl those accusations.
I’ve got an even better question for “da liberal”. How can an AMERICAN ever vote for Commie Lib DemocRATS?! On second thought, It’s the “stupid American”, low information voters who do that.
Go away Redneck.
Getting in a verbal joust with Mike Rowe is the height of foolishness. He is very clever and very funny.
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