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.
05 express 325,000 original touched engine and trans.
I just picked up a 09 Uplander from a buddy that hit a deer. What a POS. I think the seats are made of plywood, the dash squeaks (something he says it’s done since going out of warranty) and the heater is worthless in -20 weather..
I think the uplander is post bail out.
What do you expect from Government Motors? I feel for the workers at GM, but I learned my lesson about GM products decades ago and will never ever own another on in my life, and that was long before the bailouts or the poofers in the commercials.
Ha ha! Great sense of humor, like the original Ronaldus!
But of courth itth a Thubaru, thilly!
Man am I tired of social engineering shoved in my face via ads
Interracial is foremost now but at least its not just tried and true blondie swoons for black Adonis..... the egg lipstick mulatto gal is actually Hemmingsly fetching but so hamfistedly obvious
Gay
Environment
Anti Christian
Yarmulke meets Burka?
Anti Gun
More Gay crap
Political viewpoints
Advertisers are same gene pool as sports writers and fashion editors and MSNBC drones
1984 and Brave New World was feared to be fascist nationalism enforced order
But look at it...an anti Christian anti white western culture deconstruction that elevates diversity.... multiculturalism ..homosexuality and earth veneration as the new religious cornerstones
I never ever thought it would be like this
Well I drink Coke but drive a Ford. So I'm not sure what that makes me.
I had an SVX... cool car.
Wanted a Saab version of the WRX, but couldn’t find one for a reasonable price.
This kind of stuff predates Obama and the current push for “gay marriage”.
Gays for a variety of reasons have for many years had more disposable income than the rest of us. (the DINK effect....Double Income, No Kids is often given as the reason).
As such companies start making a play for their business. Particularly in a down economy. Kmart ran an ad aimed at them during the early 90’s recession. Their chief marketing exec at the time said “Times like this turn you into a Liberal REAL fast.”
I wonder if pedophiles cam up with the strange "Hans Strudel" commercials for Toaster Strudel?
“We must be free to delcare and live our beliefs free of harassment, intimidation and sanction.”
That’s exactly what those superior Progressive Americans have and those who disagree with them don’t.
It’s only just, you know, that brilliant, intelligent Progressives have the right to deride, denigrate, condemn and criticize knuckle-dragging, bible-thumping, gun-loving Christian morons. Ya know?
/s/
IMHO
My mother always claimed that giving women the vote was the stupidest thing they ever did.
We need to go back to the original criteria, that you have to be a male white property owner to vote.
Outstanding .. YOU have been studying !
With that kinda rap, yer a natural for our side's G2 when shtf !
I’ve put 85000 on my bought used 2010 Silverado 1500 4wd in 9 months
Drivetrain good but interior workmanship shoddy compared to Dodge or Ford much less Toyota or even the old IH scout I had
Glove boxes locks broke..both
Headliner glue...failing
Radio aux jack...broke..and can’t fix it....new aftermarket radio
Headlamps.... poor....
Crap like that is just irritating and I’ve owned all makes from small trucks thru...1/2...3/4... and one ton trucks
Gay Mans Companion just seems less shoddy though same truck with diff trim
Cummins diesel....an argument that cannot be broken...hat tip wilcow
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.
Excellent observation.
Leave out the white.
Being a property owner is having enough skin in the game.
No, just leave the origional law in tact!!!!!
I haven’t seen this particular commercial either but I have never seen so many car commercials as I have seen in the last 6 months, all kinds of cars. Is the car industry hurting?
Homosexual propaganda, pure and simple.
U R a funny guy...
Almost all commercials (including radio) attack and assault me daily. They are either screaming at me, showing me filth, or denigrating what I hold dear.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.