I don’t know if you’ve been watching but TLC premiered a new television series last month called “All American Muslim”.
I found it to be very interesting and necessary for these 5 Muslim-American families to share their stories, struggles, and triumphs with the rest of the world.
Well…..OF COURSE….the conservative groups threw ridiculous bitch fits and after Lowe’s pulled their advertisements from the network….Kayak.com followed soon after. This is what Kayak.com had to say:
“When we decided to give our money to TLC for this program, we deemed the show a worthy topic,” Robert Birge, Kayak’s chief marketing officer, wrote in the letter posted on the site. “When we received angry emails regarding our decision to advertise, I looked into the show more thoroughly.”
Birge continued:
The first thing I discovered was that TLC was not upfront with us about the nature of this show. As I said, it’s a worthy topic, but any reasonable person would know that this topic is a particular lightning rod. We believe TLC went out of their way to pick a fight on this, and they didn’t let us know their intentions. That’s not a business practice that generally gets repeat business from us. I also believe that it did this subject a grave disservice. Sadly, TLC is now enjoying the attention from this controversy.
Birge said he received bulk emails from members of the Florida Family Association, which last monthlaunched an online campaign to pressuremarketers, like Lowes, to pull their advertising from the program.
“TLC’s ‘All-American Muslim’ is propaganda that riskily hides the Islamic agenda’s clear and present danger to American liberties and traditional values,” the group wrote. “The show profiles only Muslims that appear to be ordinary folks while excluding many Islamic believers whose agenda poses a clear and present danger to the liberties and traditional values that the majority of Americans cherish.” -WTF???????
I’m sorry but this is complete and utter bullshit. That’s the problem with America in my opinion. Whenever stuffy ass people (conservatives) aren’t comfortable with what they deem “is the norm” they want to erase the “problem” and pretend like it doesn’t exist. How was TLC NOT up front about the nature of this show? Did you not read the damn title???? If you knew the show was going to be a lightening rod of controversy then why did you even put your money into it? The real truth is because of your personal reservations and prejudices you can’t see the show for what it’s worth: To make people AWARE of their OWN ignorance.
People with no compassion or who display no effort to educate themselves make me sick.
Why aren’t more people pissed?
