Observations and inanities by a second-shift assistant supervisor in the Puppy-Grinding division of the Evil Atheist Conspiracy® (our motto: "Sure it's cruel, but think of the jobs!"), your host, Brent Rasmussen.
Oh, that "apology"? He lied.
You know that "apology" from the Ford dealer I wrote about a couple of days ago? Turns out, good Christian that he is, he lied. I know, surprise, surprise.
Ford says ‘shut up’ ad was a mistake, but dealer stands behind it
* * *
The dealer’s Web site Thursday bore a statement about the ad that included an apology “to all who were offended.”
Kieffe said he’d been contacted by Ford Motor Co. after the manufacturer heard complaints from numerous “blog-lo-dites.”
The company asked him to post something saying he was sorry if he’d offended anyone, Kieffe said.
* * *
Rick Kieffe, president of Kieffe & Sons Ford, said he didn’t regret the ad but was sorry if it had offended anyone.
“I don’t regret the sentiment at all,” said Kieffe, who bought the 48-year-old dealership from his father in 1974. “It’s what we believe.”
You know how previously, the dealer claimed that he hadn't seen the ad, and blamed the whole thing on the copy writer from Oklahoma? If that were true, and he was actually sorry, don't you think he wouldn't use the same copy writer in the future?
Wrong:
When asked whether he’ll use longtime ad man J.W. Horne of Oklahoma for future promos, Kieffe didn’t hesitate.
“Without question,” Kieffe said. “He’s a middle-America person.”
NERVE CENTER
Horne, meanwhile, said it was “very unfortunate some were offended” by the spot.
“Our intentions are good,” Horne said in a phone interview.
But, he added, “the truth is the truth.”
On his blog at jwhorne2.blogspot.com, Horne seemed to relish his moment in the limelight.
“... Isn’t it just too bad that so many people got their feelings hurt over one little ole sixty second radio commercial,” Horne wrote Thursday. “... The backlash from some of those self-styled unbelievers is the point I was making about why some people should be told to sit down and shut up.”
*sigh*
I know this site gets a lot of traffic from theists of many stripes, most of them some variety of Christian. And not just the ones who take the time to engage in conversation with us. So, I say to them: is this how you want your religion to be understood? Is this the representation of Christ's message?
Because, honestly, this is what I think of when someone tells me that they're religious: this kind of hypocritical bigotry.
Jim Downey
Bookmark/Search this post with:
A little off topic, but just
A little off topic, but just wanted to vehemently agree with this one:
>>I wish Bill Clinton had said "Yeah, I had sex with her, what about it!?"<<
DAMN STRAIGHT! I was thinking the EXACT same thing at the time...I mean, hell, it's not like he was up for re-election by that point. It would've made the whole thing go away much faster and left the Republicans sputtering...but Bill had this maladaptive, pathological need to be liked by as many people as possible, so alas, it wasn't in the cards that he ever would be that blunt on that topic.
Oh, drive over there and have some fun
Talk for a while about the sudden pay-out bonus you received at work. Scope out a few models, test drive, then sit at the table and say
LOOK , I CAN PAY FOR THIS RIGHT NOW WITH CASH
Get the papers going, get his pulse racing, and then have your accomplice phone you on the cell phone. (Or, have one of those clever cell phones that simulates a ring at the perfect moment)
"Hello? Yes, I'm buying a new [model name]! Loaded. What? They don't? Atheists you say? Wow! Thanks for letting me know!"
and tell him the deal is cancelled due to his anti-atheist advertising. And walk.
Telling atheists to sit down and shut up never works
In fact, it always does the opposite. Can you imagine this little cretin telling Madalyn to sit down and shut up? That would have been funny to watch.
He says he's going to post again on Wednesday
... and give us "all the details". Wonder if it's some extenuating circumstance that will make everything okie-dokie? I can't wait.
My comment on his blog
He's up to 110 comments and he's not backing down. Here's the comment I left on his blog:
Really - I hate insincere apologies. I wish Bill Clinton had said "Yeah, I had sex with her, what about it!?" and Barack Obama had just kept smoking, on-camera. "I'm sorry if anybody was offended" is. not. an. apology.
For those who want to play along at home . . .
. . . here is the link to Horne's blog that DOF referenced. Have fun, play nice.
Edited to add:
Well, I just got through going through all 112 posts (hey, I'm trying to avoid some yard work). Horne did stick it out for a while, but seems to have given up defending himself. Or maybe he had something else to do - everyone gets busy sometimes.
Interesting that this twit evidently had a previous post with a similar number of comments that he deleted because he was getting so much bad press. Some folks just don't understand how the web works.
Jim Downey
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Like Science Fiction? Read *or listen to* my novel, Communion of Dreams, for free.
Post new comment