General Discussion

DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Mon Feb 24, 2014, 04:42 PM Feb 2014

American Family Association Is Outraged Over 'Profanity-Laced' Ad That Uses The Word 'Hell' Once

TOM KLUDT – FEBRUARY 24, 2014, 2:36 PM EST

It doesn't take much to get the American Family Association all worked up.

The latest source of outrage came Sunday during the Daytona 500, when an ad for the Dodge Ram pickup used language that was deemed too salty for the folks over at AFA.

"A man will ask a lot of his truck. Will it tow that, haul this, make it all the way over the top of that," the ad's gruff narrator said. "Well, isn't it nice to know that the answer will always be, 'Hell yes'?"

The one-time use of "hell" — or "h-e-double hockey sticks" for the easily offended —was enough for the AFA to label the ad "profanity-laced."

-snip-

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/american-family-association-profanity-laced-dodge-ram-ad

17 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

American Family Association Is Outraged Over 'Profanity-Laced' Ad That Uses The Word 'Hell' Once (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2014 OP

Of course the word 'hell' is never spoken during a church sermon. sinkingfeeling Feb 2014 #1

But only when "Fire" and "Brimstone" join it in a sentence. ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2014 #2

Lawdy, have they run low on smellin' salts? tanyev Feb 2014 #3

You're assuming there is any kind of cure for what they have. A HERETIC I AM Feb 2014 #15

Frankly, my dear.......I don't give a fuck!!!! LongTomH Feb 2014 #4

The AFA reminds me of the villain in a fantasy novel shenmue Feb 2014 #5

Yabbut, they're OK with beating the crap out of a kid MineralMan Feb 2014 #6

I don't understand why "hell" is considered "profanity." Is there a politer word for it? TygrBright Feb 2014 #7

Maybe Hades Bandit Feb 2014 #12

Hades is/was a god, not a place. A HERETIC I AM Feb 2014 #16

So ridiculous. LumosMaxima Feb 2014 #8

So the Bible hosts a cornucopia of profane words? Rex Feb 2014 #9

I was in the plaza of Kansas City this weekend TlalocW Feb 2014 #10

Of course they are. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #11

Oh. Won't. Somebody. Please. Think. Of. The. Children. Initech Feb 2014 #13

Fuck yeah! I see their point...nt joeybee12 Feb 2014 #14

The AFA idiots make me smile Gothmog Feb 2014 #17

sinkingfeeling

(51,473 posts)

1. Of course the word 'hell' is never spoken during a church sermon.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 04:43 PM

Feb 2014

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)

2. But only when "Fire" and "Brimstone" join it in a sentence.

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 04:45 PM

Feb 2014

tanyev

(42,610 posts)

3. Lawdy, have they run low on smellin' salts?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 04:47 PM

Feb 2014

Sakes alive, I hope they have plenty of faintin' couches in their lobby.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,376 posts)

15. You're assuming there is any kind of cure for what they have.

Reply to tanyev (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 05:50 PM

Feb 2014

There isn't.

Well...there is, but they won't take it.

LongTomH

(8,636 posts)

4. Frankly, my dear.......I don't give a fuck!!!!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 04:51 PM

Feb 2014

shenmue

(38,506 posts)

5. The AFA reminds me of the villain in a fantasy novel

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 04:55 PM

Feb 2014

You expect them to be a bunch of vampires who live in a castle.

MineralMan

(146,329 posts)

6. Yabbut, they're OK with beating the crap out of a kid

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 04:56 PM

Feb 2014

for "discipline" reasons. Nice bunch, they are...

TygrBright

(20,763 posts)

7. I don't understand why "hell" is considered "profanity." Is there a politer word for it?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 04:56 PM

Feb 2014

I mean, with "fuck" there's "intercourse," and with "shit" there's "fecal matter," but...

what's the polite specific technical term for "hell?"

curiously,
Bright

Bandit

(21,475 posts)

12. Maybe Hades

Reply to TygrBright (Reply #7)

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 05:21 PM

Feb 2014

A HERETIC I AM

(24,376 posts)

16. Hades is/was a god, not a place.

Reply to Bandit (Reply #12)

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 05:51 PM

Feb 2014

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hades

LumosMaxima

(585 posts)

8. So ridiculous.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 04:57 PM

Feb 2014

When I was about seven, I remember pondering the mixed messages I'd already gotten about whether "hell" was a bad word, and I decided that since it had shown up in a Sunday school activity, it wasn't. It's a little weird for a Christian organization to complain about a word that Christianity brought into our vocabulary in the first place.

Rex

(65,616 posts)

9. So the Bible hosts a cornucopia of profane words?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 04:58 PM

Feb 2014

What a pathetic joke the AFA is.

TlalocW

(15,391 posts)

10. I was in the plaza of Kansas City this weekend

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 05:05 PM

Feb 2014

Twisting balloons for tips and handing out my card. The street magician close to me had the greatest line I had heard in a while... "This is a family show, so get your asses over here!"

AFA heads would have exploded.

TlalocW