California Ford Dealership Radio Ad Tells Non-Christians To "Sit Down And Shut Up"

pstokely

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Tue May-27-08 01:18 AM
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California Ford Dealership Radio Ad Tells Non-Christians To "Sit Down And Shut Up"

http://consumerist.com/tag/badvertising/?i=5010990&t=california-ford-dealership-radio-ad-tells-non+christians-to-sit-down-and-shut-up

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smiley_glad_hands

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Tue May-27-08 01:20 AM
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1. Trying to gin up some fundy business.

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Finn Polke

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Tue May-27-08 04:33 AM
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6. Play it backwards and...

"We here at dum-dee-dum Ford wonder why we don't tell the fourteen percent to sit down and shut up..."

That was pretty funny.

Is laughing at that caveman car dealer's speech the same as laughing at the drunken people that get busted for disturbing the peace on the TV show COPS? Nah, guess not, but they have something in common.

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Cheap_Trick

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Tue May-27-08 01:43 AM
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2. sit down, shut up

and buy a Chevrolet.

god, what an asshat.

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cliffordu

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Tue May-27-08 01:50 AM
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3. Maybe the Lord will turn some water into gasoline for 'em.

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parasim

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Tue May-27-08 02:28 AM
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4. The doofus says it's too bad that he's offending 14% of the people listening to his message...

based on his calculations, but he doesn't realize that he's probably offending a good number of Christians as well with his stupid message. Not to mention that many of those people that he cites as "believing in God" don't necessarily believe in the same God that he does.

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moggie

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Tue May-27-08 04:00 AM
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5. Kieffe and Sons like free speech

But only when it's their speech. Their message: if you offend me, shut up; if I offend you, tough, we have free speech.

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annabanana

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Tue May-27-08 06:05 AM
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7. I wonder what Ford Headquarters thinks of this?

Ford Motor Company, World Headquarters Division
One American Road
Dearborn, MI 48126-2798
313-322-3000

http://www.ford.com/our-values/diversity

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mikeytherat

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Tue May-27-08 08:10 AM
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8. Wow. Muslims and Jews are actually Christians. I didn't know that.

Did you know that there are people in this country who want prayer out of schools, "Under God" out of the Pledge, and "In God We Trust" to be taken off our money?

But did you know that 86% of Americans say they believe in God? Now, since we all know that 86 out of every 100 of us are Christians who believe in God, we at Kieffe & Sons Ford wonder why we don't just tell the other 14% to sit down and shut up. I guess maybe I just offended 14% of the people who are listening to this message. Well, if that is the case, then I say that's tough, this is America folks, it's called free speech. And none of us at Kieffe & Sons Ford are afraid to speak up. Kieffe & Sons Ford on Sierra Highway in Mojave and Rosamond: if we don't see you today, by the grace of God, we'll be here tomorrow.

So, according to this asshat, belief in God = Christianity. Well, since Jews, Christians and Muslims all worship the same God, the God of Abraham, make sure to let your Jewish and Muslim friends know about this!

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