http://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/06/03/bmw-explains-why-its-not-using-its-rainbow-logo-in-the-middle-east-for-pride-month-n2396930
Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) ~ Every. Single. Year. This will never not be funny.
Yep, every single year. Someone asked BMW why they weren't using their pride logo for BMW Middle East, and BMW answered.
BMW (@BMW) ~ This is an established practice at the BMW Group, which also takes into consideration market-specific legal regulations and country-specific cultural aspects. (4/4)
Ah, country-specific cultural aspects. Such as?
Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) ~ “We virtue signal where it’s safe.”
EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) ~ HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Sunny (@sunnyright) ~ So, you’re only a supporter of LGBTQ+ human rights if it doesn’t upset the customers in a country that hates gay people?
Andy Lancaster (@andylancaster) ~ So, you only boldly stand for gay rights in countries where they aren't oppressed and or killed.
100 Proof (@ChampionCapua) ~ “These are our principles. If you don’t like them, we have others.”
Heh heh heh heh heh - good one!
Name cannot be blank (@realchrishynes) ~ Right. So you don't necessarily have "pride," you're just virtue signaling in regions deemed safe for you to do so. Got it.
Dennis Noel Kavanagh (@Jebadoo2) ~ So, we can take from this that if market conditions made the oppression of gays profitable that little rainbow of yours would disappear pretty quickly, here, yeah?
I do believe that IF BMW were to be honest they would have to admit that their little rainbow does NOT make their product more profitable in the United States at all. They simply feel better about themselves when they pander to groups of self-proclaimed victims.
Chris (@ChrisFourOhFour) ~ In other words, you’re homophobes who want to castrate gay kids in Western countries, while cheering on the murders of gay men in the Middle East, as long as it helps you make a buck.
AltitudeBen (@BenAltitude) ~ So, what are the cultural aspects that keep you from doing it in the Middle East?
Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) ~ Would those country specific cultural aspects include things like throwing gays off of roofs?
Campbell (@acam1215) ~ At least you're honest cowards.
z7greens (@z7greens) ~ American culture does not approve. Please adjust accordingly.
Sorry, but the month of June has already been declared to be "Heterosexual Awesomeness Month."
What about the millions of Americans who don't observe Pride Month? Could you have taken that into consideration and left your logo alone?
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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