Backlash for Lowe's as ads pulled from Muslim show

[markomalley]

From the AP:

Lowe’s Home Improvement has found itself facing a backlash after the retail giant pulled ads from a reality show about American Muslims.

The retail giant stopped advertising on TLC’s “All-American Muslim” after a conservative group known as the Florida Family Association complained, saying the program was “propaganda that riskily hides the Islamic agenda’s clear and present danger to American liberties and traditional values.”

(snip)

A state senator from Southern California said Sunday he was considering calling for a boycott.

Calling the Lowe’s decision “un-American” and “naked religious bigotry,” Sen. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, told The Associated Press he would also consider legislative action if Lowe’s doesn’t apologize to Muslims and reinstate its ads. The senator sent a letter outlining his complaints to Lowe’s Chief Executive Officer Robert A. Niblock.

A government official threatening legislative action if Lowe’s doesn’t apologize and begin advertising??? That is none of the government’s business. And that’s whether you agree with Lowe’s decision or not.

If such an action passes, I hope Lowe’s closes every one of their stores in California and ensures all of their cargo shipped from Asia comes in through the Port of Seattle, rather than any California port.

BTW, I’ve never seen the show in question, so I have no earthly idea what it’s about.

 

[matt1985]

I don’t see how the government can force a corporation to advertise. While I strongly disagree with the boycott, I feel that the corporation has an obligation to do what is profitable.

If they were losing money because they advertised on the show, than they were correct to pull the adds. That is how America works.

 

[ringil]

Heck, I’m thinking f boycotting Lowes now.

 

[Bob_Aliano]

Heck, I’m thinking f boycotting Lowes now.

I’ll counter and cancel your boycott, Lowes has every right to sponsor or not whomever they please. I am also sick of having Islam shoved down my throat with government endorsement and protection. Since there is no Muslim without Islam the government is in fact endorsing one religion over others which is against the constitution.

 

[Paul2274]

Brings a question to mind…
Where is the crowd of people with signs held high outside that senators democratic door shouting “SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE!!”

Paul

ps I feel like building something now… off to Lowe’s !

 

[Gift_from_God]

Brings a question to mind…
Where is the crowd of people with signs held high outside that senators democratic door shouting “SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE!!”

The Learning Channel has nothing to do with separation of Church and State

 

[Gift_from_God]

We shouldn’t force people to advertise, but it’s pretty bad that they pulled advertisement because the Florida Family Association is lobbying against the show. It’s pretty shameful what the FFA is doing. Muslims are regular people like you and me

 

[MugenOne]

I saw part of that show. Taqquiyyah at its best if you ask me. Click, next channel.

 

[LiveCatholic]

The Learning Channel has nothing to do with separation of Church and State

Wrong angle: the Democrat STATE senator should have nothing to do with citizen advocacy groups, gigantic corporations, and Islam.

 

[LiveCatholic]

I saw part of that show. Taqquiyyah at its best if you ask me. Click, next channel.

When I saw that this show was real–and not a joke–I felt like my neighbor had walked his dog right up to my doorstep, let it **** on it, and walked away.

 

[po18guy]

Before the knee finishes jerking, should someone at least look into the show, to see if it contained the alleged content? In any event, a business has an absolute right to do this. Perhaps the advertising slot was misrepresented when it was sold to them. Who knows?

That some formerly unknown congressman pipes up on this issue means nothing other than he wants to divert attention away from his own voting record. 2012 arrives in three weeks, ya know.

 

[Ponyguy]

I feel like going to Lowe’s and buying something, just to support them… but Lowe’s recently closed the two stores near my home.

Around my area, the only “Moslems” seem to be radical black punks who like to appear menacing to white people.

 

[Gift_from_God]

Around my area, the only “Moslems” seem to be radical black punks who like to appear menacing to white people.

And in my area, the Muslims just want to live their lives free of prejudice

 

[dusza]

I feel like going to Lowe’s and buying something, just to support them… but Lowe’s recently closed the two stores near my home.

Around my area, the only “Moslems” seem to be radical black punks who like to appear menacing to white people.

After reading about the Home Depot’s float at San Francisco’s gay parade, I decided to shop at Lowe’s instead. I feared that it was only a matter of time before I read something similar about Lowe’s, which would put me in a bind, but this news definitely swings my “loyalties” further toward Lowe’s.

 

[Khalid]

Heck, I’m thinking f boycotting Lowes now.

I live in a tenement and I don’t know anything about do-it-yourself, but I might stop buying books for a while and save money for a lawnmower thanks to this.

 

[Khalid]

Muslims are regular people like you and me

Individual Muslims might be, but their creed is one of political imperialism. A Muslim may be an excellent person, but a faithful Muslim, observing all of mainstream, classical Islam - a pious Muslim instead of a “cultural Muslim” or a “cafeteria Muslim”, or - heresy! - a “westernized Muslim” (like many in America, who pick and choose what parts of Islam they like, and reject the jihad and imperialist doctrines out of subjective distaste, not out of theology) - is an Islamist.

 

[teenphilo1]

In a free market system Lowes has the right to pull its advertisement. You have the right to boycott. The senator does not have the right to intervene. It should be simple, but of course someone will find a technicality.

 

[LiveCatholic]

Individual Muslims might be, but their creed is one of political imperialism. A Muslim may be an excellent person, but a faithful Muslim, observing all of mainstream, classical Islam - a pious Muslim instead of a “cultural Muslim” or a “cafeteria Muslim”, or - heresy! - a “westernized Muslim” (like many in America, who pick and choose what parts of Islam they like, and reject the jihad and imperialist doctrines out of subjective distaste, not out of theology) - is an Islamist.

A person, insofar as he she becomes a better Muslim, will become a worse person.

 

[teenphilo1]

Sorry, Im a slow poster. I did some research on Islam and Jihad for a school paper. Jihad has to follow these guidelines:

1. innocent civilians can not be harmed
2. no chemical/biological warfare
3. once someone sues for peace, the fighting must stop
4. the war must be in defense, not for political or economic gain

Terrorism is not Jihad. Saying any pious Muslim is imperialist is like saying all pious Christians are Koran burners.

 

[LiveCatholic]

And in my area, the Muslims just want to live their lives free of prejudice

Don’t we all.

This show ‘frees’ the Muslim community from prejudice at the expense of conflating the public’s understanding of Islam. The premise of the show is the blending of Islam and Western lifestyle–probably with the latter emasculating the former, for the sake of the show’s premise–in such a way that the former doesn’t seem so foreign.

But it must be recognized as not only foreign, but a hazard.