Ford sux — Page 2

I don't think any of us own a Ford vehicle... and the less number of ads I see in magazine, the better.

So what's your point?

"I don't think any of us own a Ford vehicle"

doesn't that in itself indicate Ford would be just throwing good money after bad if they continued advertising on the same scale?

Updated On: 12/7/05 at 02:46 PM

I have a Ford, so I guess I'll have to be gettin out the rainbow window flags.

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I kind of detest people who advertise their homosexuality with flags and stickers.

Yeah, you're gay. Get over it.

I dont care if you detest me CO, and it was a joke.

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I didn't mean you in general, but people who wear their gayness on anything. It's one thing to be proud, but its another to shove it down my throat.

This isn't about me.

The Advocate's action is just as extortionary as AFA's and is amazingly ill-informed

i have a rainbow in my back window of my car. i used to have it because i was proud; now i have it to give other people hope. i remember how excited i used to get when i saw a vehicle with a pride sticker in it - just knowing there were more people "like me" out there made me feel good.

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"We view it the same as if Ford gave into the KKK and removed ads with Black people in them."

"We"? - speak for yourself, thanks, and just so you know I'm not alone -

Jeffrey Montgomery, executive director of the Triangle Foundation, called Ford's "record of fairness ... an excellent model for other corporate entities to follow."

"Ford admits that it will cease advertising some brands, such as Jaguar and Land Rover, in 'gay' media, but will continue with others, like Volvo, but that those are business-driven decisions, not a response to the homophobes of the AFA," Montgomery said. "We are confident that Ford will continue to support the broad community of people who buy their products and look to them for leadership in fairness, diversity and equal treatment.

Asked whether any Motor City Pride sponsors have experienced a backlash because of their support of the event, Kevin McAlpine, development director of the Triangle Foundation said, "None whatsoever. All of our sponsors, vendors - no one has been subject to any scrutiny or influence from any organization like the AFA. On the contrary, the gay/lesbian and social justice communities see these corporations supporting human rights issues and in turn develop brand loyalty towards those companies."

"Anyone or any organization that would hold a company hostage to its own interests is fooling themselves and exposes their own fatuous view of the world," Montgomery said. "The AFA is infamous for just such stupidity."




Triangle Foundation

We have to think who drives more Fords, homosexuals or heterosexuals. The answer is heterosexuals. You've got to cater to your clients. That's how I see it.

Umm, heterosexuals probably drive more of any make of car than homosexuals because they outnumber us by 10-1. But most straight people I know -- homophobic or not -- don't give a damn who advertises in The Advocate. They don't read The Advocate. So advertising to a minority group does not mean you still can't cater to the majority, too.

And as was said earlier in this thread, we gays have a lot more discretionary income than Toothless Two-Ton Trailer-Park Timmy, who would be the most apt to fall for a stupid boycott like this. And that Ford seemed to bend at all to his leader, the AFA, is weak.

Your opinion, Yawper. I believe it's Ford's actions that are ill-informed and unwarranted.

As far as I'm concerned, the AFA is a group of hate-mongers.

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