Chaely Sleeps Forever

I will say this for Lowe’s, however (and any other advertisers who may join them in the pullout): I don’t believe they’re bigots. They’re cowards. They’re the kind of penny-ante self-interested cravens who, throughout history, have passively made the work of blatant, active bigots possible. No, they didn’t express any animus toward Islam. They just stated, pretty much flat-out, that if you raise a big enough stink about a show, they’ll pull out, if they feel it’s cheaper than the alternative—and implicitly, that bigotry against Islam is acceptable enough that it’s OK to kowtow to it. (Who out there believes they’d have made the same calculus for a show that was “dangerously” positive about Jews, Italian Americans or African Americans? Should 19 Kids and Counting be “balanced” with references to Christian fundamentalist extremism?) That makes them no better, though, nor should it earn them a pass from customers who want to live in a respectful society. Lowe’s may not be building a platform of bigotry itself. But it’s supplying the tools, and that’s more than bad enough.

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All-American Muslim Meets an Un-American Advertising Pullout | Entertainment | TIME.com

Passive bigotry is still bigotry.

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