Offensive LJ advertising...

[almostwitty]

snugglebitch has just posted about seeing an offensive advert against gay marriage on her LJ, and commenting that she's glad she switched to Dreamwidth.

While the advert is obviously offensive, surely any move to try and stop displaying the advert - which says that gay marriage activists are "silencing" the opposition to gay marriage, typical right-wing hysterical rhetoric - just plays right into their hands, and gives them more ammunition?

Mind you, the advert seems to be pointless. Either you believe gay people are equal and should be accorded the same rights as straight people (ie marriage, the army and all that) -- or you think gay people are not equal. A banner advert isn't going to change your mind one way or the other. It's not like they're trying to sell you a toaster...

For the record (since I'm already noticing some unfriending), I'm all for gay marriage and equality. Sheesh. As if that wasn't obvious already?

Comments

[shove-this-job.livejournal.com]

WAT? That's it, I am defriending and dumping you. That's what you get for speaking your mind on your journal.

[sentience.livejournal.com]

hahahaha

[sentience.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, extreme knee-jerk reactionism often spawns precisely the same from the opposition. The fact that the ad is even there, spitting fury over the fact that their polar opposite wants them to be quiet is kind of amusing. What do they expect to happen? Do they want their opposition to be silent too? Silence from both sides would make the air a LOT clearer.

I now have a banner campaign in my head that goes something like this.

You shut up.

No, YOU shut up.

NO, YOU SHUT UP!

NO YOU SHUTTUP AND URMOM

It's so fucking infantile.

We have gay marriage. I don't even know why it's referred to as gay marriage, it's a marriage. I don't know why the gender even needs to come into it. The sooner both sides stop bitching about the other, the better. Give it a fucking rest already.

[wildly-blessed.livejournal.com]

I've got absolutely no problem with that at all. I'm all for equality for everyone too. I was surprised to hear about the ad though, because my account is paid and I don't have to deal with those things.

[amanda.livejournal.com]

For the record:

LJ did NOT know about this ad until it was pointed out to them and a staff member is working to get this ad removed from the site as the whole thing IS against the spirit of LJ. They're not sure how it happened yet - they want to give the advertisers the benefit of the doubt and assume they coded keywords wrongly or something. But it will be removed, and my already have been done so.

:)

[almostwitty]

What *is* the LJ spirit? :)

[amanda.livejournal.com]

Whatever you want it to be. :)