Tennessee

[shoothoops]

This religious bigotry ad has now been allowed to run multiple times this past week including today in the Tennessean, owned by Gannett:

https://twitter.com/asmiff/status/1274712158841065478?s=19

Update Tennessean:

https://amp.tennessean.com/amp/3233003001?__twitter_impression=true

[Galway Eagle]

My theory: some 22-24yr old salesperson desperate to make numbers for the month called a local evangelical church and gave total creative control to them and didn't review it assuming it was a religious message.

[D'Lo Brown]

Someone at the paper knew.

[dgies9156]

Two comments:

1) If John Seigenthaler were still alive and in charge, that never would have happened. Ever.

2) Nashville, as long as I can remember, has always been home to extremism in fundamentalist Christianity. This ad sadly shows that the more things change, the more things stay the same.

[Hards Alumni]

This religious bigotry ad has now been allowed to run multiple times this past week including today in the Tennessean, owned by Gannett:

https://twitter.com/asmiff/status/1274712158841065478?s=19

Update Tennessean:

https://amp.tennessean.com/amp/3233003001?__twitter_impression=true

Dude, this isn't a politics board.

[shoothoops]

Dude, this isn't a politics board.

You forgot the teal. And sadly there are some people who will classify this as difference of opinion or politics as opposed to the categories of hate, religious bigotry etc...

[brewcity77]

Dude, this isn't a politics board.

How is that politics? Unless we're asserting hate speech is the province of one particular political party.

[shoothoops]

How is that politics? Unless we're asserting hate speech is the province of one particular political party.

I think he was kidding, being sarcastic, at least that is how I read it, especially considering his other posts regarding related subjects etc...but the post was unclear.

[warriorchick]

Two comments:

1) If John Seigenthaler were still alive and in charge, that never would have happened. Ever.

2) Nashville, as long as I can remember, has always been home to extremism in fundamentalist Christianity. This ad sadly shows that the more things change, the more things stay the same.

Spot on.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

I keep thinking this 90's song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VCdJyOAQYM