Chef behind Barilla Pasta is blatantly homophobic

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Anonymous wrote:So when was the last time prego did a gay family commercial? I don't think I have seen any gay family commericals for any other company in any industry as of today.

Exactly. Most companies feel the same way, he was just dumb enough to say it

Well, I mean, having a gay family would be a really poor marketing strategy. I mean, something like 2%, maybe 3% of the population is gay, fewer of them are partnered and even fewer of those partnered have children. It's kind of asinine to depict a gay family on TV since it isn't really relatable to potential customers.

Hmmm the average fan of r&b and hip hop is a white suburbanite. And the average buyer of women's clothing is six to eight sizes larger than the models who do the ads. Unless it's a Hollywood celebrity and then there is only a four size difference but of course she is rich and famous.

I think there is something wrong with your notion of relatability.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think what he said was that bad though. He's entitled to his feelings

And I'm entitled to mine. I don't have to eat his goddamned pasta.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think what he said was that bad though. He's entitled to his feelings

Sure he is. And I'm entitled to not buy his products. Simple. I don't do business with people I don't like.

You see, this is where you are wrong. You do business all the time with people you don't like. That is why it is called business.

You have no idea of the views of the people behind 95 percent of the products you buy. Why not? because it doesn't matter. You just occasionally get behind whatever random boycott makes it to the attention of DCUM.

I understand that I might not know everyone's views. But if i happen to find out -- I'm gonna act how I see fit.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop saying black people are the only people deserving of civil rights and equal treatment. That's insulting.

When has anyone said this on this thread?

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Anonymous wrote:I buy according to the quality of the product, not according to the political views of the guy who owns the company. I am sure I have had food cooked or prepared by racists, homophobes, madmen and women of various stripes, libertarians, Catholics, Buddists, misogynists..who cares? If their dedication to the product is right then I will buy.

If they are doing something blatantly unethical like employing child labor that would be one thing, but you cannot choose your brand of prepared pasta on the basis of the CEO's views on gay adoption. It is just ridiculous.

If you buy according to the quality of the product, then you wouldn't buy Barilla, because their product is pretty darn crappy for dried pasta. So yay, win/win?

I understand people who want to buy what they want, when they want it, with a clear conscience. But I just can't do that. Those companies have profits, and they do shitty things and donate to shitty "causes" with those profits, that I would otherwise be helping to generate. You're free to buy what you want, but I can't in good faith, knowingly give money to a brand that I know goes what I believe in.

Well, as a matter of fact, I don't buy Barilla.

And as for whether homophobia is an opinion, the guy didn't say "everyone should go out and beat up gay people", he said that Barilla would not advertize using a gay family, and that he did not approve of gay adoption. The former is a legitimate business choice, and while I disagree with the latter, it is within the grounds of legitimate political debate. Probably half the people in Italy don't approve of gay adoption. If you went there on holiday, would you go to each kitchen and make sure that the chef approved of gay adoption before you ordered your tortellini in brodo? Don't you understand how many ingredients you have eaten that have been grown, prepared, or cooked by people whose views you would disagree with on many issues?

And as for whether homophobia is an opinion, the guy didn't say "everyone should go out and beat up BLACK people", he said that Barilla would not advertize using a BLACK family, and that he did not approve of INTERRACIAL adoption. The former is a legitimate business choice, and while I disagree with the latter, it is within the grounds of legitimate political debate. Probably half the people in Italy don't approve of INTERRACIAL adoption. If you went there on holiday, would you go to each kitchen and make sure that the chef approved of INTERRACIAL adoption before you ordered your tortellini in brodo? Don't you understand how many ingredients you have eaten that have been grown, prepared, or cooked by people whose views you would disagree with on many issues?

30 years ago, people said the same thing. When will be learn?

Stop comparing homosexuality with black people. It's insulting.

Why is it insulting? Gay rights are human rights as are rights for people of color and women.

Others have fought for and won their civil rights. It just always amuses me when folks go with the automatic "but what about black people!" position. It's very telling.