{"id":8030,"date":"2011-12-11T15:37:06","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T20:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/?p=8030"},"modified":"2011-12-11T15:37:07","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T20:37:07","slug":"lowes-protects-all-americans-from-dumb-reality-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/11\/lowes-protects-all-americans-from-dumb-reality-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Lowes Protects All Americans from Dumb Reality Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Dear Lowes,<\/p>\n\n

I am writing to thank you for pulling advertising from TLC\u2019s All-American Muslim<\/a>. On behalf of myself and all other dumb-reality-television-hating folks, I want to express my gratitude for your efforts to make American reality television as transparent as possible. As a longtime Lowes consumer, I am proud to know that my hardware store cares enough about the community to influence the content of its television shows. You’re making history by taking home improvement to a whole new level.<\/p>\n\n

I fervently hope you are the first in a long line of businesses to protest the Kim Kardashianesque shows that constitute American programming. (I mean honestly, if All-American Muslim mother-daughter Lila and Suehaila<\/a> get into any more wedding-planning shenanigans about Shadia’s nuptials, I\u2019m gonna scream.) For far too long, \u2018reality television\u2019 has been attempting to force-feed us citizens a brand of dumbed-down reality that simply doesn\u2019t exist. \u00a0I admire you for taking a stand and saying, \u2018No more fakery! No more family drama! No more idiotic reality shows!\u2019<\/p>\n\n

When I learned that the Florida Family Association<\/a> sent out an email alert on December 6th that stated, \u201cAll-American Muslim is propaganda that riskily hides the Islamic agenda\u2019s clear and present danger to American liberties and traditional values,\u201d I never imagined you, my hardware store would cave in<\/del> be influenced by the voices of a small number of<\/del> ordinary Americans. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n

I applaud the strongly-worded email you sent to the FFA, in which you wrote, \u201cWhile we continue to advertise on various cable networks, including TLC, there are certain programs that do not meet Lowe’s advertising guidelines, including the show you brought to our attention<\/span>.\u00a0 Lowe’s will no longer be advertising on that program.\u201d I definitely agree with you that unless a certain program accurately displays every<\/em> single variation of a certain demographic it has no<\/em> place on American television. Incidentally, while we are on the subject of advertising, may I humbly suggest a few more dumb reality shows that I believe could benefit from your advertising guidelines? In no particular order:<\/p>\n\n