Lowe's Between a Rock and Hard Place Over "All-American Muslim"

COMMENTARY | Lowe's is stuck between a rock and hard place with accusations of caving into bigotry after pulling its advertising from the TLC show "All-American Muslim" due to pressure from the Florida Family Association, which feels that the show is "propaganda that riskily hides the Islamic agenda's clear and present danger to American liberties and traditional values." I was shocked about this revelation: I didn't even know there was a show called "All-American Muslim." That's what I get for canceling my cable subscription recently.

I do admit that a TLC show highlighting Muslims in America does seem to have some propaganda message. If this truly were the land where no one is judged based on the color of one's skin or religious views, the show wouldn't be titled "All-American Muslim." It would have just been titled "All-American," since every American would accept each other as-is whether Muslim or not. But that would be boring reality television, so the show has to highlight differences as the FFA noticed about the "All-American Muslim." And it is their right to state their opinion. They just have to accept the rights of others thinking that the FFA is a close-minded group of bigots trying to bully their agenda to sponsoring companies like Lowe's.

Lowe's had to consider whether to publicly stand up to the FFA's bigotry or cave in to them. Alternatively, Lowe's could have taken the third option and ignored the FFA to death. Then no one would have received such publicity from the get-go.

Well, the Internet would have been a way for the FFA to air its grievances against Lowe's for failing to comply with their demands. But then the public would be able to decide for themselves whether the FFA is being bigoted about their opinions of Muslims endangering traditional American values. Now that Lowe's has surrendered to the FFA protests, they look cowardly and equally bigoted to the general public, and other splinter groups are likely to request Lowe's to pull advertising from programming because it features an element they don't like.

Now maybe I can get Pepsi to pull advertising from "X-Factor." I am vehemently opposed to people singing badly live on stage.