Originally Posted by Riley. (Post 9688442)

People need to get over it. It’s like people who get shocked that some Muslims drink, do drugs or gamble, stop stealing our culture Muslims!

Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 9688618)

Well i'm a catholic and what you just said is blasphemous. please stop offending me now. (j/k sort of, i'm an atheist now) seriously though your protestant ways of devaluing Jesus as the living embodiment of God is offensive. he was not a symbol of God, he was actually God on earth. That is the basis of Christianity. I don't know what Christian church you went to that said that Jesus was not God. It's pretty much the whole point of the religion, no matter what branch, Jesus was God coming to earth and dying for the sins of humanity. If Jesus wasn't God then he wasn't the savior.

once again Spoiler:

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 9688640)

what is annoying is that its just so pathetic virtue signalling to get likes (just like M&S and JL)

as TS said its cynical and treats its audience like knobs

Originally Posted by Jake. (Post 9688648)

Pathetic, only word which springs to mind really and it annoys me that companies even acknowledge it

Originally Posted by Cal. (Post 9688633)

Can Christians stop pretending it's their holiday? It's MY holiday to stuff as many pigs in blankets down my big fat gob as I can.

Originally Posted by thesheriff443 (Post 9688659)

Will the advert stop me shopping at Tesco? No
Will the advert make me treat Muslims any differently? No
Will I continue to treat people the way I want to be treated? Yes

Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 9688637)

i think you need to go back and re-read your bible. Jesus was the Son of God.

Originally Posted by Withano (Post 9688677)

How did twitter users determine they were muslim? Genuine question.

Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 9688678)

That's like asking how do you know that Boris or Corbyn are numpties. even a blind man can see it.

Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 9688678)

That's like asking how do you know that Boris or Corbyn are numpties. even a blind man can see it.

Originally Posted by Withano (Post 9688679)

Yh but what was the give away? Was there a quran in the background or something?

Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 9688682)

i honestly haven't seen the ad. i'm assuming they were brown or something.

Originally Posted by Withano (Post 9688683)

Same and same!
If it comes down to people kicking up a fuss about people of a skin colour being featured in a christmas ad, we should probably focus on the twitter users who assumed their religion more than the tesco ad itself.. that seems like the bigger story here.

Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 9688684)

or the bigger story is Tesco knowing idiots would kick up a fuss, and get their ad on every news program while they talk about how inclusive and progressive Tesco is. not to be cynical or anything...

Originally Posted by Withano (Post 9688688)

I mean, I don't think Tesco are above publicity stunts, but I don't think thats what they aimed for here. I just watched the ad, and yeh, we were kinda right. Just Twitter users getting upset after they, personally, assumed the religion of paid actors. I think the Twitter users are more of a newsworthy story than the ad tbh!

Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 9688690)

how many "twitter users" are we actually talking about?

Originally Posted by Dezzy (Post 9688318)

.......lol

In articles like this they'll take two or three examples because, you know, you'd be scrolling for years if they listed all the tweets relating to the story.

Originally Posted by Withano (Post 9688691)

I have no idea. I'd like to think that there wasn't many more than 2 twitter users who assumed someones religion and then got upset because they did so, but I could be wrong.

Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 9688741)

literally, 5 racist people on twitter can get the attention of the british media to make a meal of it.

Originally Posted by Dezzy (Post 9688290)

I like it when racists pretend that Christmas is anything but an excuse to get pissed, eat like pigs and get given presents for 90% of the country so they can feel validated in their racism. Christmas simply isn't a religious holiday for most people any more and to pretend otherwise is just silly.