South Carolina is So Gay
Monday, July 14th, 2008 - 9:55pm
Or so says this poster seen in a London subway:
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Gay tourism ad causes uproar in S. Carolina
A state employee has resigned and officials have disavowed an international advertising campaign that led to calls for an investigation of tourism posters proclaiming “South Carolina is so gay.”The advertisements were timed for London’s Gay Pride Week, which ended Saturday. The posters touted the attractions of the state to gay tourists, including its “gay beaches” and its Civil War-era plantations.
Similar ads were posted for Atlanta, Boston, Las Vegas, New Orleans and Washington, D.C., none of which reported any negative backlash. But in South Carolina, reaction to the posters — dubbed “the gayest ever mainstream media advertising campaign in London” by Out Now, the Australian advertising firm that designed the promotion — was swift.
Sounds more like an ad for Southwest Airlines. Need to get away?
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I really wish i could get a copy of that poster. That may be one of the all time "What the hell was he thinking" moments
Should tell you all you need to know.
Can't say as I'm surprised. South Carolina's never been one of those states that screams "super friendly to gay folks," so yes, you do have to wonder what they were thinking.
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That is so f*cking awesome..
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South Carolina has been ass-backward since at least the 1860's and hasn't ventured far from its roots. They were the first to fire on Federal troops, dragged the South into the Southern Insurrection, and have been whining excessively about their karmic comuppance at the hands of Sherman ever since. It's only fitting that they should be complaining about revenue generating tourists in the middle of a down economy.
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That... is awesome.
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Hilarious.
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QFT. Also, hilarious.
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Having recently escaped South Carolina after living there for the last few years I'm curious if anyone involved in this project has ever been to the state. Completely amazing.
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They are about 3 months too early for the election...
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What the hell do Civil-war era plantations have to do with being gay? Do gays love historical farms?
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It's all about Gone With the Wind.
Ever see Midnight in the Garden of Evil? I actually thought it was set in South Carolina when I first posted this story. But it was actually Savannah, Georgia.
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"There's nowhere quite like South Carolina"
Understatement of the year
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"Your broken corpses will taste delicious lightly seasoned with nutmeg." ~ The Creature in the Darkness
Paleo's right: It's downright moronic to complain about revenue-generating tourism in a down economy. I shake my head at you, South Carolina.
I feel for the people who worked on that campaign. $5,000 isn't chump change. Hope they don't let that drop.
And why would a one-time poster campaign, run only for one week at a special location in a foreign market, necessarily warrant approval from senior officials? Not sure why they put that tidbit in there, except to make the state worker look bad.
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Because gays can travel to South Carolina and see historical evidence that there once was a group of people treated worse than they are.
Scarlett O'Hara really should have been played by a drag queen.
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You should check out some weekend festivities in San Francisco.
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Fact, they do.
I feel bad for naive gay Londoners.
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That and the fact that Scarlett O'Hara is the very model of flaming drag queen behavior.
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Maybe it's sort of like antique shopping?
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