Diversity in advertising is great, however I think it should also include diversity in opinion/political views.

Anyone agree/disagree?

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So what, you gonna take a poll and make sure you have enough republicans?
Look, diversity initiatives are meant to help level the field for people who are in a class or group that has been historically discriminated against. No one is systematically discriminated against for being fiscally conservative or a socialist or a Bernie Bro.

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I have a friend who’s a republican and he feels very alienated sometimes, but like...so what? He’s never gonna be fired for his opinions and never going to have trouble getting a job because of them. Can we focus on real issues plz

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Sounds about white

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Yeah, good luck with your "Keep out the brown people" and "the gays are icky" PSAs.

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How about economic diversity. Let’s hire the kids who could only afford community college. 😬

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You sound like a white conservative person who feels left out by inclusiveness...

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An industry that only consists of one opinion is not reflective of our society.

And I hate to break it to you, but turning the M upside down won’t make our society less misogynist.

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I didn’t imply you supported him, just said that those that stand idly by while he does his thing, are complicit. Only you know if that applies. And I want no dialog with Republicans, you are correct. I think they are complicit and I’m done being nice about it. Where they stand on issues hardly matters when they are willing to stand and watch atrocities. They do not get to burn the environment down, separate children, decimate healthcare and try to revoke roe v wade and then have a nice tea and debate tax policy or federal land use. Not with me. Those days are gone.

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Again, this isn’t a spending issue- in the current state of politics, Republican is synonymous with racist and homophobic and misogynist. If you wanna own up to that fine, but don’t complain when people rightly don’t want to be around you anymore.

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@360i your list of what’s synonymous with a Republican is what’s being fed to you by the news and /or the guy who is President and not actually a Republican. Instead of grouping them under your 3 adjectives maybe talk to a real one with an open mind and a genuine desire to understand where they stand and how they feel about issues.

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I mean I would fire you the second you said something bigoted or offensive.

And I probably wouldn’t hire a conservative because most of them are morons

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I disagree, because the industry shouldn’t be giving a voice to opinions / political views that dehumanize non white heterosexual males

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Which Republican views should brands promote in advertising? That climate change is a hoax, immigration is icky, Trump is awesome, or that troubled teenagers should be able to purchase assault rifles?

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CW1, you could not be more wrong

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I don't see the parallel between gender or racial diversity and political diversity. Not sure how frequently politics come up when you interview, but I don't know how else an employer could let that bias impact their decision (consciously or unconsciously). I also can't think of a reason why most projects would benefit from political opinions...

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Nah.

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AD1, you know that quote, the one about what they call the regular, good, honest people who just went kind of quietly went along with supporting Hitler? Yeah, that’s Republicans right now. They can’t claim he’s not their guy and have clean hands. Sorry, boo, you lay with dogs and all that...

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Ogilvy1, wow, chill out

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Every time we talk about diversity on here it descends into bashing and silencing. Smh, gonna backfire again at midterms, just watch.

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For me and I have republican friends. Sure the economy is ‘doing well’. And ‘the stock market is up’. But morale, decency and decorum have reached a new low from the party of supposed family values. So I ask if the next democratic nominee has 4 ex wives 9 kids combined has maimed his dog and slept with his daughter instead of just lusting her. Do you have any grounds to comment ? Just a question. Let the flogging begin 😬.

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