Why is Ben Stein advertised here?

[kwolf68]

I've been off and on a bit, but why is the Ben Stein movie being advertised here on DU?

His movie is going to be an attack on evolution. I saw his interview with hannity and the guy is pathetic. Some of his choices quotes were

"Evolution doesn't work"

and

"They've (who?) taken our God from us"


The guy has no credibility to speak of science.

[Bolo Boffin]

1. I don't know if they have that much control over the ads.

Think of it as wasting Ben Stein's money for them to advertise here.

[kwolf68]

3. Thanks

I am just so digusted with people like this.

[bryant69]

2. I think Google picks the ads, not the Management of this board

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[rurallib]

4. How much business do you think he will get from DU?

My guess is a few who really want to trash it. I hope Benny boy sends huge bucks our way.
here is a site that discusses expelled:
http://www.expelledexposed.com/

[kwolf68]

7. Good good...

Thanks for the link...Stein must be exposed as a huckster of anti-science propaganda.

[Dr.Phool]

5. Over the week-end we outsourced Skinners job.

And TATA sent us Ben Stein.

[Journeyman]

6. Google ads are placed on sites which mention compatible names and ideas. . .

without adjustments for incompatibility or, seemingly, with any intelligence whatsoever. By posting about this person, you've encouraged Googles search engines to place ads related to him on this board. No judgment against you; simply the way these ads are placed.

As someone mentioned above, it's just a waste of their money, so consider it a public service when DU receives this ad revenue as it hopefully keeps other, perhaps more easily deceived people, from contact with this idiocy.

[madinmaryland]

8. I heard an ad for that on my local "progressive" radio station 1260-AM

in DC.

When you hear testimonies from Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity saying how great it is, it really makes you wonder.

:wtf:

[kwolf68]

9. Yea really...

1260 AM....I listen to that as well (im in the DC area).

I actually listened to the interview of Stein on Hannity and the other guys show...I NEVER listen to Faux News, but stumbled there that night and listened.

It was an amazing interview...he offered absolutely NOTHING other than ad hoc cliche arguments against evolution and other assorted non-sense.

I loved his argument that said if evolution existed then what created it? LMMFAO...what the hell created this omnipotent God he talks about? We can go around in circles all day long.

These people thought the earth was flat a couple hundred years ago, they've been exposed as dogmatic idiots time and time again, I guess the war rages on.

[wryter2000]

23. I heard it on Green 960 in SF

They're so clueless, they probably don't know what it's about.

[LeftinOH]

10. I actually like the fact that his production company's ad dollars are being used

here -to promote a product that none of us will pay for (I think that's how it works, anyway).

[kwolf68]

11. LOL...good point I guess

Also, there are likely some flat-earther Democrats as well. I won't watch his crap, because it will make my head explode and I am not even the least bit curious. If he was actually schooled in sciences (or objective thinking) I'd maybe watch.

[pingzing58]

12. He's an idiot. He might memorize information but he can't extrapolate and be inventive.

[kwolf68]

14. And to think...

He was so brilliant in Feris Buellers Day off. /sarcasm

[pingzing58]

29. I will not see his documentary because it's a farce.

[BlooInBloo]

13. Oh gawd....

[Snarkturian Clone]

15. Took the words right out of my mouth.

Maybe there should be a sticky left at the top of the board for people who want to whine about the ads.

[kwolf68]

16. How about one for...

those who WHINE about people WHINING about the ads?

[Snarkturian Clone]

17. Why didn't you search for the 80 quadrillion other

threads about why the ads sometimes show shit that someone on the board may or may not agree with?
Guess what? They pay the bills around here. Don't like em? Don't look at em.

[BlooInBloo]

18. Or use adblock, as I actually have no idea what the OP is talking about (snarfle).

[kwolf68]

19. Aha..

Is it really that big of a deal where you have to be such a total prick?

[Snarkturian Clone]

20. Well after seeing the same fucking thread so many times it becomes

tiresome.

[kwolf68]

21. Yea ok...

I meant no harm, I looked around for a thread about it, and just posted a thread, one that can die off the front page anytime for all I care.

This may be hard to grasp, but sometimes people do things YOU FIND annoying. the fact YOU are annoyed is your goddamn problem and not mine.

[BlooInBloo]

24. It's common for idiots to think they're the ONLY one asking a stupid question...

... and so they naturally don't see what people get bent out of shape about. Perhaps one day they'll realize they live in a world that's larger than themselves.

[Vexatious Ape]

22. Thanks for the great wallpaper

[BlooInBloo]

25. heh.

[RedCappedBandit]

26. Ben Stein = Moron

See his new commercial?

Paraphrase: "If evolution is real, then how did life begin" or some such BS.

People who don't "believe" in evolution never fail to amaze me in their complete ignorance concerning the subject matter.

[Dukkha]

27. from what I hear the movie's getting heavily panned by reviews

very poorly made, total lack of insight, and so far biased to the religious right it will pe projecting on the right wall adjacent to the theater parking lot

[Political Heretic]

28. He's not, if you don't use a stupid browser. :)

Mozilla Firefox - I have no ads anywhere in my browsing environment - ever.