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Stolen Icons

08/17/2009

Seriously

What immediately comes to mind when you see this?

If your answer isn’t “Ghostbusters” then you’re either younger than 20, older than 50, or a smoker.

How about this?

Jesus?  or soccer mom?

Or this?

I know we are on the same page now.

There are thousands of logos / icons that will forever be associated with certain brands, but that’s not what I’m getting at here.   What amazes me is how easily they can be stolen.

The “no circle” has been around a lot longer than Slimer.  The Ichthus has been around a lot longer than the Honda Odyssey.  And there’s a good chance most people don’t even know the original meaning of the rainbow.

How in the world does a symbol of God’s promise to never again judge the world with water become a sign for a very judged group of people often referred to as “flamers”.

Dear gay community,

I love you.  Thank you for my last haircut.  I hope and pray you find more grace and less judgment from those that of us that claim to follow Jesus.  But, can we please have our icon back?

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  • http://intensedebate.com/people/evdaddy evdaddy

    you made me curious about the rainbow flag, so i googled it and found this wikipedia entry. pretty interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_flag

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/evdaddy evdaddy

    i just hope now one sees my history and wonders why i was searching for "gay flag"

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/trippcrosby trippcrosby

    interesting…

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/MarcoWill Marcus Williamson

    Awesome post man! Love the second to the last paragraph especially.

  • carretto

    I have often thought the same thing. Great post, and yes, I associate the first icon with Ghostbusters.

  • Sara

    I was a deprived child who never saw Ghostbusters (my husband still thinks that's impossible), but amen to the post.

  • http://wordssetfree.blogspot.com Kerry

    Brilliant, Tripp. Very well said.

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  • http://www.myspace.com/63129348 Faith

    Reminds me of Demetri Martin – That's pretty greedy gays…

  • http://patrickpizzaparty.blogspot.com patrick

    The God Company officially files for a lawsuit against the Gay Community for brand infringement

  • Brett Smith

    As I read your post to my wife you almost made lettuce shoot out her nose.

    Thank you for that … crazily, the highlight of my day.

  • http://www.metacognician.com Kendra Golden

    I just can't bring myself to stick a Jesus fish to my Honda Odyssey because I'm a very insensitve driver. (I didn't mind putting an LC logo sticker from my church though. Hmmm.)

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/jon_rueger jon_rueger

    Maybe we can work out a complicated, multiple-party trade deal?

    Here's what I propose:

    1) The Gays will return your rainbow icon, in exchange for:

    - Holidays, which the Christians will return to the Pagans, who created them, and:

    - Hymns, the melodies of which the Christians will return to the Hedonists, who developed them to celebrate how blasted they were

    2) In exchange for a strict "hands off" policy on Jefferson and Franklin, the Freethinkers will give the Religious Right an option on Adams during election years (as well as two first-round draft picks, to be featured on the cover of Sports Spectrum)

    3) The Christians will relinquish their right to Bob Dylan and the lead singer of Sunny Day Real Estate, if only the Secularists will take back R. Kelly and Jane Fonda (Pleeeeeeeease?)

    4) The Athiests, Agnostics, and Existentialists will cease their riffing on the ICHTHUS fish bumper ornament if the Christians will apologize for Five Iron Frenzy, GodTube, BibleMan, TestaMints, T-shirts with bad puns, and pretty much everything in Christian bookstores.

    5) The Academics will stop trying to push Christians out of their rightful place in the history of the civil rights movement, in exchange for the Christians giving a damn about the civil rights of their gay and lesbian brothers and sisters in the future.

    See? Everybody's happy!

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/trippcrosby trippcrosby

    Jon, this is amazing.

  • http://www.mikeidea.wordpress.com Mike

    Possibly the funniest thing I have ever read… Don't know if that says anything

  • http://emilydoll.wordpress.com/ Emily Doll

    I know I’m about 2 years late here, but I just read this and this is the best response ever. Seriously, love it.

  • http://www.trippcrosby.com Tripp Crosby

    :)