E3 Classic

Mad_Malx
Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
edited January 23 in Pro race

Promoters have learned from their previous mistakes with the sexist posters and have now gone for another target 😯


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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661

    Yeah I mean, it's a shame one of the best races of the year is marketed by people stuck in the 70s.

    Side note: I see the Americanisation of identity politics also occurs in Belgium - LBTQ isn't the Dutch acronym, is it?

  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,475

    The "LGBTQ community being wildly enthusiastic about" the "bareback" part is especially disgraceful considering people in the gay community suffer much higher rates of HIV infection and have a much higher impetus to practice safe sex.

    E3 is a good race and really doesn't need shock value marketing.

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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,558

    It looks very much like a case of having a (bad) idea, then rushing it out to get maximum publicity from it.

    It's really poor - crass, insensitive and of an era that I think most people are glad to be out of.

  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293

    It's always nice to see people keeping up the Bernard Manning school of comedy.

    🙄

  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,437

    Seems like they are suggesting only gay people like butt stuff, which might be over simplifying things a bit (just ask Prince William).

    By that logic I am not sure that lesbians are likely to be any more of a fan of male bareback seatpost riding than anyone else, so the whole thing doesn't really make sense...

  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,934

    This is google's translation in case anyone was struggling to understand

    Wout Van Aert crosses the finish line without a saddle

    LGBTQ community very enthusiastic

    about that rainbow jersey from van der poel of course

  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,661

    I take it the D in your name doesn't stand for Davidson 😅

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,909

    I wouldn't say my mother in law is fat ... Cos she's quite thin really

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  • ddraver
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