BMW Admits the Obvious HotAir [Video]

You have to admire their honesty, if not their willingness to stand on principle. 

BMW was challenged on Twitter to explain why its logo is all rainbowy in Western countries but remarkably uncolorful in the Middle East. They answered honestly: we don’t do that because Muslims as a group, at least in the Middle East, don’t think so highly of gays and other sexual minorities. 

This is an established practice at the BMW Group, which also takes into consideration market-specific legal regulations and country-specific cultural aspects (4/4)

— BMW (@BMW) June 1, 2024

It’s hard to argue with the logic behind that. I can’t imagine that BMW would like to suffer the Dylan Mulvaney effect in a wealthy and prestige-conscious part of the world–especially given that the Dylan Mulvaney effect might look more like what Dylan’s fate would be were he to visit the less enlightened parts of the Middle East. Nobody wants their salesmen to …