topic Re: unsettling in Among Friends

unsettling

excpa — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 23:36:45 GMT

is anyone else noticing how preachy some of the hosts are? Spiritual? I don't think so.

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Magny — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 23:40:50 GMT

@excpa wrote:
is anyone else noticing how preachy some of the hosts are? Spiritual? I don't think so.

Some seem more sincere than others, but I'd prefer it all be kept out of the sales sphere. Call me crabby!

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YorkieonmyPillow — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 23:41:46 GMT

@Magny Crabby!

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Katcat1 — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 04:20:18 GMT

Spiritual or politics have no place on the Q from anyone. .

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QVCkitty1 — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:14:22 GMT

I don't approve of using religion to sell products, it' shady.

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gardensla — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 02:05:37 GMT

I would say some are thisclose to outright proselytizing.

I find it weirdly out-of-place, jarring, and not a little offensive.

Save it for your personal space, not your work one.

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MalteseMomma — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:28:34 GMT

During the Q's very early days everyone was very Spiritual.

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ms traditional — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:51:38 GMT

the remote is a beautiful thing!

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millieshops — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 01:27:03 GMT

@QVCkitty1I never thought of it as being shady, but I do find it off-putting, so it's really worse than ineffective if all it is is a sales gimmick.

I like separation of church and state and also separation of church and retail. Even though I think most of the hosts are sincere, it doesn't sell me anything,

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libbyannE — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 02:16:04 GMT

It's a turnoff. They need to keep it to themselves. I'm surprised QVC allows it. Most corporations tell employees to keep their religion at home to the extent possible. If your religion requires you to wear a yamulke or hijab or whatever, that can't be helped, of course.

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QVCkitty1 — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 02:25:02 GMT

@ms traditional wrote:
the remote is a beautiful thing!

The thing is you shouldn't have to use the remote. This wouldn't happen in a store, and it shouldn't happen on a shopping channel.

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SeaMaiden — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 02:32:16 GMT

Selling religion on the Q is soapy sappy and idiotic. We can not discuss it here on the forums.....why are they selling it on the air?

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GCR18 — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 03:28:08 GMT

It doesn't bother me. It also doesn't change a non sale into a sale.

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IMW — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 04:03:20 GMT

Totally agree with you. Truly spiritual people don't need to proselytize, they don't "talk the talk, they walk the walk."

Also the hosts are working in a very very mercenary job, getting people to buy things, whether they need or can afford them.

IMHO that's as far away from spiritual as one can get.

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goldensrbest — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 13:25:10 GMT

FREE SPEECH, does not bother me.

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Libbylady — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 13:52:41 GMT

I don't see how this is "free speech".

The host may, or may not, personally believe all they need to say about such products, but they are assigned the item to hawk.

I think such items are totally inappropriate on a shopping channel, and do cause me to use the remote.

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Vivian — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 14:01:37 GMT

I find the use of religion or even spirituality as a sales tactic disconcerting and inappropriate.

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Shanus — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 14:21:02 GMT

I brought this up many months ago on another thread related to religious items. I think if political threads are zapped by mods at Q, the spirituality of the hosts should be moderated as well. On a public shopping channel (not listed as a religious channel), religion and politics do not have a place. Yes sell a cross or My Saint My Hero bracelet, but keep the sales pitch to details of the product, origin, materials used, etc. This is not the platform for personal hosts' religious inputs about the product or their religious beliefs. Yes, I can mute or FF. These buttons are wearing out on my remote. Maybe it's time for the Q to read our posts so that their programming is not offensive to some of us.

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Ibby114 — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 14:21:47 GMT

@MalteseMomma wrote:
During the Q's very early days everyone was very Spiritual.

Times were different - there's a great effort of inclusion now where it was maybe an afterthought back then.

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ms traditional — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 15:08:47 GMT

@Vivian Florimond wrote:
I find the use of religion or even spirituality as a sales tactic disconcerting and inappropriate.

we have had months of Christmas, a religious holiday, promotion on the shopping channel airwaves. disconcerting or inappropriate? Christmas isn't everyone's holiday. but in this great country, i think we can take or avoid what we wish to consume without others telling us what is appropriate. i am able to make my own choices and treasure that freedom.