DirtKings (dirtbags)

[BackNBlackTJ]

to all the vendors here... I hope that you will pull any and all support for DirtKings magazine. Thier current cover...

comes on the eve of the California200 tragedy that killed 8 and injured 12 when a racing truck crashed and rolled through a crowd of spectators, August 14, 2010. The cover above is the August 2011 issue... -:t

Instead of sending such a disgraceful magazine you advertising dollars, donate to Fastaid...

http://www.fast-aid.org/california-200.html

 

[jmaz268]

That is pretty bad taste...

 

[McRat]

Yup. I'm of the "Comedy Is Never Pretty" crowd, but a pic like that makes us off-road enthusiasts look like morons.

If it was deliberate, they are indeed morons. If it were accidental? Uh... morons.

 

[BackNBlackTJ]

I refuse to buy one simply to get a list of advertisers because I don't want to give these idiots any of my money... but after a trip to the bookstore I will be contacting all advertisers directly to complain.

 

[jmaz268]

Personally if it was any of my family killed, I would be contacting them...

 

[Chevy1925]

Fricken idiots! only off road one i buy anymore is "Off-Road". That mag doesnt even look appealing to me, jsut another way for our off road sports to be shut down by the tree huggers and liberals.

 

[BackNBlackTJ]

The following is a list of vendors who will be contacted, hopefully they will pull thier support for this rag...

Rough Country Suspension
Fox racing Shocks
Go Pro
Mickey Thompson Tires
Corbeau Seats
McGaughys Suspension Parts
Interco Tires (super swamper)
Road Armor
Addictive desert designs
Bullet Proof Diesel
Camburg
Bilstein
Cognito motorsports
Air raid
Truck ADD ons
XDP Diesel Power
Top Gun Customz
Night Hawk Shocks
Pit Bull Tires
Trail Master Suspension
KC Hilites
Harbor Frieght tools
BDS suspension
Dynatrack
Poly Performance
Pure performance
EBC brakes
Auto anything.com
Lockstraps.com
Evo mfg
Br4ss underwear
Dirt alliance
Trail ready wheels
Bluetorch fabworks
Sullen clothing
Total Chaos
Edge products
Tom woods drive shafts

pulling thier support is the only way that the editors will get the message that this crap does more harm to the off-road community.

 

[McRat]

Their Facebook page is http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dirt-Kings-magazine/139284472819256

Sadly, you must "like" them to write on their wall.

You can "unlike" them afterwards.

I was a bit too serious. I should have had some fun with it.

 

[1lowdiesel]

That is pretty bad taste. Unfortunately it's too late now for th vendors to pull their adds that will be in that issue, but hopefully they will voice their opinion and maybe they will print a retraction and apology.

I can assure you that the vendors had no clue what the cover was going to be like.

 

[BackNBlackTJ]

I've received several replies so far... many are just as upset as I am, one phone call even assured me they were pulling thier ad's from future editions...

 

[McRat]

They are deleting all negative posts EXCEPT NEW ONES from their Facebook.

Time to have fun gents. PLEASE dick with them if you have a Facebook.

 

[BackNBlackTJ]

They blackballed me... even if I hit the "like" button it won't let me comment anymore! Just means I'm getting under someone's skin

yeah me! :thumb:

 

[McRat]

They blackballed me too.

Free Press - They put their "opinion" out there, and we are allowed to dislike it.

Even if it weren't for the accident that killed spectators last year, picturing someone in a truck running through a camp with people fleeing as being fun is shitty. Hate to say this, but it happens. Had idiots run though our camp at Glamis many years ago.

If they block you, hit REPORT and follow the instructions.

 

[GeneralTJI]

You can see a screen shot with your comments to them here Pat http://www.allcrawl.com/read.php?2%2C544 3rd from the left :thumb:

 

[dirty-b]

They blackballed me too.

Free Press - They put their "opinion" out there, and we are allowed to dislike it.

Even if it weren't for the accident that killed spectators last year, picturing someone in a truck running through a camp with people fleeing as being fun is shitty. Hate to say this, but it happens. Had idiots run though our camp at Glamis many years ago.

If they block you, hit REPORT and follow the instructions.

X2 Where is REPORT?

 

[dirty-b]

X2 Where is REPORT?

Never mind, it's on the left side. Just had to look

 

[ruffmanatv]

They deleted everything and are not allowing anyone to post now. :thumb: Yeah that will solve the problem.

 

[SSchmi5519]

One of thier dumbasses figured out how to disable comments completely.

 

[ruffmanatv]

You can comment on their recent posts though. I got a jab in.

 

[TheBac]

This is their first issue, correct? They did this on purpose, just to get publicity...because good or bad, people are talking about their magazine now.
The publishers of that mag are a bunch of assholes.