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I think maybe it was Marshall McLuhan or somebody who described advertising as the antenna of society.
The ad men are almost by definition behind American society, and I doubt that it is more than a tiny fraction who are upset. The vast majority are pleased and thinking to themselves, 'finally.' This is 2013, for frick's sake.
They weren't dragged anywhere. Cheerios knew exactly what it was doing. Advertisers of stale products like 'Cheerios' are always looking to deliberately cause controversy. I'm sure they're happy with the results.
It's only controversial to the racist garbage of our society. The rest of us couldn't care less.
Last edited by RaymondChandlerLives; 05-31-2013 at 12:35 PM..
People who have opinions different than yours are considered garbage?
No, people who have a problem with seeing a mixed-couple in a friggin' cereal commercial because it offends their racist sensibilities, are garbage to me.
No, people who have a problem with seeing a mixed-couple in a friggin' cereal commercial because it offends their racist outdated sensibilities, are garbage to me.
Maybe people are just tired of having "racial diversity is great" jammed in their faces.
Maybe people are just tired of having "racial diversity is great" jammed in their faces.
If your theory is correct, it only hammers home that they're bigots even further. The VAST majority of media content in this country caters to white America, yet one commercial showing a mixed-race couple is "jamming" diversity down your throat? Basically anything that doesn't scream "white Christian heterosexual male" is irksome to the racists. To hell with them.
This is hilarious. It's very likely that those complaining were black women. But the leftists are clueless about it.
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