Vaseline Commercial: Equity In Skincare

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  1. Surfer Joe

    Surfer Joe Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Lol...the irony of you whining about racism while spouting this.
     
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    You'll have to ask "them" I suppose.
     
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    The very dangerous trend of private entities engaging in free speech?
     
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    It's not just private entities.

    There is another here talking about a public school forced trading for teachers about their white priviledge

    Ever day there is something new happening and if you don't see it then you don't want to see it..
     
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    Non sequitur: private company demographic marketing =/= public school curriculum choices. Tilting at windmills.
     
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    Spooky Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Like I said, you don't want to see it but that's your right just don't complain when it hits you personally because you were warned.
     
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    Vaseline evidently made the Ad. in cooperation with Regina King and a non-profit DIRECT RELIEF. Personally I have never heard of either berore ???
     
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    LOL, warned about a private entity exercising its free speech! OK then...
     
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    You've never heard of Vaseline?
     
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    That was a long, long time ago...
     
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    I certainly have heard if Vaseline but not REGINA KING or the non-profit DIRECT RELIEF.
     
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    Talking out both sides of your mouth? The implication of your first post was quite clear. To try and pretend that you weren't talking about legality is dishonest to say the least.

    As for your emphasis on "REAL issues", you don't think that racism isn't an issue in this country? Odd. I consider it a REAL issue. Anyone that wants equality would consider it a REAL issue. Or is it not a "REAL issue" because it denigrates whites? Or are you going to pretend that the ad didn't mention "To my beautiful black baby... You're being born into a country with history. A history of violence against your skin. Where you still have to fight for the care you need."? An obvious reference to how blacks were treated by white people in this country. Especially when they mention "400 year long journey". What was the need to put that in an ad for anything other than pitting black skinned people against white skinned people? Surely they could have made an ad that catered to black people without mentioning such? Without using BLM pictures in their ad? What would people have said if they had used KKK pictures while talking about white babies being killed by black people? I sure would consider it racist and condemn them for it. I do the same for this ad.

    Put simply they could have made an ad with all their normal rhetoric and put only black people in the ad and it would have accomplished a much better result. And by a better result I mean a non-racist result.
     
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    What does the following have to do with skin care?

    "To my beautiful black baby... You're being born into a country with history. A history of violence against your skin. Where you still have to fight for the care you need."?

    That's the first thing said in the ad. What does BLM have to do with skin care?
     
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    So, you wouldn't say a word if a private company made an ad supporting the KKK? White Supremacy? White Power? Bet you would be in an extreme minority if so....
     
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    Lol...yeah, it's called change. Imagine that.
     
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    What the ****??? Read the words I actually wrote, not what the voices in your head are telling you they think I wrote.

    As I said, much ado about nothing. Call us when the shuttle lands.
     
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    Straw man: The ad in question is none of those things.
     
  18. Steve N

    Steve N Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    No, the left gets triggered by math, grammar and wanting to open up schools.
     
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    Iike signs that say it's ok to be white?
     
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    Ads are meant to be noticed. I noticed.
     
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    These commercials are a red pill dispensary. You are going to have to rip out the tongues of all influencers openly mocking and ridiculing commercials like this.

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    ROFLMAO at that ratio, less than 10% like it..... LESS THAN 10%. Keeping shooting yourselves in the foot...
     
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    I was wondering if someone would mention that. I don't use the stuff any more for that reason, but also because I found a better product that doesn't include petroleum. :mrgreen:

    I'm neither advocating for or protesting against the ad, but if someone finds a product's advertisements offensive, they can boycott that company, and even urge others to do the same.
     
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    LOL....the people who see racism in everything, and I mean everything from milk to the national anthem don't see racism here.

    For the last year or two a disproportionate amount of commercials featured blacks being portrayed as being very successful, they have home most people could never afford, they drive cars most people never could afford and they don't have face tattoos. Now the who thing has been turned around, blacks are being exploited for their imaginary victimhood and you see nothing wrong with it. Let me guess, you never noticed the out of balance number of black in commercials but cry racism when there aren't enough black football coaches, that you notice.
     
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    The alternative to a "private company" is "government". Correct? Correct. You obviously believe it would be illegal for the government to promote such. As such you saying that its a private company and they can say what they want is talking about legality. You can continue to talk out of both sides of your mouth but what you meant is quite obvious. Stop being dishonest.

    So, you don't care about racism. Gotcha. I'm sure we'll never see you say a single word if a white being racist topic pops up. Not one single word. Right?
     
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    Deflection noted.
     
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