OK, good people – as promised last week, we’ll dare to look at the FR thread about the most horrific and important issue the country faces.
Cereal ads.
Or as I like to say:“They’re racially delicious!”
Cheerios Commercial: Racist Slurs Force YouTube to Close Comments Section for New Ad (VIDEO)The Christian Post ^ | May 31, 2013 | Jon Campbell
Posted on Sunday, June 02, 2013 12:48:23 PM by James C. Bennett
A Cheerios commercial has sparked controversy after a large group of people started posting racially charged messages about the new ad on YouTube.
The commercial features an interracial couple and their daughter, and was released by Cheerios on YouTube. However, a group of Internet “trolls” quickly began posting comments about the interracial nature of the ad, sparking such racially charged comments that YouTube eventually decided to close the comments section of the page to bring a halt to the discussion.
The 30 second commercial features a young girl talking about the nutritional value of Cheerios. She asks her mom whether Cheerios are good for your heart, to which the mother responds that they are.
The young girl then smiles and runs off with the box of Cheerios. The next shot is of the girl’s father waking up on the couch with a pile of Cheerios poured out over the left side of his chest where his heart is.
The commercial seems cute and innocent to most, but a number of Internet trolls quickly took over the discussion on the YouTube comments board referring to the interracial nature of the family, which featured a white mother and black father.
Some of the comments referred to “Nazis” and “racial genocide” and more than 600 dislikes were recorded for the video. Others commented that the concept of a happy mixed-race family made them “want to vomit.”
The racial slurs also spilled over onto the Cheerios Facebook page where some commenters stated that they found the commercial “disgusting.”
One commenter also posted a racial slur about the likelihood of black men staying with their family, stating: “More like single parent in the making. Black dad will dip out soon.”
On Reddit the comments continued, and some turned the debate into the likelihood of a black man being with a white woman, against a couple with a white man and a black woman.
In 2012, a Cheerios commercial was also targeted by racial slurs and comments. In that commercial released in June last year, two black siblings are shown at their family kitchen table, when the older brother steals the cereal from his younger brother, who is in a high chair.
One commenter on YouTube wrote: “Just goes to show you they start steeling [sic] at an early age!!! First Cheerio’s next bikes then cares lol just like in real life.”
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Oh, brother!1 posted on Sunday, June 02, 2013 12:48:23 PM by James C. Bennett
To: James C. BennettPretty funny, too bad dad wasn’t Muslim. Holder could file charges then.
4 posted on Sunday, June 02, 2013 12:54:07 PM by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
To: James C. BennettCompanies post on YouTube to get feedback.They got some.
5 posted on Sunday, June 02, 2013 12:55:15 PM by Vince Ferrer
To: James C. BennettI think the bigger issue is that since Obama has been elected – and all opposition to him is called racist by the MSM – people feel more free, not less, to say whatever the hell they want no matter how non-PC it is – especially anonymously on the internet.
7 posted on Sunday, June 02, 2013 12:55:54 PM by vladimir998
To: ROCKLOBSTERI figure that the liberals would jump on such comments as having been written by conservatives. Even though YouTube isn’t known as a bastion of conservatism, liberals would say that only some conservative bigot would write such nonsense.
22 posted on Sunday, June 02, 2013 1:19:52 PM by Dilbert San Diego
Tommy, thank you (and thank A) on so many items in the last few days. Starting with allowing a special weekend edition.
When I saw that you indeed brought up the Cheerios, my anticipation climbed (since you mentioned doing this, I started having fun imagining what the Freepers could do with a commercial that is totally tame although overly-saccharine-sweet. The paroday was hilarious! (But you must be kidding me- two brothers at the table and one swipes some food from the other – that is a schtick as old as video – usually though of 2 white brothers.)
You’d think someone who grew up being called N—-r would be a little understanding of someone not wanting to be called Jewish American Princess.
The picture of Jesus and “Pre-existing condition, LOL” is perfect !
And I admit that I have a hard time getting my head around the idea that Russia was the broker of Peace with Syria (avoiding an international travesty) and the new head of Iran is making overtures of peace. Can’t imagine how this gets conflated in the Freepers’ collective head with the Marxist Kenyan in the White House versus GWB talking about the axis of evil but not able to do anything about it (and as much as I detest much of GWB’s politics, there wasn’t a lot he could positively do about the axis of evil other than realize that his bellicose statements could be making things a whole lot worse).
Thank you so much but remember to keep a proper distance between yourself and the freepers or adverse effects may occur.
Should have included some praise for Cheerios / (are they General Mills?): even after the hooplah over the commercial, they have continued to regularly run their ad. Kudos for not bowing to stupidity that doesn’t realize that desegregation was 50 years ago.