The lunatic fringe went nuts over the multi-cultural Coke ad during the Super Blowout. It puzzled the hell outta me and usually reliable wingnut Erick Erickson of Red State didn’t get it either:
People were really upset about the Coke advertisement? Seriously?
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) February 3, 2014
Coke is well known for its slightly mawkish Kumbaya-style ads so nobody should have been shocked by this commercial. I thought it was mildly pleasant and forgot about it until the hissy fit spread across the interwebs.
I don’t recall Conservatives getting all riled up about the I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing ad campaign. Don’t they have anything better to do? That was, of course, a rhetorical question that we all know the answer to. The outrage factory never rests.
It’s too early for a Coke Zero so I’ll pour myself another cuppa coffee. It’s a pity that Joe Scarborough has ruined the phrase cuppa joe but he has and I’m not too Mika to admit it…
Erickson lives in Geogia, IIRC, Coke country.
Well, Erick son of has a rare moment of lucidity, but as to the mouth breathers all in a snit…when your worldview is in no small part predicated on a Caucasian, English Speaking Jeebus…
he knows you can’t fight big coke.
The outrage factory is all up in arms by being reminded that people speak different languages, but they’re just fine with Bob Dylan hawking gas-guzzling cars while bad-mouthing Keystone Light.
Me? I’m thinking of the children.