Current Events > How tasteless was that MLK Dodge Ram ad during the Super Bowl?

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Bio1590
02/05/18 12:19:24 AM
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MacadamianNut3
02/05/18 12:21:00 AM
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Car commercials have gone next level stupid over the years
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pieisthebest
02/05/18 12:22:43 AM
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What's so bad about it?
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ProtoManSPx
02/05/18 12:23:14 AM
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Elaborate tc
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ForestLogic
02/05/18 12:24:07 AM
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pieisthebest posted...
What's so bad about it?

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Fin_Dawg_004
02/05/18 12:24:10 AM
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how is this tasteless?
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Skye Reynolds
02/05/18 12:24:14 AM
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My sister and I were talking about this.

It's pretty shameless to take a recorded speech from a Civil Rights activist, who was martyred for the cause of fighting racial injustice and oppression, and use his audio to sell a truck.
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BLAKUboy
02/05/18 12:25:49 AM
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The only bad thing about it is it shows they have no idea how to sell a car. But that's car commercials in general.
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byrone
02/05/18 12:26:03 AM
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ForestLogic posted...
pieisthebest posted...
What's so bad about it?

Skye Reynolds posted...

It's pretty shameless to take a recorded speech from a Civil Rights activist, who was martyred for the cause of fighting racial injustice and oppression, and use his audio to sell a truck.
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masticatingman
02/05/18 12:27:36 AM
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Still better than those Budweiser commercials about pet dogs.
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ForestLogic
02/05/18 12:28:24 AM
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Skye Reynolds posted...
My sister and I were talking about this.

It's pretty shameless to take a recorded speech from a Civil Rights activist, who was martyred for the cause of fighting racial injustice and oppression, and use his audio to sell a truck.


I guess, but pretentious super bowl commercials have been a thing for like a decade now. They stopped being about selling stuff and started being about trying to outdo each other in terms of grandness to the point they're barely commercials anymore.

Note, I'm not defending commercials since I think they're awful and predatory in nature, I just think singling this one out in particular is petty.
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babyeatermax
02/05/18 12:29:35 AM
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I thought it was tasteless considering the way the NFL has blackballed Kaep.
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ProtoManSPx
02/05/18 12:30:29 AM
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byrone posted...
ForestLogic posted...
pieisthebest posted...
What's so bad about it?

Skye Reynolds posted...

It's pretty shameless to take a recorded speech from a Civil Rights activist, who was martyred for the cause of fighting racial injustice and oppression, and use his audio to sell a truck.

Hmm...I don't care about trucks but I was able to appreciate the audio and message at least. I'm glad I heard it
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BLAKUboy
02/05/18 12:31:42 AM
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ForestLogic posted...
I guess, but pretentious super bowl commercials have been a thing for like a decade now. They stopped being about selling stuff and started being about trying to outdo each other in terms of grandness to the point they're barely commercials anymore.

That's not really exclusive to Super Bowl commercials.
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Paper_Okami
02/05/18 12:33:04 AM
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Skye Reynolds posted...
My sister and I were talking about this.

It's pretty shameless to take a recorded speech from a Civil Rights activist, who was martyred for the cause of fighting racial injustice and oppression, and use his audio to sell a truck.


who was also a socialist

https://newafrikan77.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_1965.jpg

Fuck Dodge, trash company. Dr. King did more in the last day of his life than this company has ever done.
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02/05/18 12:33:27 AM
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Fin_Dawg_004
02/05/18 12:34:29 AM
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ThanksUglyGod posted...
https://www.vox.com/2018/2/4/16972220/martin-luther-king-dodge-ram-super-bowl-ad

LOL
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bevan306
02/05/18 12:37:22 AM
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TheJBD
02/05/18 12:37:39 AM
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I honestly thought I was misunderstanding for a moment.
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sylverlolol
02/05/18 12:39:07 AM
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Skye Reynolds posted...
My sister and I were talking about this.

It's pretty shameless to take a recorded speech from a Civil Rights activist, who was martyred for the cause of fighting racial injustice and oppression, and use his audio to sell a truck.

...but a cereal company using bi-racial couples, etc., to sell cereal isn't?

(it was a cereal brand last year, wasn't it?)
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Paper_Okami
02/05/18 12:42:12 AM
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sylverlolol posted...
Skye Reynolds posted...
My sister and I were talking about this.

It's pretty shameless to take a recorded speech from a Civil Rights activist, who was martyred for the cause of fighting racial injustice and oppression, and use his audio to sell a truck.

...but a cereal company using bi-racial couples, etc., to sell cereal isn't?

(it was a cereal brand last year, wasn't it?)


yeah that's not the same at all
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sylverlolol
02/05/18 12:44:45 AM
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Paper_Okami posted...
sylverlolol posted...
Skye Reynolds posted...
My sister and I were talking about this.

It's pretty shameless to take a recorded speech from a Civil Rights activist, who was martyred for the cause of fighting racial injustice and oppression, and use his audio to sell a truck.

...but a cereal company using bi-racial couples, etc., to sell cereal isn't?

(it was a cereal brand last year, wasn't it?)


yeah that's not the same at all

of course it isn't because you agree with one and not the other. both cases are nothing more than using politics to sell something.
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TheJBD
02/05/18 12:46:22 AM
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sylverlolol posted...
Paper_Okami posted...
sylverlolol posted...
Skye Reynolds posted...
My sister and I were talking about this.

It's pretty shameless to take a recorded speech from a Civil Rights activist, who was martyred for the cause of fighting racial injustice and oppression, and use his audio to sell a truck.

...but a cereal company using bi-acial couples, etc., to sell cereal isn't?

(it was a cereal brand last year, wasn't it?)


yeah that's not the same at all

of course it isn't because you agree with one and not the other. both cases are nothing more than using politics to sell something.


Are there...are there a lot of people who respect MLK and hate biracial couples?

Did I miss part of this exchange?
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ThanksUglyGod
02/05/18 12:47:11 AM
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sylverlolol posted...
Paper_Okami posted...
sylverlolol posted...
Skye Reynolds posted...
My sister and I were talking about this.

It's pretty shameless to take a recorded speech from a Civil Rights activist, who was martyred for the cause of fighting racial injustice and oppression, and use his audio to sell a truck.

...but a cereal company using bi-racial couples, etc., to sell cereal isn't?

(it was a cereal brand last year, wasn't it?)


yeah that's not the same at all

of course it isn't because you agree with one and not the other. both cases are nothing more than using politics to sell something.

interracial couples aren't politics
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TheJBD
02/05/18 12:47:44 AM
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GregShmedley posted...
I also didn't like the Verizon one.


Which one? I don't remember.
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YellowSUV
02/05/18 12:49:07 AM
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ThanksUglyGod posted...
https://www.vox.com/2018/2/4/16972220/martin-luther-king-dodge-ram-super-bowl-ad


This isn't really surprising. America has been using MLK as a prop since he died.
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Paper_Okami
02/05/18 12:51:02 AM
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ThanksUglyGod posted...
sylverlolol posted...
Paper_Okami posted...
sylverlolol posted...
Skye Reynolds posted...
My sister and I were talking about this.

It's pretty shameless to take a recorded speech from a Civil Rights activist, who was martyred for the cause of fighting racial injustice and oppression, and use his audio to sell a truck.

...but a cereal company using bi-racial couples, etc., to sell cereal isn't?

(it was a cereal brand last year, wasn't it?)


yeah that's not the same at all

of course it isn't because you agree with one and not the other. both cases are nothing more than using politics to sell something.

interracial couples aren't politics

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TheJBD
02/05/18 12:55:21 AM
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GregShmedley posted...
TheJBD posted...
GregShmedley posted...
I also didn't like the Verizon one.


Which one? I don't remember.


It was like playing this woman crying for how grateful she was for the first responded that rescued her. All to say how great their network is.


Oh. I tuned out the first responder ones. There were a couple in a row. Didn't realize one was a Verizon commercial.

The one about some company BUILDING BUILDINGS IN AMERICA BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT OUGHT TO BE one struck me as silly too. I mean, I'm all for keeping production in the US when possible, but it just felt like a "Look at me, I'm doing the bare minimum!" attention grab.
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Photachyon2
02/05/18 1:03:55 AM
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YellowSUV posted...
ThanksUglyGod posted...
https://www.vox.com/2018/2/4/16972220/martin-luther-king-dodge-ram-super-bowl-ad


This isn't really surprising. America has been using MLK as a prop since he was murdered.

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MrK3V
02/05/18 1:06:08 AM
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voldothegr8
02/05/18 8:25:54 AM
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I knew the internet would be up in arms about it and have not been disappointed.
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Bio1590
02/05/18 9:08:59 AM
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I wouldn't really say it's unwarranted though.

Whoever from his family is in charge of approving shit like this deserves just as much shit though.
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thrashmetal14
02/05/18 9:14:37 AM
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Anyone else notice that the majority of the people in that commercial were white?
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Fam_Fam
02/05/18 9:21:40 AM
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thrashmetal14 posted...
Anyone else notice that the majority of the people in that commercial were white?


do you think black people buy dodge rams?
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