tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329074651201578122.post1577773540471089723..comments2014-05-01T18:47:26.065-05:00Comments on Good Counsel: YABF: Yet Another Bigoted FreakoutJim Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328610110476810019noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329074651201578122.post-25200708861358105182014-02-03T18:53:03.238-06:002014-02-03T18:53:03.238-06:00My criticisms: The Cheerios family was insufferab...My criticisms: The Cheerios family was insufferably adorable. As in all commercials, you have a handsome Dad, a lovely Mom, and an adorable moppet. Like you, I'm a bit surprised that ad is "brave" and "daring" on the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. But wait--I'm not surprised. I live in the south (a liberal part of it, as that goes, but the south nonetheless). I also admit, I had seen the first ad (they've done this family before), and I had to watch it twice to figure out what was "wrong" with it...then I had to watch it again just to be sure. It literally didn't register....(a friend of mine, half-white, half-latina, has a very handsome, professional, very dark black gentleman as a partner. Her first husband--white--was a nasty drunk, verbally and physically abused her, etc. This guy treats her like the princess she is, loves her beautiful daughters, and is a stand-up guy. Hmmm....imagine it...the white guy was a piece of crap and the black guy is a stand-up guy. How is this possible???).<br /><br />As for Coke: I take it all back. I was a bit offended by their "homophobic coke can" Sochi ad (was big in Africa...Coke made the Africans take it down when they realized it existed). Coca-Cola and Pepsi have both been in the forefront of LGBT rights. Not sure what the conservatives will have left to drink. Maybe water is homophobic?<br /><br />I loved "I'd like to buy the world a Coke". Still do (it's on YouTube). I loved this ad, too. I love living in Houston, which is a melting pot if ever there was one. I've frequently said, when I walk into my friendly local H-E-B (grocery store), to get from the front of the store to the back, you hear Ebonics, Farsi, Mandarin, Hindi, English and of course Espanol (along with a goodly selection of "Spanglish"--the nice man who does my yard effectively speaks "Spanglish"--his college-student son sounds like every other teenager in Houston...Javier and I (same age) just stand there wisely, shaking our heads, while he talks to his budz in that language all the teens seem to speak these days....<br /><br />One of my favorite things circulating facebook right now is the one about the irate caller demanding that the other person speak like a "real American!" She tells him, "I am, sir. I am speaking Navajo." How quickly the Prescotts, the O'Briens, the Olsons, the Beauchamps, the Schmidt's, and the Gonzalez's forget that their ancestors were once the "foreigners" here....<br /><br />and since this is now so long, I think I'll just revamp a bit and post it on my own blog! ;-)<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06584588658233756298noreply@blogger.com