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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCoke’s Wild Assertion That Other Languages Exist Stirs Controversy - reveals Andy Borowitz
ATLANTA (The Borowitz Report)The Coca-Cola Company ignited a firestorm of controversy on Sunday with a Super Bowl ad that appeared to make the inflammatory claim that other languages besides English exist.
From coast to coast, viewers reacted with outrage and horror to what many were calling the most incendiary Super Bowl ad in history.
I was enjoying the Super Bowl with my family, and suddenly, out of nowhere, comes this ad suggesting that there are other languages that arent English, said Carol Foyler, a mother of three from Akron, Ohio. I grabbed the remote and turned it off. My kids shouldnt be exposed to garbage thats just going to confuse them.
The Alliance for Responsible Advertising, a conservative watchdog group that monitors advertising it considers offensive and unfit for family viewing, issued a statement demanding that Coke apologize for the controversial ad and promise never to air it again.
Last night, Coke assaulted millions of Americans with its misguided and inappropriate view that other languages exist, the statement said. In the future, we strongly hope that Coke will keep its crazy theories to itself.
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Coke’s Wild Assertion That Other Languages Exist Stirs Controversy - reveals Andy Borowitz (Original Post)
Mira
Feb 2014
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Gothmog
(145,359 posts)1. I love good satire
Borowitz is great
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)2. Magnifique!
- Responsible Advertising is an oxymoron.
K&R
K&R
rpannier
(24,330 posts)3. There are other languages???!
When did that happen?
Must be some new crazy fad the kids have started.
Like the new math, I predict these 'invented' languages will be gone in a few years when they get those liberal ideas out of their head.
ck4829
(35,077 posts)4. "I don't want to hear no foreign xeno tongues." - The crazies
And while this is parody, I'm sure there are people who did rush out of the room when they started hearing strange noises that were... GASP! Other languages.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)5. They wish!
jsr
(7,712 posts)6. English was good enough for Jesus Christ
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)7. It's like stupid has become a badge of honor.
Surely conservative-minded people understand that mindless parochialism is a negative stereotype, not something to aspire to?