Tue Feb 4, 2014, 10:53 AM
Le Taz Hot (22,271 posts)
Ah the outrage du jour.![]() Some people thrive on it and feel they simply MUST share with whoever will listen. Here's a concept: It is possible to like the Coke ad without liking the product. Really, not that difficult.
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Le Taz Hot | Feb 2014 | OP |
el_bryanto | Feb 2014 | #1 | |
lame54 | Feb 2014 | #2 | |
cali | Feb 2014 | #3 | |
Le Taz Hot | Feb 2014 | #9 | |
cali | Feb 2014 | #10 | |
Le Taz Hot | Feb 2014 | #13 | |
LanternWaste | Feb 2014 | #33 | |
JoePhilly | Feb 2014 | #11 | |
Vashta Nerada | Feb 2014 | #16 | |
loli phabay | Feb 2014 | #4 | |
boston bean | Feb 2014 | #5 | |
madokie | Feb 2014 | #6 | |
NuclearDem | Feb 2014 | #7 | |
Javaman | Feb 2014 | #22 | |
Javaman | Feb 2014 | #23 | |
CBGLuthier | Feb 2014 | #8 | |
cali | Feb 2014 | #12 | |
upaloopa | Feb 2014 | #31 | |
LanternWaste | Feb 2014 | #34 | |
Capt. Obvious | Feb 2014 | #14 | |
Le Taz Hot | Feb 2014 | #15 | |
pampango | Feb 2014 | #17 | |
Orrex | Feb 2014 | #18 | |
Le Taz Hot | Feb 2014 | #19 | |
Orrex | Feb 2014 | #20 | |
Javaman | Feb 2014 | #21 | |
Rainngirl | Feb 2014 | #24 | |
Whisp | Feb 2014 | #25 | |
1000words | Feb 2014 | #26 | |
bravenak | Feb 2014 | #27 | |
malaise | Feb 2014 | #28 | |
El_Johns | Feb 2014 | #29 | |
upaloopa | Feb 2014 | #30 | |
The Straight Story | Feb 2014 | #32 |
Response to Le Taz Hot (Original post)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 10:54 AM
el_bryanto (11,804 posts)
1. Next you'll be saying it's possible to like Woody Allen's films while thinking he's kind of creepy
Or you can agree with the Popes statements on economic matters without supporting his homophobia/misogyny.
That's not how the game is played. Bryant |
Response to Le Taz Hot (Original post)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 10:54 AM
lame54 (34,023 posts)
2. You can like the ad...
but why spend energy defending them against the right - after all they are the right
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Response to Le Taz Hot (Original post)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 10:56 AM
cali (114,904 posts)
3. sure. and it's possible to point out that Coke hardly deserves
great accolades for the ad. It wasn't brave. It was just marketing.
In any case. seems like you're just as outraged as the people you're calling out for being outraged. gotta love the irony. |
Response to cali (Reply #3)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 10:58 AM
Le Taz Hot (22,271 posts)
9. You've misanalysed
outrage with annoyed amusement. Learn to know the difference.
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Response to Le Taz Hot (Reply #9)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 11:03 AM
cali (114,904 posts)
10. lol. yeah. why so prickly?
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Response to cali (Reply #10)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 11:08 AM
Le Taz Hot (22,271 posts)
13. You call that prickly?
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Response to cali (Reply #10)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 08:28 PM
LanternWaste (37,748 posts)
33. Prickly as a smoothie.
Prickly as a orange smoothie.
However, as you pretend to know better, I'll just watch you rationalize it further should you choose to continue. |
Response to Le Taz Hot (Original post)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 10:56 AM
loli phabay (5,580 posts)
4. never saw the ad, prefer pepsi so i stay out of it.
Response to Le Taz Hot (Original post)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 10:56 AM
boston bean (35,460 posts)
5. It's called cognitive dissonance and sometimes
it's good to examine the reasons why one might be experiencing that. It's also fine for others to point it out.
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Response to Le Taz Hot (Original post)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 10:57 AM
madokie (51,076 posts)
6. Of course it is
Response to Le Taz Hot (Original post)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 10:57 AM
NuclearDem (16,184 posts)
7. The ad was fine.
That it was a Coke ad is what made it despicable and disingenuous.
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Response to Le Taz Hot (Original post)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 10:57 AM
CBGLuthier (12,723 posts)
8. If you like being manipulated, sure.
Me, I get kind of resentful when companies assume I am an idiot with such obvious methods.
Do you think they really cared about global harmony in the 70's? Do you think that Coke adds life? Sad, sad sad. |
Response to CBGLuthier (Reply #8)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 11:05 AM
cali (114,904 posts)
12. but but it's fun. it's likeable. it pisses off the right. it's a great message
and some people are easily manipulated or don't mind rushing to the defense of corporatism.
lots of them right here on supposedly liberal DU. |
Response to cali (Reply #12)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 07:54 PM
upaloopa (11,417 posts)
31. No a lot of people would rather think then
regurgitate what today's DU collective outrage is.
Sometimes some DUers can be bullies. |
Response to CBGLuthier (Reply #8)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 08:31 PM
LanternWaste (37,748 posts)
34. One of the major reasons I enjoy reading poetry...
"If you like being manipulated, sure."
One of the major reasons I enjoy reading poetry, and reading Edwardian fiction-- however, I'm quite sure the clever people maintain the pretense of more erudite reasons for enjoying it... ![]() |
Response to Le Taz Hot (Original post)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 11:15 AM
Capt. Obvious (9,002 posts)
14. I miss Meta too
Response to Le Taz Hot (Original post)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 11:41 AM
pampango (24,692 posts)
17. The company is bad. The ad is good. Sticks it to the nativist right. Take the good, leave the bad.
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Response to Le Taz Hot (Original post)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 11:57 AM
Orrex (62,400 posts)
18. Some people shop at Walmart by necessity without liking the retailer.
Really, not that difficult either.
DU has plenty of outrage to go around. It's always helpful to have gatekeepers to advise us which outrages are acceptable and which are not. |
Response to Orrex (Reply #18)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 12:06 PM
Le Taz Hot (22,271 posts)
19. And you're welcome.
The bill for gatekeeping is in the mail.
![]() Seriously, TPP? Outrageous. Coke commercial? Not so much. It's all about putting things perspective. |
Response to Le Taz Hot (Reply #19)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 12:19 PM
Orrex (62,400 posts)
20. My beef yesterday...
was that Coke Inc. is a favorite DU target for condemnation due to its business and environmental practices, and there's usually a healthy dose of "who would drink that shit" thrown in for good measure.
But they buy 30 seconds of airtime and suddenly they're the darling of the progressive infosphere. It was the lightning-quick change in acrimony that threw me for a loop. Also, check with Fred in Accounts Payable. |
Response to Le Taz Hot (Original post)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 12:26 PM
Javaman (61,366 posts)
21. Actually, I don't like coke or their product.
just because some smart marketing madison ave type comes up with a new way to sell coke that makes us all feel warm and fuzzy, I'm supposed to now support and like coke?
coke destroys water supplies in the US and in 3rd world nations. coke uses strong arm tactics to push their sugar water. coke supported death squads. Need I go on? |
Response to Le Taz Hot (Original post)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 06:06 PM
Rainngirl (243 posts)
24. Loved the ad
but won't touch the product. It's poison.
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Response to Le Taz Hot (Original post)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 06:10 PM
Whisp (24,096 posts)
25. It was a great ad but Coke does not believe in what that ad's message was.
Coke likes money above all, they don't like unions and will kill people who do. They don't care about water supplies to communities as long as they can bottle their $$$.
That's the objection I and probably most others have. It's a lie. A very nice one, but a lie considering where it's coming from. |
Response to Le Taz Hot (Original post)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 06:11 PM
1000words (7,051 posts)
26. Junior High Underground
Response to Le Taz Hot (Original post)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 06:14 PM
bravenak (34,648 posts)
27. Mexican Coke Rules!!!
Hecho en Mexico con Azucar. Real sugar.
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Response to Le Taz Hot (Original post)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 06:18 PM
malaise (257,134 posts)
28. +1,000
I loved the ad but we don't drink that shite.
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Response to Le Taz Hot (Original post)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 06:19 PM
El_Johns (1,805 posts)
29. Fake controversy (on both sides) sells Coke. Meanwhile, the 1% takes more of the pie.
Response to Le Taz Hot (Original post)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 07:49 PM
upaloopa (11,417 posts)
30. Coke use to be bottled in just about every major city
In the US when I was a kid. You could look at the bottom of your bottle and see a city name there.
It brought us American Band Stand that traveled to those cities. You could get on the show if it came to your town. You had a chance to dance and meet some bands and Dick Clark. It was part of Americana back then. |
Response to Le Taz Hot (Original post)
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 08:24 PM
The Straight Story (48,121 posts)
32. You can be against killing innocent people with drones and still vote for Obama
Many have
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