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peggysue2

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41. Wow!

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 11:55 AM

Jul 2020

That's a killer ad. Enough to make me tear up.

Dear Mr. President: Follow your niece's suggestion:

Resign.

You're in over your head. And you're killing us.

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"Back To School" - Powerful Ad! [View all] kpete Jul 2020 OP

Yikes! That's a serious gut-punch. Laelth Jul 2020 #1

"The Protest Films" JHB Jul 2020 #20

The Protest Films ... aggiesal Jul 2020 #22

A link for a YouTube subscription to the channel, to be specific JHB Jul 2020 #47

Gut punch, indeed. Every scenario in the ad was all too realistic and likely to happen. crickets Jul 2020 #26

Schools are germ factories. Laelth Jul 2020 #31

Says every parent in history leftieNanner Jul 2020 #39

I did home daycare for 18 years while my kids were still kids. Helped raise 37 children. tblue37 Jul 2020 #53

My older daughter was doing her homework at the kitchen table leftieNanner Jul 2020 #55

Hard to watch...powerful... Wounded Bear Jul 2020 #2

I thought peanut butter sandwiches Nature Man Jul 2020 #3

Yeah they kept mentioning that and I was like huh? Where is that happening ? lunasun Jul 2020 #5

Seriously? That's your first reaction to this ad? StarfishSaver Jul 2020 #6

It's possible to have more than one reaction Nature Man Jul 2020 #7

You may have had more than one reaction, but that's only the reaction you decided to share StarfishSaver Jul 2020 #8

What makes you think I owe you anything? Nature Man Jul 2020 #9

Oooh - is somebody having a bad day? StarfishSaver Jul 2020 #14

Post removed Post removed Jul 2020 #16

My grandson has a peanut allergy StarryNite Jul 2020 #29

I don't think the poster was really concerned about it either StarfishSaver Jul 2020 #35

good thing onethatcares Jul 2020 #10

Give it a rest Nature Man Jul 2020 #12

Now someone should be banned for treestar Jul 2020 #64

I bet a lot of us who have had kids in school had a reflexive "Whoah! Wait!" reaction to that. nt tblue37 Jul 2020 #54

I didn't know they had banned peanut butter sands at Cha Jul 2020 #57

31 years ago a kindergartener died in school here because she was accidentally exposed to peanut tblue37 Jul 2020 #61

Poor thing Cha Jul 2020 #62

Always attacking the poster and not the issue treestar Jul 2020 #63

I have worked both in the cafeterias and kitchens of a public school. Niagara Jul 2020 #17

Thank you for the insight Nature Man Jul 2020 #18

You're very welcome. Niagara Jul 2020 #19

I practically grew up on peanut butter. StarryNite Jul 2020 #30

I grew up on peanut butter as well. Niagara Jul 2020 #48

I gave up peanut butter and replaced it with eating twice as much chocolate. StarryNite Jul 2020 #59

My grandkids school Alliepoo Jul 2020 #27

Our schools allow them Bettie Jul 2020 #46

Recommended. H2O Man Jul 2020 #4

This powerful ad needs to aired relentlessly. Niagara Jul 2020 #11

Honestly... it was too long. It would have been better as a series of three or four ads. NurseJackie Jul 2020 #13

You aren't displaying the requisite piety Nature Man Jul 2020 #15

It's not about the peanut butter. jaxexpat Jul 2020 #23

Your post #12 with time stamp 9:59 AM says: "Give it a rest." JustBidenOurTime Jul 2020 #34

Really? Mossfern Jul 2020 #42

There are a lot more children these days, like my niece, who will have a life threatening smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #60

K&R BlueJac Jul 2020 #21

I just wish they wouldn't call this the Plague. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #24

It's the Trump Plague RainCaster Jul 2020 #28

Nonetheless, it's very, very misleading to call it Plague. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #44

Perhaps mildly misleading I will conceed RainCaster Jul 2020 #51

Agree; it's also not as deadly treestar Jul 2020 #66

No, she mentions that her dad makes the sandwiches like her mom used to - implying mom has died. cwydro Jul 2020 #33

Yes, I did get that. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #45

I agree it was overwrought treestar Jul 2020 #65

Summbitch. gibraltar72 Jul 2020 #25

Wow. cwydro Jul 2020 #32

Incredibly powerful ad! Will the people who need to see it actually see it? bobbieinok Jul 2020 #36

A tear jerker...and rightfully so world wide wally Jul 2020 #37

Seems a little too maudlin and sappy. flying_wahini Jul 2020 #38

I totally agree. nevergiveup Jul 2020 #40

Wow! peggysue2 Jul 2020 #41

This is the most powerful, emotional ad I have seen so far ashredux Jul 2020 #43

Using the voice of a child - VERY powerful! Talitha Jul 2020 #49

Wow malaise Jul 2020 #50

Wow! K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Jul 2020 #52

Someone has a clear vision of how Cha Jul 2020 #56

Chilling....I have goosebumps. Heartstrings Jul 2020 #58