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pnwmom

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20. Oh, yeah? Kids in gay-led families need to see themselves in ads, just like everyone else.

Mon Feb 3, 2014, 06:01 AM

Feb 2014

When you're pictured in a Coke ad, you've hit the mainstream. That's what it means to the children of gay parents.

In my whole life I've never seen an ad like that -- two fathers, holding hands at a skating rink, with a little girl? Wow. It practically jumped out of the screen at me.

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It was a nicely done ad but it's an AD for gods sake! [View all] Kablooie Feb 2014 OP

K&R. This is what it's really about, and DU, of all constituencies, should get it. Ron Green Feb 2014 #1

I didn't see the ad. ZombieHorde Feb 2014 #2

here it is steve2470 Feb 2014 #5

Thanks. ZombieHorde Feb 2014 #10

Uh-oh! DWI!!! DWI!!! KansDem Feb 2014 #45

I know. It's pretty dangerous. ZombieHorde Feb 2014 #56

+Thanks. I just watched the 5 minute one - I thought it must have cist them a zillion $$. truth2power Feb 2014 #39

I would also watch this, which is about the ad's production steve2470 Feb 2014 #6

I'm enjoying the meltdown. And yes, it's an ad, but it's also more. RandySF Feb 2014 #3

You can say that again. tblue Feb 2014 #11

Exactly right CanonRay Feb 2014 #55

Yeah, it was an ad for G-d's sake. Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #4

I think I would rather have seen polar bears ! steve2470 Feb 2014 #7

But Coke is also an American symbol RandySF Feb 2014 #8

the reaction would have been a tad more muted, yes steve2470 Feb 2014 #12

In line with the 1971 Downwinder Feb 2014 #16

That was a good ad also steve2470 Feb 2014 #17

Multicultural. Downwinder Feb 2014 #47

that's why foreign countries who go on anti american protests always tear down coke signs JI7 Feb 2014 #13

I agree, but the bizarre reaction from the RW and others has been nothing if not predictable. Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #15

Oh, yeah? Kids in gay-led families need to see themselves in ads, just like everyone else. pnwmom Feb 2014 #20

Are you being sarcastic as well? Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #22

Not.One.Little.Bit. pnwmom Feb 2014 #24

Then you obviously missed the sarcasm of my post! Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #25

Is this the sarcastic post you're talking about? pnwmom Feb 2014 #26

Then you missed the point of sarcasm. Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #27

Relax. It's all good. joshcryer Feb 2014 #29

thought the rolling eyes were enough...she seemed to get that part. Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #30

See her post #19. joshcryer Feb 2014 #33

Yes, that is what happened. pnwmom Feb 2014 #35

The OP warned against liberals "falling for" the ad. joshcryer Feb 2014 #42

Okay, I'm starting to get it now. Thanks. pnwmom Feb 2014 #43

We are on the same page that the ad marks something important...but that is all. Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #38

Do you have a problem with what I've been saying, other than that I didn't understand your post? pnwmom Feb 2014 #44

What I don't understand is how even a sarcastic understanding of your post pnwmom Feb 2014 #34

It isn't difficult to understand. Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #36

Obviously, I REALLY didn't understand what you meant, sarcastic or not. pnwmom Feb 2014 #40

You obviously don't, that is clear. Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #49

I loved the Filipino American reference. joshcryer Feb 2014 #50

I'm not falling for anything. TheMathieu Feb 2014 #9

actually, sir, scientific studies conclude pepsi drinkers are superior to coke consumers in a myriad dionysus Feb 2014 #14

actually, sir, some people conclude pepsi drinkers are superior to coke consumers in a myriad Wounded Bear Feb 2014 #18

Agreed. lisby Feb 2014 #21

But I've never seen a family like mine in a Coke Ad. Or maybe, any ad -- certainly not one that pnwmom Feb 2014 #19

Fry on the superbowl Ichingcarpenter Feb 2014 #23

Killer Cola delrem Feb 2014 #37

Regardless of Coke's motivation, the more things we see around us, merrily Feb 2014 #28

What leftist is going to "fall" for that ad? joshcryer Feb 2014 #31

Post removed Post removed Feb 2014 #32

. dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #41

After watching Bob Dylan Cryptoad Feb 2014 #46

The only time I ever "boycotted" Coke was back in the '80s when they changed their formula. countmyvote4real Feb 2014 #48

I didn't fall for anything, never even saw it til we came home... countryjake Feb 2014 #51

But what you and some others seem to be missing is this justiceischeap Feb 2014 #52

Undoubtedly, but the message is still important and is one that Skidmore Feb 2014 #53

Baaaaaa Baaaaaaa CBGLuthier Feb 2014 #54