Posted on 09/09/2016 11:04:33 AM PDT by nickcarraway
People are furious after pictures of a Florida Walmart's 9/11-themed Coke display began to circulate on Twitter Tuesday afternoon.
Twitter user Shawn Richard tweeted a picture of the display, which presented Coke Zero in place of Ground Zero and spurred thousands of angry retweets about the beverage company's marketing ploy.
“We stopped and stared at it, like oh my God,” Richard said, according to BuzzFeed News. “Nobody seemed to be noticing it. It wasn’t very crowded, and I got the feeling that it had just been assembled. So, we took some pics and went on our way.”
Orlando Weekly reports the display has been taken down and Walmart initially approved the design.
In less than two days, the post has more than 2,500 retweets and 4,100 likes.
What’s the new leftist term, “microaggression”? No doubt some will use this to bash somebody, anybody. The hanging sign was probably enough, but you know, someone cared enough to build it that way, and a Walmart worker to boot. We defend Robert Mapplethorpe posters and books to exist, I think this is harmless.
Memorial Day is a tough time for me.
not outraged either
Shaking my head in disbelief.
I agree, nice to see some patriotism and the flag, to remember the day.
“...using 9/11 to sell COKE.” This is precisely what I am referring to. The notion that business is vulgar is itself a vulgar attitude.
The towers are iconic. How is commemorating 9/11 with a display made of COKE containers in poor taste? If it were constructed with human skulls I would have a problem. COKE is benign. It is in no way offensive unless one is offended by business.
What the hell is the problem here? To be quite frank, most of America appears to have forgotten about the horrors of that day so it’s refreshing to see someone, anyone, putting 9/11 in the spotlight again.
So many things to be outraged about,...this is not one of them.
Damn idiots at Walmart. Smoking their own Chinese dope.
“Buying a product is repugnant.”
This is precisely the kind of salacious attitude that is used to denigrate Jews, merchants, and car salesmen. How repugnant.
Don’t see the outrage here. Now the mattress ad was in bad taste.
Agreed - what’s the big deal?
Its nice they are patriotic enough to mention it, in their way.
What’s wrong with remembering 9/11? Too many have already forgotten it.
I don’t know...
On the one hand I don’t see this as overly-commercialized. The rollback is minor and the tiny signs are completely overwhelmed by the message of remembrance. I can see this display as a rightly in-your-face call to keep in mind just what was lost and in turn, by whom.
On the other hand, remember that the Twin Towers were chosen expressly because they were a symbol and center of American financial might. So in an odd sort of way, an increase in commerce seems like it could be a pretty good memorial in its own right.
Personally thought it was nice...
Who said business was vulgar? I never did. Business is not vulgar but there is a time and place for it. That is called exercising judgment and taste. Combining the worst terrorist incident in America with a sales pitch was bound to offend someone.
Perhaps if we sold hoodies on the anniversary of the Ft. Hood massacre you would understand what seems perfectly clear to me.
I’m sittin’ here really trying hard to find something offensive about this but I’ve come up short. The “We Will Never Forget” makes it easier to accept....IMHO
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>> “and I find myself distinctly not outraged.” <<
You need sensitivity training, and outrage activation therapy!
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