Posted on 04/14/2016 8:25:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Dating site Match.com is pulling an ad campaign after receiving a barrage of complaints for suggesting red hair and freckles are “imperfections.”
The posters, which sprung up in London tube and train stations Monday, featured a freckly red-haired girl with the caption: “If you don’t like your imperfections, someone else will.”
Match.com, part of the Match Group that also owns Tinder, issued a public apology but only after members of the public took to twitter to voice their outrage.
Londoner Carrie Hill said: “Perhaps, I’m a secret leopard. Or, maybe they’re coordinates. But, my freckles are certainly not ‘imperfections.'”
Chloe Vinden from South Wales: “Proud to have #freckles, not #imperfections.”
In a statement, Match.com said the campaign was misunderstood.
“We believe freckles are beautiful. The intention of our ‘Love Your Imperfections’ campaign is to focus on the quirks and idiosyncrasies that people wrongly perceive to be imperfections,” the company said.
The Advertising Standards Authority received a dozen complaints about the billboard, although a spokesperson said no action was taken.
Match.com took the decision to remove the ads itself.
Red heads are my favorite! Who would dare dish them?
She has freckles on her but, she is nice.
have a photo of a black gang banger and use the same caption
You’re gonna have to back up your claims as to why redheads are not to be dished with some proof. :D
There’s no woman on Planet Earth more passionate and sensuous than a red head.
The Brits, taking yet another poke at the Irish.
They shouldn’t have apologized. They said ‘imperfections’, not ‘a full case of Ugly’.
and bat-s%#€ crazy, too. You forgot bat-s&$@ crazy.
MMMMMMMMMM........freckles!
Each freckle represents one soul that has been stolen
Yowza! :)
How many have seen Freckles where you least expect them?
Dr. Nostrand: Yes, I’ve seen moles so big they have their own moles. Freckles that cover two men!
Dr. Van Nostrand: “Unknown fiber on shoulder. That’s peculiar.”
Red hair and freckles are just awesome!
Ginger Ginger Ginger! [Imagine Cary Grant saying that]
From the Hoffermeindoff Neuer clinic.
Ouch! You’ll hurt your keyboard! I definitely couldn’t have pulled that one from memory, lol!
Hey! Watch yer back, bud! :-)
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