Cheerios was pretty much the same message,
I didn't think so. I thought the Cheerios message was little more than "cute family, eats Cheerios." Nothing wrong with that.
Disagree. The Coke ad was offensive. They picked the wrong song. You wanna buy the world a Coke in a whole bunch of different languages? Sing that song.
You want to open our borders up to anyone that wants to come in? I’ll drink something else.
Why must my soft drinks be politicized or make a statement?
No, I disagree. Cheerios was a politically-correct message, yes, but the Coca-Cola ad trammeled where they shouldn't have -- on sacrosanct elements of American tradition.
I might groan at the Cheerios ad but I wouldn't protest it. Yes, we all know that the selection of actors and actresses was not accidental but deliberate; meaning, Cheerios was trying to "teach tolerance" in addition to selling their products. Also, you'll note that the man was black and the woman was white, which was rarely the case for interracial marriage even 20 years ago.
The Coke ad was in a different league. About the only thing that might have been worse would have been to sung the Star-Spangled Banner in Spanish, with some changes to the lyrics, and with the Obama flag waving the in background. Had they, the response would have been nuclear.