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The Trouble With Coke’s Gorgeous, Subversive Ad
Townhall.com ^ | February 10, 2014 | Shawn Mitchell

Posted on 02/10/2014 9:49:13 AM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 02/10/2014 9:49:13 AM PST by Kaslin
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I love the product, but the manufactureres have become such asses I’m switching - (anything but Pepsi).


2 posted on 02/10/2014 9:51:25 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: Kaslin

If I ever have the desire to drink a can of sugar, it’ll be a Pepsi...


3 posted on 02/10/2014 9:53:04 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Kaslin

A well written article but the commercial was much more than a commercial.

It was globalist propaganda intended to undermine America and move us closer to Amerika.


4 posted on 02/10/2014 9:59:19 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Kaslin

Not much to be said that has not been said already.

But, just to reinforce...shove it up your collective Obamaholes, Coke.

Borders, language, culture.

Liberals evidently have none of the above.


5 posted on 02/10/2014 9:59:49 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Psalm 73

I don’t drink cokes or sodas, except on very rare occasions either Sprite, or Sierra Mist


6 posted on 02/10/2014 10:00:04 AM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Kaslin

Plenty of evidence to show they contribute to a myriad of diseases, when drank regularly.


7 posted on 02/10/2014 10:03:21 AM PST by Rennes Templar
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To: Kaslin

I switched to tea. Better for you and cheaper too.

GFU Coke and Pepsi . . .go rot “Diversity’s” innards with your crap


8 posted on 02/10/2014 10:03:58 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("Four dead in Benghazi")
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No more Coke Products until they apologize. I don’t drink Pepsi since they support Obama’s Logo. I will generic sodas and beer.


9 posted on 02/10/2014 10:04:35 AM PST by TNoldman (AN AMERICAN FOR A MUSLIM/BHO FREE AMERICA.)
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To: dragnet2

I stick to diet Verner’s. I like the way it makes me burp. Period!


10 posted on 02/10/2014 10:04:35 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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The ad subtly undermines the idea of any core cultural commonality.

No. The ad SELLS the idea that the core cultural commonality is that there isn't one and it works anyway.

While true to a limited degree upon which they rely to sell "the program," what happens in reality is that the leftists are selling division (diversity) with which to justify more power for them to get paid for dealing with the resulting conflicts. Somehow, these "settlements" are always preferential to the leftists in charge: more government power, more prison guards, interpreters, police, judges, lawyers, clerks... you name it. NONE of those professions produces wealth, indeed, they impoverish the middle class. Hence the goal.

11 posted on 02/10/2014 10:05:58 AM PST by Carry_Okie (0-Care IS Medicaid; they'll pull a sheet over your head and take everything you own to pay for it.)
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My wife took offense when she saw the ad. My immediate comment to her was that Coke is a global company and not a US company so why expect them to act like they are US citizens. The company and its products are not US and have not been for many years.


12 posted on 02/10/2014 10:08:13 AM PST by Raycpa
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Coke Brands - http://www.coca-colacompany.com/brands/all/
Pepsi Brands - http://www.pepsico.com/Brands/BrandExplorer#top-global

Its difficult to stay away from these two companies but I am certainly trying.


13 posted on 02/10/2014 10:09:09 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Kaslin

It’s......a.......commercial.


14 posted on 02/10/2014 10:11:27 AM PST by AppyPappy (Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
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To: Kaslin

Sprite is owned by Coke.


15 posted on 02/10/2014 10:16:05 AM PST by Mathews (Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV), Luke 22:36 (NIV))
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“My immediate comment to her was that Coke is a global company and not a US company so why expect them to act like they are US citizens.”

True, but the SB is a decidedly American event; arguably the biggest of the year. The lion's share of viewers are Americans as well. I am not inclined to give them a pass because they sell globally - they know full well this is NWO propaganda.

16 posted on 02/10/2014 10:17:09 AM PST by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: MichaelCorleone

Coke’s message was e pluribus pluribus, not e pluribus unum.


17 posted on 02/10/2014 10:28:05 AM PST by TheConservator ("I spent my life trying not to be careless. Women and children can be careless, but not men.")
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To: Kaslin
The ad subtly undermines the idea of any core cultural commonality.

There's the money shot, IMO.
18 posted on 02/10/2014 10:28:15 AM PST by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

All the carbonated beverages at Aldi and elsewhere are fine... I am not loyal to brands, so it works for me. Much better prices, too.

There is very little I still insist on having with a name brand.


19 posted on 02/10/2014 10:28:44 AM PST by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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I have seen the ad but once. I had a visceral negative reaction to it. After some introspection, I understand why I felt as I did. America the Beautiful is about pride in America and a belief that America is exceptional in a very positive way. While the ad could be seen as expressing the thought that many different cultures view America in that way, I saw it as just more garbage from the multicultural propagandists who do not feel that way about America and who continue to spout the nonsense that “in diversity is our strength.” Diversity at least did not weaken us when immigrants assimilated well, learned English, and moved into the economic mainstream. They were then primarily American and secondarily loyal to their home countries. My mother is, and both my paternal grandparents were, typical of such immigrants. More recent immigrants do not seem to be assimilating as well, and a lack of assimilation does not strengthen us. It Balkanizes us.


20 posted on 02/10/2014 10:28:53 AM PST by p. henry
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