Nike pulls ads that were said to be homophobic

Nike pulls ads that were said to be homophobic

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Nike pulls Hyperdunk ads amid criticism

The athletic apparel retailer said it would pull all ads for its Hyperdunk basketball shoes, amid criticism that the ads were homophobic

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Can you believe this??

I saw those adds and they were great!!

If you have not, bet you can find them on YouTube. I'll look into that.

A multi-million dollar ad campaign down the tubes??

What a joke this country has become.

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Not seeing the ads I still want to offer an opinion.

These ads may not have played in my area but I think some people need to grow a thicker skin. Our society and media seem obsessed over even the slightest disparaging remark towards anyone in any particular group.

Sure, I don't want ads depicting anyone as stupid, wrong, lazy, degenerate, or any other derogatory term. And people will always push these limits as far as they can.

I see a lot of advertising that represents women as being superior to men. Canadian Tire is a perfect example and anything to do with cleaning products or scented air fresheners makes men look like fools that can't plug something into a wall.

As a society I hope we can move beyond most of the racial slurs when we classify people as Pollacks, Chinks, Niggers, Japs, Paki, Whitey, homos and lesbos, etc....

Can't we all just get along ?
Sadly, that's not the case at this point in our history. :shk:




Edit: drinking


[edit on 26/7/2008 by anxietydisorder]

Wow...

Because the ad said a crotch to the Face is ' That aint Right', the Gay mafia is all over it... and next thing you know, Nike Folds over to the Gay Mafia, and pulls thier ads...


Anxiety makes a GREAT point about how MEN are treated in ALL comercials...

Every ad is derogitory towards Men, particualry, the WHITE MALE... but no, thats all fine...

Why do they do this? Cause women are the ones who are mostly effected by advertising... so, the adverstisers try to appeal to the women...



Anyways, score another one for the Gay Mafia

This is just as sad and pathetic as "gay rights people" complaining about the snickers commercial during the super bowl.

Really.

My thoughts are this:

If you want equal rights, deal with equal responsibility and ownership.

Straight people get made fun of every day.

Turn on your favorite late night show and laugh away.

I wish people would get over themselves.

if you're gay - fine. Like burger king says "have it your way"

But stop complaining for cripes sake.