Burger King condemned by conservative group for using ‘the d-word’ in ad campaign

[satrebil]

This is dumb. No need for conservatives to start acting like leftists.

 

[Billiejeens]

We must never forget the moment Clarke Gable destroyed the sanctity of America by uttering the most profane words in American media..


Luckily conservative Christians stood up and boycotted that piece of obscene trash....



However, it was only a matter of time that such profanity would make its way into our burger commercials.....

A movie that glorified turning property into people
There's the damn offence.

 

[j-mac]

Conservative ‘moms’ group blasts Burger King ad for using the ‘D-word’
By THERESA BRAINE




“Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, profanity does upset us” could be the new jingle for Burger King’s plant-based Impossible Whopper, at least as far as a conservative mothers’ group is concerned.

Proving that there’s no such thing as bad publicity, the Impossible Whopper got a boost when a meat-loving customer in an ad waxed a little too enthusiastic about the meatiness of his veggie burger.

“Damn, that’s good,” he intoned in a blink-and-you-miss-it moment during a montage of reactions from satisfied customers.

One Million Moms went ballistic at the use of what they dubbed the “D-word.”



“The language in the commercial is offensive, and it’s sad that this once family restaurant has made yet another deliberate decision to produce a controversial advertisement instead of a wholesome one,” One Million Moms said in a statement. “In the Burger King commercial that is currently airing on TV, customers’ responses are being videoed as they taste-test the Impossible Whopper. One man is completely shocked that the burger is not beef, so he uses the d-word to describe how he feels about himself for being deceived by the taste of the burger.”

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The clip goes by so quickly that the word would have barely been noticeable if One Million Moms hadn’t gotten their knickers in a twist. But they said the customer could have gotten his message across with less strongly worded language, and did not see his exclamation as born of enthusiasm.

“One Million Moms finds this highly inappropriate. When responding to the taste test, he didn’t have to curse,” the group said. “Or if, in fact, it was a real and unscripted interview in which the man was not an actor, then Burger King could have simply chosen to edit the profanity out of the commercial.”

One Million Moms is a subsidiary of the American Family Association, which the Southern Poverty Law Center has flagged as an extremist group. The moms group is known for launching “frequent campaigns against advertisers they don’t agree with or against advertisers whose ads appear associated with television programs and movies they don’t agree with,” the SPLC said in 2017 in a report about the group’s anti-LGBTQ campaigns, citing the group’s stated goal of stopping “the exploitation of our children, especially by the entertainment media (TV, music, movies, etc.)” and to purge said media of the “immorality, violence, vulgarity and profanity” that it flings at America’s kids.

Last month, One Million Moms was part of a campaign to purge Hallmark Channel movies of same-sex-partnership portrayals. Hallmark initially pulled ads for wedding planning website Zola.comthat depicted two brides kissing at the altar, then reversed its decision, with an apoolgy.


Conservative ‘moms’ group blasts Burger King ad for using the ‘D-word’


Where in the hell were these moms when Trump was calling NFL players Son of a bitches, where have they been when he goes on these profanity laced tirades at his Klan rallies. You talk about a group of hypocrites.

What'd you do, post the entire article?

Look, OMM may have a message you don't like, but your vitriol is uncalled for...

 

[Biff_Poindexter]

We must never forget the moment Clarke Gable destroyed the sanctity of America by uttering the most profane words in American media..


Luckily conservative Christians stood up and boycotted that piece of obscene trash....



However, it was only a matter of time that such profanity would make its way into our burger commercials.....

A movie that glorified turning property into people
There's the damn offence.

it was only talking about our great Confederate history....how dare you call that offensive

 

[toobfreak]

Burger King condemned by conservative group for using ‘the d-word’ in ad campaign

That was just damned stupid of them.

 

[Papageorgio]

Outrage over people being outraged. What a country we live in. This is outrageous!

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

This is dumb. No need for conservatives to start acting like leftists.

I hate it when they do that

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

I asked as nice as I could
If my job would
Somehow be finished by Friday
Well, the whole damn weekend
Came 'n' went, Frankie

 

[Ringel05]

Outrage over people being outraged. What a country we live in. This is outrageous!

I'm not offended over your not being offended by my unoffendedness.........

 

[j-mac]

Outrage over people being outraged. What a country we live in. This is outrageous!

I'm not offended over your not being offended by my unoffendedness.........

How unoffensive of you....

 

[Ringel05]

Outrage over people being outraged. What a country we live in. This is outrageous!

I'm not offended over your not being offended by my unoffendedness.........

How unoffensive of you....

Okay, now I'm really unoffended!!!!!

 

[j-mac]

Outrage over people being outraged. What a country we live in. This is outrageous!

I'm not offended over your not being offended by my unoffendedness.........

How unoffensive of you....

Okay, now I'm really unoffended!!!!!

Oh, very good....lol

 

[okfine]

Damn, I still eat off the Roach Coach!

 

[Papageorgio]

I can't believe the fucking Burger King people used damn in a commercial, what were they thinking, bunch of dumb shits.

 

[Circe]

I listened to the overture to The Barber of Seville this morning.

Did it sound like rap music to you?

I'm guessing not.

 

[mdk]

I listened to the overture to The Barber of Seville this morning.

Did it sound like rap music to you?

I'm guessing not.

It sounded like Rossini to me.

 

[Circe]

I listened to the overture to The Barber of Seville this morning.

Did it sound like rap music to you?

I'm guessing not.

It sounded like Rossini to me.

Well, it just WOULD.

 

[mdk]

It seems odd that none of their petitions ever seem to reach a million signatures. Or do they round up their membership to the nearest millionth?

 

[hjmick]

Conservative ‘moms’ group blasts Burger King ad for using the ‘D-word’
By THERESA BRAINE




“Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, profanity does upset us” could be the new jingle for Burger King’s plant-based Impossible Whopper, at least as far as a conservative mothers’ group is concerned.

Proving that there’s no such thing as bad publicity, the Impossible Whopper got a boost when a meat-loving customer in an ad waxed a little too enthusiastic about the meatiness of his veggie burger.

“Damn, that’s good,” he intoned in a blink-and-you-miss-it moment during a montage of reactions from satisfied customers.

One Million Moms went ballistic at the use of what they dubbed the “D-word.”



“The language in the commercial is offensive, and it’s sad that this once family restaurant has made yet another deliberate decision to produce a controversial advertisement instead of a wholesome one,” One Million Moms said in a statement. “In the Burger King commercial that is currently airing on TV, customers’ responses are being videoed as they taste-test the Impossible Whopper. One man is completely shocked that the burger is not beef, so he uses the d-word to describe how he feels about himself for being deceived by the taste of the burger.”

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The clip goes by so quickly that the word would have barely been noticeable if One Million Moms hadn’t gotten their knickers in a twist. But they said the customer could have gotten his message across with less strongly worded language, and did not see his exclamation as born of enthusiasm.

“One Million Moms finds this highly inappropriate. When responding to the taste test, he didn’t have to curse,” the group said. “Or if, in fact, it was a real and unscripted interview in which the man was not an actor, then Burger King could have simply chosen to edit the profanity out of the commercial.”

One Million Moms is a subsidiary of the American Family Association, which the Southern Poverty Law Center has flagged as an extremist group. The moms group is known for launching “frequent campaigns against advertisers they don’t agree with or against advertisers whose ads appear associated with television programs and movies they don’t agree with,” the SPLC said in 2017 in a report about the group’s anti-LGBTQ campaigns, citing the group’s stated goal of stopping “the exploitation of our children, especially by the entertainment media (TV, music, movies, etc.)” and to purge said media of the “immorality, violence, vulgarity and profanity” that it flings at America’s kids.

Last month, One Million Moms was part of a campaign to purge Hallmark Channel movies of same-sex-partnership portrayals. Hallmark initially pulled ads for wedding planning website Zola.comthat depicted two brides kissing at the altar, then reversed its decision, with an apoolgy.


Conservative ‘moms’ group blasts Burger King ad for using the ‘D-word’


Where in the hell were these moms when Trump was calling NFL players Son of a bitches, where have they been when he goes on these profanity laced tirades at his Klan rallies. You talk about a group of hypocrites.

Some people just look for things to be upset about...


Look at most of the threads here at USMB...

 

[JOSweetHeart]

Most everyone, most everywhere is going to be offended by something, somewhere.

I agree, but on the other hand, if the goal is to attract customers to a business, saying and doing things that will most likely be offensive is not the way to make such a thing take place.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

"Damn" is offensive nowadays? It is 2020 after all...........

Some people never change and at the end of the day, why should they? What enhancements exactly have actually brought an improvement to a person's picture?

God bless you always!!!

Holly