I’ve seen some pretty distasteful MLK Day ads, but this one…

It’s somehow even worse in the original email. It has a little animation of the chocolates jumping into Dr. King’s mouth.

  • master_of_unlocking@beehaw.org
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    10 months ago

    Holy shit. I used to work for this company. The CEO is the definition of Florida Man and treats his employees like shit. I guarantee he got high and put this together himself. Everyone should avoid giving them money (their competitors are better anyway).

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    10 months ago

    Another proof that people running big companies are sociopaths. Seriously no one looked at that and thought it was distasteful?

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    10 months ago

    You’re doing free advertising for them so I’d say their campaign is potentially successful.

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    10 months ago

    I also find the image of companies using Martin Luther King’s image to advertise and make money pretty distasteful because it erases his history and message and replaces it with advertising and capitalism

    FUCK CAPITALISM