A Florida Walmart is catching some heat for their 9/11 Coke display. With the anniversary of 9/11 coming up, it’s not surprising to see displays like this. However, people are objecting to the imagery being used to sell products.
I know, it’s the worst thing you’ve ever seen. Like … ever.
The outrage expressed at this attempt at 9/11 remembrance is almost as severe at the outrage Americans expressed at Budweiser for their 9/11 commercial.
Remember how pissed we all were at Budweiser for that? No. Wait. We all loved that commercial, and couldn’t stop praising it. What’s the difference again?
One display had a price tag, and the other was just a company attaching their brand to an emotional historical event in an attempt to psychologically get us to buy more of their product. One was overt, one was covert. Both were patriotic displays designed to pay respect to lives lost, and simultaneously get you to buy their products and build brand loyalty.
When I saw that people were pissed off about this Walmart Coke display, all I could think of was this meme I’ve been holding onto:
Businesses have been trying to make money off of historic events since the beginning of time. Stop pretending this display is some unique and new concept. Many businesses avoid displays like this in real life and online to avoid such controversy. Then you all attack them for not acknowledging a major historical event, or holiday.
Walmart and Coke just want to sell you soda, and pay respect to the victims of 9/11 at the same time. Get over yourselves and your manufactured outrage.
If you want to get pissed off about a 9/11 display, get pissed off at this one that showed up in Atlanta recently:
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Naquasia Legrand: No, I say this is great that this is happening fast. People are losing their jobs now as we speak. Whether we fight or not people are already losing their job, losing their homes. This is a way that us standing in solidarity, standing together, this is a way to keep us together and have job security. So by this movement rapidly the way it is is definitely great for all low wage workers around this country.
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But maybe you still don’t understand why’s all this necessary? Why can’t the rules stay the same for each convention? Listen, if you were a delegate you wouldn’t want to be governed by the rules of past conventions. There’s no reason that the rules that governed Romney’s delegates should be used to govern you. After all, this is a new convention for new candidates.
Matt Schlapp: I think, so much of this Bill, depends on what Donald Trump decides to do. Donald Trump, obviously if he gets the nomination he’s gonna be plenty happy. If he doesn’t get it does he endorse? You know, Ronald Reagan in 1976 lost that grueling nominating contest to Gerald Ford but he stood up there at the podium, put his arm around Gerald Ford and endorsed him. If that happens, my party is going to be OK. If we don’t get that moment my party has a big problem.
Um yeah, no. What Schlapp didn’t say is that Reagan wasn’t the frontrunner going into the 1976 convention. Far different scenario.
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AFLC Senior Counsel David Yerushalmi said, “This dismissal was yet another AFLC victory against CAIR and its jihadi lawfare against patriotic Americans across the country. This victory follows on the heels of a recent victory against CAIR in a Michigan federal court where CAIR’s subpoenas were quashed and CAIR’s nefarious client sanctioned for abusive practices.”
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owever, a VA spokesperson said the more than 29,000 combat veterans who are still waiting for their benefits because they did not include income verification on their applications will receive letters asking them to update their applications the week of Nov. 25.
This story is a perfect illustration of progressivism. The left is spending more money to advance their agenda than they are on people who actually deserve benefits.
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I really hope somebody calls me or emails me and says I’m in trouble for anything I say about Roger Goodell. Because if one person says that to me, I’m going public. You leave me alone. The commissioner’s a liar and I get to talk about that on my podcast. … Please, call me and say I’m in trouble. I dare you.
Ronald Ritchie is the pile of crap that called 911 saying Crawford was aiming the gun at children and other Wal-Mart customers. He then gave statements to local news after the shooting confirming that Crawford was indeed a threat. He later recanted those statements in an interview with The Guardian. In other words, he lied. We also learned that he was lying about his military background. As a result of his lying to 911, police believed they had an active shooter at the Wal-Mart when they only had a man who was innocently shopping.
