Posted on 01/31/2022 2:55:14 PM PST by lonewacko_dot_com
This TV ad from TurboTax is the most racist TV ad I've ever seen. It has a black man repeatedly and intentionally spitting on a white man. Unless you're an anti-white racist, don't use TurboTax or other products from Intuit.
If you want to help do something about ads like this:
- like this video. A like doesn't mean you support the ad, it means you oppose it. If this video gets enough likes, Youtube won't be able to bury it.
- send this video to reporters & urge them to call Turbo Tax on it. You can email them or contact them via social media.
- contact TurboTax via email and social media. Do the same with their corporate parent, Intuit (stock symbol: INTU). Reach out to their users in forums, on social media, etc and make sure they know what Intuit thinks of them. Do the same with Intuit companies: Credit Karma, Mint, MailChimp, etc. If you can, contact Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi and other executives directly.
- the ad agency that made this ad is Wieden+Kennedy. Contact them & let them know they got their client a lot of ill will.
Get a life.
So, you think it’s an appropriate ad?
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We need to start using CrackerTax or HonkeyTax.
Crackers and Honkeys pay the most taxes anyway.
Oh good grief! It’s bad enough that the Left sees racism everywhere they look, but et tu, lonewacko_dot_com?
That’s called a spit-take. Look it up.
I was born with all white genes. I don’t breathe heavy, get nervous, get red in the face when people call me Gringo, Cracker, S.O.B or any other words. I just don’t take offense. Works well with me.
I was going to basically say what you said. You said it earlier and better.
No, this is not a racist ad. (Unlike most liberals, I do not see racism everywhere.) It is, however, a disgusting and repulsive ad.
The person who approved of this ad should be fired. Not for racism, but for stupidity.
Stupid? Yeah.
Racist? That’s a reach.
I don’t really care what someone else thinks of me, so my usual response is something like “ WTF is wrong with YOU?”
Some people get offended; that’s their problem. Some people don’t.
It’s a lousy ad ... in that no one gets the humor of a ‘’spit takes’’ anymore. This was standard slap stick humor from the 30s - 50s.
Did someone have a hidden agenda with the races ... ???
If white on white, it would still be a lousy ad.
And if no big deal, why not have a white guy spew his drink over a black guy.
I can’t even see that as an option.
It is another example of spitting on white males. . .and in this case a weak, fat white guy.
Use their own wokeness against them.
Ditto. Like watching people chew with their mouths open, like my two cousins.
Can I haz “Honkey! Honkey!” Tax?
It looks like folks “on the right” have now caught the leftist Karen disease.
People who go out looking for offense will find it.
I don’t know. It’s just a poor attempt at humor. It would work better if the black guy didn’t turn his head while doing spit-takes. It comes across that he’s aiming at the white guy. Why not have them facing each other and have them both do spit-takes?
I don’t watch TV, too many stupid ads.
Sounds like this is another one.
It's a bit excessive. Repeating it starts to normalize it.
The spit-take is a lonnnnnnnng-running comedy tradition.
But since the Left has nearly outlawed comedy, I can see where you would be confused about it.
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