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Very racist TurboTax TV commercial (black man spitting on white man)
TurboTax TV ad ^
| Jan 29, 2022
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Posted on 01/31/2022 2:55:14 PM PST by lonewacko_dot_com
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To: lonewacko_dot_com
Freetaxusa.com
TurboTax and TaxAct kept jacking up their prices. F-them.
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posted on
01/31/2022 3:19:12 PM PST
by
UNGN
Second post after a four-year break? I smell zottage . . .
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posted on
01/31/2022 3:23:36 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Hildy
First of all spitting on anyone is pretty damn disgusting. Doing it the age or COVID pretty pathetic way to get a laugh…..especially when he aims at the guy to do it.
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posted on
01/31/2022 3:23:45 PM PST
by
The MAGA-Deplorian
( 2022 - VOTE THE BUMS OUT —— ALL OF THEM! RE-ELECT NO ONE!!)
To: lonewacko_dot_com
I never heard the expression "spit take" until now, so I looked it up. It seems to me that a genuine spit take would involve involuntarily spitting food back onto one's plate or bowl when hearing something shocking or funny.
That's not what happens in this ad: three times the black guy (just a coincidence) spits directly in the face of the fat white guy (just a coincidence) sitting four feet away.
To: Tell It Right
"It's not a "spit-take" when it's done 3 times in a row."
I can't believe how many people on this thread are defending it.
To: Steve_Seattle
You are correct. I don’t look for racism either, but it was pretty darn blatant in this one. Not sure? Switch the races and check out the reaction.
To: lonewacko_dot_com
Like the ad?
LOL!
Fed...Fed...Fed...Fed...
To: zeestephen
Yes, and a four-year absence.
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posted on
01/31/2022 3:38:37 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Leaning Right
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posted on
01/31/2022 3:44:38 PM PST
by
Bigg Red
(Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
To: Tell It Right
3 times in a row is a black thing.
You wouldn’t understand
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posted on
01/31/2022 3:45:15 PM PST
by
Recompennation
(Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count)
To: lonewacko_dot_com
Can you imagine the uproar if they showed it the other way?
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posted on
01/31/2022 3:47:21 PM PST
by
Old Yeller
(1776 em all. Let God sort it out.)
To: lonewacko_dot_com
These really arent spit takes despite what some of the posters are claiming. Thats an entirely different reaction than what is shown and the spitter doesnt intentionally aim at anyone which is part of what makes a spit take “humorous”.
It could be “racist” and intentionally so. They had a commercial a few years back with a black guy that caused all kinds of people to get hysterical because it was “racist”. Maybe they are trying to buy back the mob that previously quit using them.
Of course there was another commercial they had where the white guy was a moron and I dont remember anyone getting too hysterical about that one.
I think the company they use for commercials just has a history of bad acting/bad writing and it tends to really come off then as tone deaf to public sensitivities and is therefor offensive to different segments in each different year.
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posted on
01/31/2022 3:53:33 PM PST
by
gnarledmaw
(Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
To: lonewacko_dot_com
They have us so divided that we can’t mix races when using a straight man in a comedy situation?
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posted on
01/31/2022 4:03:05 PM PST
by
Irenic
To: Hulka
And if no big deal, why not have a white guy spew his drink over a black guy. Because in today's advertising, the white male is typically a dim witted, subservient putz who is ridiculed his "superiors".
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posted on
01/31/2022 4:14:59 PM PST
by
ETCM
To: Leaning Right
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posted on
01/31/2022 4:21:13 PM PST
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
To: ETCM
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posted on
01/31/2022 4:22:46 PM PST
by
ETCM
To: lonewacko_dot_com; All
Forget the racism bit. The ad is disgusting. Next year, they will be vomiting across the room.
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posted on
01/31/2022 4:24:03 PM PST
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
To: lonewacko_dot_com
It’s racist.
Reverse the roles and everyone would hear the screams.
White people should not buy the product.
And that’s all I got to say about that.
(Forrest Gump Voice)
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posted on
01/31/2022 4:28:39 PM PST
by
right way right
(May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
To: Leaning Right
Under normal circumstances, I would not pay attention to this, but given the zeitgeist of the last 20 years and the events of the last 2, yes, it needs to be called out.
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posted on
01/31/2022 4:31:28 PM PST
by
beef
(Let’s go Baizuo!)
To: right way right
Blacks should not buy it either.
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posted on
01/31/2022 4:32:59 PM PST
by
right way right
(May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
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