Gillette's new ad asks men to not be bullies/rapists; right-wing backlash ensues

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Question to the liberals: If a commercial asked Muslims not to be terrorists/extremists, how would you react?

If it were made by Muslims and aired on tv in Palestine and Iran, it could potentially be a great ad.

It's not really a good comparison in the US. There are what, a few thousand Americans who support Islamic terrorism, compared to what, several million Americans who have committed violence against women? Not sure on the exact numbers, but the latter group is certainly bigger by several orders of magnitude.

[DrScholl]

Question to the liberals: If a commercial asked Muslims not to be terrorists/extremists, how would you react?

That's not even the same thing, because terrorists are not exclusive to one group and it's not something that is normalized. Bullying and sexual harassment have been ingrained into some men as being masculine and tough traits.

So many things wrong with this response LMAO

1) “Terrorists are not exclusive to one group” is a reason why it’s different? Sorry to break it to you, but bullies and rapists aren’t always men. There are many, many cases of female rapists. This is not an argument.

But (most) rapists are men, you might say? I could make the same generalization about Muslims, but I don’t think many people would like that.

2) Terrorism is normalized in many parts of the world, just not as much in America due to restrictions on immigration of people from those countries.

I NEVER, EVER SAID THAT BULLIES AND RAPISTS ARE EXCLUSIVELY MEN. If you have an issue with the ad, that is your problem and not mine. Bringing up Muslims only serves to deflect from the issue that the ad is addressing, which is deeply rooted toxic behavior that many see as masculinity.

[Devout Centrist]

Question to the liberals: If a commercial asked Muslims not to be terrorists/extremists, how would you react?

Aren't most terrorist men?

Or are you the only person allowed to play devil's advocate?

[Landslide Lyndon]

You are implying that rapists are only men.

Ummmm...
Rapists are almost exclusively men due to practical reasons.

[DrScholl]

Question to the liberals: If a commercial asked Muslims not to be terrorists/extremists, how would you react?

That's not even the same thing, because terrorists are not exclusive to one group and it's not something that is normalized. Bullying and sexual harassment have been ingrained into some men as being masculine and tough traits.

So many things wrong with this response LMAO

1) “Terrorists are not exclusive to one group” is a reason why it’s different? Sorry to break it to you, but bullies and rapists aren’t always men. There are many, many cases of female rapists. This is not an argument.

But (most) rapists are men, you might say? I could make the same generalization about Muslims, but I don’t think many people would like that.

2) Terrorism is normalized in many parts of the world, just not as much in America due to restrictions on immigration of people from those countries.

I NEVER, EVER SAID THAT BULLIES AND RAPISTS ARE EXCLUSIVELY MEN. If you have an issue with the ad, that is your problem and not mine. Bringing up Muslims only serves to deflect from the issue that the ad is addressing, which is deeply rooted toxic behavior that many see as masculinity.

YOUR QUOTE LITERALLY SAYS IT.

“That’s not the same thing, because terrorists aren’t exclusive to one group”.

You are implying that rapists are only men.

The ad attacks toxic masculinity which often leads to rape and bullying being normalized. Toxic masculinity itself is mostly limited to men. Terrorism has been committed by various groups for political, religious and many other reasons that can't be microtargeted towards one group.

But if you have an issue with the ad, that's your problem not mine.

[Badger]

Question to the liberals: If a commercial asked Muslims not to be terrorists/extremists, how would you react?

That's not even the same thing, because terrorists are not exclusive to one group and it's not something that is normalized. Bullying and sexual harassment have been ingrained into some men as being masculine and tough traits.

So many things wrong with this response LMAO

1) “Terrorists are not exclusive to one group” is a reason why it’s different? Sorry to break it to you, but bullies and rapists aren’t always men. There are many, many cases of female rapists. This is not an argument.

But (most) rapists are men, you might say? I could make the same generalization about Muslims, but I don’t think many people would like that.

2) Terrorism is normalized in many parts of the world, just not as much in America due to restrictions on immigration of people from those countries.

I NEVER, EVER SAID THAT BULLIES AND RAPISTS ARE EXCLUSIVELY MEN. If you have an issue with the ad, that is your problem and not mine. Bringing up Muslims only serves to deflect from the issue that the ad is addressing, which is deeply rooted toxic behavior that many see as masculinity.

YOUR QUOTE LITERALLY SAYS IT.

“That’s not the same thing, because terrorists aren’t exclusive to one group”.

You are implying that rapists are only men.

The ad attacks toxic masculinity which often leads to rape and bullying being normalized. Toxic masculinity itself is mostly limited to men. Terrorism has been committed by various groups for political, religious and many other reasons that can't be microtargeted towards one group.

But if you have an issue with the ad, that's your problem not mine.

This last sentence sums up the entire debate. People who have a hard time with a feel-good don't tolerate bullying message from a razor add are Beyond snowflakes, but rather people with Bonafide issues.

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

Germany now has it #Gilette moment, too.
Edeka, one of Germany's biggest retailers, published a misandrist TV ad, in which they portray fathers as ugly, bumbling, imbecile deadbeats.
The shitstorm is huge, and the hashtag #EdekaBoykott has therefore been trending on Twitter.

https://www.facebook.com/EDEKA/videos/659554877843431

[parochial boy]

Germany now has it #Gilette moment, too.
Edeka, one of Germany's biggest retailers, published a misandrist TV ad, in which they portray fathers as ugly, bumbling, imbecile deadbeats.
The shitstorm is huge, and the hashtag #EdekaBoykott has therefore been trending on Twitter.

https://www.facebook.com/EDEKA/videos/659554877843431

I thought it was quite funny.

Stereotypes about Germans and senses of humour there mate.

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

Germany now has it #Gilette moment, too.
Edeka, one of Germany's biggest retailers, published a misandrist TV ad, in which they portray fathers as ugly, bumbling, imbecile deadbeats.
The shitstorm is huge, and the hashtag #EdekaBoykott has therefore been trending on Twitter.

https://www.facebook.com/EDEKA/videos/659554877843431

I thought it was quite funny.

Stereotypes about Germans and senses of humour there mate.

Does EDEKA even have stores in Switzerland?

[parochial boy]

Germany now has it #Gilette moment, too.
Edeka, one of Germany's biggest retailers, published a misandrist TV ad, in which they portray fathers as ugly, bumbling, imbecile deadbeats.
The shitstorm is huge, and the hashtag #EdekaBoykott has therefore been trending on Twitter.

https://www.facebook.com/EDEKA/videos/659554877843431

I thought it was quite funny.

Stereotypes about Germans and senses of humour there mate.

Does EDEKA even have stores in Switzerland?

Nope, but sometimes we go to our third world neighbours to do cheap shopping

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

Germany now has it #Gilette moment, too.
Edeka, one of Germany's biggest retailers, published a misandrist TV ad, in which they portray fathers as ugly, bumbling, imbecile deadbeats.
The shitstorm is huge, and the hashtag #EdekaBoykott has therefore been trending on Twitter.

https://www.facebook.com/EDEKA/videos/659554877843431

I thought it was quite funny.

Stereotypes about Germans and senses of humour there mate.

Does EDEKA even have stores in Switzerland?

Nope, but sometimes we go to our third world neighbours to do cheap shopping

Do you have fridges and the Internet in Switzerland? And how do you heat your furnaces? With firewood or with coal?

[parochial boy]

Germany now has it #Gilette moment, too.
Edeka, one of Germany's biggest retailers, published a misandrist TV ad, in which they portray fathers as ugly, bumbling, imbecile deadbeats.
The shitstorm is huge, and the hashtag #EdekaBoykott has therefore been trending on Twitter.

https://www.facebook.com/EDEKA/videos/659554877843431

I thought it was quite funny.

Stereotypes about Germans and senses of humour there mate.

Does EDEKA even have stores in Switzerland?

Nope, but sometimes we go to our third world neighbours to do cheap shopping

Do you have fridges and the Internet in Switzerland? And how do you heat your furnaces? With firewood or with coal?

Well you should know, most of you Germans seem to be living here these days

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

Well you should know, most of you Germans seem to be living here these days

While you Swiss are flooding our casting shows with your singers. 

[parochial boy]

Well you should know, most of you Germans seem to be living here these days

While you Swiss are flooding our casting shows with your singers. 

It's because of the beautiful accent. How can your not love some guy with a mullet and and an earring going "hoi zäme, kchopfertami nominôôl" and turning every vowel into a "ööö" or "üü"?

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

Well you should know, most of you Germans seem to be living here these days

While you Swiss are flooding our casting shows with your singers. 

It's because of the beautiful accent. How can your not love some guy with a mullet and and an earring going "hoi zäme, kchopfertami nominôôl" and turning every vowel into a "ööö" or "üü"?

Let's make a deal. We can keep Stefanie Heinzmann, and you can keep and spare us Beatrice Egli, Luca Hänni and DJ Bobo. Okay? 

[T'Chenka]

UPDATE

Gilette releases new ad with Canadian trans man shaving for the first time.
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/05/26/gillette-transgender-man-commercial-shaving/

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

UPDATE

Gilette releases new ad with Canadian trans man shaving for the first time.
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/05/26/gillette-transgender-man-commercial-shaving/

That's disgusting. I don't wanna see that awful ad. Why did they have to engage a Canadian? Couldn't they find a genuine American?

[Rules for me, but not for thee]

UPDATE

Gilette releases new ad with Canadian trans man shaving for the first time.
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/05/26/gillette-transgender-man-commercial-shaving/

At least it's a positive ad compared to the last one which just defecated on men, throwing them all into a stereotype.

[Badger]

UPDATE

Gilette releases new ad with Canadian trans man shaving for the first time.
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/05/26/gillette-transgender-man-commercial-shaving/

At least it's a positive ad compared to the last one which just defecated on men, throwing them all into a stereotype.

Someone was triggered by an ad that called on men to be their best.

[Intell]

The trend of #happy face capitalism by multinational corporations is worrying. Nike, a corporation that engages in child labour being cheered on was atrocious. Gilette doesn't seem as bad, but the trend is worrying.

[Rules for me, but not for thee]

The trend of #happy face capitalism by multinational corporations is worrying. Nike, a corporation that engages in child labour being cheered on was atrocious. Gilette doesn't seem as bad, but the trend is worrying.

The left loves their two-faced hypocritical virtue signaling. Like tweeting about Foxconn's suicide rate on their new iphones.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Gillette seems to be trafficking in right wing triggering as much as they are in shaving products. I'm fine with it, honestly.

[T'Chenka]

The trend of #happy face capitalism by multinational corporations is worrying. Nike, a corporation that engages in child labour being cheered on was atrocious. Gilette doesn't seem as bad, but the trend is worrying.

They may be really unethical, but people are influenced by these kind of commercials, like it or not. If we are getting these commercials no matter what, I prefer progressive commercials to regressive ones. They can be an evil company and still contribute positively in some ways. We just need to make sure we "hate them slightly less so" instead of actually liking these immoral companies.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

UPDATE

Gilette releases new ad with Canadian trans man shaving for the first time.
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/05/26/gillette-transgender-man-commercial-shaving/

At least it's a positive ad compared to the last one which just defecated on men, throwing them all into a stereotype.

Someone was triggered by an ad that called on men to be their best.

by accusing them of uniformly failing at it for all of history up until the present #Metoo moment, when a chosen few were enlightened by the television talking heads.

[dead0man]

I can't wait for future commercial breaks that include Gillette telling me it's bad to teach my sons to be bullies, followed by BP telling us that throwing puppies off of over passes is wrong and ending with a somber ad from Honda explaining why shoving old ladies in front of buses is not a good use of free time.



We should all be thankfull giant corporations are here to sell us excellent products AND teach us the morals and values we need in today's high pressure world.    And remember, anybody that dares question this concept has been "triggered" by it.  We must insult anybody that dares question the moral authority of Wall Street.  Thank the LLC of your choice that fine folks like Badger, Joe and King T are here to protect the honor of Gillette.