In theory, equality means equal treatment, Jonathan, and in practice equality means that mindless, salacious, and moronic ads targeting specifically gay consumers shouldn’t be treated any differently than mindless, salacious, and moronic ads targeting targeting straight consumers. I agree that the stupid ManCrunch ad shouldn’t be “elevated to lunch counter status,” and I haven’t spilled many pixels on this, but CBS broadcast a blatantly homophobic ad during a past Superbowl that featured a more explicit man-on-man lip-lock. CBS’s willingness to broadcast the 2007 Snickers ad makes CBS’s rejection of the stupid 2010 ManCrunch ad galling.
Yes, it would be great if Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) bought an ad during the Superbowl, one that made the case for the repeal of DADT and equal treatment under the law. But SLDN didn’t seek to buy ad time during the Superbowl. ManCrunch, for better or worse, did. And unless a “good taste” standard is applied equally to all Superbowl ads regardless of the target market, CBS’s rejection of ManCrunch’s ad is discriminatory in theory and in practice. And that’s worth pointing out, worth spilling a few pixels over, and I think the folks who’ve written about the ManCrunch ad have kept it in perspective.
No one has proposed a sit-in at CBS’s lunch counter, right?
God, the Post has slipped so fucking far down, it ain’t even on the map anymore.
Now, sure it’s a stupid ad, but to call it any more moronic and insulting than that waterhead trying to make me happy that he wasn’t aborted is…Moronic and insulting. Fuck CBS, and the fuck the motherfucking Super Bowl.
“I really wanna kiiisss this guy!” will be stuck in my head all day long now. Thank you very much.
I’m not that sure the ad from 2007 is homophobic. It seems more like it’s poking fun at homophobes much like Sascha Baron Cohen does. Nevertheless, CBS are knobs.