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— Doritos (@Doritos) September 17, 2015No not right.
Courtesy of Right Wing Watch:
The announcement yesterday that Doritos will soon release rainbow-colored chips to support the It Gets Better Project, which works towards preventing anti-LGBT bullying, naturally drew the ire of conservative pundits like John Nolte of Breitbart, who said that Doritos is flying the “colors of anti-Christian hate and oppression.”
But Nolte’s protests pale in comparison to a column in the right-wing American Thinker by Ed Straker, which could be confused for parody.
Straker writes that the new chips are “the perfect gateway snack to introduce children to the joys of homosexuality,” lamenting that nowadays “it’s perceived to be cool to push a specific sexual orientation on children.”
Calling for a boycott of Doritos and all products from its parent company, Pepsi, Straker urges conservatives to “push other companies to launch pro-heterosexual campaigns” by, for example, persuading “a hot dog maker and a hot dog bun company to do a joint effort promoting man-woman relationships.”
At this point I am not even sure how the folks at The Onion even manage to do their job anymore?
I mean how do you parody a group that is already a parody of themselves?
You could quite literally report what they say word for word, and at the end simply ad "just kidding" and you would be seen as a comedic genius.
I think it is preposterous to believe that eating rainbow Doritos will introduce children to the joys of homosexuality. That said, I have a vehemently left wing relative who has actively pressured her only child to be gay, because the relative believes her special snowflake will grow up to be so politically influential that one more gay person will really teach right wingers such as Trump, Palin et al a lesson. My relative has not succeeded, illustrating that sexuality is not a choice.
ReplyDeleteExtremism of any form is scary.
Obviously crazy knows no political boundaries!
DeleteMildred
If you do have a relative "pressuring" a child to be gay, that is because your relative is deranged, not because your relative is "left wing."
DeleteMake no mistake Liz, my relative is quite deranged, but Mildred is correct...crazy knows no political boundaries.
DeleteMore like just plain SICK FUCK! Sexual orientation is INATE. let all our children be human children and should be themselves. PERIOD!!
DeleteI know an extreme person who is convinced world population will be threatened because now people will chose same sex relationships because it is legal to marry now. She rants people will have blood tests and be told if they are gay or not. She also believes people will opt for homosexual relationships because marriage between a woman and a man is difficult.
DeleteHer conclusion is legalizing gay marriage will cause the demise of the human race and Obama is to blame for turning the country in the wrong direction.
Laura Jane Grace, Miley Cyrus and Joan Jett perform Androgynous.
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR6mM_zfxwE
Yes, I was laughing at that crowd myself last week.
ReplyDeleteOf course, the rainbow chips were part of a fundraiser against teen suicide, and not sold on shelves. Plus, it only lasted until they ran through all 10,000 bags, which they did rather quickly.
But it turned into something akin to an announcement of forced sodomy.
Nobody got upset when Doritos forced that unnatural Cool Ranch lifestyle down everyone's throat.
As I have often thought while eating Cool Ranch Doritos, "I wish I knew how to quit you!"
DeleteFor a ten dollar donation they gave a bag of these colored chips. Why were they not outraged about the Terra vegetable chips that are different colors? They have been sold for 16 years I know of.
DeleteSince these are only available online, and since there are already red, purple, yellow and black chips on sale in stores, what is their problem? Kids don't know gay from sunflowers. They like chips. No one is indoctrinating children int his nation but the fundies, the Quiverfull cult, the Catholics and their friendly priests, and RW gunlovers. Where is the outrage over the cute little pink guns marketed for kids? Or, right. Guns don't kill. Rainbow chips do???
ReplyDeleteYou rightly say, "I mean how do you parody a group that is already a parody of themselves?"
ReplyDeleteIt's why Jon Stewart quit -- he was "Ubered" by these idiots.
“it’s perceived to be cool to push a specific sexual orientation on children.”
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Only the ignorant, which is very uncool, would think such a thing.
Mildred
Mmmhmm!
DeleteIt is wonderful to see multinational corporations, for whom profit is the only reason to exist, catering (or pandering) to the LGBTQ community.
ReplyDeleteHowever anyone feels about the production and sale of rainbow colored foods, or gay family television ads, or any of the other equality based corporate decisions that make right wing heads explode, one fact is clear; corporations obviously see that there is more money to be made going in this direction than there will be in trying to coddle right wing sensitivities. They wouldn't do it otherwise.
This bodes well for other foods that can be played with to self-promote your company.
DeleteLeave it to advertising to skewer regressive thinking, to make closed minds squirm.
"You could quite literally report what they say word for word, and at the end simply ad "just kidding" and you would be seen as a comedic genius. "
ReplyDeleteI.e. Tina Fey (2008) on SNL (minus the "just kidding")
That was my absolute favorite of all. Word for word, Tina nailed her.
DeleteMmmm. Doritos.
ReplyDeleteI can't eat Doritos. To my nose, they smell like baby puke. Good for Doritos for doing this.
Delete"You could quite literally report what they say word for word,"
ReplyDeleteKinda like what Tina Fey did with Palin!
Yeah, and what was Her Heinous' response? That maybe Tina Fey should pay for her kids' braces from the money she made off of it. Witch with a capital B.
DeleteYes, as if Sarah couldn’t pay for her own kids’ braces. That very comment summed her up for me. She will never believe she has enough money.
DeleteMaybe I should have read the previous comment, ya think!!
ReplyDelete"for example, persuading “a hot dog maker and a hot dog bun company to do a joint effort promoting man-woman relationships.”
ReplyDeleteAnd alsotoo the railroads with their trains and tunnels and all that....and no more male conservatives eating deep fried dick-on-a-stick things at fairs....just sayin'
And tacos, we must not forget the tacos! The Taco Bell slogan, "Make a run for the border" has new meaning!
DeleteLet's not forget Larry "wide stance" Craig and HIS hot dog stuck into a potato!
DeleteThe image I remember is 404'd, but this article will do:
https://paxarcana.wordpress.com/2007/09/14/larry-craigs-wife-puts-his-weiner-in-potato/
Deep, deep symbolism! Let's see, I think the hot dog symbolizes the penis. Is the bun the vagina? (eye roll)
ReplyDeleteTheir energy would be better invested in reinforcing and living their beliefs at home, in choice of friends and groups they belong to. It must suck to be delusional everyone is like them trying to force their ways on them.
DeleteThe part of the human body I have heard referred to as the buns is not the vagina. Both genders have 'em.
DeleteAll I do is laugh at the Right Wing's increasing mental decrepitude and inexorable decline. 10 more years--they're done. In the mean time enjoy the popcorn :)
ReplyDelete~Canuck~
AS a straight middle aged woman I do not find colored doritos a slam against my own sexuality at all. I am beginning to think all these evangelicals have very serious sexual and gender issues within themselves.
ReplyDeleteTheir leaders ramp up the hype and wringing of hands. Live,and let live.
DeleteTheir actions. The things they say. How could they NOT have issues? They still don't get it, do they?
DeleteAH BINGO!!!!
DeleteI'm straight and don't find them to be a slam either. But it is not politically correct to call them "colored" Doritos these days. In the future try to refer to them as "blue", "green", etc or be more specific about their ethnicity.
DeleteI wish this blog was As funny as Wonkette.
I'm sure that if you ask him nicely, 9:27, Gryphen will be glad to send you a refund.
DeleteWonkette is funny, but soulless.
DeleteGryphen's blog has a soul..
I value both, but Gryphen's blog plays an essential role in keeping me sane and grounded.
Wonkette is self-described as "Vile Little Snark Mob," and they live up to it; a great read for those like me with a dry sense of humor.
DeleteBut you're right, Liz, Gryphen's got the soul.
I think Wonkette has a soul. And a cute babby.
DeleteStop fighting! You're both pretty! As a daily reader of both blogs, I say they both have soul.
DeleteI like wonkette better cause the speech is "freer" if you know what I mean. Gryphen just pays lip service to free speech.
DeleteNo, no. Wonkette doesn't allow comments. If you don't know what I mean, you haven't been reading it very long.
DeleteAs the local hotdog vender would say" we have Big Wieners and we have little weenies". The Right wing has turned into a bunch of little weenies. *Will that be with a bun,or not? Bareback?
ReplyDeleteWhy is it always about sex with the righties?
ReplyDeleteGood question.
DeleteBecause EVERYTHING is about SEX, BULLYING and MONEY$$$$$$. in that order..
DeleteIt is just how each person fits in the chain.
I have a fundie friend who swears that people are becoming gay simply to be trendy, since it is now "cool" to be gay! Seriously! I point out the bigotry and hate gays endure and argue that sexual preference is not a choice. I am determined to help her see the light.
ReplyDeleteMaybe this friend is gay herself? Or possibly bisexual? Obviously her "straight" identification cannot be all that strong, if to her it is a choice.
DeleteInteresting take. I don't know. She seems so repulsed by it all. Hmmmm.....
DeleteAlthough I don't believe being gay is any more of a choice than being straight, what would be wrong with it if it WERE a choice? Why shouldn't you be able to choose your sexuality, if you could? To defend being gay by saying it's not a choice is essentially the same as saying that gays are stuck being gay, so don't penalize them any further.
DeleteI could not care any less about what color Doritos are. All I care about today is that the Eagles beat the everlovin shit outta those Cowboy motherfuckers today. And I hope that soon Michael Sam will be the highest paid player in the NFL. That'll teach those right wing fundies a lesson!
ReplyDeleteLOL! Touche.
DeleteToo bad Sam stepped away from pro ball.
I wonder if those heterosexual hot dogs are circumcised.
ReplyDeleteWe've come a long way (in a very short time) from the Ellen/JC Penney kerfuffle.
ReplyDeleteHas anybody seen a pint of "I Dough, I Dough," Ben & Jerry's limited line container for their usual Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.benjerry.com/values/issues-we-care-about/marriage-equality/i-dough-i-dough
That's not even my favorite of their flavors, but I was going to buy one or two just to save the empties. I'm presuming the Food Lion in my little corner of Virginia, shins-deep in teabaggers, maybe chose not to take on the inevitable headache.
Another thing, since I took over the family shopping and all short errands four years ago, I've noticed I can't count a random 20 license plates in my county before coming to one of those racist "Don't Tread On Me" ones.
"Anti christian hate and oppression", lol.....they actually get their panties in a bunch over colored corn chips? God, what would they piss and moan about if they saw the picture my four year old granddaughter colored in of a brown,green,purple and blue unicorn with yellow hoofs....obviously she is worshiping the devil.
ReplyDeleteThe only way fundies know they're alive is when their panties are in a bunch.
DeleteColored chips are an attack on you religion? What a fragile faith indeed.
ReplyDeleteso will the ad explain why buns are 8 in a package and hot dogs are 10? cause the leftover dogs surely represent something, eh?
ReplyDeleteAbstinence? Unless the candy isn't stiff, it ain't worth a fuck, Right Brissy???
Delete"You could quite literally report what they say word for word, and at the end simply ad "just kidding" and you would be seen as a comedic genius."
ReplyDeleteI think Jon Stewart just couldn't stand doing this any more...
“the perfect gateway snack to introduce children to the joys of homosexuality,”
ReplyDeleteWTF????????????????
Doritos are a "gateway" snack? The only cure are twinkies servng devil dogs. Since when is shoving a hot dog in a bun a strictly heterosexual activity? There are heterosexuals who partake in and approve of anal sex.
ReplyDeleteThe jokes just write themselves with these twisted pop tarts!!!!
I think this is great.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise I would never eat them.
First, there are the dyes used.
Second, I'm sure they're all made from GMO corn and I'm trying to eliminate as much GMO and artificial ingredients from my diet as possible.
But I am enjoying the floor show of all the conservative heads exploding.
I'm no tinfoil hat teapster righty, but I would never purchase, or god forbid EAT, that shit. No marketing campaign is clever enough to convince me I need to buy, that shit.
ReplyDeleteWhat is wrong with GMOs? That's what a nectarine is. I really don't get it.
ReplyDeleteAnon 9:34, most people don't understand the process that farmers have used for thousands of years to select seed for the best possible crop outcome. Genetic manipulation is how we got all current foods made from grasses and flowering plants.
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