Waco1947 said:
OsoCoreyell said:
LateSteak69 said:
Jack Bauer said:
LateSteak69 said:
Remind me again how this or bud light really affects your life?
Companies advertise to (potential) customers. Insulting your customers is not a smart move.
Showing men in beards as the equivalent of biological females is pretty stupid.
i get that it's not that smart from a marketing perspective, but people seem to lose their **** when Bud Light, Target, etc. put out these ads. I don't really get that.
We get that these things are not offensive to you. They are offensive to a large portion of Americans.
Then they are bigots you know like southern brothers and sisters who were offended by racially mixed married couples, mixed race children,and gay couples.
Here are the obvious problems with your apples to bowling balls comparison:
1) Gender-dysmorphia is not an immutable characteristic, like race. I believe it to be mental illness. But regardless of what you call it, it is a choice the individual makes to act or believe a certain way. And that is why the comparison to racism is such a poor analogy. I get that it's easy, but it's also intellectually dishonest to say being averse to one's immutable characteristic is the same thing as being averse to one's lifestyle choices. The two are not even remotely comparable.
2) Describing those you disagree with as bigots or hateful is a good way to shut down discussion, but not a good way to change their minds. And typically, it has the opposite effect. I think we can all dispense with the ad hominems in defending our positions on this subject.