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Firestone Ad, they must be Trump voters (Original Post) edhopper Jul 2018 OP
I like how everyone makes everything about Trump Blue_Adept Jul 2018 #1
It5 wasn't my first thought edhopper Jul 2018 #3
Maybe the " hold my beer, git r done" voter. nt Snotcicles Jul 2018 #5
Great post. Well said. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2018 #10
I don't even understand that ad Bettie Jul 2018 #2
If you have these tires on your "truck" edhopper Jul 2018 #4
It's a mixed message. dubyadiprecession Jul 2018 #8
Oh good he shot a photo of the bear lunasun Jul 2018 #6
Actually.... quickesst Jul 2018 #7
So you think I was talking edhopper Jul 2018 #12
Just making sure quickesst Jul 2018 #14
It wasn't the off roading per se edhopper Jul 2018 #15
I agree quickesst Jul 2018 #16
I'm sure Firestone appreciates you posting its ad as you ascribe motives to a fictional family. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2018 #9
I like the matching denim shirts. N/T Victor_c3 Jul 2018 #11
C'mon, with a little more effort you can come up with plenty of other unfounded labels... brooklynite Jul 2018 #13
That voice sounds like a Sam Elliot wannabe Brother Buzz Jul 2018 #17

Blue_Adept

(6,399 posts)
1. I like how everyone makes everything about Trump
Sat Jul 28, 2018, 10:14 AM
Jul 2018

He really is living rent free inside a lot of peoples heads because everything is about him these days.

I mean, if your first thought at this is that they must be Trump voters... I'd say if anything they probably aren't voters at all - you know, the people we're trying to get.

But hey, keep giving the double fingers up to fellow Americans.

edhopper

(33,570 posts)
3. It5 wasn't my first thought
Sat Jul 28, 2018, 10:18 AM
Jul 2018

my first thought was the kid will be eaten by the bear and how they delighted in destroying Government property. The Trump voter thing was a natural progression of that.

The Trump thing is a joke. You know, we are on a political forum. What would you like to talk about?


Bettie

(16,089 posts)
2. I don't even understand that ad
Sat Jul 28, 2018, 10:14 AM
Jul 2018

the message is kind of muddled at best.

It is definitely aimed squarely at those who would vote for that Orange Thing.

edhopper

(33,570 posts)
4. If you have these tires on your "truck"
Sat Jul 28, 2018, 10:19 AM
Jul 2018

(SUVs are not trucks) you don't have to act like suburban tweebs, but like Ted Nugent assholes.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
6. Oh good he shot a photo of the bear
Sat Jul 28, 2018, 10:25 AM
Jul 2018

Didn't know where that was going......what appeals to them...a kid bagging a bear by pulling up in a truck . Hey i just didn't know what's Kool in that world
glad it was a camera

quickesst

(6,280 posts)
7. Actually....
Sat Jul 28, 2018, 10:39 AM
Jul 2018

,.... they are actors, paid to play a role in a poorly written commercial for Firestone satirically depicting how much fun off-roading can be. You know absolutely nothing about who these people are as far as their private lives go. I have seen a lot worse commercials with a left-leaning message portrayed by actors, who may very well be Trump voters, but like these people in the Firestone commercials, they probably don't care about the message the commercial is attempting to convey. It's a job they're getting paid to do. There are plenty of self-described trump voters to target without the need for speculation. Just saying.

edhopper

(33,570 posts)
12. So you think I was talking
Sat Jul 28, 2018, 09:25 PM
Jul 2018

about the actors thmselves, and not what the ad was depicting?

You know, I am aware Bruse Willis did not actually save a building from terrorist.

quickesst

(6,280 posts)
14. Just making sure
Sat Jul 28, 2018, 11:13 PM
Jul 2018

But, as stated in my previous post the commercial is a parody of how much fun can be had by off-roading. Believe it or not there are some liberals who love to do just that. I'm in off-roader along with my son and my grandson, or I used to be before I got a little too on the worn side of life. The only difference was that we did it on two wheels instead of four, and I remained, as always, a Democrat. My main point is that the commercial was a parody and not meant to be taken seriously, although it was a poorly written commercial I will admit. I'll be glad when the treehugger stereotype given to liberals finally goes away.

edhopper

(33,570 posts)
15. It wasn't the off roading per se
Sun Jul 29, 2018, 08:47 AM
Jul 2018

it was the crashing through a National Parks sign I thought was asinine.
And of course the son taking a pic of the bear through an open window, well chomp, chomp.

I get they were trying to be cute, with the hot chick in the Monster truck and all.
It just looked to me like assholes.

quickesst

(6,280 posts)
16. I agree
Sun Jul 29, 2018, 11:26 AM
Jul 2018

It was a poorly written parody of off-roading and how much fun it could be. It failed miserably. I just never related it to any sort of politics as there is a plethora of actual trumpian ignorance and stupidity on display as better examples than an over-the-top commercial parody.

"It just looked to me like assholes."

In my lifetime I've actually met more than a few Democrats who fit that description.

brooklynite

(94,502 posts)
13. C'mon, with a little more effort you can come up with plenty of other unfounded labels...
Sat Jul 28, 2018, 09:40 PM
Jul 2018

They’re heterosexual, so they must be anti gay.

They’re all White, so they must be racist.

They’re driving a car so they must be anti public Transportation.

Just as much a stretch...

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