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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublican Triggered By Uppity Blacks In TV Commercial.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/12/5/2067670/-Republican-Triggered-By-Uppity-Blacks-In-TV-Commercial?detail=emaildkreId like for you to meet Lisa Leisy, of Idaho. As you can see from her now locked Twitter account bio she is a self identifying patriot and God fearing Christian. She is also the Power County Campaign Chair for Janice McGeachins campaign for Governor. McGeachin is running on a campaign asserting that the current Republican Governor of Idaho is just not Trumpy enough.
Having met Leisy Id like for you to watch a brief, 15 second, Hersheys chocolate commercial that originally aired in 2020 but is also going around this year. The commercial is a derivative of the classic where the holiday wrapped chocolates play as Christmas bells. It features only two people, a father and a daughter, who are celebrating the holidays together by making Christmas cookies.
Do you see anything wrong with that commercial? Alas, Republican Lisa Leisy does. You see, the problem with that commercial is that it has the effrontery to feature two black people. Yes, Im serious, and she actually did this publicly, on Twitter. See her reaction for yourself.
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Yes, that commercial is so far off the charts disgusting, what with those black actors and everything pretending to be a wholesome, Christmas celebrating family, that it warrants three vomit emojis. In fact, it is so disgusting that it warrants boycotting (i.e. cancelling) television in general. Ms. Leisy could not let someone defending the commercial get away with it.
Of course, if the commercial featured only two people who were white Ms. Leisy would take no offense. In the party of Trump is anyone really surprised that Leisy believed she could tweet this with no consequence? Idaho is the most white state in America, 91% caucasian and only 0.7% black. Ms. Leisy figures that if she doesnt see black people in life she sure as Hell shouldnt have to tolerate seeing them on TV.
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I can't do this justice since the tweets were screen shots and I'm not on Twitter.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)A safe haven for white supremacists.
Whatthe_Firetruck
(557 posts)https://www.google.com/search?q=Lisa+Leisy+racist+twitter+screenshot&client=tablet-android-samsung&prmd=invx&sxsrf=AOaemvKyFR7PQ3mZpMbV-B05G4sEefBQTw:1638838183963&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjx_LH-u9D0AhUXHzQIHSTnDTgQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=1024&bih=768&dpr=2#imgrc=DvlGpauZfdKfFM
https://images.app.goo.gl/UhjQdbt4uRJvUNbi8
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)A racist fire hose replaced the GOP dog whistle.
IronLionZion
(45,452 posts)and I don't mean their potatoes, which are delicious.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Bettie
(16,110 posts)making cookies together.
Does she think only white people make cookies?
Or is she just a racist dickhead?
I'm guessing it's number 2.
JHB
(37,160 posts)luckone
(21,646 posts)commercial because its all black = racism .
Betting she never thought twice about the all white commercials .
They are so easily triggered if its not their world and no one else should exist outside it either
Bettie
(16,110 posts)I shall use it!
tblue37
(65,403 posts)iemanja
(53,035 posts)I hate people like this Gopper.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,611 posts)That woman has problems.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,611 posts)iemanja
(53,035 posts)They remind me of my grandmother.
This kind.
I don't know if that's what you meant.
Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)shaped things from the 70s... chocolate covered marshmallow and cookie....
Haggard Celine
(16,846 posts)Another day at the zoo.
jaysunb
(11,856 posts)Look no further. Most won't say it out loud and will deny to the death this is it....but it is.
Celerity
(43,408 posts)William Seger
(10,778 posts)Why else would anyone support that obnoxiously self-obsessed, blatantly dishonest, willfully ignorant, delusional turd who has lied and cheated his way through life?
Celerity
(43,408 posts)Guess were on our way to be a black nation ahead, she wrote. Welcome to the new America.
https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-government/2021-11-30/mcgeachin-campaign-official-disgusted-by-juneteenth-blasts-hersheys-ad-with-black-family
ShazzieB
(16,420 posts)Sounds fine to me.
wnylib
(21,486 posts)makes the US an Irish nation.
Somebody should tell her that the date set for Christmas comes from Iran. That should give her a stroke.
Plus a reminder that if she celebrates Christmas, she is honoring the birthday of a Jew.
Would like to see Henry Louis Gates do her genealogy.
cojoel
(957 posts)I'm guessing that would have been even worse for her.
central scrutinizer
(11,651 posts)But I have noticed many commercials with mixed ethnic families and same gender couples. Still doesnt make me want to buy their stuff but I am appreciative.
skypilot
(8,854 posts)I mean, this is so over-the-top that I can't help but wonder if it's from some foreign troll farm trying to stir up more racial animus here.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)uponit7771
(90,347 posts)Celerity
(43,408 posts)now she has hidden her Twitter account
skypilot
(8,854 posts)*
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)uponit7771
(90,347 posts)TheRealNorth
(9,481 posts)The Christian fundies would dodge the race issue and complain that it was a father and not a mother baking cookies.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)... if they aren't burning 10 of them a day and smiling while doing it then they don't consider themselves racist.
RFCalifornia
(440 posts)"THERE AREN'T ANY WHIIIIITE PEOPLE IN COMMERCIALS ANYMORE"
Such BS too, since last I looked, plenty of white people
TheRealNorth
(9,481 posts)An all-white... er I mean all "real American" television network. Where only "real Americans" exist. His base would eat that shit up.
luckone
(21,646 posts)that has gay people black brown any kind of mix couples anyone not white as snow and hetro
I always think you MFs dont you think theyre trying to sell to everybody ?
dont you think people like to see people like themselves in a commercial ?
they truly believe they are supreme and the only people that count .
Sorry but your beloved invisible free market hand just slapped you with a wake up
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)F&CK HER FEELINGS, AND F&CK THAT RACIST SLOB!
Torchlight
(3,341 posts)So badly in fact, she makes up offense to illustrate her self-righteousness at the expense of the sweet and benign. Seems a popular façade among the mingy these days.
yardwork
(61,650 posts)It's slightly surprising that she put it on twitter but not very. This is how they talk all the time among themselves.
TheRealNorth
(9,481 posts)They get triggered by POC that don't conform to their racist beliefs.
Ka-Dinh Oy
(11,686 posts)I do not think color was supposed to be a supporting factor in the commercial.
Leisy is vile.
IronLionZion
(45,452 posts)is very triggering to anyone who believes chocolate and cookies should be kept separate. And if chocolate is in cookies it needs to be in small chips that are easy to handle. She's dreaming of a white Christmas.
Who does she think makes and eats cookies?
I think what she's really objecting to is the idea of what a wholesome family can look like. It bothers her to see such people enjoying the holidays almost as if it were completely normal.
dflprincess
(28,079 posts)"These Tweets are protected
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I still reported her as "hateful".
Texasgal
(17,045 posts)Her account is no longer available.
Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)"Annie supposed to be white with red hair",, "are they going to have a white black panther"
anything thing casting Blacks in numbers or major roles is an afront to some
AncientAndy
(73 posts)Instead of posting something positive about President Biden or the Democratic Party, you post a link to a story about a tweet by some unknown person in Idaho who has 204 followers on Twitter. Why?
Texasgal
(17,045 posts)We talk about a lot of things on this website.
If you have something to add, please feel free to post a thread!
A friend turned me on to this site. I forget their username but theyve been a member for awhile. I like it so far but its a little weird that on a site named Democratic Underground, most of the stories and comments are about Republicans. Kinda expected to read more about Democratic politicians and policies.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)Youll see at least a half dozen a day about tfg.
I dont get it.
marble falls
(57,102 posts)uponit7771
(90,347 posts)...people who got A's on the civics exams.