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sinkingfeeling

(51,457 posts)
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 06:38 PM Dec 2021

Republican 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=emaildkre

I’d 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 McGeachin’s 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 I’d like for you to watch a brief, 15 second, Hershey’s 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, I’m 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 doesn’t see black people in life she sure as Hell shouldn’t 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.
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Republican Triggered By Uppity Blacks In TV Commercial. (Original Post) sinkingfeeling Dec 2021 OP
Idaho is 102% white. guillaumeb Dec 2021 #1
screen shots. Whatthe_Firetruck Dec 2021 #31
No argument. guillaumeb Dec 2021 #44
There's something rotten in the state of Idaho IronLionZion Dec 2021 #41
Good grief. Cracklin Charlie Dec 2021 #2
It was just a cute ad of a dad and daughter Bettie Dec 2021 #3
It's Number 2, all right. JHB Dec 2021 #19
New term I heard -Dicktims . Dickheads who act like victims she can not support the luckone Dec 2021 #23
That is a good term Bettie Dec 2021 #25
Cute commercial: tblue37 Dec 2021 #4
You have to be sick to see a problem with that iemanja Dec 2021 #18
It's a cute commercial MustLoveBeagles Dec 2021 #28
I now have a craving for Pinwheels MustLoveBeagles Dec 2021 #32
I love Pinwheels iemanja Dec 2021 #40
never had these... combination of ingredients reminds me of those chocolate covered hockey puck shap Demovictory9 Dec 2021 #43
Just another crazy Trumper showing what they're made of. Haggard Celine Dec 2021 #5
If you want to understand Trump's appeal to his base jaysunb Dec 2021 #6
+10000000000000000 Celerity Dec 2021 #10
One has to wonder... William Seger Dec 2021 #30
Earlier this year, Leisy also posted on Instagram that she was "sickened" and "disgusted" that Apple Celerity Dec 2021 #7
She says that like it's a bad thing! ShazzieB Dec 2021 #26
Wonder if she thinks that St. Patrick's Day wnylib Dec 2021 #37
I wonder if she would have been happier if the man's white wife was also in the commerical cojoel Dec 2021 #8
I watch little TV central scrutinizer Dec 2021 #21
Is Lisa Leisy a real person? skypilot Dec 2021 #9
right ?! uponit7771 Dec 2021 #12
right ?! uponit7771 Dec 2021 #13
Yes, she is real, Power County Chair for Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin's gubernatorial run Celerity Dec 2021 #14
Thanks for the info. skypilot Dec 2021 #22
Her Twitter "wallpaper" is one bald eagle short of "cray-triot"! bullwinkle428 Dec 2021 #27
She doesn't like black people and can't admit that to herself yet uponit7771 Dec 2021 #11
But the fact that she has a problem with that commercial pretty much confirms she is a racist POS TheRealNorth Dec 2021 #16
Yep, they move the goalpost to being a racist to the standard of burning black infants alive and uponit7771 Dec 2021 #34
This is the (not so) new Dog Whistle RFCalifornia Dec 2021 #15
That just gave mean idea for Trump's next con.... TheRealNorth Dec 2021 #17
I see this all the time on social media they are truly triggered by any commercial luckone Dec 2021 #20
Awww, her feelings are hurt??? Well... Progressive Jones Dec 2021 #24
She really, really wants to be oppressed. Torchlight Dec 2021 #29
This is how racist whites talk all the time. yardwork Dec 2021 #33
I agree TheRealNorth Dec 2021 #36
I just see a cute girl ( cute dad too ) fixing cookies. Ka-Dinh Oy Dec 2021 #35
The way they push those brown kisses into those white cookies IronLionZion Dec 2021 #38
This is the message that now appears when you go to her Twitter account: dflprincess Dec 2021 #39
She's been bounced. Texasgal Dec 2021 #46
the "Annie Live" broadcast last week... reading the reviews on IMDB... upset about Black Annie Demovictory9 Dec 2021 #42
And people wonder why we have a messaging problem. AncientAndy Dec 2021 #45
Welcome to DU. Texasgal Dec 2021 #47
Thanks! AncientAndy Dec 2021 #48
Stay tuned. BlackSkimmer Dec 2021 #49
Calling out people already? marble falls Dec 2021 #50
You think DU doesn't have the list of positives by Biden remembered yet? Stick around, we're the uponit7771 Dec 2021 #51

Bettie

(16,110 posts)
3. It was just a cute ad of a dad and daughter
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 06:53 PM
Dec 2021

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.

luckone

(21,646 posts)
23. New term I heard -Dicktims . Dickheads who act like victims she can not support the
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 07:31 PM
Dec 2021

commercial because it’s all black = racism .
Betting she never thought twice about the all white commercials .
They are so easily triggered if it’s not their world and no one else should exist outside it either

Demovictory9

(32,457 posts)
43. never had these... combination of ingredients reminds me of those chocolate covered hockey puck shap
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 09:53 PM
Dec 2021

shaped things from the 70s... chocolate covered marshmallow and cookie....

jaysunb

(11,856 posts)
6. If you want to understand Trump's appeal to his base
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 06:59 PM
Dec 2021

Look no further. Most won't say it out loud and will deny to the death this is it....but it is.

William Seger

(10,778 posts)
30. One has to wonder...
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 08:46 PM
Dec 2021

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)
7. Earlier this year, Leisy also posted on Instagram that she was "sickened" and "disgusted" that Apple
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 07:00 PM
Dec 2021
was “promoting the newest ‘holiday’ Juneteenth” in its calendar.

“Guess we’re 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)
26. She says that like it's a bad thing!
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 08:14 PM
Dec 2021
“Guess we’re on our way to be a black nation ahead,” she wrote. “Welcome to the ‘new’ America.”


Sounds fine to me.

wnylib

(21,486 posts)
37. Wonder if she thinks that St. Patrick's Day
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 09:44 PM
Dec 2021

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)
8. I wonder if she would have been happier if the man's white wife was also in the commerical
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 07:01 PM
Dec 2021

I'm guessing that would have been even worse for her.

central scrutinizer

(11,651 posts)
21. I watch little TV
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 07:23 PM
Dec 2021

But I have noticed many commercials with mixed ethnic families and same gender couples. Still doesn’t make me want to buy their stuff but I am appreciative.

skypilot

(8,854 posts)
9. Is Lisa Leisy a real person?
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 07:01 PM
Dec 2021

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.

Celerity

(43,408 posts)
14. Yes, she is real, Power County Chair for Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin's gubernatorial run
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 07:10 PM
Dec 2021

now she has hidden her Twitter account

TheRealNorth

(9,481 posts)
16. But the fact that she has a problem with that commercial pretty much confirms she is a racist POS
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 07:17 PM
Dec 2021

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)
34. Yep, they move the goalpost to being a racist to the standard of burning black infants alive and
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 09:13 PM
Dec 2021

... 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)
15. This is the (not so) new Dog Whistle
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 07:16 PM
Dec 2021

"THERE AREN'T ANY WHIIIIITE PEOPLE IN COMMERCIALS ANYMORE"

Such BS too, since last I looked, plenty of white people

TheRealNorth

(9,481 posts)
17. That just gave mean idea for Trump's next con....
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 07:21 PM
Dec 2021

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)
20. I see this all the time on social media they are truly triggered by any commercial
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 07:22 PM
Dec 2021

that has gay people black brown any kind of mix couples anyone not white as snow and hetro
I always think you MF‘s don’t you think they’re trying to sell to everybody ?
don’t 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

Torchlight

(3,341 posts)
29. She really, really wants to be oppressed.
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 08:40 PM
Dec 2021

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)
33. This is how racist whites talk all the time.
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 09:09 PM
Dec 2021

It's slightly surprising that she put it on twitter but not very. This is how they talk all the time among themselves.

Ka-Dinh Oy

(11,686 posts)
35. I just see a cute girl ( cute dad too ) fixing cookies.
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 09:36 PM
Dec 2021

I do not think color was supposed to be a supporting factor in the commercial.

Leisy is vile.

IronLionZion

(45,452 posts)
38. The way they push those brown kisses into those white cookies
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 09:46 PM
Dec 2021

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)
39. This is the message that now appears when you go to her Twitter account:
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 09:46 PM
Dec 2021

"These Tweets are protected
Only approved followers can see @LisaLeisy’s Tweets. To request access, click Follow. Learn more"


I still reported her as "hateful".

Demovictory9

(32,457 posts)
42. the "Annie Live" broadcast last week... reading the reviews on IMDB... upset about Black Annie
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 09:50 PM
Dec 2021

"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)
45. And people wonder why we have a messaging problem.
Tue Dec 7, 2021, 12:50 AM
Dec 2021

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)
47. Welcome to DU.
Tue Dec 7, 2021, 12:59 AM
Dec 2021

We talk about a lot of things on this website.

If you have something to add, please feel free to post a thread!

 

AncientAndy

(73 posts)
48. Thanks!
Tue Dec 7, 2021, 01:14 AM
Dec 2021

A friend turned me on to this site. I forget their username but they’ve been a member for awhile. I like it so far but it’s 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.

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)
51. You think DU doesn't have the list of positives by Biden remembered yet? Stick around, we're the
Tue Dec 7, 2021, 11:08 AM
Dec 2021

...people who got A's on the civics exams.

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