"Peace Love The Gap": Everything that's wrong with this country in 30 seconds

[omega minimo]

Now maybe it's the Xmastime gigantic gold peace sign dance floor prop or the commercialization of rap in a Gap ad, a bunch of kids hip hoppin around to a rhyme about We Gonna Take It To The World Peace Love The Gap, but what's really sick is they make the rapper serve a line about The Hood while he-- and all the dancers skippin around on the peace sign-- are wearin' hoodies.

It's an ad for hoodies. In the Hood. Get it?

Must be time for the next Next Big Thing to get Sold Out-- what's next?

[hsher]

1. You're right about that

I've seen it. Disgusting.

[Raine]

2. It's not right but

it's what you can expect at this time of year. x(

[omega minimo]

8. When will green and sustainable become trendy?

:bounce:

[GeorgeGist]

3. The Annual Xmas...

war for a piece of your money gets more ludicrous every year.

[omega minimo]

7. This year retailers advertise shopping as competitive sport

:thumbsdown:




"The Annual Xmas war for a piece of your money"

[zanne]

4. That commercial makes me ill.

I've never been a big fan of Rap, but it's nothing if not genuine. Corporate America keeps trying to subdue it by making it over-the-top commercial. That commercial is laughable.

[Neecy]

5. question

Doesn't Gap use cheap sweatshop-type labor to manufacture their clothing in Indonesia or something?

Peace, love....uh huh. I'm surprised he isn't dancing on a dollar sign.

[omega minimo]

6. H$ppy H$liday$

"cheap sweatshop-type labor....Peace, love....uh huh. I'm surprised he isn't dancing on a dollar sign."

:yourock:

[peekaloo]

9. what's so funny 'bout peace, love and a Gap in understanding?

this commercial has found a way to annoy me ten times more than the Old Navy ones.

[omega minimo]

11. ! lol

:rofl:


Elvis Costello Remix? :hi:

[mondo joe]

10. That's evverything that's wrong with this country? Gee.

I would have picked corporate personhood, or lack of equal civil rights, or the power of money in politics, or lack of access to good education.

[omega minimo]

12. Right! It's all in there, baby!! See?

Just connect the dots

:bounce: :bounce:

[mondo joe]

13. I think you're seeing dots that aren't there.

It's just a dumb tv commercial.

[omega minimo]

15. Nope

[Lone_Star_Dem]

17. Dishwashers

Don't forget the those vile automatic dishwashers. :eyes:

[omega minimo]

20. They're dancers, not dishwashers!

:wow:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

23. I'm being silly

And I should be ashamed of myself.

I was making a joke about something said a couple of days ago regarding the evils of automatic dishwashers in America.

[omega minimo]

26. The talking soap dispenser is scary

:scared:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

30. There you do have a point

It reminds me of a commercial where they made the belly button talk on a man once. I didn't like that either. :scared:

[mondo joe]

21. And ringtones.

Gap commercials, dishwashers and cute ringtones are everything wrong with America.

(And we wonder how we get painted as hysterical killjoy nannies.)

[omega minimo]

27. or ignorant flamebait dicks

[Lone_Star_Dem]

28. *sigh*

Ringtones, too?

I don't get why people aren't just knocking our doors down to join up! What are they afraid of, a Gapless life devoid of cute ringtones while suffering from dishpan hands? Weenies!

[Hosnon]

14. Yes I gagged when I saw it - particularly the new "gang" symbol for Gap at the end:

Pretty much Scissors from Paper, Rock, Scissors with motion: Index and middle finger together and then open them up...revealing a "gap".

Sheesh...I propose a moratorium on commercials this year.

[omega minimo]

16. Ya'll R 2 funny

"Pretty much Scissors from Paper, Rock, Scissors with motion: :spray: Index and middle finger together and then open them up...revealing a "gap"."




"Sheesh...I propose a moratorium on commercials this year."

SECONDED!!

[Plaid Adder]

18. Another ad that tells you why this country is messed up:

The "Seven Days in a Sentra" campaign. Yes, because living out of your car is FUN. Dude, there are people all over this country living out of their cars but it's not because they're freewheeling happy Gen-Z types, it's because their jobs don't pay them enough to cover rent where they live, even if it's somewhere shitty. So, yeah, let's do a whole campaign aroudn the idea that living in your car is just one big post-college adventure.

Sigh.

It's only gonna get worse from here, folks, Christmas season starts for real this Friday,

The Plaid Adder

[omega minimo]

25. So right PA. And the kid was annoying on top of it. Jackass Lite

[Name removed]

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[omega minimo]

22. Time for the Peace Movement-- at Christmas no less!

the War on Consumerism

[Fierce]

24. There's no peace or love in a sweatshop.

The last thing I bought at a Gap was a denim shirt with a "Made in Canada" label. Gap can go right to hell.

[omega minimo]

29. "There's no peace or love in a sweatshop."

a friend noticed a product labled "Made In PRC"

People's Republic of China?

[Fierce]

31. Yup.

Wouldn't want to just spell out "China," though. Someone might not buy it!

[Nikki Stone1]

32. A (serious) war on (commercial) Christmas--would DUers be interested?

Bill O'Leilly jokes aside, I wonder if DU shouldn't consider activist action against certain retailers and their commercials during the holiday season. This thread about the Gap got me thinking.

Many of us were raised with Christmas as a religious holiday. Even for those of us who no longer practice our faith at an organized church, Christmas stands for ideals and hope for the human world. The holiday season also represents family (and all its ideals and flaws), caring for others, and bringing up what is best in ourselves.

It burns me that retailers take these ideals and try to translate them into billions of dollars to line their own pockets. This Gap commercial is a good example, but there are so many others.

When the right wing Christofascists decide they don't like something on TV, in the paper, etc., they send thousands of emails, letters, and make phone calls. I wonder if we shouldn't try this ourselves. We could start by sending emails to the Gap objecting to their bastardizing of the peace symbol for their own profit at a time when our nation is embroiled in an unnecessary and deceptive war started by a morally bankrupt administration. This page

http://www.gap.com/customerService/info.do?cid=7843&mlink=5058,644743,7&clink=644743

gives contact information. I am not sure which one to choose, so I may just call.

Boycotting is also a possibility. I have already decided based on their commercial that I will NOT shop at the Gap this Christmas. Nor will I shop at their affiliated stores:

Gap Inc. Brands: piperlime.com bananarepublic.com oldnavy.com forthandtowne.com gapcanada.com



Maybe we really COULD have a war on Christmas--the overbloated, commercialized nonsense that creates credit card debt and junk media.

Just a thought,

Nikki

[omega minimo]

33. aye

[Nikki Stone1]

34. We should get a group together

Have letters that are able to be modified for each situation

[omega minimo]

35. "I don't get why people aren't just knocking our doors down to join up!"

"I don't get why people aren't just knocking our doors down to join up! What are they afraid of, a Gapless life devoid of cute ringtones while suffering from dishpan hands? Weenies!"

Reply #28
:sarcasm:

[Nikki Stone1]

36. I wonder if we made it its own post?

Maybe provided a template. Like this:

Dear Sir or Madam:

I have recently viewed your Christmas ad about _____. I am appalled at the crass commercialization/insensitivity/___ of the ad in its portrayal of ________.

Christmas is a time of year when we think about the human family and peace on earth. It is a true time for caring about others all over the world. ( This Christmas, the nation as a whole is reexamining its role in the world and its involvement in a war that was neither necessary nor honest. )

Your ad basardizes Christmas ideals in order to sell products.