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JacksonWest Donating Member (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-09-07 06:54 PM
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94. Of course they have the right. It doesn't mean you or I have to approve it..
Look at the snicker's commercial. It's premise was clearly based on homophobia. Some say it was satire, others say not. It's subjective at best, hateful at worst. And there was an outcry, and it got pulled. The damning evidence was on her snickers website, which really indicated that it was anti-gay.

This commercial, and it's detractors, are a different matter. It's not even a comment on sexuality, but gender. And it doesn't seem unreasonable to have a premise where someone is offended that there gender was confused by someone else.

The big issue is the use of the word "lightweight"-which I think is a stretch. I understand why some people consider it sexist, and my sentiments are that I'm glad that those people aren't in charge of content in media. It's too sensitive, in my opinion.
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