Anonymous #2 6w

Okay I can see how it can be interpreted that way but she didn’t actually say she had “good genes” and even if she did, that doesn’t necessarily mean other genes are bad. It just feels like the whole thing is being blown out of proportion and later arguments about equality will be taken less seriously because a similar point was being made about a jeans commercial. You know what I mean?

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Anonymous #1 6w

It didn’t have to be taken that way though. It feels like planted outrage. I mean, now that its out there, yeah that point can be made but it feels like an overreaction that ultimately reduces the credibility of real concerns about the effects of white supremacy. It feels bad to see the energy being put there.

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Anonymous OP 6w

there were other directions they could take the ad in that weren’t aryan racey, and given today’s current political climate there should have been someone in the marketing room to tell them this was a bad idea. this is also how white supremacy is able to find its way into mainstream media. if it’s not called out and ridiculed when it’s something like this then they feel emboldened to put out more and more

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Anonymous #2 6w

it’s sydney sweeney they’re saying she has good genes because LOOK AT HER she’s fucking gorgeous she’s a smoke show

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Anonymous #1 6w

everything you've said is pure nonsense

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Anonymous #3 6w

she’s honestly really mediocre, it’s js the fact that she oversexualizes herself that makes people think she’s hot…

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Anonymous #4 6w

not my fault you don’t know how to read lol

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Anonymous OP 6w

No posters say genes, and given the history of using language like genes to refer to traits, it seems very irresponsible and out of touch. Yes she’s beautiful but that is part of the plausible deniability of the campaign. I do not think the outrage towards it is overblown when people keep defending dog whistles

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Anonymous #2 6w

especially w the uptick of dog whistles in media recently… more normal people and celebrities are feeling emboldened in their racism

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Anonymous #2 6w

I concede. The concerns about the ad and the related materials are valid and justifiable. I just wish it didn’t feel like a really good distraction.

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Anonymous #2 6w

So if you have blonde hair and blue eyes you have bad genes? I understand the sentiment of why people are mad, but it also got people talking about American Eagle again so marketing ploy worked 😂

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Anonymous #5 6w

i mean blue eyes and blonde hair did come from inbreeding soooo

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