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Zorro

(15,691 posts)
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 09:40 PM Oct 2020

The latest sheer idiocy from conservative homophobes: Boycotting Oreos

Credit the group One Million Moms with spurring me to brave covid-19-struck Washington, D.C., and make a beeline to the grocery store to purchase some Oreo cookies.

I could do no less in light of a scurrilous campaign the organization has launched against Oreo and its parent company, Mondelez International.

Not to be confused with the Million Mom March gun-safety organization, OneMillionMoms.com is an online ministry of the American Family Association, a self-described “conservative, pro-family” organization based in Tupelo, Miss.

One Million Moms is out of sorts because Oreo has joined with the nonprofit PFLAG — an organization of supportive parents, families and allies of LGBTQ people — to release “Rainbow Oreos.” These are described as cookies filled with Oreo cream in the colors of the Pride flag, and the company has launched the new product with a moving ad depicting a daughter and her partner introducing their relationship to her parents.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-latest-sheer-idiocy-from-conservative-homophobes-boycotting-oreos/2020/10/23/f816fc60-14a6-11eb-bc10-40b25382f1be_story.html

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The latest sheer idiocy from conservative homophobes: Boycotting Oreos (Original Post) Zorro Oct 2020 OP
You'd think they'd already hate them after making them an interracial slur soothsayer Oct 2020 #1
I got 4 pkgs of party sized Oreo Double stuff in the pantry Xipe Totec Oct 2020 #2
Double Stuf are the best! Ohiogal Oct 2020 #5
Dark chocolate, with fudge covering. Archae Oct 2020 #22
I can go thru a pack of them in almost one sitting!!! RKP5637 Oct 2020 #26
F'en hateful creepy morons ... would like to see what they are hiding with Psychological RKP5637 Oct 2020 #3
They want to get spanked by... skypilot Oct 2020 #9
Because moms telling kids to not eat cookies has always worked before lame54 Oct 2020 #4
Just loaded up with Oreo cookies today!!! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2020 #6
I'll look for and buy some. I love OREOs. nt Ilsa Oct 2020 #7
One Million (*5 thousand according to FB group page membership) Mom's also recently launched a RockRaven Oct 2020 #8
We actually do put that *bleep* on everything. Nevilledog Oct 2020 #12
That *bleep* will kill me if I try to use it now... canuckledragger Oct 2020 #19
Had to find the ad nuxvomica Oct 2020 #10
That damn commercial made me cry. eom Maraya1969 Oct 2020 #15
Omigod, I got tears all over Hekate Oct 2020 #21
Beautiful!!! RKP5637 Oct 2020 #27
Wow, that is a fabulous commercial. Thanks for sharing. MerryBlooms Oct 2020 #28
awwww. that was an adorable film/short FirstLight Oct 2020 #11
I never knew this about Oreos but now I will make it a point to look for and buy some. blueinredohio Oct 2020 #13
Hypocritical heads exploding... czarjak Oct 2020 #14
Wish there were I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2020 #16
Now they've made me buy Oreos BainsBane Oct 2020 #17
The good thing about the boycott: Laffy Kat Oct 2020 #18
I guess maybe I should get some for my election siege. Crunchy Frog Oct 2020 #20
I wonder if they still boycott Elmo. KentuckyWoman Oct 2020 #23
Didnt I read about the million moms group basically being mostly one mom who is just an online loud JDC Oct 2020 #24
This isn't anything new, they boycotted Oreos back in 2015. Initech Oct 2020 #25

RKP5637

(67,030 posts)
3. F'en hateful creepy morons ... would like to see what they are hiding with Psychological
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 09:44 PM
Oct 2020

Projection.

RockRaven

(14,782 posts)
8. One Million (*5 thousand according to FB group page membership) Mom's also recently launched a
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 09:49 PM
Oct 2020

boycott based on a TV ad aired in 2019.

The company/product? Frank's Red Hot Sauce.

The reason? Their slogan contained a bleeped word. "I put that *bleep* on everything" They objected to the BLEEP. Their rationale was that the bleep would make kids ask questions. And kids shouldn't be curious and ask questions.

They are ridiculous, self-aggrandizing busybodies.

canuckledragger

(1,632 posts)
19. That *bleep* will kill me if I try to use it now...
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 10:55 PM
Oct 2020

I've developed a pretty nasty chronic case of acid reflux, thanks to too many years of night shifts and the crappy eating habits that come with it.

And I used to love a dab of sriracha sauce in my pasta, etc for a wee bit of heat to clear the sinuses...

FirstLight

(13,352 posts)
11. awwww. that was an adorable film/short
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 09:59 PM
Oct 2020

Just sent it to my daughter and told her we should totally do the post thing!

She and her best friends are all types: Lesbian, Trans, Gay, Bi...
I have been the mom for all these kids to come out to and support them through their HS years and now watching them become adults is amazing!
Just helped her bestie to fill out and print his name change papers for the courts so he can get his birth cert changed and get an ID with his new gender

blueinredohio

(6,797 posts)
13. I never knew this about Oreos but now I will make it a point to look for and buy some.
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 10:11 PM
Oct 2020

Thanks for the heads up.

Crunchy Frog

(26,548 posts)
20. I guess maybe I should get some for my election siege.
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 10:58 PM
Oct 2020

I'm going to be drowning myself in chocolate, liquor, and Klonopin for however long the fuckery lasts.

KentuckyWoman

(6,666 posts)
23. I wonder if they still boycott Elmo.
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 11:20 PM
Oct 2020

One of my nuttier cousins claimed Elmo is gay. Elmo is A PUPPET.

That whole mixed bag of nuts is beyond help. All we can do is try and keep them from blowing up the world.

Let um boycott Oreos. More for the rest of us.

JDC

(10,081 posts)
24. Didnt I read about the million moms group basically being mostly one mom who is just an online loud
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 11:42 PM
Oct 2020

Mouth troll?

I read that here I'm pretty sure. It was a mini expo article as I recall

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