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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe 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
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)For lo these many years
Xipe Totec
(43,872 posts)My favorite cookies.
Ohiogal
(31,658 posts)Archae
(46,260 posts)RKP5637
(67,030 posts)RKP5637
(67,030 posts)Projection.
skypilot
(8,847 posts)...a biracial gay man.
lame54
(35,134 posts)RKP5637
(67,030 posts)Ilsa
(61,675 posts)RockRaven
(14,782 posts)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.
Nevilledog
(50,665 posts)Have caught my husband drinking it from the bottle.
canuckledragger
(1,632 posts)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...
nuxvomica
(12,361 posts)Maraya1969
(22,441 posts)Hekate
(90,189 posts)RKP5637
(67,030 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,728 posts)FirstLight
(13,352 posts)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)Thanks for the heads up.
czarjak
(11,191 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(12,450 posts)Low carb no sugar Oreos. Miss them. I can't eat regular Oreos diabeties..sigh...
BainsBane
(53,001 posts)next time to the store.
Laffy Kat
(16,354 posts)Leaves more for us!! Yummers.
Crunchy Frog
(26,548 posts)I'm going to be drowning myself in chocolate, liquor, and Klonopin for however long the fuckery lasts.
KentuckyWoman
(6,666 posts)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)Mouth troll?
I read that here I'm pretty sure. It was a mini expo article as I recall