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Showing Original Post only (View all)Belvedere Vodka Unveils Horrific Ad Acting Out Rape Scene [View all]
Is this the most offensive ad in your recent memory? Questions like that rarely serve much purpose, but Im genuinely asking because this is the most awful piece of promotional material Ive seen published in the last several months, if not years.
The ad Im referring to, which Jezebel first spotted, was unveiled and then quickly recalled by Belvedere vodka. The ad, as you can see, reads, Unlike some people, Belvedere always goes down smoothly. Hah, see, because vodka sometimes doesnt go down smoothly! Just like this woman here who looks like shes being sexually assaulted.
http://www.thejanedough.com/belvedere-rape-ad/
The ad Im referring to, which Jezebel first spotted, was unveiled and then quickly recalled by Belvedere vodka. The ad, as you can see, reads, Unlike some people, Belvedere always goes down smoothly. Hah, see, because vodka sometimes doesnt go down smoothly! Just like this woman here who looks like shes being sexually assaulted.
http://www.thejanedough.com/belvedere-rape-ad/
The War on Women goes Commercial.
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Yeah there seem to be an awful lot of "I'm sorry people were offended" non-apologies made these days
PoliticAverse
Mar 2012
#51
Can't see at my office, but will check when I get home late tonight. nt
Snake Alchemist
Mar 2012
#48
As someone who has been known to call others hypersensitive about such things at times
DefenseLawyer
Mar 2012
#12
People generally don't look terrified when falling off the couch, and falling off the couch is not
Brickbat
Mar 2012
#27
I never saw him grab a woman. I remember him with the biggest slim jim I've ever seen though. nt
Snake Alchemist
Mar 2012
#49
If the ad depicted a Jew being pushed into an oven or a black man being lynched, we'd...
Poll_Blind
Mar 2012
#58
exactly!! Sex, however is FUNNY, so forcing or pranking women is just
BlancheSplanchnik
Mar 2012
#82
First, it's terribly naive to think that aggression is the only expression a rapist could have
MrScorpio
Mar 2012
#80
What agency wrote this nasty copy!? Is Belvedere a new sponsor for Limbaugh?
myrna minx
Mar 2012
#72
Is that lipstick tube reflecting the size of the guys dick? No doubt!
Dont call me Shirley
Mar 2012
#76