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ibegurpard

(16,685 posts)
103. bizarre
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 09:10 AM
Mar 2012

Any inoffensive meaning that they might have thought that they were showing is so obscure as to be incomprehensible...I've been looking at this for a while now and I just can't figure out what else they might have been trying to convey with this. Given the image and the language the only interpretation of this that makes sense to me is that she doesn't want to go down on him and he is trying to keep her from getting away...not funny at all and, yes, very offensively makes light of sexual assault.

Santorum inspired? Dawson Leery Mar 2012 #1
Maybe her doctor should talk to her about her marriage! nt Walk away Mar 2012 #2
No, her representative usrname Mar 2012 #85
it has been, for over a decade, all been feeding into each other. seabeyond Mar 2012 #3
What the fuck? Taverner Mar 2012 #4
Belevedere issues apology: PoliticAverse Mar 2012 #5
That "apology" is crap, too. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #32
I have to disagree a little bit DefenseLawyer Mar 2012 #40
Thank you for your polite way of disagreeing. Very refreshing here. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #50
Yeah there seem to be an awful lot of "I'm sorry people were offended" non-apologies made these days PoliticAverse Mar 2012 #51
CORRECT Skittles Mar 2012 #84
That's the kind of apology Bill Maher is talking about Redneck Democrat Mar 2012 #99
Do you normally draw conclusions from single still shots. ? dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #6
You are normally not quite so enlightenment Mar 2012 #14
I wasn't aware of Belvedere's background dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #17
Interesting and I appreciate that you shared it, enlightenment Mar 2012 #23
Can't see at my office, but will check when I get home late tonight. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #48
The facial expressions on that one shout to me. moriah Mar 2012 #21
Do you normally draw conclusions from single still shots. ? AlbertCat Mar 2012 #63
Her facial expression dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #70
Read the copy usrname Mar 2012 #90
Disgusting. nt Gemini Cat Mar 2012 #7
That is a disgusting ad, which will do nothing except promote more misogyny. Uncle Joe Mar 2012 #8
New that's the new gop-mandated OB/GYN exam Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #9
I'm not sure what is going on here, but rape is not my 1st thought. Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #10
See #17 above re. drawing false conclusions dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #20
ive never heard of that brand Enrique Mar 2012 #11
It's quadruple distilled. Goblinmonger Mar 2012 #77
As someone who has been known to call others hypersensitive about such things at times DefenseLawyer Mar 2012 #12
Is James O'Keefe in the ad industry now that Breitbart's gone? Blue Owl Mar 2012 #13
Yet we'd all be laughing if their positions were reversed. The Doctor. Mar 2012 #15
You think if it was a man being assaulted "we'd all be laughing"? Who is we? petronius Mar 2012 #81
Oh God. That just makes me sad. Brickbat Mar 2012 #16
"Rape scene?" Chuck Bobuck Mar 2012 #18
You're new here! Welcome! I'll spell it out for you. Brickbat Mar 2012 #19
Post removed Post removed Mar 2012 #24
People generally don't look terrified when falling off the couch, and falling off the couch is not Brickbat Mar 2012 #27
Falling is generally referred to as 'going down,' and Chuck Bobuck Mar 2012 #33
read the caption, look at their faces and get a clue Beaverhausen Mar 2012 #38
I see the couch...that they're sitting on. Brickbat Mar 2012 #42
I'm thinking Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier would have been a better shot DefenseLawyer Mar 2012 #54
That would have been a good ad! malthaussen Mar 2012 #97
ROFLMFAO... Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar SomethingFishy Mar 2012 #45
If you saw someone getting molested and Chuck Bobuck A Simple Game Mar 2012 #60
He did. SomethingFishy Mar 2012 #93
The one that thinks it is about sex. A Simple Game Mar 2012 #94
I'm not new here unionworks Mar 2012 #26
I'm sorry, it's not clear to me what you're saying. Can you clarify? Brickbat Mar 2012 #29
there was a series of ads for Keystone beer unionworks Mar 2012 #46
I remember those ads, and they cracked me up. Brickbat Mar 2012 #47
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
"Unlike some people, Belvedere always goes down smoothly" DefenseLawyer Mar 2012 #22
Post removed Post removed Mar 2012 #25
Or maybe countingbluecars Mar 2012 #28
Why not let him unionworks Mar 2012 #34
I agree. redqueen Mar 2012 #36
I was responding to his words- countingbluecars Mar 2012 #43
Let it go Chuck. unionworks Mar 2012 #30
What agenda would that be? DefenseLawyer Mar 2012 #31
That pretty much describes my thoughts about the ad. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2012 #53
Do you think it would be if they were naked? Avalux Mar 2012 #61
No glasses needed texastoast Mar 2012 #73
buh bye progressoid Mar 2012 #79
OMG the pornification of society has *consequences*?! redqueen Mar 2012 #35
Wasn't there a recent booze ad with a passed-out girl? WilliamPitt Mar 2012 #37
No, that was the ill-advised anti-rape campaign that looked like a liquor ad. Brickbat Mar 2012 #41
Ah WilliamPitt Mar 2012 #44
just sick. Justice wanted Mar 2012 #39
Well what else could the caption mean? nolabear Mar 2012 #52
When you hear "the big man is going down!!!!" what do you think of? nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #55
When you hear "the woman is going down with a guy on a couch!!!" LadyHawkAZ Mar 2012 #64
The question was: what else could it mean? Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #75
In different scenarios, maybe. LadyHawkAZ Mar 2012 #91
Horrifying. BlueIris Mar 2012 #56
I'll take Misogynistic Vodka Ads for 400, Alex KamaAina Mar 2012 #57
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
Highly offensive. closeupready Mar 2012 #59
Reason #168 to drink Svedka or Stolichnaya n/t backscatter712 Mar 2012 #62
I drink Stoli because it tasted better than the rest LadyHawkAZ Mar 2012 #66
Stoli is great stuff! backscatter712 Mar 2012 #69
Svedka is also what I get when I'm feeling a lil broke LadyHawkAZ Mar 2012 #71
I really like Chopin. Goblinmonger Mar 2012 #78
I drink Tito's tammywammy Mar 2012 #96
They deserve to go out of business for this. N/t DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2012 #65
My interpretation ecstatic Mar 2012 #67
The ad specifically mentions "People" not other vodkas MrScorpio Mar 2012 #68
His body language doesn't show aggression ecstatic Mar 2012 #74
First, it's terribly naive to think that aggression is the only expression a rapist could have MrScorpio Mar 2012 #80
Thank you. n/t DLevine Mar 2012 #83
You're welcome MrScorpio Mar 2012 #87
I wanted to make that same point. redqueen Mar 2012 #92
You must not have included his hands in your assessment. Lars39 Mar 2012 #101
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
UNREAL marshall gaines Mar 2012 #86
True DesertRat Mar 2012 #88
You have GOT to be FRICKING kidding me LynneSin Mar 2012 #89
That's pretty bad Broderick Mar 2012 #95
I'll tell you one thing that went down easily... malthaussen Mar 2012 #98
Obvious rape fantasy used to sell vodka. Gold Metal Flake Mar 2012 #100
Thank you for posting this. yardwork Mar 2012 #102
bizarre ibegurpard Mar 2012 #103
I see anal rape. alphafemale Mar 2012 #104
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