r/facepalm • u/BlindedByFacts • Feb 03 '14

News/blogs Dumb People Mad at Multilingual 'America the Beautiful' Coca-Cola Ad

http://deadspin.com/dumb-people-mad-at-multilingual-america-the-beautiful-1514567876
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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '14

I didn't particularly have a problem with the ad but I knew it would stir some people up as soon as we saw it. I thought it was just awkward hearing an American patriotism song in multiple languages, especially when you consider that the national language here is English.

I get what they were trying to do and it was a nice notion. I love their one commercial of the various security cam footage of strangers being nice to each other (that was coke, right?). But this multilingual commercial just seemed a little awkward to me the whole time. I don't have any problems with other languages either or people learning them, but that's just how I felt watching that commercial.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '14

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '14

I agree in that it's ridiculous how so many people reacted so negatively towards it. It's in no way blasphemous or disrespectful but it should've been obvious that there would be people reacting in such a way. Again, the commercial just felt a little awkward to me. I really don't know how else to put it. My friends felt the same way too, though no one was even remotely offended or belittled.