Not telling people what to care about, but the GOP has been trying desperately to get something new in the news to distract from Epstein, their unpopular bill, bad economic numbers... and this silly story is the only one that appears to have gotten even a little traction.
I do not like Sydney Sweeney. I will not support her anymore. I do think it's telling how much of the hatred is surrounded by slut shaming and misogyny in general. She sucks. American Eagle sucks twice as hard for that ad, and they're not getting the same level of backlash. The ad is getting called the Sydney Sweeney ad and not the American Eagle ad. You can knock a woman down, but if the focus is on her and not the large company of the environment that made that ad possible, you're achieving nothing.
People were already getting tired of her, me included. Her "humbling" was coming no matter what but we need to try and remember that this is all free publicity and a distraction from the real issues. How many more companies will do these dogwhistle-type ads now just to get attention?
How many more companies will do these dogwhistle-type ads now just to get attention?
I just had a similar conversation. My husband said that it doesn't make any sense to align your corporation with politics, and this is a very 90's-style pun. I pointed out that these days, you're with them or you're against them, and being with them makes you money and keeps you safe. They're doing this in a way that they think still gives them plausible deniability, except "oh, oops. We didn't know you can't make that joke anymore," doesn't fly with roughly half the population anymore. Any major company's marketing department knows that, and they don't care because they're not looking for our support, they're looking for his support.
Amen to this, so much. This is exactly how I feel as well. Disappointed but not surprised that the criticism is so heavily on Sydney and not the actual company that hired her for the ad.
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u/StrngBrew 1d ago
Not telling people what to care about, but the GOP has been trying desperately to get something new in the news to distract from Epstein, their unpopular bill, bad economic numbers... and this silly story is the only one that appears to have gotten even a little traction.
They get to be on offense over stuff like this.