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21 September 2011
Stop 'Schweddy Balls' Effort Begins Really, some people have
A: too much time
B: No sense of humor
C: Need to worry about something meaningful
D: All of the above.
two points worth repeating:
(1) One Million Moms is false advertising - the core organization actually consists of 17 Republican fund-raisers, of which only 3 are mothers and the rest motherfuckers.
(2) The target demographics of One Million Moms and Ben and Jerry's are a Venn Diagram with no overlap. Like the audiences of Jersey Shore and Doctor Who.
And it wants members to threaten a boycott if the company doesn't do what they want.
Yeah, right. Good luck with that. Ben and Jerry's ice cream is more addictive than crack. I give any attempted boycott about two days before they break down and run to the store for more.
The more One Million Moms and the types who listen to them focus on stupid crap like this, the more they aren't telling people they can't get married or volunteering for those who do the same. And free advertising for Ben and Jerry's. Win/win as far as I'm concerned.
Also, thanks to this, I think I'm going to start reading One Million Moms action alerts just to do the opposite. Though I'm not going to go to bat for NBC's The Playboy Club. I'm all for the dramatization of bunnies*, but after given their rights to show what they want, NBC should stop choosing bad writing.
* Not (originally) intended to be some sort of newbie double entendre made by a MetaChat (sort of) to get in with the cool kids