How Stupid Are They?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Brings up the question how many people approved it.

Apparently not enough people were involved.

[Roy]

Must be coal miners.

[webenda]

But this stunt was beyond, beyond stupid. No, strike that - not stupid, it was ignorant (having knowledge but refusing to use it.)

Arrrrgh! ARRRGH!! You did it again Murph but I am not going to correct you this time.

I am using ignorant to mean they should know better, that they surely have learned about acceptable behavior on the subject of race but they have acted like they do not have knowledge, by "showing a lack of knowledge or training," training which should have been absorbed and evidenced by now.
(A bit loosey-goosey of a use of ignorant, but I wanted it to sound more pejorative than a simple "stupid," which to me implies a person is just too damdumb to know any better. They should have known better, and probably did, but went ahead anyway; thus, being ignorant. )
Murph

I won't say anything Murph but Charlie Brown has a comment:

[HONDO74]

So you guys really can't see what the Dove ad was trying to convey to black women. It was obvious to me what it was about.

It's not what they say it is or what some might think it is. It has a subliminal message.

Watch the ad
Dove says they 'deeply regret' ad following widespread backlash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL4b-Il3EnE

[webenda]

How about this for really, really stupid:
I just now, on TV, saw in the News that Dove bar soap had a commercial that showed a Black woman using the product and turning into a White woman as a result. The News only showed a quick piece of the ill-advised, crazy commercial, and I only caught approx. 6 seconds of it, but the message seemed very unwise and, frankly, awful. I believe Dove has apologized.

I was stunned at the bad taste of the commercial. I will try to catch it again, but in its entirety , if it comes on again. Oops! It just did!

Naomi Leann Blake < naomileannblake.com > is getting her 15 minutes of fame. (Naomi is the person that started this racist firestorm.)

There is nothing racist about the Dove commercial. It shows three beautiful women of different ethnic backgrounds. The implied message is, "If you use dove you will be beautiful."

The commercial does not show a black woman turning into a white woman by means of using Dove body wash. Removal of the top layer shirt is used as a transition to show the next person, not a transformation. The transition from one image to the next seems to have been misunderstood by Naomi Leann Blake. Now millions of people think Dove is advocating that black women change their color.

Never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.

[robert.]

I was upset they left out a male.

[rogruth]

I guess who/what ever made man/woman must had bad taste and been "racially insensitive".

[MurphOnMillerAve]

How about this for really, really stupid:
I just now, on TV, saw in the News that Dove bar soap had a commercial that showed a Black woman using the product and turning into a White woman as a result. The News only showed a quick piece of the ill-advised, crazy commercial, and I only caught approx. 6 seconds of it, but the message seemed very unwise and, frankly, awful. I believe Dove has apologized.

I was stunned at the bad taste of the commercial. I will try to catch it again, but in its entirety , if it comes on again. Oops! It just did!

Naomi Leann Blake < naomileannblake.com > is getting her 15 minutes of fame. (Naomi is the person that started this racist firestorm.)

There is nothing racist about the Dove commercial. It shows three beautiful women of different ethnic backgrounds. The implied message is, "If you use dove you will be beautiful."

The commercial does not show a black woman turning into a white woman by means of using Dove body wash. Removal of the top layer shirt is used as a transition to show the next person, not a transformation. The transition from one image to the next seems to have been misunderstood by Naomi Leann Blake. Now millions of people think Dove is advocating that black women change their color.

Never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.

Correct. If the commercial needed explained, it wasn't a good idea. Your explanation is nice, and I'm not sure I agree with your opinion that it was "advocating that black women change their color", but what about folks, like me, who only saw a few seconds of it, initially? Even if a viewer saw the commercial in it's entirety, I'd have to join the stupid bunch and confess I never got the narrative you explained.

[up148]

How about this for really, really stupid:
I just now, on TV, saw in the News that Dove bar soap had a commercial that showed a Black woman using the product and turning into a White woman as a result. The News only showed a quick piece of the ill-advised, crazy commercial, and I only caught approx. 6 seconds of it, but the message seemed very unwise and, frankly, awful. I believe Dove has apologized.

I was stunned at the bad taste of the commercial. I will try to catch it again, but in its entirety , if it comes on again. Oops! It just did!

Naomi Leann Blake < naomileannblake.com > is getting her 15 minutes of fame. (Naomi is the person that started this racist firestorm.)

There is nothing racist about the Dove commercial. It shows three beautiful women of different ethnic backgrounds. The implied message is, "If you use dove you will be beautiful."

The commercial does not show a black woman turning into a white woman by means of using Dove body wash. Removal of the top layer shirt is used as a transition to show the next person, not a transformation. The transition from one image to the next seems to have been misunderstood by Naomi Leann Blake. Now millions of people think Dove is advocating that black women change their color.

Never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.

Great explanation as always Wayne! We just have too many people in our country today looking for racial issues in everything spoken, written and shown. Sort of makes it hard to heal.

BH

[rogruth]

They don't want healing.
They want retribution.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Uh Oh. The Wayne won't approve of that assertion, Roger.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Uh Oh. The Wayne won't approve of that assertion, Roger.

I was not aware that we needed approval.....

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Uh Oh. The Wayne won't approve of that assertion, Roger.

I was not aware that we needed approval.....

Neither was I. But it appears I was mistaken.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Uh Oh. The Wayne won't approve of that assertion, Roger.

I was not aware that we needed approval.....

Neither was I. But it appears I was mistaken.

Yes, I once thought I made a mistake, but I was in error.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

...Never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.

Great explanation as always Wayne! We just have too many people in our country today looking for racial issues in everything spoken, written and shown. Sort of makes it hard to heal.
BH

Yet, I've heard it said that those who remain silent are responsible.