The Head-Spinning Reason Conservatives Are Upset About This Ad

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"An ad campaign for a product that stops snoring and claims to keep couples together is causing a stir. The campaign features a U.S. solider and a Muslim woman, ostensibly as an unlikely couple kept together by the anti-snoring product. On Monday, the panel guests on Fox News Channel's The Kelly File debated over whether the advertisement was even controversial.
The ad features a real American soldier and his Muslim wife touting the benefits of this product. The ad was first rejected, but it has recently been approved and the couple is appearing in ads nationwide.
A spokesman for the pharmaceutical company behind the ads told Fox News Channel that the controversial campaign elicits an emotional reaction which drives interest in the product. "* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
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@csx3180 8 лет назад

my father is a marine. we're muslims.

@Lord_Pilaf 8 лет назад

My dad's a Marine and i'm an Airman. I'm Muslim!

@anunkash5185 8 лет назад

+Rashid Ibrahim they always said 9/11 was an inside job ;D i'm sorry... i couldn't help myself...

@anunkash5185 8 лет назад

***** and calling someone a hindu as an insult makes you any better then me... how? apologies to the US soldiers above, for those willing to risk their lives for my country, i have nothing but respect. still gonna make jokes tho...

@lifesparadox-official7106 8 лет назад

Jheeze, Harris, your ass must have been teared up cause you're butthurt asf

@TmnTyler2020 8 лет назад

+harris3693 lol "we fight for freedom, unless it's the freedom of speech" rofl

@LossOfEternal 9 лет назад

That soldier has won. She was unbelievably hot.

@dnate697 9 лет назад

I agree;)

@rustyshacklefurd7373 9 лет назад

I was thinking the same thing, smokin hot

@connorleonard4047 9 лет назад

Tracie Amber Wilkinson wow, are you from texas? Becsuse you're iq says so

@TracyDomenica 9 лет назад

Connor Leonard Florida. But I've got nothing against Texas. Awesome place.

@connorleonard4047 9 лет назад

It is, but the people aren't. Still, you're being racist to Middle Eastern people.

@KaijaSchmauss 8 лет назад

I know this is super old, but honestly, if you're triggered by a person dressing in religious garb, you need more therapy than you're getting. That's absurdly severe.

@NotApplicable1123 8 лет назад

Not trying to be a grammar natzi but it's severely absurd 😁

@UnhappyMealXD 8 лет назад

+Kaija Schmauss It really is. Some people would call that insensitive, but I'd call it speaking the truth. If you have any kind of PTSD from anything - war, sexual assault, etc. - and just seeing a Muslim person or a man or whatever it may be that contributed to your condition, you need a lot more help than you're getting.

@KaijaSchmauss 8 лет назад

Bethany Dalton Right. Explosions are one thing. You still need therapy in that situation, but that's a case where avoiding fireworks or violent video games isn't unreasonable. Hijabs, however, are a different story. Muslim people are still people, and should not have to hide the symbols of their faith anymore than a Christian wearing a cross should.

@UnhappyMealXD 8 лет назад

***** Exactly. It's totally understandable if someone has flashbacks when they hear fireworks or something along those lines, bringing them back to the violence. They still need more therapy if that does bother them because they should be able to go and enjoy the Fourth of July without suffering like that, but sometimes that's something they just have to learn to deal with and therapy helps them do that. But yes, if you're so affected by PTSD that so much as seeing a woman wearing a hijab will cause you so much emotional pain, you actually might need to get some in-patient therapy and slowly integrate yourself back into society because you obviously have a very serious case and you need help. And that last line in your comment about how Muslims should be able to wear symbols of their faith just like Christians do is spot on. You're exactly right. They're still people, and if they're in America, whether they're birthright citizens or not, they have the right to wear whatever they want that symbolizes their faith. Christians can wear crosses and t-shirts that symbolize their faith, and Muslims in America have that exact same right. People need to realize that America was built on that idea - the idea that everyone should be able to practice their religion freely (as long as they're not harming anyone). They need to stop trying to change that. They also need to stay out of people's relationships because it's not any of their business. If the couple is happy together and it's a safe relationship for both of them, that's all that matters. If religion isn't an issue for them, it shouldn't be an issue for anyone else.

@Knlght0fZero 8 лет назад

+Kaija Schmauss So these news and your comment are pretty old but i feel like i should say something, lets start with this, i agree that you shouldnt be afraid of muslims just cuz they are muslims, imagine people doing that to christians. But if a Veterans PTSD is so hardcore that he gets set off by fireworks or videogames, then its no stretch to believe that a muslim would trigger his ptsd as well, just saying...

@AnElevatorFart 9 лет назад

Imagine if he married a gay Muslim man who smokes weed and likes rock n roll...... We might just achieve cold fusion inside Bill Oreilly's head....

@SNAFU552 9 лет назад

yes that would be amazing

@RImusclebear1 9 лет назад

Billow's head would explode!

@MrTnstaafl1 9 лет назад

Can't much see anything useful like that coming out of his head.

@todshi 9 лет назад

The weed smoking alone would give ol' Bill a hissy fit...

@amysusername1 9 лет назад

The Taqwacores much?

@Myoron 10 лет назад

"Do you know what soldiers with PTSD go through?" Maybe not send them off into unnecessary wars then, eh?

@killordie33 10 лет назад

they volunteer.

@msmwkc 10 лет назад

Charlie Burnap They volunteer for the military. They don't create the war.

@michaelmadrid 10 лет назад

Charlie Burnap They volunteer because they have to. Throughout our history our wars have been picked by the upper class to be fought by the lower and middle class. That's especially true now. Wars will only be "inevitable" when the young relatives of politicians who support the war are given combat duty until the war is over. I've always asserted that had George W. Bush actually seen combat he wouldn't have been so quick to invade Iraq. He actually believed there would be no casualties and ended up killing nearly 5,000 Americans and an estimated 100,000 Iraqis. Liberation my ass!

@msmwkc 10 лет назад

Michael Madrid I think we can all agree that having George Bush as president was like having a toddler pilot one of the most powerful nations in the world. I mean, the man nearly died choking on a pretzel.

@MrNeumie 10 лет назад

bad-um-tish lol

@KayleBradley 9 лет назад

What an effective ad campaign! They knew this would blow up, and now the product gets WAY more exposure.

@pierrotclowns9235 9 лет назад

***** Sadly, the Christian companies are doing the exact same thing to get money when they condemn homosexuals.

@shawnruby7011 9 лет назад

***** they did it on purpose. fucking genius and i started cracking up at the end. it was a good advertisement in a low brow sorta way

@theginjaninja5420 9 лет назад

***** You can understand that the company knew this AND be disgusted by the fact that people feel that way about it, 'ya know. The point of this video/discussion IS about bigotry, not advertising schemes.

@rileydegraaff4543 8 лет назад

I thought the ad was cute. If I saw it and I had a partner who snored id buy the product.

@sarahamira5732 8 лет назад

Yeah,exactly.

@trmblingblustar 9 лет назад

Was there the same outrage when American soldiers returned from other wards with Japanese wives? Or Korean? Or Vietnamese?

@jokelly1926 9 лет назад

Actually yes. It was considered wrong by mainstream to marry other races. Which did nothing to stop people from doing it. My Great uncle married a korean girl he met during the korean war and my uncle came back from his posting in japan during the sixties with a japanese wife. Neither were well accepted in our town till years later. Stupid but there you go.

@jokelly1926 9 лет назад

***** depends I guess on where you live. I havent seen that kind of intolerance in years. I know when I was in the military interracial marriages where,if not the norm, so common you didnt really notice till something was said that brought to attention. Like. "Dont mind my wife shes philipino shes sees things differently."

@sovietrevolutionary4216 9 лет назад

im part japanese cause my great grandfather married a japanese woman in ww2

@gillianorley 8 лет назад

Definitely. Big time. Bigotry never goes away.

@Undeniably_Me 6 лет назад

trmblingblustar ... Nope. My cousin did it in the 70s, and no one batted an eye.

@BionicDance 10 лет назад

My outrage is that she said she slept "good" instead of slept "well". _GRAAAAGH!_

@Ultravenom1 10 лет назад

WHY DID YOU POINT THAT OUT!

@BionicDance 10 лет назад

Ultravenom1 Well, I _am_ evil. ;)

@Oshyrath 10 лет назад

O: You're right. Now every time I'll see that billboard, I'm gonna think of that. Ugh! that makes me angry.

@hedleypanama 10 лет назад

BionicDance I always thought US was a christian nation... XD Fox Noos says it all the time!

@Demarcoa 10 лет назад

*gasp* maybe that's why Texas banned the ad! Yeah that would be nice...

@VenezuelaNow 10 лет назад

All I got from the commercial what a freaking hot wife this guys got

@Zazskatchenews 10 лет назад

Tellement!

@Avonidsed 10 лет назад

TESTIFY!!!!!

@thespacebat 10 лет назад

Lol, I was thinking the exact same thing when I saw this ad. She is really attractive.

@gamerbrony1258 10 лет назад

She was indeed very, very pretty.

@mylesmoroz3981 6 лет назад

50 Ducks In A Hot Tub I know right, she has sexy eyes

@Greyskymorning395 10 лет назад

Imagine if it was a female solider and Muslim man.

@gelgoorx 10 лет назад

Fucking heads would explode.

@flashcloud666 10 лет назад

gelgoorx"A god fearing *white* woman!!!+1 I'm going to my congressman's office stat!"

@just2fly10 10 лет назад

I am so thankful for growing up in a melting pot city. Gave me the exposure to so many different races, religions and cultures. A person who hates someone because of the religion they follow or what they wear in their head shows how untraveled and uneducated a person truly is.

@TowerMom 10 лет назад

The more important question should be: SO WHAT IF A SOLDIER IS MUSLIM?! Cause usually, a Muslim woman who adheres to wearing the hijab Wouldnt marry a non-muslim. So if that is a "real military family" as advertised, then its safe to assume that the soldier is Muslim.

@vaginalarthritis1753 8 лет назад

I laughed way too hard when they said " a few miles from ground zero".

@Lord_Pilaf 8 лет назад

That shit was too funny.

@artificialavocado9652 6 лет назад

I know right! What do right wingers need a 10 mile radius safe space around 911?

@ooyo8253 7 лет назад

If this ad ramps up your PTSD then there is something SEVERELY wrong with you.

@ianthe2131 7 лет назад

Jo Molly Weeeeeeellllll, There is some *fucked* *up* shit in the Middle East, mostly caused by us, but regardless, soldiers become more black and white, us vs them, and seeing images related to the other side of the equation can set people off.

@maximumrisk2004 7 лет назад

I would imagine that can mess with your mind alot. First a Soldier is sent to a Country to put his life on the line to fight the headscarf and other stuff, then they get home with poor help and suddenly you see the head scarf promoted. I wouldnt be particularly happy either.

@rickobrien1583 6 лет назад

You can get PTSD from a bad car accident. I seriously doubt a billboard of a woman in a head scarf kissing her husband is going to trigger to many former combat soldiers. Car backfire probably way more likely.

@TheDasFaust 9 лет назад

I met three Muslims in the US Army while I was deployed, and they were white.

@ShanaandJubiada 9 лет назад

I like that, they were white, well just saying but their also Black, Asian, Hispanic, and Indian, Muslim isn't a race although it is discriminated against by racially profiling a Muslim as any Brown person with ethnic backgrounds, Islam is a religion not a race. But I like that you painted that picture for us, you made some people realize their own racism.

@TheDasFaust 9 лет назад

***** I had to throw that in there, as it surprised me when I was a cook in the desert and three white Army personnel needed breakfast before the sun came up because of their fasting holiday that I don't know how to spell.

@markkond8565 9 лет назад

Charles Faust Ramadan. This year, it's 18 June-16 July.

@TheDasFaust 9 лет назад

Mark Kond Thank you, instead of miss spelling it, I just decided not to even try. I am far from perfect, but I do like to spell things correctly when ever possible.

@TheDasFaust 9 лет назад

John Masters They were in the US Army and white?

@Z200a 10 лет назад

This video is a reminder of why Cenk is one of the most important voices in America. People really should become TYT Members to support this show. I never joined, but I am going to after listening to this video. The Republicans and conservatives, the hatemongering right wing, is getting stronger and more brazen with each passing day, and you can hardly find anyone standing up to them. I really hate TYT's Obama hatred and Obama bashing. Obama's not perfect, but this video should be a stark demonstration that Democrats are light years better than Republicans. Democrats are deeply compromised and frustratingly imperfect, but the GOP is just an out of control neo-fascist hate machine. And they are right on the brink of taking control of the entire federal government. There is no Democrat I have ever voted for that hasn't disappointed me, but I have never regretted any of those votes because the alternative was always much, much worse. If Obama had lost to Romney or McCain, we would still be in Iraq, entitlements like Social Security and Medicare would have been repealed, the federal government would be blocking gay rights and marijuana legalization, we would be at war with Syria, there would be no hope of finding a diplomatic settlement with Iran, and much more. Cenk needs our support -- our financial support. And so do the Democrats.

@RailfanJason 10 лет назад

***** Way to prove their point.

@JohnKater1971 10 лет назад

***** "racism, gays, womens "rights", travon martin and other bullshit" Own Goal.

@DeadMan_W 10 лет назад

lol obama hatred? Your mind is deluded young padawan. Nothing wrong with being properly critical of a pseudo progressive president who is corporately owned

@E10comedy 10 лет назад

Preach.

@jackofclubz 8 лет назад

I got a problem with the woman in the hijab in that TV ad. That hijab completely did not match that jacket my goodness.

@captainLoknar 10 лет назад

That couple was so beautiful I almost cried... I'd bake cookies for them every week if they were my neighbours.

@Zucadragon 10 лет назад

I'd like to be your neighbor!

@Ramroma3 10 лет назад

Me too :) I'd make you a lovely plate of kinafe

@LoveDayandAge 10 лет назад

aww :)

@julioreyes1428 10 лет назад

Gandoora32 What is kinafe? I could not find it in the dictionary. Does it mean you agree with discrimination, or not?

@Ramroma3 10 лет назад

julio reyes my apologies, :) I spelled it wrong its Kanafeh its a dessert, like a cheese pastry cake with a sugar syrup drizzled on top. It is so good, especially warm with pistachios on top. But I am against discrimination

@MMaximuSS1975 10 лет назад

It would only be a suprise *if conservatives DIDN'T say something stupid over this ad.*

@fenixiliusstrife1253 10 лет назад

Please listen..... the term conservatives = people that like small government and a balanced government budge (namely we don;t go into debt" They do not have anything to do with this stupidity, this has nothing to do with the debt of our government. These people are "republican" sure....but come on the democratic party is just as diverse in its stupidity. Plus its Fox news...they aren't news they are entertainment for the bumbled masses just like all TV. Having a government that doesn't put us all into debt -= a good thing. Can we agree on that?

@MMaximuSS1975 10 лет назад

Fenixilius Strife People that lie about fiscal responsibility. True story. They run up the debt as fast as anyone else, while lying to your face. There's this war that got started in Iraq that ran up the debt. A brain child of a brainless president. Then the republicans voted against a veterans' jobs bill, but gave billions to Halliburton. Cool story bro. Fiscal responsibility? Reagan and debt-economics. People that fear change or progress. People that refuse to adapt and change in an ever expanding, globalised world. People that refuse to accept science, and favor the delusions of religion. Yeah, I'm all set.

@brigantty 10 лет назад

Fenixilius Strife con·ser·va·tism noun \kən-ˈsər-və-ˌti-zəm\ : belief in the value of established and traditional practices in politics and society : dislike of change or new ideas in a particular area you may think that's all it means, but no..

@atherion0 10 лет назад

What a dumb reason to get mad. I wonder if conservatives think their are no muslims in the American military.

@occasional_doomer 10 лет назад

Right? What world are these people living in?

@williamsanders2439 8 лет назад

My grandmother wore a headscarf...what's the big deal? (She wasn't Muslim, BTW, but STILL...!)

@OfAllThingzFooty 8 лет назад

i know people causing an uproar over nothing.

@bernlin2000 7 лет назад

Russian immigrants also wear these kinds of head coverings (they're often Orthodox Christians)...ignorant people are ignorant.

@michaelt.5672 7 лет назад

Orthodox, or russian mennonite. And I'd really like to see someone do a little experiment; Start to talk about women in headdresses to a random person, let the conversation run for a while, and then reveal to be talking about Amish women. Let's see how many people would have been on the same page.

7 лет назад

@William Sanders. So did mine. She's Catholic and would wear one while in church each Sunday.

@boxcartwilly 6 лет назад

don't get that

@rosapittman3975 8 лет назад

I'm outraged about the cheesiness of this commercial.

@jaxager 8 лет назад

Lol. I thought the same thing.

@MrOmniblast 9 лет назад

Miles away from ground zero?

@MrOmniblast 9 лет назад

Courtney Kurtenbach Incredibly stupid. But hey, some people just suck.

@Sekhubara 9 лет назад

Yeah, do they realise how many muslims live in Manhattan???

@bruceleeroy8302 10 лет назад

I can only imagine what Asian-Americans had to deal with after the Pearl Harbor bombing.

@Cyanidesin 10 лет назад

Yes. Right there. Thank you!

@zombiefan011 10 лет назад

the answer is internment camps

@Wastingsometimehere 10 лет назад

THEN we went to war with Korea and THEN Vietnam. Was not a good 40 years to be Asian.

@adamwsaxe 10 лет назад

Wastingsometimehere Actually, it was a great time to be Asian-American. Record breaking prosperity. No one was interned in the US while we fought in Korea and Vietnam. And Asian-Americans served in both those wars, of course.

@sbushido5547 10 лет назад

They're just jealous they couldn't marry a hot ninja.

@BrandonRodriguez 8 лет назад

The most ironic part is most of the people complaining are the kind of people who are yelling "stop trigger warnings we dont need them" then they say a billboard of a couple will trigger their PTSD

@BearWalken 10 лет назад

wait a minute... Ana doesn't have anyone to share her bed with at the moment?

@flashcloud666 10 лет назад

Bow chicka wow wow.

@BradTheAmerican 10 лет назад

From the ad I didn't even think Muslim. I just figured the women in the ad liked head scarves. Fashion be damned!

@omegavalerius 10 лет назад

Fashion IS religion to some:).

@casvandouwe 10 лет назад

My dutch grandmother always wore a similar headscarf. Mostly to protect her perm from rain and winds. I believe it was rather prevalent in the 50's and 60's.

@Ihasfinger911 10 лет назад

Brilliant move by the advertising company. Now everyone knows the name of SnoreStop.

@Plato86 10 лет назад

Cenk is really hurt over this story. Guess it cut to close to home. It does not blow my mind Cenk, remember the Cherrioes ad with the interracial couple? Human stupidity and ignorance is unlimited. Never be shocked by how foolish human beings can be. We did invent religion after all.

@ryankc83 10 лет назад

Awesome thing is they are back with another commercial this year for the Super Bowl with the same couple from last year. Basically telling the ignorant people to fuck off in a nice way

@TeamSugoiFrog 10 лет назад

Did you watch the whole thing? yeah it hit close to home. Just like any bigot fuckhead saying shit about homosexuals will get the ban hammer from me cause I have people I care about who are wonderful and dont deserve senseless hate for being who they are. It should be surprising that people are still that ignorant.

@urduib 10 лет назад

UniversalPotentate Exactly, you nailed it. The whole story is the state level racism here.

@urduib 10 лет назад

TeamSugoiFrog In a dream world if should be surpricing but this is the real world full with real arseholes.

@transgenderjesus9692 8 лет назад

I would marry that sweet lady. even the guy too

@OfAllThingzFooty 8 лет назад

lol

@sarahamira5732 8 лет назад

yeah

@taiga7276 8 лет назад

So a threeway couple

@loladesire8480 8 лет назад

Greedy

@taiga7276 8 лет назад

i wouldjust go for her

@TheSoccerKitten 10 лет назад

"A few miles from ground zero"... And what does that have to do with the ad? I wonder if there are outraged people in Oklahoma City? I'm sure they have Christians on their billboards.

@kak10053 7 лет назад

Conservatives were triggered before it was cool on Tumblr

@SailorBarsoom 9 лет назад

The supermarket nearest to me has a very pretty lady who works there. She wears the head scarf. Now, am I supposed to believe that that soldier with PTSD will go berserk upon seeing that billboard, but WON'T go berserk when he sees a real live Muslim woman standing right in front of him asking if he noted the price on parsnips? If I believe what this woman tweeted, I have to believe that soldiers with PTSD should never be allowed in public, and I know better than that. Let's not forget that we're dealing with people who thought that the Cherrios ad was controversial, and who nearly lost it (much worse than that soldier seeing a billboard will) over *America the Beautiful* sung in multiple languages.

@KO-fh4vn 10 лет назад

The real outrage is the reaction of these conservatives to that advertisement.

@BailsFTW 10 лет назад

Wow that just pisses me off. The fact that people are freaking out over something so morbid... I 100% agree with these guys! GET OVER IT!

@sethalos 10 лет назад

Well said Cenk. Your friends to the North are once again just shaking their heads at the state of the US. Let's hope reasonable people will take the reins and straighten things out.

@jrm21386 10 лет назад

Things aren't much better up north with Harper's government... Trust me.

@jrm21386 10 лет назад

***** Since when was the US classified as a "failed state"? I've been checking the failed state index over the last 5 years, and I can't remember a single instance.

@ricochetVendetta 10 лет назад

Its ok they do hate each other, they are married

@IchigoGyuunyu 10 лет назад

That's a really nice head scarf the wife has on.

@SuperSaiyanMaze 10 лет назад

I didn't realize that we military guys were so weak-willed that the mere sight of a soldier married to a (very attractive) Muslim chick would send us into a berserker rage. Maybe it's just the Army, then? I know that us Sailors got the chops to handle it.

@takethegate2108 10 лет назад

In Soviet Amerikkka you discriminate against commercial.

@DjDialogic 10 лет назад

LOL...you got me with that one!

@edtolliver6628 10 лет назад

I am ashamed of these comments. Do you wonder why so many around the world look down on America?

@cyrussnow6060 10 лет назад

Sweet ad. In an "awwww" kind of way. Muslim lady was beautiful.

@tangerinefarmer 10 лет назад

Florida and Texas... America's intellectual black holes.

@njintau 10 лет назад

Well according to Homer Simpson, Florida is America's Wang... ;)

@iAintSayDat 10 лет назад

I was in the barbershop and someone happened to click over to Fox when this was on, and everyone in there was yelling at the TV in disbelief. I live around some black Muslims, and my dad and step dad are vets, so this whole thing had everyone around reacting like Cenk just did.

@ianloughney9570 7 лет назад

At this point, if someone put up a billboard in Philly, fox news would say it was just across town from ground zero.

@nonamergamer9533 9 лет назад

If she wasn't wearing a headdress some how it would be ok, but now that she expresses her beliefs, OMG HUGE DEAL! Like WTF I mean seriously you're discriminating against 1.6 billion people, saying that because of their belief they can't marry, an american or a soldier I mean seriously ridiculous!

@matthewmiller8047 10 лет назад

Almost made me cry and consider myself a pretty strong minded guy but to think that anyone even considered this ad a bad thing is beyond me.

@Dogoel 10 лет назад

is mommy holding you tight? Don't hold the tears back bro.

@Ersa1a 10 лет назад

Dogoel Wow.....what a douche.....

@matthewmiller8047 10 лет назад

Well I'm a Hospital Corpsman in the U.S. military so this story in a way hits home. and also I think crying happens to be a completely natural human response to something sad.

@Dogoel 10 лет назад

Matthew Miller I did tell you not hold them back bro. No worries bro.

@Dogoel 10 лет назад

Ersa1a what have I ever done to you?

@Dombowerphoto 10 лет назад

What a fucking awesome advertising campaign! So much media coverage. That advertising company will be racking it in now!!!!

@Xyonai3112 10 лет назад

I said it when Starbucks and the Girl Scouts opened up about being Pro Gay, the best kind of marketing you can get is the kind that pisses off hyper-conservitives.

@kevinphelps3466 10 лет назад

Nobody calls Asians 'Asian Supremacists' for keeping their countries Asian Nobody calls Africans 'African Supremacists' for keeping their countries African If white people would like the same right to self preservation that all other races have, they say we are naziswhowanttokillsixmillionjews. Anti-racist is a code word for anti-White.

@BlackestDynamite 10 лет назад

Kevin Phelps America is not a "white" country. It was Native American land, which was taken by the white immigrants. Therefore, all white Americans are also immigrants, and illegal immigrants on top of that.

@oohdannyboy 10 лет назад

Kevin Phelps Go rot in hell along with all of your anti racist friends.

@Nerobyrne 10 лет назад

Kevin Phelps If Asians want to actively remove people who aren't Asian from Asia, they are supremacists. In fact, Japanese are so fucking racist, they have a whole written language especially for foreigners!! Fucking Racist Bastards .... -.- No race has any right for self-preservation, anyone who claims that is a racist idiot, no matter where their parents came from.

@princessmilagro 10 лет назад

I, too, am repulsed by the racial hatred that is still so prevelant in this country, after fighting against it for so long and hard in so many ways. And the woman with the husband who has PTSD...I have PTSD because I was brutally beaten for several years by my ex-husband. So, does this mean that I could go ballistic when I see the ads because there's a white man on there??? Sheeeesh!

@Lemonz1989 10 лет назад

The guy is forgotten in the commercial. I know the muslim woman is the trigger to the reaction, but it's also because she is with a white military man. It's also discriminatory for the man, like he is some sort of traitor to be with this woman. :(

@lawilson200 10 лет назад

I am buying this product!

@46619TAB 10 лет назад

I used to work retail and was working on the night the volunteers shopping for 'Toys For Tots' showed up. Several Marines showed up in full parade dress, hope I used the correct term, with their wives. I could not believe the reactions from some of the shoppers, most everyone stopped in their tracks to applaud, a few saluted and then there was the dropped jaws and snickering from some shoppers when they realized that *gasp*, one of the Marines had a Muslim, assumed because of the headdress, woman on his arm. AND holy crap, he was carrying a toddler!! OMFG you would have thought from these people's reactions the world would end before Christmas, no white Santa Claus, no gifts to outdo last years and oh yeah, no white Jesus.

@wotmot223 10 лет назад

I wonder, is the guy also a Muslim? If so, who cares? Part of our nation is living in the 1960's which is pathetic. BTW I suffer from PTSD and served in a combat zone in the middle east. In large part I joined the military so that people could have religious freedom, and freedom to marry whom they wish. I bet 90% of US military personnel or their families could care less about this add.

@JONATHANRHUMPHRIES 10 лет назад

My active duty cousin and PTSD suffering brother would both agree with you, and my bro lives in Houston.

@Vixikats 9 лет назад

I know this is over a year and a half old... but my head just fucking exploded in absolute speechlessness. I just had an aneurysm from the stupid I've just witnessed...

@NairuOnLife 10 лет назад

I've never used the word "bigot" against anyone, even though I deal with them harassing me every now and again, but I have to say... that "9-11" comment by Fox almost had me reconsider the use of the world. My goodness, the ignorance... it's incredible.

@SeanTheOriginal 10 лет назад

Whoever came up with the idea for that commercial, I want to know what they were thinking. For one, they had to of made that commercial/billboard knowing idiots would start crying about it. And second, what the fuck does a muslim and a soldier have to do with a product that's supposed to stop snoring? If you make a commercial like that, you're just fishing for reactions like that. That's the only reason someone would do it. Oh, and that commercial didn't tell me a fucking thing about the product.

@aidendiatheke 10 лет назад

I guess they were trying to say that the only thing that can keep an american soldier and a Muslim woman in happy wedlock is medication? xD It sounds harsh but seriously, they were going for the juxtaposition of the soldier and the Muslim. It's obvious.

@ZomBSteve 10 лет назад

this reaction is great advertising for the product.

@Lopfff 10 лет назад

aidendiatheke I thought the same thing. There was a little subtle humor there, it was kind of cute. It would've been like having a Palestinian and an Israeli being kept together by the product. "See? Even these two polar opposites can make it if they have Snorestop (or whatever the product was).

@dreman999 10 лет назад

Yes it's done on purpose. And It's a good thing it done on purpose.

@Cinephile1016 10 лет назад

dreman999 you still know the name of the product don't you. When you are looking for a product of that kind and you see that (among many others) on the shelf; you think "hey that's the product that was making all the hooplah, I recognize it so I'll try it."

@gspendlove 10 лет назад

Let us face it....this is not that Cheerios ad. These people KNEW this ad was going to be controversial, right or wrong, deserved or undeserved. That's why the ad is the way it is: to get people talking about it, and hopefully say the product's name as often as possible. If you're not controversial, you have nothing to offer.

@stephaniejones3285 10 лет назад

The problem is, why is it so controversial?

@gspendlove 10 лет назад

Stephanie Jones Because of the current prejudices of some people. Imagine if (and I apologize if this seems like a Godwin, but believe me, I'm not trying to discredit your position -- whatever your position happens to be --or engage in misdirection) an ad in 1930s Germany featured a nice Aryan soldier married to an obviously Jewish girl. If anyone had ever put an ad out like that, in that place and that time, he would have been advised to put his affairs in order first, 'cause he'd be headed for camp. And not the summer kind. Upon thinking about it, there may be a motive other than increased sales for this company (and this ad agency) to have created this advertisement the way it is. Whatever their motive, though, I still say they knew for sure that it would be controversial. As sure as I am that if you confronted Roger Ailes about his network's intolerance, he'd get all wide-eyed and say "We don't have a problem with a white American boy married to a Muslim girl! We're just reporting on the controversy! We're not bigoted here at Fox!" Sure. And if anyone believes that, I've got some beachfront property in Nebraska I'd like to sell them. I do not for one second agree with the bigotry and ignorance on display at Fox News, but that bigotry and ignorance does exist in the narrow minds of some people, even if they never watch that network. Fox News didn't invent that attitude.

@stephaniejones3285 10 лет назад

gspendlove Of course. You really didn't need to explain it lol. The whole point is how messed up it is that is IS controversial, you know? Once someone tries to explain it, they'll be stuck in moments of prejudice, ignorance and complete bigotry.

@gspendlove 10 лет назад

Stephanie Jones Ohhhh, okay. Sorry. And thanks.

@RowanJColeman 8 лет назад

"Greatest Country in the World"

@liversinthefridge 8 лет назад

Newsroom.

@Gabryal77 10 лет назад

You know what nearly triggered my PTSD? The RAGE I felt towards the guy on fox news. My Reaction to the commercial was that for a moment I thought she looked a lot like a young woman my unit dug out of some rubble of a building who hugged me and said " Allah Akhbar " very softly over and over and over in my ear. Someone needs to tell me what I fought for, what some of my men died for, and be straight about it, because I sure as hell didn't fight for the America of today.

@thebritishgeek 10 лет назад

Sadly you are being used by a country that does not give a fuck about you or the progress that we should be striving for.

@MR2car 10 лет назад

That's the statement from a soldier I was waiting to hear. I always try to empathize with, and imagine the daily struggle of an american soldier sent in the middle east (no I'm not from the US), and it's hard to have a clear view of american soldiers, when they are constantly used by conservative -(american)-assholes to justify biggotry and ignorance. I have listened to similar stories. Yours deeply touched me, as it is not unique, but similar to others,that I've heard/read before. I'm may not give a satisfying response, but even though sometimes your wars are declared & guided by american interest, YOU sir, have thought for what you believe in. You may not be proud of what has happened, but you must know that people like me, like us, look up at soldiers like you and admire them. Stay strong , and please, be at peace with yourself. Find faith in humanity, like we find it in your story.

@Gabryal77 10 лет назад

Sidney Law Thank you I'm short on faith these days, every day is a struggle, because I do have PTSD, and the FOX news people do not know what it's like for a soldier who fights every day to retain our inner selves that were ripped apart by the things we've seen and the things we've done. I can't explain it better than that, just that it's a struggle to remember who we were before, and to be in some small way that person again. It's a wound that will haunt us the rest of our lives, and these hate-filled people, posing as journalists on FOX news treat it as if Muslims are to blame that I was injured. They are playing politics with wounded veterans, and should be publicly and loudly condemned for doing so. I wish I had faith in my citizenry to organize themselves enough to cause true misery, through protest and public condemnation, to the hatemongers on FOX news, for using *your* soldiers wounds and pain to further *their* agenda. Not only that it's an agenda that is full of hate against all people of a religion. ( Dear American Citizens, we are *your* soldiers, and *your* army. Not a political entity, not a political party, and not an arm of the government. We. Serve. You. So we will answer *your* call, all you have to do is make your voice heard. ) Now I'm an Atheist, and don't put any stock in their religion, but I know this much for a fact. I've had more Muslim's prayers said for me than Christian ones in my life. I made friends with many of the Muslim leaders in the area where I was stationed ( It was part of my job to be a liaison between Afghani Nationalists and Coalition troops, so I met more than a few ) and while I never will be a religious person, the prayers of relatively poor people in a nation far different from the one I was raised in remain to this day the most heartfelt I've ever known. If there was a God, it would be their simple prayers for my safety that I feel would have been heard. Anyway, I rarely respond to the responses I get on my comments, mostly because I have no great faith in my nation to do great things, or even the most simple of things like standing together and saying this is wrong and demanding all legal punishments ( boycotts etc ) that can be heaped upon something awful like FOX news, be heaped upon them. I love my country still, and I still serve it's citizens, though not in uniform any longer, but my country hasn't shown me what my blood, sweat, and tears have bought, if anything, and until it does I have so little faith left in it's citizens that it sometimes leads me to despair, even now, 8 years after my military career ended.

@MR2car 10 лет назад

"Your soldiers" part was very true. The American financial support to Egyptian military shows how you americans can influence the mentality of an army, they now protect their people instead of Dictators. You are doing even better, going at the other end of the globe, trying to get shit straight. Do not loose faith in your people and your country. Just to reassure you, my country, France, makes me desperate, on many levels. I suggest you turn off Fox News, and think with positivety for your own future and accept the past, try to remember all the smiles instead of the tears you had. I have been in the middle east a few times and a lot of (cultural)muslim friends. I hope you will still be able to enjoy some parts of your life! When in doubt or in need of brain stimulation, just look-up "unfathomable odds". Great talking with you I wish you good luck!

@Gabryal77 10 лет назад

Sidney Law merci mon ami, merci beacoup et bonne chance a vous, bonne chance pour nous tous

@GigaBoost 10 лет назад

?? He married a sexy ninja? What's the problem??

@wolfhead21 10 лет назад

America: go liberate yourself next.

@mammal360 10 лет назад

We can't! We love our big screen TV's and Duck Dynasty. SORRY!!!!!

@LouMontana-wc7nr 10 лет назад

mammal360 Speak for yourself idiot!

@mammal360 10 лет назад

Lou Montana Here's a good example right here. They can't even catch sarcasm. Fucking morons.

@LouMontana-wc7nr 10 лет назад

mammal360 Thank you.

@sthippie69 10 лет назад

I am a military wife. She cannot get mad at the company for showing a Muslim she should be mad at the military for not helping our husbands get back into society. Just ridiculous. My husband swore to defend the constitution which means he and I want freedom and love and equality for all people.

@RoyalFleurDeLis 10 лет назад

Saw tears start in Cenk's eyes. I'm with you brother. This "outrage" is sick.

@JamesDrox 10 лет назад

When fighting a war, one of the first tactics of propaganda is to dehumanize the enemy. So people who believe into it still believe every Muslim to be an enemy regardless if they're radicalized. Not saying it's right, but it's the same tactic that sent Japanese American citizens to internment camps during WW2. So it's interesting to still see such an easy tactic being used.

@Robin-sc1lf 9 лет назад

if this billboard really does upset the bigots then good, its a massive middle finger to them and everyone who thinks like them!!!

@markcysts 9 лет назад

What? I'm a vet and I don't see how that in any way shape or form is offensive. It's a big so what and what triggers PTSD isn't seeing a soldier married to a Muslim. Though man, I got to get my hands on that snore stop since my better half has had to wear ear plugs when we go to bed.

@zepps88 10 лет назад

good on that soldier. he deserves a hot Muslim wife.

@gailforce 10 лет назад

yep.... the spoils of war

@OxbowisaMstie 10 лет назад

gratex Dude...too soon buddy.

@Azraelseraphim 10 лет назад

Hot Muslim wife. You know if there ever was an oxymoron.... Damn you people with your cognitive dissonance.

@Trusseck 10 лет назад

gratex That was terrible. Hahaha!

@SaunaFinland 10 лет назад

Azraelseraphim A Muslim can't be hot? Why? It's like saying Christians can't be smart. The two don't really have anything to do with each other.

@Intahab 10 лет назад

Thank you soooooo much for such reaction TYT... you have no idea what that means to us... May we all live in peace

@thewalkingwanderer 9 лет назад

I was at first just annoyed that the company thought it would be obvious why the couple needed something to keep them together (like it's so shocking that a soldier could marry a Muslim woman... never mind that there are Muslim soldiers in the American Army). Well, clearly the company is much more aware of stereotypes and discrimination than I am... the bigoted reaction to this is shocking.

@ElaMongrella 8 лет назад

It kind of reminds me of how people reacted after WW2 if a soldier was married to a Japanese woman.

@themaypole 10 лет назад

The people running around heads exploding talking about this on TV is jus so shockingly sad, They're pathetic, you can't handle a man and a woman born thousands of miles away from each other getting married, well I'm English and I'm engaged to marry a Texan woman, we were born 5000 miles apart, somehow I don't think they'd be as bothered, but its the same reason tht they think this is the Apocalypse.

@TomGlazebrook 10 лет назад

I'm shocked that people still think this way...

@Nikolai508 9 лет назад

Like he said. Speechless. The US is a god damn disgrace.

@muddyhotdog4103 9 лет назад

Nikolai508 Especially the conservatives in the US

@tedtrash 10 лет назад

Nothing wrong with depicting a soldier and his muslim wife in an advertisement. However, they are not being totally honest here. In the TV commercial, she is wearing the hijab and on the billboard she is wearing a niquab. Why the difference? I think the advertisers want the billboard to be more eye catching, sure, but also they were anticipating the controversy to generate more exposure for the brand. Now ask yourself, if they had chosen to put her in a burqa on the billboard, what kind of controversy would that generate?

@tedtrash 10 лет назад

Yes, I completely agree. I made my comment because the other point was overlooked. It is odd, because they are usually pretty savvy about the intentions of marketers when they run stories like this on TYT. If you wanted to run both points together, you could say that the advertisers knew they could count on this religious intolerance to spark a contoversy and that is truly a sad state of affairs. Just because one side of a controversy has outrageous, deplorable or just mistaken views does not mean it is not a controversy. I think it is important to distinguish between false or fabricated controversies where one side reports outrage that does not really exist, and situations where one side is simply inarguably wrong.

@MandyCummins 10 лет назад

The company did that purposely. I saw the ad and when it's "revealed" that she is muslim and he's a soldier I cheered, and then I said "Oh dear, heads will roll." Kudos to the company because that was a purposeful placement and a strong political statement. The Republicans being outraged just shows how bigoted and racist they are.

@setiamon 10 лет назад

Conservatives never left "Those days"

@kupprunnethover8365 8 лет назад

She was a beautiful woman. Her husband is very lucky. I would love to marry a Muslim woman.

@yurubmohamed1656 8 лет назад

😀 awesome

@coosoorlog 10 лет назад

GROUND ZERO!!! I wonder if the Japanese let americans sport around the Hiroshima ground zero.

@Jostipi 10 лет назад

Ik zat net te walgen van je comment toen ik zag dat je Nederlands was. Ik schaam me dat ik uit hetzelfde land kom als jij.

@coosoorlog 10 лет назад

Ik bin nik Nederlands. ik schaam me dat du bis rasist schwein.

@Bear-form 10 лет назад

Coos Oorlog There were muslims in the towers, so basically its an ignorant opinion. But let me add to that ignorance .. En je opa DE NAZI dan?

@urduib 10 лет назад

Revolting Kittah Da bom de plug ?

@flashcloud666 10 лет назад

Apple and Oranges.

@TheUkester69 10 лет назад

Holy shit. If you're a soldier suffering from PTSD and your treatment is "wasted" from seeing a billboard like this, then you had something *very* wrong with you before you ever got PTSD.

@Mablak200 10 лет назад

Shouldn't conservatives be in favor of this? I mean here we have a fine young soldier getting to enjoy the spoils of war, it's the perfect recruitment ad.

@viciouscycle3420 10 лет назад

The spoils of war... wow dude that's kinda fucked up. I'm in the marines and my girl friend is middle eastern. Guess I'm enjoying the spoil of wars too huh?

@P.Hermano 10 лет назад

Kenneth Rynearson I swear these guys think they are the Dothraki.

@Avesfox 10 лет назад

Kenneth Rynearson I think he was speaking ironically via the mindset of a corrupt war mongering republican.

@luckylukas2282 10 лет назад

Brian Bullock Of course he was, doesn't make it any less offensive towards military men.

@ashleye6503 8 лет назад

Just out of curiosity. What would the vets suffering from ptsd do if they saw this couple walk in public? Would they also be severely mentally affected by it? Should this couple now be banned from going to public places too just to save the fragile mental states of the vets? Also, if the vets are so easily triggered by such minor things should they not receive therapy since it seems they have massive problems functioning properly in society.

@jaredwfrick 9 лет назад

My buddy in Special Forces also has a Muslim wife. They have three beautiful children, and he had to go away again recently - deploying on Father's Day. Stay safe K.

@brigadierharsh1948 10 лет назад

So an ad will hurt their mental state? I think that it's good to normalize it and show that you can be American and a muslim. The niqab is a little bit over the top for the ad because I feel like it is going overboard. There should be more commercials like this, as well as Sikhs and other people.

@Sagefrakrobatik 10 лет назад

I agree, they should have just gone with a regular Hijab rather than a niqab

@Sagefrakrobatik 10 лет назад

Are you Arab? I ask because recently I started studying Arabic again.

@brigadierharsh1948 10 лет назад

DAVID Edwards Yes, Arabic is a beautiful language. Have fun learning it.

@NoInfoAvail 10 лет назад

"Is there no end to this stupidity?" lol.. of course not this is America, we fuck everything up.

@LouMontana-wc7nr 10 лет назад

Perfect advertisement. Once again proof of what a bunch of assholes conservatives are.

@BalooDumptruck 10 лет назад

Can we send conservatives to another planet?

@sarahfrost1150 10 лет назад

that would be unfair to anything living on these other planets

@BalooDumptruck 10 лет назад

Melek Bebek true, maybe send them to a desolate planet instead

@Venefica82 10 лет назад

Why do the haters not get the point of this add. Now I am Neo Pagan and my husband to be are Gnostic Christian and this add rang true for me it said see here we can deal with all the problems having different religions toss at us, it is the snoring that do us is, but lookie here this product saves the day, I think that is a pretty good add. I think it is so sad how many are ignorant about Muslims and hate them all, what could possibly be wrong with a Muslim woman married to the American soldier, I would look at such a billboard and see a strong message for peace and unity across religions and cultures, how could that trigger someone's PTSD? Also what do ground zero have to do with it, I am pretty sure neither of the actors in the add where involved in that, almost all Muslims condemn the terror attacks against America or anywhere near, in fact again I think such a post is perfect for such a location as even if it is trying to sell a product it after all do show an image of peace. The discrimination that fox news show here and the states refusing to accept this add need to work with themselves and get a bit less bigoted.

@ScrupulousAtheist 10 лет назад

I'm an atheist and I just don't understand this vitriol. I suspect, with the right-wing, certain shades of brown are just not accepted. It's disheartening. I reject Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism etc..., but could care less if you are Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Hindu etc... I wish religious beliefs were just relegated more to one's personal life and less a measure of one's worth as a human.

@miro.georgiev97 10 лет назад

How and why should ANYONE be pissed about a soldier hugging his Muslim wife? That's so incredibly stupid.

@MissKashira 8 лет назад

HAHA! I was still lost after you said she was wearing a headdress. I thought she was wearing it wrong or something and that was the controversy. I hate to really rock their world, but he might be Muslim too. *gasp*

@Xceles618 10 лет назад

Next on Netflix....Muslim is The New Black.

@bulbinking 10 лет назад

Isn't TYT going to address WHY she is wearing that head scarf? Because in islam women must HUMBLE themselves by covering their heads, but men don't have to. Aren't you going to have an issue with this the same way you have issues with sexism in christianity?

@joefish41 10 лет назад

I've seen video's where they have criticised the head scarf before. So yea, they have. So chill before your high horse bolts and you fall off it.

@Ex0dus111 10 лет назад

Wrong. In Muslim countries the headscarfs are fashion. Women wear them because they want to.

@engineeredlifeform 10 лет назад

bulbinking 'Humble'? Nope, not true. The headscarf is not a requirement of Islam at all. It's a cultural item, not a religious one, although the culture and religion are linked. Both sexes are required to dress 'modestly' (not 'humbly') and women cover their hair, and sometimes face, to be modest. You'll find the veil is an arabic cultural item btw, again, not a religious one.

@bulbinking 10 лет назад

engineeredlifeform www.islamreligion.com/articles/2770/ You are so wrong.

@jrpone 10 лет назад

engineeredlifeform The "Head Scarf" is a requirement in Islam(its mentioned in the Koran), you're thinking about the Hijab and Nikab which are only required under Sharia law through the Hadiths but are not required in the Koran.

@chairde 10 лет назад

We do have soldiers who are Muslims so he could be Muslim also.

@irishdc9523 9 лет назад

How do they even know if that's a hijab or not? Is my granny Muslim now since she wears a headscarf?

@Sekhubara 9 лет назад

Deaglan Cullen Good point...

@iLOVEpalestineFOREVER 8 лет назад

Although I agree with you I can tell you that, that IS a hijab.

@irishdc9523 8 лет назад

Yeah, we know it is a hijab, but the point is that they just automatically assume that a piece of clothing means that someone is off a particular background. Also, how is it bad? It's like the way they called Obama a Muslim. Someone said that the right answer is no he isn't, but the "righter" answer is why would that be wrong if he was.