Super Bowl Ad Mocking Vegans Raises Ire of PETA but the Rest of America Loves It
At this point in time, there’s almost no disputing that the radical left has absolutely zero sense of humor.
Whether it’s beloved ’90s sitcoms or even cartoons, liberals have exhibited an uncanny ability to try and drain the fun out of everything.
Super Bowl LIII was no different.
And I’m not even talking about the whiny far-leftists who can’t even enjoy a halftime show without demanding it to be politicized.
I’m talking about people who can’t even get past a short commercial because it dares to poke fun at a lifestyle.
Car manufacturer Hyundai released a Super Bowl ad promoting its “Shopper Assurance” initiative, which purportedly makes car purchasing easy and streamlined.
In the ad, actor Jason Bateman plays an elevator operator who takes a cadre of customers to various floors depicting things that shoppers generally find a hassle or nuisance.
It includes things like root canals, jury duty and “the middle seat” on an airplane.
It’s a perfectly harmless, humorous commercial. Even if you personally didn’t find it funny, there’s nothing overtly offensive about the ad.
That is, unless you’re the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. PETA and some vegans online, many of whom I assume are just delights at parties, took massive offense with the commercial.
Why? Because it dared to poke fun at a vegan dinner party and “beetloaf,” which, if we’re being honest, the overwhelming majority of Americans would find undesirable. In fact, an August 2018 Gallup poll found that a mere 3 percent of Americans adhere to a vegan diet.
Even more insanely, the bit about a vegan dinner party literally lasted five seconds. Five seconds!
But yes, let’s get outraged over something that only 3 percent of Americans follow and that lasted the entire length of five seconds.
ICYMI: The trend of 2019 is taking the elevator UP to vegan dinner parties (and an Earth, heart, & animal-friendly lifestyle). Instead of buying a car from people with outdated ideas, we suggest a vegan Smartcar by Mercedes. Great mileage & acceleration, turns on a dime.
— PETA (@peta) January 31, 2019
Seriously? That’s what we’re getting upset over?
Fortunately, when Bateman promoted the commercial on his Twitter account, the responses proved that PETA and its crazed loons were very much in the minority. Most Americans seemed to love the commercial.
Omg that’s hysterical ! 👍 well done
— Cindy Loprete (@clloprete) February 3, 2019
Hilarious!
— Emily (@Raelyk) February 3, 2019
Best Super Bowl commercial. Hands down. ♥️@batemanjason
— Emily Rogers (@E_Rogers1) February 4, 2019
One Twitter user who claimed to be vegan found the commercial funny as well.
I’m vegan, I found this funny. The whole commercial was well done. 👍😊
— Author Kayla Perrin (@kaylaperrin) February 4, 2019
At the end of the day, PETA members should take an introspective look at themselves over their reaction. Are judges and clerks in a tizzy over jury duty being made fun of? What about airlines throwing a fit because middle seats are being decried? Why aren’t dentists livid over the fact that root canals are being vilified?
Because it’s a joke. It’s humor. For a commercial.
PETA and some of its far left lunatics really need to simmer down.
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