"Faggot" (Hard to Believe This is a Hanes Ad)

The theme of this controvertizing ad campaign is "We live in a world with enough 'tags'."

They also did similar art-collage monsters for "nigger" and "pak." (I thought "paki" was the hate term.)

I'm assuming this was from the U.K. but I'm not sure.

Props to Nike for pulling their "It Ain't Right" homophobic pandering advertising campaign they had planned for Harlem.

Kudos to those who spoke up and got that gay homophobic shit yanked.

A commentator who posted these pointed out the ridiculous stereotypes in the ads. For example, the monster made up of sterotypical elements for "nigger" included an arm that was a syringe, and there were images of prison cells and brochures on H.I.V. prevention, people cleaning toilets, yadda yadda.

I believe that was the point and obviously the monsters composed of stereotypes are meant to have irony for blood.

It's the same old problem though, agreed. STUPID PEOPLE DON'T GET IRONY.

So many might read these ads as enforcing these stereotypes rather than questioning them or mocking them.

So it's problematic.

Whatcha gonna do?