Budweisers Immigration Super Bowl Ad Triggers Boycott Threat

[still_one]

"A Super Bowl ad from Budweiser that focuses on the hardships endured by an immigrant to the U.S. has triggered a backlash in the days leading up to the big game.

The ad, previewed on TV and the Internet, tells the story of Budweiser’s German founder Adolphus Busch, who traveled to the U.S. in 1857, later teaming up with Eberhard Anheuser to brew the iconic American beer.

During the spot, Busch is treated with suspicion because he doesn’t “look like he’s from around here.” Despite the abuse, he goes on to make history because “nothing stops your dream.”

Although Budweiser has said the ad is a celebration of an American success story and is not linked to current politics, it comes just days after President Donald Trump signed a temporary travel ban that targets Muslim travelers, immigrants and refugees.

As such, some social media users have criticized the spot for being pro-immigrant and overtly political, leading to a mooted boycott.

One tweeter lamented having to turn her back on the “precious” Clydesdale horses that represent the brand, but added “rule of law = borders.” Another complained that politics shouldn’t be part of sports.

Boycotts against companies seen as supporting or opposing Trump have met with mixed results.

Trump supporters’ boycott of Starbucks — launched after the company promised to hire 10,000 refugees — backfired spectacularly. The movement ended up inspiring those sympathetic to refugees to support and speak out for the coffee company.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/budweiser-super-bowl-ad_us_589685fae4b0c1284f265480?v7pug4t0vpqcwhfr&

[orangecrush]

1. Good

Reptiles become dangerous when you feed them alcohol.

[Paladin]

2. I've been a Bud drinker since I was a teenager.

Looks like I'll remain one.

[riversedge]

5. You sound like my sister. Fact is-she went out to get a case for big game. I am a

Draft or dark beer drinker. Or microbrew.

[still_one]

8. In my younger years used to drink Bud, I now prefer Corona, which is also

part of Anheuser-Busch

Here are the brands it sells:

"Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, a brewing company, engages in the production, distribution, and sale of beer, alcoholic beverages, and soft drinks worldwide. It offers a portfolio of approximately 200 beer brands, including Budweiser, Corona, Stella Artois, Beck’s, Leffe, Hoegaarden, Bud Light, Skol, Brahma, Antarctica, Quilmes, Victoria, Modelo Especial, Michelob Ultra, Harbin, Sedrin, Klinskoye, Sibirskaya Korona, Chernigivske, Cass, and Jupiler"

[Cognitive_Resonance]

23. Corona and Modelo sold to Constellation Brands. nt

[nycbos]

3. I am a microbrew snob.

Now I might have to start drinking bud.

[TheBlackAdder]

16. That's like stepping down from Gevalia to Folgers. Do it slowly to avoid the DTs.

[tazkcmo]

4. What with the crappy Obama economy

They can't afford Budweiser or Starbucks. It's Natty Lite and Chock Full of Nuts for them.

[gordianot]

6. There have always been white people in the Americas.

No immigrants in alt history.

[HopeAgain]

7. LMFAO!!!

Yeah, lets see Bubba the Deplorable go without his Buds for even a day! What, maybe they will drink Coronas?

#most doomed boycott ever

[still_one]

10. Corona is part of Anheuser-Busch now,

[HopeAgain]

15. All the more reason for a failed boycott?

[still_one]

17. yup

[Cirque du So-What]

9. Personally, I'm not impressed by this commercial

Conflating immigration from Germany (or Ireland, for that matter) isn't even in the same league with the hardships faced by immigrants from eastern or southern Europe - and even at that, immigrants from the most savagely attacked nations arrived a couple of rungs up the economic ladder from American blacks, who were born citizens.

[Cha]

11. Jaysus.. trump supporters are dumber than I orginally thought..

and that bar was low.

[leanforward]

12. Not from this Vet

Leave the brewers alone. As with anyone, I like to hear their backstory. How many bankruptcies have the Busch heirs had? Educate me. Why can't the dRumpf organization get US bank financing?

I will go out and buy a replacement Six Pack. Leave the Clydesdales alone, they are a part of our American backstory. Baseball, apple pie, hot dogs, chevrolet, and the Clydesdales.

I am a loyal American in opposition. Besides beer got us through RVN.

Has anyone been checking on more of bannons backstory?

[Baitball Blogger]

13. Let them boycott commercials with conscience and all of Hollywood.

Leave them with their puppet theater.

[malaise]

14. Except that politics has always been part of sport

I'm so tired of stupid fucks

[Arkansas Granny]

18. I wonder how long it takes to produce a Super Bowl ad.

I think it’s doubtful that they could have come up with this ad in the few short days since DT announced his Muslim ban.

Does anyone know?

[IndianaDave]

19. I've been drinking some IPAs for a while,

but - in response to this BS - I'm definitely going to add some Budweiser products to my list. It's only right.

[Mosby]

22. they own a third

Of Redhook, Kona and Widmer Bros.

That long hammer is pretty damn good.

[IndianaDave]

25. Thanks for the info! I'll look for them.

[safeinOhio]

20. I've doubled up on Starbucks.

I see s Bud latte in my future.

[TrekLuver]

21. What's the problemo Trashpot lovers? The ad features white people.

[xor]

24. I just saw the "complaints" they have about that commerical

I cannot believe how idiotic these people are. Telling the story of an immigrant is now anti-american and anti-trump. What a sad state we're in.

[Initech]

26. The party of "we don't need safe spaces" sure needs a lot of safe spaces don't they?

[MrScorpio]

27. Trump supporters are morons

That can't be said in excess.

FDT

[2naSalit]

28. +1

[erpowers]

29. What Is the Company Supposed to Do?

So, what do these people want Budweiser to do? The commercial tells the true story of the founder of Budweiser.